Match Day Thread Hull City v Watford

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SydneyTiger14 said:
But Hogarth clarified that when he says all parties agreed he means in the sense you agree to pay a fine. I.e ref calls game off, city and Watford agree with ref's decision.
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It would look better for us if we said “the ref called it off” rather than everyone accepted the game was to be called off. It makes it seem like it was our decision.
 
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Just looking at the forecast for Sunday…..something our hierarchy don’t seem able to do.
6 degrees c with a 96% chance of rain.
Match cancelled due to Waterlogged pitch ?
 
The Omega Man said:
For the sake of clarity, here’s my take on the situation.
The ref said the playing surface is fine but the outfield isn’t at the moment.The HSE bod said the outfield will need to be de iced before I can give it the nod.
The grounds person, asked do we use the sprinklers on the pitch boss.
The boss said do everything you normally do.
The grounds person said Boss the sprinklers have made the tech area icy.
The boss said tell the HSE bod and get it ****ing sorted.
The HSE bod said to the ref. The outfield needs to be de iced before I give it the nod.
The ref said didn’t we have this conversation an hour ago?
The gaffer tells the players to warm up but avoid the tech area because the boss said use the sprinklers and the grounds person did and now it’s as slippery as a pole dancers fanny.
The Watford gaffer wakes up from his slumber and sends his players out, but because of sensitivities doesn’t mention pole dancers or fannies, he just puts on his head master voice and shouts Walk don’t Run as the players cross the tech area.
The valiant grounds person uses a captured dragon to try to free the ice maiden (sorry got carried away).
It doesn’t work and the smell of burnt Astro turf draws the attention of the HSE bod who says “What the ****, the bastards haven’t got safety boots on or anything, that’s it!”
He speaks to the ref and the ref says, I have had enough of you saying that the outfield is icy, that’s it, I’m off and I am taking me ball with me.
The Watford gaffer is woken from another slumber by the Hull gaffer who points to the half eaten, week old turkey butty the Watford gaffer has in his hand and says “ It’s off” the Watford gaffer says “Yer, I know, the lads will be disappointed, my missus made enough for them all to have two each”

And my version is closest to the truth.
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I like this , very well thought out , mostly accurate and quite possibly exactly what happened - but Acun has not been included as the absolute cause of this farce , and I was sat in the East stand - he could have come and told me personally !!
 
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augustatiger said:
Just looking at the forecast for Sunday…..something our hierarchy don’t seem able to do.
6 degrees c with a 96% chance of rain.
Match cancelled due to Waterlogged pitch ?
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Yes the forecast for Saturday night into Sunday morning does look quite unpleasant at the moment with possible snow turning to sleet then rain which is always a nasty combination. So I hope we see an early decision this time.
 
augustatiger said:
Just looking at the forecast for Sunday…..something our hierarchy don’t seem able to do.
6 degrees c with a 96% chance of rain.
Match cancelled due to Waterlogged pitch ?
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Pre match on Sunday, I think City must have consulted with him off 'Look North'. No doubt, he told them to prepare for sizzling temperatures and to provide water sprinklers to aid cooling and to keep the crowd under the shade.
 
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Jim the Tiger said:
It's not for the ref to start work early, it's for the home team to be proactive and get a local referee in to assess the pitch in the morning. That's normal practice.
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I thought the home team were supposed to contact the EFL and it was up
to them to bring in a local ref in , but yeah , a local ref should have had a look
 
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PLT said:
They actually weren't even that challenging really. It wasn't slippery at all outside which makes it all the more strange that the stadium had such issues with areas being iced up.
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I guess I mean temperature wise. Seems odd to only get there at 1 when it's up to him to call it off.
 
Newland Tiger said:
I thought the home team were supposed to contact the EFL and it was up
to them to bring in a local ref in , but yeah , a local ref should have had a look
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I'm not 100% of who is  supposed to get a local ref in but even aside from that plenty at the club will know a local ref who would go down for £30 and give them some advice. I know two that are massive City fans and would probably have done it for nothing.

This is why im slightly suspicious as to why that technical area was allowed to be so bad so close to kick off. They either knew it was not passable (backs up the watford fans claims) or they're seriously out of their depth as groundsmen and didn't think to consult someone to double check ahead of teams arriving and the match officials.

Surely they didn't think that would just be OK until the ref had to tell them otherwise? If they did then it is starting to explain why Mark Robins was critical of the pitch the other day and why we have been having a lot of issues with the pitch. Maybe they're a bit crap at being groundsmen?
 
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Jim the Tiger said:
I'm not 100% of who is  supposed to get a local ref in but even aside from that plenty at the club will know a local ref who would go down for £30 and give them some advice. I know two that are massive City fans and would probably have done it for nothing.

This is why im slightly suspicious as to why that technical area was allowed to be so bad so close to kick off. They either knew it was not passable (backs up the watford fans claims) or they're seriously out of their depth as groundsmen and didn't think to consult someone to double check ahead of teams arriving and the match officials.

Surely they didn't think that would just be OK until the ref had to tell them otherwise? If they did then it is starting to explain why Mark Robins was critical of the pitch the other day and why we have been having a lot of issues with the pitch. Maybe they're a bit crap at being groundsmen?
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I'm sure there's a few dodgy ladies off 'Essle Road would go down for less than £30 Jim.
 
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Jim the Tiger said:
I'm not 100% of who is  supposed to get a local ref in but even aside from that plenty at the club will know a local ref who would go down for £30 and give them some advice. I know two that are massive City fans and would probably have done it for nothing.

This is why im slightly suspicious as to why that technical area was allowed to be so bad so close to kick off. They either knew it was not passable (backs up the watford fans claims) or they're seriously out of their depth as groundsmen and didn't think to consult someone to double check ahead of teams arriving and the match officials.

Surely they didn't think that would just be OK until the ref had to tell them otherwise? If they did then it is starting to explain why Mark Robins was critical of the pitch the other day and why we have been having a lot of issues with the pitch. Maybe they're a bit crap at being groundsmen?
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Suspicions are ridiculous. The club lost a heap of money having the game called off.
 
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