Colchester match off (merged)

Anyone down there? How bad is the rain?

@ 6p.m

Great, I'm on the M11 and it's pi**ing down

looks like rain to stop about 6.30  so will be a tight decision

It looks absolutely fine, especially if there's not really any further heavy rain forecast



Get it on!

Looks a bit wetter there.

Doesn’t look great in one particular area. Colchester fans seem to think it’ll be off.

Quoted from Chrisblor

It looks absolutely fine, especially if there's not really any further heavy rain forecast

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Get it on!

Looks to be alright from that pic. Ref needs to give it time.

Quoted from Poojah

Looks a bit wetter there.

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Does too.

Quoted from Poojah

Looks a bit wetter there.

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Stick the rollers on that and it'll be fine with the rain forecast to clear up before kickoff - do Colchester not have any competent ground staff?

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Anyone down there? How bad is the rain?

En route, it's not even raining and barely has been all day an hour away. Absolutely tinpot as intercourse if this is off.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Stick the rollers on that and it'll be fine with the rain forecast to clear up before kickoff - do Colchester not have any competent ground staff?

Sounds like the pitch generally doesn’t cope well with rain.  Not the first time this has happened it would seem.

Said there'd be a decision by 6pm but nothing yet, this must be in the balance

They should delay kick off for 45 mins to allow time to get that water off. Might as well call it later as us fans are mostly already here.

Quoted from pizzzza

Said there'd be a decision by 6pm but nothing yet, this must be in the balance

You’d hope they’re giving the ground staff the chance to work on any prone areas.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Stick the rollers on that and it'll be fine with the rain forecast to clear up before kickoff - do Colchester not have any competent ground staff?

They don't have a groundsman, so the answer is no  

My votes OFF

You'd think as long as it doesn't keep raining the pitch will drain enough but forecasts are saying rain from 7:30 onwards so not looking good for the pitch not being flooded even if the game is on

They'd play cricket in this weather

That looks rather wet

Makes our pitch look half decent

Leaving it late for those en route.

Game off confirmed

Games off

Quoted from Poojah

Leaving it late for those en route.

Doesn’t really matter how late it is now, they will all be there already

Not the best part of the country to get to from here. so lets hope its not a wasted trip

Hope they go down, tinpot cnuts. There hasn’t even been that much rain.

Quoted from GyMariner

Game off confirmed

Where?

Quoted from Poojah

Where?

Everywhere

Quoted from Poojah

Where?

Radio Humberside

Quoted from Poojah

Where?

On Dullberside

Ffs

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❌ We can confirm that tonight’s match against Colchester United has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

We would like to apologise to any supporter who has already made the journey to Colchester for the game.

Official now. Absolutely fuming here, just about to get to Colchester. How excrement must their pitch be?

Fúckers. Is that 3 rearranged games we have in our remaining fixtures now?

Ffs   looks like an evening with the old guitar out

Waterlogged pitch. (From O/S)

Quoted from denni266

Ffs   looks like an evening with the old guitar out

Is this a euphamism?

Might be a blessing
If FGR and Sutton lose

We get more time to get our act together
Result

Trying to look on the brightside DA will still be able to say our away form is good. Only one away game played this year

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

Is this a euphamism?

Never played one of them  

Quoted from denni266

Never played one of them  

Be careful that you don't break a string then.

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

Be careful that you don't break a string then.

Done that a few times lol

FFS, it's 2024, can't clubs look after their pitches before a match!

Quoted from 123614

FFS, it's 2024, can't clubs look after their pitches before a match!

I think this must be the first time I’ve ever agreed with you.

It's incredibly galling that cheapskate clubs like Colchester can get away with not directly employing any ground staff and letting their pitch get into a state when we've managed to get that Crewe game on earlier in the season (after a much longer and heavier period of rain), and as a club invested heavily into improved drainage for the pitch last Summer to prevent situations like the one we've had tonight. The EFL really ought to have some minimum standards for pitch maintenance and start handing out fines to clubs who neglect to properly maintain their pitches because this game should have been going ahead tonight.

