Time to start punishing Blackpool
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So Blackpool face yet another inspection on their pitch on Boxing Day and the prospect of a 3rd postponment this season purely due to a frozen pitch
Their lack of undersoil heating is a joke and embarasses the Premier League.
It should be a requirement to enter the league that you have it
The way things are going if this weather holds Blackpool could end up going through winter without playing a game. It's laughable
If they can't sort it, force them to find another venue or start taking points off
Their lack of undersoil heating is a joke and embarasses the Premier League.
It should be a requirement to enter the league that you have it
The way things are going if this weather holds Blackpool could end up going through winter without playing a game. It's laughable
If they can't sort it, force them to find another venue or start taking points off
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Games can be rescheduled, it's really not a big deal.
Arsenal have one of the most advanced systems in the world for the pitch but we've had at least 2 games called off in 2010
This.
There's a strong arguement that it should be a requirement to enter the Premier League to have undersoil heating in place or at least say by the November following entry.
But it isn't ! And the OP's arguement shoiuld be more with the Premier league than Blackpool
Given the severity of the weather, no requirement from the Premier league for them to have undersoil heating in place, and they have tried their best otherwise, then there is no basis for punishment.
Yeah but they had home games in hand due to playing their first few games away from home while the stadium was being worked on.
We should really just get 20 teams to submit proposals to be Premier League clubs based on facilities and money, close off relegation/promotion entirely, and include Qatar.
But when they reschedule things and generally do the fixtures they're meant to take into account the history the effects that weather has had on games.
And whilst the weather is unpredictable and such, the Premier League could have avoided this by not having 3 games in a row played at Blackpool.
It seems quite likely that this game will be off. Along with most others.
The Pools Panel decision should be interesting.
I've already criticised Chelsea for their awful decision (or should I say, the Match Commanders' decision to calll off a game)
We've had games going ahead in much worse conditions than what occurs at Blackpool and down South in the past month or so
Why should other teams suffer a fixture pile up because Blackpool are inept
Oh Grow Up! The timescale between winning the playoffs and the first premier league game was so short, the club just managed to get a new stand built in time. There was no way to get undersoil heating put in in time, and the club have already said that it will be installed this summer if the club are still in the Premier League.
PL requirements were that undersoil hearting was only a requirement in the second season, so the club have broken no regulations.
Besides which, if you'd checked properly, you would have found that in both cases this season, the pitch has been perfectly playable when the match was due to be played. The first was postponed due to an over-cautious referee not reading the weather forecast, and the second was on safety grounds like most other postponed games last weekend. The club has frost protection cover good to -8c. Below that, undersoil heating is inneffective anyway.
Never mind. You carry on having a pop at anything you can to do with Blackpool FC. We'll just keep on enjoying ourselves and having a good laugh at every jumped up official, manager, player, fan, reporter and blogger who try to put us down. Best trip we've ever been on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVGNPZSecqI
Good luck to you, and does seem the OP isn't too bothered about establishing the full facts before going on a rant.
As has been repeatedly said anyway ( and not acknowledged ), even it was more relevant, there was no requirement for undersoil heating in Blackpool's first season up. It looks as if they have otherwise taken great steps to try and get matches played under extremely taxing circumstances.
How dare a club like yourselves provide a good news story ! How dare you exceed expectations ! :rolleyes:
Love the video
I doubt the pitch would have been playable in time for the game yet suddenly freeze up again the day after.
It's a serious point. If a club cannot fulfill it's obligations to the Premier League and host games when required then serious questions should be asked as to why.
It's all very well this 'don't pick on the little guy' but when it is inadequate facilities in the stadium that is preventing the game from going ahead, questions should be asked.
Fulham, as I understand it, also do not have undersoil heating and if a game at their ground was ever postponed as a result of a frozen pitch, I'd expect most to have the same opinion.
It just seems daft that many PL teams have undersoil heating in their training ground yet some clubs are too tight to install it in their stadium.
As for the argument that there isn't much time between the end off the playoffs and the Premier league starting - do they not have poor weather in the Championship then?
Beautifully put...
Let's not pick on Blackpool, they're small and their manager makes us laugh...bollocks
Never the less they worked to put in place the things that were required of a PL club. Undersoil heating was not a requirement so they can't be punished for not having something they don't need to have.
Undersoil heating is only effective within a certain temp range anyway so while it SHOULD be a PL requirement in future it doesn't actually ensure a playable pitch.
Agreed to concede on that point and it's damning of the PL on that one.
If the poor weather continues and it becomes obvious Blackpool are going to have to reschedule more games because of the pitch then we need to look at alternative venues because that situation couldn't go on
I agree with that and I also think football as a whole needs to look at exactly why games are called off.
I watched Leicester v ipswich on tv last week and it was very entertaining, the game was completed and as far as I know no one died. More games should follow this example.