Team bus stuck in traffic
This is poor preparation. Tondeur is at the ground as many fans are so surely the team bus should be there

Wow. If true, and we don't get a result there'll be hell to pay.

In a pub here atm, full of town fans. Hurry up team!!

Thats a bit amateurish.

I clearly don't know the full facts but this would appear to be more than amateurish. Traffic issues were Identified hours ago. Thai appears to be an absolute shambles for such an important game

Absolute shambles.
Haven't the traffic problems been well advertised since very early morning?

Still 15-20 minutes away. My God....are we prepared for anything these days?

YES!!!!!!

Not for the first time!!!!! First and foremost I hope everyone is safe and well but flipping come on jeez

It would appear not

The bus driver must be a fool as everybody else knew hours ago about the traffic problems.

Who would have thought that the traffic would be heavy on a bank holiday?

We each have our own views of Town's performance(s) on the pitch but this is just amateurish!

Don't worry peeps, there's nothing riding on this game so no need for proper preparation. Oh, apart from the fact that a defeat would leave our playoff hopes hanging by a thread.

A game of this importance, should have had an overnight stay or at least set off at the crack of dawn, few hours to chill/play golf and get prepared.
Maybe we've blown all of our cash on that big colour telly at BP :-/

Surley u would expect the first team of grimsby town to travel earlier to the game when everyone knew the traffic problems, especially seeing as its so important this game. It happened when we was live last season away to Macclesfield, fans were at the ground yet the bus an hour away.

Amateur and clueless. Like an effing Sunday league pub team.

3-30 kick off !!
NOOOOO!!! In front of dozens thousands of viewers...how utterly embarrassing

Tondeur just announced 3:30 kick off. NOT GOOD

urine poor typical non league club no doubt hurst will use this as an excuse when we get hammered.

I understand there's traffic issues but late to a game an hour and a half away? That's urine poor.

At least we have an excuse now when we lose  :-/

Fcking embarrassing.

BT sports stated Town Bus didn't leave till 11:30. UNBELIEVABLE
Still 6 miles away and not moving

They set off at 11:30 and missed their pre match meal

Quoted from ackomariner

They set off at 11:30 and missed their pre match meal

Set off at 10 and have it at Alfreton ffs!

Whoever has organised todays little outing needs sacking

Chris Doig's there, chatting to JT. Lives in Nottingham but even he saw the traffic was bad.

Can we put him in charge of the club ?

Wow! again?

Will they ever learn? Set off early and have a bit of lunch locally you twots, or better still, go the day before and stay overnight for such an important game.

It's not like they had to be at work yesterday like the Halifax players or owt.

The players would have been better off cadging a lift from the Mariners fans who travelled there by car.(icon_cheesygrin)

Absolutely pathetic, the team should of set off a good two hours prior, bank holiday and all that!

So the scenario will be....

Bus arrives.
Players debus and head straight into the changing room.
Change into playing kit.
Then straight onto the pitch without a warm up.

I see a loss coming. Hope not but after this debacle, nothing will surprise me.   (wallbash2)

Amateurish, and for one of the biggest games of the season.  Either set off early, or travel the day before, spend the night so there's time in Alfreton for stretching, warm-ups, massage and prep.  

To hear the players have missed their pre-match nutrition is also unacceptable.  It might sound trivial, but nutrition, hydration and energy levels, as well as arriving tense and heavy-legged, can make the difference in games of fine margins.

To be fair 11:30 you would normally expect to be there comfortably in time and according to BT Sport we had a pre-match meal on the bus so won't have missed out on anything.  

Just got to say though watching the BT Sport coverage the Town fans managed to get there on time and are making a hell a lot of noise! Well done to all Mariners there, whatever the team does on the pitch it is nice to hear such vocal support being praised on TV.  Hope this game starts some time for all those fans!

You'd think the players would be getting changed on the bus whilst it is stationary...

Quoted from grimsbyjack

So the scenario will be....

Bus arrives.
Players debus and head straight into the changing room.
Change into playing kit.
Then straight onto the pitch without a warm up.