I live  less than a hour away only had light rain on and off all day.

Absolute disgrace they could not have made this game played tonight.

It will backfire on them they could have won it tonight.

Now when it's played town players will all understand Artell 's  instructions to a tee and hammer them 5-0  

Quoted from 123614

FFS, it's 2024, can't clubs look after their pitches before a match!

Well said that man !!

Good decision, gives our team more time to learn to play like Man city

I thought Colchester had a reasonably new stadium? Poor show if it can’t handle a bit of rain?

It’s obviously cheating from the Cowleys . They realised a wet slick pitch would suit our passing game we’re renowned for so they bribed the ref .

They were running scared if you ask me

Feel for the fans that have travelled.

Quoted from lukeo

Feel for the fans that have travelled.

There’s loads to do in Colchester on a Tuesday night in February.

At least David Artell’s “good” away form continues.

Quoted from 123614

FFS, it's 2024, can't clubs look after their pitches before a match!

.2024 exactly it rain mores

Quoted from HerveJosse

Trying to look on the brightside DA will still be able to say our away form is good. Only one away game played this year

Wind your neck in and have a fu(king night off will you.

It’s getting fu(king boring

Bloody hell, was toying with the idea of going to this one this morning, glad I didn’t now! Feel for the poor fookers that did though. 2024 and we’re still having games PP’d for rain 😫

Quoted from Bigwinn1975

I thought Colchester had a reasonably new stadium? Poor show if it can’t handle a bit of rain?

They have no groundsman .

Pitch is crap

Their first game of the season got called off 30 mins before kickoff

Tinpot

Feel for the people who travelled

I suppose the postponement keeps Dave in a job for at least another few days. We must now wait until Saturday to see if he can return a better points haul than Nicky Law did in his 12 games in charge.

Apparently they took the covers off the pitch around 1 o’clock?

Quoted from stevej7634

Apparently they took the covers off the pitch around 1 o’clock?

I thought everybody had a weather analyst now

If it’s true they don’t have a groundsman then that is absolutely disgraceful! How can a team not have one? Even Clee Town have one, I’m sure they used to use Hull City’s bloke. It should absolutely be a requirement for a professional football club to have a groundsman. The FA or EFL should look into this.

For me it’s a bit of ar relief, although I feel for those that have travelled. They treat the fans like rubbish.
I spend each match biting my nails and hoping for a result. It is getting soul destroying again. Can do withoiut it TBH. Why get bothered when there are terrible things going on in the world.

Quoted from Chrisblor

It's incredibly galling that cheapskate clubs like Colchester can get away with not directly employing any ground staff and letting their pitch get into a state when we've managed to get that Crewe game on earlier in the season (after a much longer and heavier period of rain), and as a club invested heavily into improved drainage for the pitch last Summer to prevent situations like the one we've had tonight. The EFL really ought to have some minimum standards for pitch maintenance and start handing out fines to clubs who neglect to properly maintain their pitches because this game should have been going ahead tonight.

Or points deductions…

Quoted from davmariner

Hope they go down, tinpot cnuts. There hasn’t even been that much rain.

To be fair. I’ve seen the rainfall for the last 5 years and there are three facts.

1) In Colchester, 2023 was the 2nd wettest year since records began
2) Janurary 2024 rain is the most for 5 years
3) Anglia news turned up at my house on Sunday to film the flooding in my area.


Everything was ok today until 4,30pm and then the heavens open big style

Rough watching town away at the moment.

One win all season.

2 relatively late postponements in 2024.

Cost of living crisis.

I fear that something has to give or we could see a significant drop in our away following.

Quoted from bradzmilne

Rough watching town away at the moment.

One win all season.

2 relatively late postponements in 2024.

Cost of living crisis.

I fear that something has to give or we could see a significant drop in our away following.

