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Can they predict when and where there will be a fatal crash too?
No Les but as a professional company they should take all factors into consideration including motorway closures, It's better to get to your destination one hour earlier than planned rather than 10 minutes late. As I have said on other posts, John Fenty and most fans get to the ground in plenty of time so you would expect the coach company to do the same, How many other clubs have had a game postponed or delayed other than us in the last 18 months ?
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No Les but as a professional company they should take all factors into consideration including motorway closures,
It's better to get to your destination one hour earlier than planned rather than 10 minutes late.
As I have said on other posts, John Fenty and most fans get to the ground in plenty of time so you would expect the coach company to do the same,
How many other clubs have had a game postponed or delayed other than us in the last 18 months ?
So how do you allow for ANOTHER accident on your chosen alternative route? Some of the thinking on this really pi**es me off. For some destinations there are a limited number of routes. It just seems that a lot of posters want to use this unfortunate incident to beat the club up AGAIN. One previous poster suggested that all the players should depart from Grimsby and stay in the town the previous night - FFS. More unnecessary cost for what could be a highly unlikely incident and another reason why some players might not want to play for us. The fact that it has happened to us three times in 2 seasons is very unlucky but spread those times over the last 30 or 40 seasons and all of a sudden it doesn't seem so bad , statistically.
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I can't believe someone would give you an x for posting this Rancido
Given the latest information, now confirmed about the young lad having lost his life and how this will impact on his immediate family for ever I find it completely despicable that someone has such a callous outlook on life and death. Shame on them
Unfortunately that is the attitude of some posters on here Les. Very sad but true.
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Can they predict when and where there will be a fatal crash too?
No of course not but simple traffic flow websites immediately show where problems are occurring giving plenty of time to divert . The very unfortunate crash on the m180 happened before the team bus left GY so the coach company would've had plenty of time to check . I can do it on my phone ffs as I drive round the country so I'm sure a professional coach company can . However looking at the state of their buses I'm not surprised really .
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grimsby pete |
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So how do you allow for ANOTHER accident on your chosen alternative route? Some of the thinking on this really pi**es me off. For some destinations there are a limited number of routes. It just seems that a lot of posters want to use this unfortunate incident to beat the club up AGAIN. One previous poster suggested that all the players should depart from Grimsby and stay in the town the previous night - FFS. More unnecessary cost for what could be a highly unlikely incident and another reason why some players might not want to play for us. The fact that it has happened to us three times in 2 seasons is very unlucky but spread those times over the last 30 or 40 seasons and all of a sudden it doesn't seem so bad , statistically.
If you read this post and my other posts on this subject, You will find I put the blame on the coach company NOT the club, If the club need to get to a certain destination at a certain time, The coach company decide what time the coach departs NOT the club.
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December 15, 2014, 8:28pm |
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It's only a matter of time before the league start to fine us or even take points off us if it happens again,
Saturday had nothing to do with the league.
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Saturday had nothing to do with the league.
That allows us another late arrival then.
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December 15, 2014, 9:12pm |
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No Les but as a professional company they should take all factors into consideration including motorway closures,
It's better to get to your destination one hour earlier than planned rather than 10 minutes late.
As I have said on other posts, John Fenty and most fans get to the ground in plenty of time so you would expect the coach company to do the same,
How many other clubs have had a game postponed or delayed other than us in the last 18 months ?
I can't remember the teams involved but I'm sure there was a similar incident just after the Macclesfield game but they managed to play the following day as I can remember people saying how come they could arrange for a referee a day later when apparently none were available for us. I can also remember the season before last when Ebbsfleet played away at Barrow in midweek and the Ebbsfleet coach was caught up in traffic on the M6 and the game didn't kick off until 9.30pm.
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I can't remember the teams involved but I'm sure there was a similar incident just after the Macclesfield game but they managed to play the following day as I can remember people saying how come they could arrange for a referee a day later when apparently none were available for us.
I can also remember the season before last when Ebbsfleet played away at Barrow in midweek and the Ebbsfleet coach was caught up in traffic on the M6 and the game didn't kick off until 9.30pm.
Not sure if such evidence is admissible Les when the case in point is all about trying to prove that we as a club are not quick enough off the mark when it comes to transport plans, the proverbial slow coaches you could say
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Les Brechin |
December 15, 2014, 9:26pm |
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Not sure if such evidence is admissible Les when the case in point is all about trying to prove that we as a club are not quick enough off the mark when it comes to transport plans, the proverbial slow coaches you could say
I wasn't trying to make any point. Pete asked if any other teams have had games delayed/postponed and I was just answering his question,
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