Meanwhile Town fans at the ground twiddle their thumbs.
Fishy posters/people at home have to listen to Scunny on the commentary.
In the event of a loss, ALL Town fans rightfully demand a refund.

could help us knowing the results of the other games

Quoted from GrimRob

could help us knowing the results of the other games

A cunning plan!

Quoted from GrimRob

could help us knowing the results of the other games

I doubt it. We had umpteen games in hand for weeks, technically they were results in advance but we failed to take the initiative.

Why do people keep saying our team have missed their pre-match meal?

I'm probably more concerned that BT Sport spent 2 minutes talking about it'll be a big blow that we miss our pre-match meal at a hotel.

Thankfully, Chris Doig clarified that that's not a problem as we always just have a micro-meal on the coach anyway...!!!  ??) ??)

Nothing suprises me now. Good quiz question....
How many games have we either been late or failed to turn up? 3? 4?
Promotion? The clubs going nowhere. The pressures now on the players to give us fans something to cheer about.
I watched a clip of how leicester city prepare for games, how they train  etc. It put hurst to shame. Considering we were playing them 10years or ao ago....

Watching in a pub with sound off. Whats Fenty saying?

Quoted from Alfie

I'm probably more concerned that BT Sport spent 2 minutes talking about it'll be a big blow that we miss our pre-match meal at a hotel.

Thankfully, Chris Doig clarified that that's not a problem as we always just have a micro-meal on the coach anyway...!!!  ??) ??)

This is true, they were seen collecting a tray from 'The Breakfast Bun Shop' on Queen Street Immingham at 1145 this morning ;) 8)
UTMM

This is definitely all Fentyses fault for not providing a helicopter to get the team to Alfreton.

Quoted from Alfie

I'm probably more concerned that BT Sport spent 2 minutes talking about it'll be a big blow that we miss our pre-match meal at a hotel.

Thankfully, Chris Doig clarified that that's not a problem as we always just have a micro-meal on the coach anyway...!!!  ??) ??)

Exactly. Bignot mentioned it wouldn't be a problem as they have food on the coach.

Town only being given 20 minutes to warm up

Poor planning or unlucky?

11.30 would be a reasonable time to leave on a normal day, would have given two hours after arrival so plenty of time realistically, could they have gone an alternative route? well maybe but then diverting onto single roads through town centres along with every other vehicle could cause you to be even later.
Knowing personally how the M1 actually is at the moment through the roadworks in that area and it being a bank holiday then delays could have been foreseen, extent of which though i doubt could have.

Let's hope this leaves our boys more pumped up and ready to get stuck into the game, while Alfreton are annoyed and irate.  Yes it's amateurish, but we are where we are.  The fans are enjoying themselves, our players will be up for it, Hurst should be telling the team that we're Grimsby Town, we play when we're ready, teams wait for us so let's go out there and grab hold of our promotion.

Quoted from moosey_club

Poor planning or unlucky?

11.30 would be a reasonable time to leave on a normal day, would have given two hours after arrival so plenty of time realistically, could they have gone an alternative route? well maybe but then diverting onto single roads through town centres along with every other vehicle could cause you to be even later.
Knowing personally how the M1 actually is at the moment through the roadworks in that area and it being a bank holiday then delays could have been foreseen, extent of which though i doubt could have.

Be an interesting 'Just Back' thread, hopefully posters will give us their own setting off times and how they found the traffic.

Quoted from Lambretta Mariner

Watching in a pub with sound off. Whats Fenty saying?

Said all our problems started with ITV Digital...  ;)

There only 3 miles away they could jog there and that would get them warmed up ::)

Looking in on this from abroad, we look like a joke club in a tinpot league with a clueless manager and a deluded chairman/director.

Quoted from MrsMariner

There only 3 miles away they could jog there and that would get them warmed up ::)

3 Miles away would be on the M1 still so cant jog on there  :P

BT Sport must be regretting covering this division. The FA Trophy wipes out 1/3 of the fixtures, the weather another 1/3 and miscellaneous member-ups a few of the rest.

I would like to take my hat off to GTFC.....they obviuosly read this site and are buying time for Sweden to get thro Heathrow and to a suitable venue

Quoted from GrimRob

BT Sport must be regretting covering this division. The FA Trophy wipes out 1/3 of the fixtures, the weather another 1/3 and miscellaneous member-ups a few of the rest.

