1977 Ram Raider Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Shrewsbury Town’s Head Groundsman, Dave Saltman Despite the issues, the stadium pitch is still playing well compared with many in League One and Saltman is pleased with how it has stood up to the elements. “It’s still playing very well and the drainage is fine on the stadium pitch”, said Dave. “Apart from losing grass cover, I don’t see there being any big issues with us getting the pitch through the season. We had our mid-season score and we were well above the average. I think the league average is 3.93 out of five and halfway through the season we are on 4.13. “This pitch has fared better than most in the division. We haven’t got the money that two or three clubs have got, we haven’t got lighting rigs and undersoil heating, we haven’t got a bit grounds team, but make the best of what we’ve got with the resources we’ve got. “When you look at the pitches in League One and Two and even some in the Championship and a couple in the Premier League, they are really struggling and they are struggling because it’s been a very wet autumn and a very wet winter.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Due to the weather and potential state of the pitch, I'm mentally preparing myself for the ball spending a lot of time in the air tomorrow. I couldn't think of many worse conditions to face Shrewsbury away, so it'll be a tough match. Jubbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Perhaps we can play in wellies 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 14 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Due to the weather and potential state of the pitch, I'm mentally preparing myself for the ball spending a lot of time in the air tomorrow. I couldn't think of many worse conditions to face Shrewsbury away, so it'll be a tough match. True, I'm sure if the weather was better we'd be rolling it around like Guardiola's Barcelona. jimtastic56, norwichram, DiggerB and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Just been told its off. Anyone heard anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomarkwright Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 They shouldn't need to water the pitch beforehand anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Negative match day posts 24 hours before kickoff 😞 JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, sage said: Just been told its off. Anyone heard anything? Who by and who told them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Tamworthram said: Who by and who told them? Just a mate. Said the train station was flooded. I can't see anything. I wasn't surprised when he told me, but no news yet. I'm not optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 minute ago, sage said: Just a mate. Said the train station was flooded. I can't see anything. I wasn't surprised when he told me, but no news yet. I'm not optimistic. So did you ask your mate how he "knows" given, if true, it's a piece of breaking news not visible anywhere else? Bessie1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wistaston Ram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 No games appear to have been called off yet. I expect a few will be tomorrow morning. Would seem a bit premature to call our game off 24 hours ahead unless the pitch is completely under water. Fortunately the ground is not near the Severn like the railway station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: So did you ask your mate how he "knows" given, if true, it's a piece of breaking news not visible anywhere else? Sometimes I have conversations without fact checking on the Internet in real time. It's old fashioned I know. Just spoke to him, a fellow fan who is/was going tomorrow. I can only apologise for my lack of forensic rigour. Edited October 20, 2023 by sage Foreveram, i-Ram, Grimbeard and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Wistaston Ram said: No games appear to have been called off yet. I expect a few will be tomorrow morning. Would seem a bit premature to call our game off 24 hours ahead unless the pitch is completely under water. Fortunately the ground is not near the Severn like the railway station. Indeed. The railway station is located in the narrow neck of the river Severn loop whilst the ground has got to be mile from the river. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, sage said: Sometimes I have conversations without fact checking on the Internet in real time. It's old fashioned I know. Just spoke to him, a fellow fan who is/was going tomorrow. I can only apologise for my lack of forensic rigour. No need to be sarcastic but it strikes me that if a mate says the game is off, the first thing most people would do is ask where they'd heard it. Hardly forensic rigour. Chester40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Tamworthram said: No need to be sarcastic but it strikes me that if a mate says the game is off, the first thing most people would do is ask where they'd heard it. Hardly forensic rigour. Why would I? It was part of a bigger conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, Wistaston Ram said: No games appear to have been called off yet. I expect a few will be tomorrow morning. Would seem a bit premature to call our game off 24 hours ahead unless the pitch is completely under water. Fortunately the ground is not near the Severn like the railway station. If the station, local roads and roads from Derby are closed that may be enough without the pitch condition coming into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wistaston Ram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Just now, sage said: If the station, local roads and roads from Derby are closed that may be enough without the pitch condition coming into it. Maybe flooded local roads might be a factor, but the train strikes didn't cause any postponements. Anyway not expecting any news until tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, sage said: Why would I? It was part of a bigger conversation. Simply because it's pretty big news. Why wouldn't you ask? But, whatever, I was only asking if you knew what the source of his information was. I might have been quite painless for your first response to have been no, I didn't ask him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, Wistaston Ram said: Maybe flooded local roads might be a factor, but the train strikes didn't cause any postponements. Anyway not expecting any news until tomorrow morning. It is forecast to stop raining 9am tomorrow. I guess that will be the first assessment. I'd imagine it would have to be catastrophic to cancel today. Wistaston Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 minute ago, sage said: It is forecast to stop raining 9am tomorrow. I guess that will be the first assessment. I'd imagine it would have to be catastrophic to cancel today. Agreed. According to the met office it looks like heavy rain around 9pm and 10pm tonight but then lighter rain the rest of the night. Just have to hope the heavy rain isn't of biblical proportions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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