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Are the pitch covers going on later? 10:56 - Jan 15 with 9047 views100notout

Sharp frost forecast tonight
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 22:42 - Jan 15 with 2780 views1mark1

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 22:30 - Jan 15 by dingdangblue

If its not frozen it should be playable. Just because its been covered in sand and the surface is wrecked shouldn't make a difference - Blackpools pitch last season was horrendous - but the still had to use it.


I agree, might not be to the standard we would like but should be playable, my main point is that measures to prevent a frozen pitch, should have been in place, as the freezing weather did not come un expectedly, and there has been plenty of time to get the covers on.

When did the sub zero temperatures arrive, was it Tuesday?

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 00:29 - Jan 16 with 2637 viewsdingdangblue

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 22:42 - Jan 15 by 1mark1

I agree, might not be to the standard we would like but should be playable, my main point is that measures to prevent a frozen pitch, should have been in place, as the freezing weather did not come un expectedly, and there has been plenty of time to get the covers on.

When did the sub zero temperatures arrive, was it Tuesday?


Mooneydale posted Wednesday lunch that they were covering the pitch with sand. So hopefully they covered it before then because I definitely had to defrost my car Wednesday morning - so it was freezing Tuesday night.

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 08:16 - Jan 16 with 2502 views1mark1

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 00:29 - Jan 16 by dingdangblue

Mooneydale posted Wednesday lunch that they were covering the pitch with sand. So hopefully they covered it before then because I definitely had to defrost my car Wednesday morning - so it was freezing Tuesday night.


Cheers, Sounds about right. Just hope covers were on by then.

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 09:27 - Jan 16 with 2316 viewsPotterDale

I may be wrong here so please correct me. But I don't think last night was quite as bad as predicted. There is a light frost on the ground, but I reckon if it was playable yesterday then there should be no problem today. If it wasn't playable yesterday then that's when it should have been called off, because it was never going to improve.
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 09:32 - Jan 16 with 2289 views442Dale

Info on the covers we use:

http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/article/pitch-covers-statement-759301.aspx

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 09:42 - Jan 16 with 2229 views1mark1

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 09:27 - Jan 16 by PotterDale

I may be wrong here so please correct me. But I don't think last night was quite as bad as predicted. There is a light frost on the ground, but I reckon if it was playable yesterday then there should be no problem today. If it wasn't playable yesterday then that's when it should have been called off, because it was never going to improve.


It was minus 3 last night. There has not anything too severe in the past few days and nights.

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 10:47 - Jan 16 with 1999 viewsaleanddale

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 09:32 - Jan 16 by 442Dale

Info on the covers we use:

http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/article/pitch-covers-statement-759301.aspx


We're all the covers used as described in that link?

Hope so fancy some footy this afternoon!!
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 10:50 - Jan 16 with 1979 viewsPotterDale

bUry is on, if we are off, then the only conclusion that it is indeed the rugby that has contributed to it.
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 10:52 - Jan 16 with 1961 viewsonedalefan

Match off
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:09 - Jan 16 with 1914 views1mark1

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 10:50 - Jan 16 by PotterDale

bUry is on, if we are off, then the only conclusion that it is indeed the rugby that has contributed to it.


Or maybe they got their covers on sooner to prevent frost getting into the pitch, or they have better covers, or its slightly warmer there which made a difference.

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:15 - Jan 16 with 1871 viewsPotterDale

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:09 - Jan 16 by 1mark1

Or maybe they got their covers on sooner to prevent frost getting into the pitch, or they have better covers, or its slightly warmer there which made a difference.


The first 2 points raise the question of why?
The temperature will not be significantly different so we'll rule that out.
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:22 - Jan 16 with 1839 views1mark1

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:15 - Jan 16 by PotterDale

The first 2 points raise the question of why?
The temperature will not be significantly different so we'll rule that out.


I was being flippant with the temperature comment. If the covers have failed, then that,s poor, as it has not been a very severe frost, I don't believe we have had lower than minus 5 degrees, and most of the time it's been around freezing point or above. Indeed yesterday it was raining so was plenty above freezing. The question that needs answering is why did the covers not get put on in time, if they didn't, as that is the only reason the pitch should be frozen.

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:33 - Jan 16 with 1817 viewsPotterDale

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:22 - Jan 16 by 1mark1

I was being flippant with the temperature comment. If the covers have failed, then that,s poor, as it has not been a very severe frost, I don't believe we have had lower than minus 5 degrees, and most of the time it's been around freezing point or above. Indeed yesterday it was raining so was plenty above freezing. The question that needs answering is why did the covers not get put on in time, if they didn't, as that is the only reason the pitch should be frozen.


We'll have to see what comes out of the club by way of explanation.
bUrys pitch started the season in a worse state than ours so I'd love to know how they can play today and we can't.
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 13:49 - Jan 16 with 1701 viewsaleanddale

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 11:15 - Jan 16 by PotterDale

The first 2 points raise the question of why?
The temperature will not be significantly different so we'll rule that out.


Our main stand does not help.

Zero sun on that side of the pitch.
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 14:14 - Jan 16 with 1657 viewsYorkshire_Dale

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 13:49 - Jan 16 by aleanddale

Our main stand does not help.

Zero sun on that side of the pitch.


I read somewhere we had enough covers to double up on the Main Stand strip?

If not why not........?
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 15:14 - Jan 16 with 1413 viewsD_Alien

The elephant in the room here, is the club deliberately withheld putting the covers on to have the game postponed because we didn't want to risk the players on those parts of the surface most badly damaged by the egg chasers.

If they'd been put on in good time, the pitch would've been playable when removed; however, with the temperature barely rising above zero today it could still have been dangerous by the start of the second half.

This gives the ground staff more time to work on it, once the temperatures have risen.

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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 15:22 - Jan 16 with 1394 viewsrobbowood

Are the pitch covers going on later? on 15:14 - Jan 16 by D_Alien

The elephant in the room here, is the club deliberately withheld putting the covers on to have the game postponed because we didn't want to risk the players on those parts of the surface most badly damaged by the egg chasers.

If they'd been put on in good time, the pitch would've been playable when removed; however, with the temperature barely rising above zero today it could still have been dangerous by the start of the second half.

This gives the ground staff more time to work on it, once the temperatures have risen.


As been stated on another post the weather near the ground last night went down to -5.4C and it was still -2.3C at 9.45am

I don't know what the weather is at Spotland but now (up in the hills three miles north of Bolton) it's snowing heavily

So if we had started the pitch would have become more and more dangerous as it got colder by the minute
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Are the pitch covers going on later? on 17:25 - Jan 16 with 1275 viewsBobbyjoe

bury probably did have a degree or two less frost. Height above sea level seems to be key. Glorious morning up Lobden, but the ground was like concrete! Frost covers might make a difference when it's marginal, but last night was a seriously hard frost.
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