I doubt the 30p they've spent on covering it makes much difference.

Grimsby coach took the wrong exit off the motorway, a metaphor for our recent demise  :)

I know town have a tendency to not turn up on the big occasion, but this just takes the biscuit!!

Heres the bus.

BUS HAS ARRIVED!!!!

I just hope it doesn't effect their game.

16:15 KO

Get the feeling we're gonna get tonked.

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

Thats a bit amateurish.

you could say that about the last 10 years :-)
yet again what a flipping embarrassment. Just shows non league management.
i cant say sort it Fenty because he cant.  

Investigation and any blame can wait until later - need the squad and management team to focus on the game now!

Grimsby Coach Cam apparently trending on Twitter

Quoted from DavidB

Investigation and any blame can wait until later - need the squad and management team to focus on the game now!

Absolutely.

Quoted from DavidB

Investigation and any blame can wait until later - need the squad and management team to focus on the game now!

balderdash.
Late for a game just down the road.
Hope Fenty pays any fine out of his own pocket.
The buck stop with him.

Cummon Towwwnnnnn (yahoo)(groupwave)

I know there's a lot of Fenty-hate on here but intercourse me how is this his fault? I doubt he arranges the bus travel and chooses the route and depart time etc

Quoted from Tommy

I know there's a lot of Fenty-hate on here but intercourse me how is this his fault? I doubt he arranges the bus travel and chooses the route and depart time etc

HE RUNS THE FUCK1NG CLUB (wallbash)(wallbash)(wallbash)

Quoted from Tommy

I know there's a lot of Fenty-hate on here but intercourse me how is this his fault? I doubt he arranges the bus travel and chooses the route and depart time etc

Is it because he's a Conservative and they've been responsible for all the cuts...if Labour had been in charge maybe the road network might have been better ;)

Here we go. COME ON YOU MARINERS
LETS NOT PARK THE BUS!!

This could be the reason for the teams delay.

M1 Derbyshire, southbound between A617 [M1 junction 29] and A38 [M1 junction 28]

M1 Derbyshire - Delays earlier and queueing traffic earlier on M1 southbound between J29, A617 (Chesterfield) and J28, A38 (Alfreton), because of an accident earlier on.

Quoted from TAGG

HE RUNS THE FUCK1NG CLUB (wallbash)(wallbash)(wallbash)

He doesn't drive the flipping bus.

He may run the club but a lot of stuff is delegated for people like Hurst to decide. Get over it

Quoted from Tommy

He doesn't drive the flipping bus.

He may run the club but a lot of stuff is delegated for people like Hurst to decide. Get over it

I am the Capitan of a huge vessel. I dont go on the deck but if things go wrong down there I am responsible. The buck stops with the boss not the bus driver.  

Yessssssssssssssssssssssss
0-1 Town
Hannah

This is the 2nd time in 2 seasons we have got stuck in traffic,

Its a Bank Holiday you have to allow for all possibilities ,

Very poor planning, funny how many Town fans managed to get there in plenty of time.

Quoted from grimsby pete

This is the 2nd time in 2 seasons we have got stuck in traffic,

Its a Bank Holiday you have to allow for all possibilities ,

Very poor planning, funny how many Town fans managed to get there in plenty of time.

We were in the lead 3 times today Pete so once the team made it there we should have just parked the bus and we'd have had 3 points tonight instead of just the one ;)

Quoted from Tommy

I know there's a lot of Fenty-hate on here but intercourse me how is this his fault? I doubt he arranges the bus travel and chooses the route and depart time etc

How on earth can it be John Fenty"s fault.

The bus company have got a lot of Questions to answer for they should know how long it takes to get to the venue, and also they should allow the possibility of a road hold up and accidents that could happen especially out on a motorway.

Its just crazy that once again John Fenty is being blamed, it seems for every thing that goes wrong at the football club up come the banner

"ITS JOHN FENTY"S FAULT.

Dave Boylen

Dead right there's no way john Fenty can be blamed for that .... But dave for fvcks you have your job now ease up on the snivelling it's embarrassing  ;)

I wonder what time the bus will leave for Braintree, hopefully the day before if we need something from the game!!