That something could be put league status 🤦‍♂️

They take the covers off at 10am today because they haven't the staff  .Even I can read a weather forecast The opposition  tell me outside the ground tonight I mean lido, they have not got a groundsman .Talk about Everton  shenanigans  deduct 3 points  from them and get their Chairman who apparently thought good idea to reduce ground staff out with a fork .I just arrived at the f...k lido 6 30 pm after train tube train and taxi .There no respect or common decency shown  for  any Away supporters are given 2nd hand treatment.In strange way things like this make me more focal  and loyal to Mariners. I don't care how We play, who plays the tactics, the formation the manager, who were against opposition  Just get into them... and do your best As for their chairman .I hope I have pleasure of 5min with him in the most difficult re arranged fixture he could ever make it . Nearly home must check weather tomorrow  

Appreciate your thoughts Trevor.
Mine are - that it’s probably a negative that the team has had to travel and then return without the fruition of a game.
However, it gives Dave Artell  some more time to train the players to play his way of football.
UTM

Quoted from Teestogreen

Appreciate your thoughts Trevor.
Mine are - that it’s probably a negative that the team has had to travel and then return without the fruition of a game.
However, it gives Dave Artell  some more time to train the players to play his way of football.
UTM

Is that a good thing? 😜

It would not surprise me in the slightest if Colchester have orchestrated this to get it called off last minute to hinder a rival. I feel they are that sort of club.

Quoted from Chrisblor

It's incredibly galling that cheapskate clubs like Colchester can get away with not directly employing any ground staff and letting their pitch get into a state when we've managed to get that Crewe game on earlier in the season (after a much longer and heavier period of rain), and as a club invested heavily into improved drainage for the pitch last Summer to prevent situations like the one we've had tonight. The EFL really ought to have some minimum standards for pitch maintenance and start handing out fines to clubs who neglect to properly maintain their pitches because this game should have been going ahead tonight.

Certainly agree with this but it was a good thing that the new owners ploughed money into the improved drainage and playing surface at BP. I'm convinced that this, aided by our ground staff helped prevent our home game against Crewe (?)  from being called off. If The Leech had still been here then none of that work would have been done, that game could so easily have bern called off and our club would have been criticised and called " tinpot".

I'm not sure I buy into this theory that Colchester had some kind of nefarious agenda to call the match off. If the pitch was going to be heavy then surely that plays into the hands of a Cowley team and not an Artell team?

Definitely absolutely ridiculous and tinpot of them and even more so if it's true that they don't have any groundstaff but I don't think it was a deliberate ploy.

Quoted from Marinerdeano

It would not surprise me in the slightest if Colchester have orchestrated this to get it called off last minute to hinder a rival. I feel they are that sort of club.

It's the referee's decision, not the club's. Club staff could have tried to influence his decision but an experienced ref would see that as white noise to be ignored. He'll have looked at whether there was standing water on the pitch and what chance was there of it draining before kick off. Number one priority is the safety of the players.

I'm also not sure what advantage Colchester would have got, their form is marginally better than ours and we've had a couple of thumpings recently. If I'd been Cowley I'd have wanted to get the game on as this was a chance for 3 points at home.

Colchester handling of this gets worse - I'm now trying to get a refund for my £7 parking ticket and the CUFC system only allows you to get your money paid to one of their privilege cards which i will now doubt forget about when I go back - what a scam

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

It's the referee's decision, not the club's. Club staff could have tried to influence his decision but an experienced ref would see that as white noise to be ignored. He'll have looked at whether there was standing water on the pitch and what chance was there of it draining before kick off. Number one priority is the safety of the players.

I'm also not sure what advantage Colchester would have got, their form is marginally better than ours and we've had a couple of thumpings recently. If I'd been Cowley I'd have wanted to get the game on as this was a chance for 3 points at home.

I think the match being cancelled probably plays more into the hands of David Brent-Artell than it does messrs Cowley tbh. It was a game against an even worse side than us away from home - it'd be hard to keep arguing that patience from home fans is all that's needed to reap the benefits of his style if we'd got thumped.