Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:14 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Putting covers on the pitch would not have made it playable.

Its been sub zero during the day and dropping to near double digit sub zero at night.
At that sort of temperatures even under soil heating would be having a job to keep a pitch playable.

The real issue is why are the RFL starting the season at the beginning of February, when there is a good chance that weather will be as bad as it has been.
The season should be kicking off no earlier than March and finishing no later than the back end of October.
Unfortunately the RFL sticks in silly fixtures like the magic Magic weekend and the Exiles game, necessitating the need to start the season in the first week of February.

Starting early has pretty much wrecked Saints pitch, parts of it have been burnt due to the air blowers needed to keep the game on. I'm sure if Saints knew Summer rugby would be reverting to a Winter start we would have installed under soil heating, however if its supposed to be a summer game you should not need such fancy bits of kit.

Why do we need the season to start in Feb..

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:31 pm  

dids858 wrote:

There is undersoil at KC which does help. If it was a Pre KC days last weeks game would have been off.

No doubt about it, but the post i was responding to said that clubs with underground heating were called off. The only way that would happen is if the surrounding area and access to the stadiums were unsafe to supporters.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:45 pm  

B0NES wrote:

:thumb: Why do we need the season to start in Feb..

Could It Be Anything To Do With The Football Season??

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:56 pm  

How difficult would it be for the groundsmen to get off their arses and work tonight to mean that the game can be played tomorrow?

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:03 pm  

Panda92 wrote:

How difficult would it be for the groundsmen to get off their arses and work tonight to mean that the game can be played tomorrow?

Doing a warm weather dance? It's still freezing so unlikely the pitch would be playable

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:08 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Panda92 wrote:

How difficult would it be for the groundsmen to get off their arses and work tonight to mean that the game can be played tomorrow?

Doing a warm weather dance? It's still freezing so unlikely the pitch would be playable

BolIocks. They could cup their hands and breathe onto the turf until it thaws, then move onto the next bit.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:31 pm  

Dave Woods on 5 Live has said the game may go ahead on Sunday.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:34 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

BolIocks. They could cup their hands and breathe onto the turf until it thaws, then move onto the next bit.

No they couldn't, their too lazy. Had someone made them do that they would have gone on strike, burnt some sheep and blamed the English. Fook um, they'll never get my money.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:35 pm  

roader wrote:

Dave Woods on 5 Live has said the game may go ahead on Sunday.

On Twitter, rumours that McRae's gone ballistic - surface was never going to be playable, and sprinklers on. RFL trying to switch to another venue tomorrow. Only in rugby league.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:38 pm  

Anyone want to bet we get to play them away on the weekend we should have played at the KC and then our home fixture will be re-arranged mid week.

This would make it easier to fit with both clubs the RFL will argue