ROTHERHAM UTD A - A CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

If they were winning they would have ‘found’ much equipment and would have had an army of volunteers on the pitch.

It was just a freak downpour of biblical proportions that wasn’t forecast
Never mind the what and what ifs
We’ve got two weeks for Super Sabri to man manage and caress the players into the mould he wants
I for one am impressed with Vinny long Trousers newestest Managerial appointment
In Sabri we trust
As for our inbred cousins along the M4 they’re going to be facing a much stronger Cardiff side than the one that capitulated last season
Combine that with a sellout crowd and cracking atmosphere this is going to be a long two weeks wait ⚽️⚽️⚽️

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

You actually count how many ground staff are out on the pitch when the weather is poor? Let's think about this for a moment, If poor weather is forecast, then a club can pull in the staff in order to be prepared for what is likely to come. A bit like bringing in extra staff at the bars and food places if there's a larger than average crowd. Thing is, that downpour wasn't forecast. If those grounds people had been employed by City, at our stadium, under the same circumstances, then you would be telling everyone that you had never seen such incredible sweeping action since the days of Franz Beckenbauer . Did Rotherham pull a few strokes? (pun intended) Yeah, probably. I can understand why people are unhappy about it, i'm not, it's fair game if you can get away with it, and i'd expect our club to do the same if we were ever in that position.

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" If those grounds people had been employed by City, at our stadium, under the same circumstances, then you would be telling everyone that you had never seen such incredible sweeping action since the days of Franz Beckenbauer".

A bit of an odd analogy that :hehe:


"Yeah, probably. I can understand why people are unhappy about it, i'm not, it's fair game if you can get away with it".


Well, we'll have to disagree on that one.
Are you really saying that when you rewatch videos which show a sprinkler in operation at halftime while already raining; the one guy with a broom by the advertising hoardings, casually strolling along with the broom raised off the floor, and of course, the one who was dragging the water back onto the pitch.. none of those scenes angered you?

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

That's assuming there was a plethora of squeegees to push. But I'm guessing they've only got a couple.

Saturday's downpour actually washed away the lines on the pitch. Don't know about anyone else, but I can't recall ever seeing that happen before in almost fifty years of watching the game.

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I can't ever recall pitch markings washing away like that in my lifetime either.
I've seen huge puddles on council pitches whereby the line markings have stood up better. No, I cannot remember seeing such a blurred mess like that before in either football or rugby, for that matter.

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

I can't ever recall pitch markings washing away like that in my lifetime either.
I've seen huge puddles on council pitches whereby the line markings have stood up better. No, I cannot remember seeing such a blurred mess like that before in either football or rugby, for that matter.

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Must be a conspiracy and Rotherham used kids washable paints to paint the lines

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

I've only just spotted this because it was quoted further on. Classic, fair play. How could a club turn off the drainage system on a football pitch? Leave the plug in on the under-soil bath?

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Fair play :hehe:

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

Fair play :hehe:

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Don’t encourage him…….although I did chuckle to myself haha

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

" If those grounds people had been employed by City, at our stadium, under the same circumstances, then you would be telling everyone that you had never seen such incredible sweeping action since the days of Franz Beckenbauer".

A bit of an odd analogy that :hehe:


"Yeah, probably. I can understand why people are unhappy about it, i'm not, it's fair game if you can get away with it".


Well, we'll have to disagree on that one.
Are you really saying that when you rewatch videos which show a sprinkler in operation at halftime while already raining; the one guy with a broom by the advertising hoardings, casually strolling along with the broom raised off the floor, and of course, the one who was dragging the water back onto the pitch.. none of those scenes angered you?

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No, honestly, i know that i'm a bit strange, but things like that don't wind me up, i find them slightly amusing. I'm certain that Rotherham were taking the piss (down) but it's a situation born out of two teams being mostly shit this season, if we were both mid table and rattling around,then maybe it would have been different, but neither of us are, so a bit of back handed piss taking is fine by me, even though i can fully understand why people aren't happy about it. It's me, not you (heard that plenty of times) And in my opinion it adds to what is a wonderful game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasana...t=share_button

made it onto Reddit :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Rjk

https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasana...t=share_button

made it onto Reddit :hehe:

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Did the TV show City fans having a go at that "groundsman"? It took a well-known travelling steward, a bouncer, several ordinary stewards with police in the background to calm the situation ehind our goal. He would have got lynched otherwise.

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Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927

Must be a conspiracy and Rotherham used kids washable paints to paint the lines

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Your joke is reality. For environmental reasons they now have to use water based paints not solvent based.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MillersTo...99141612773376

Alternate view :-)

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Your joke is reality. For environmental reasons they now have to use water based paints not solvent based.

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I much prefer real life comedy haha

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Your joke is reality. For environmental reasons they now have to use water based paints not solvent based.

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When I was in school, I think the pitches were marked with lime. Lime can burn the skin, so I'm not sure how they went about diluting it.

The drainage must be rubbish, I've never seen a pitch like that when it rained as heavily for 90 minutes, this was fifteen minutes of rain, and it should be almost impossible to flood a football pitch.

It is what it is we'll have to move on!

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

When I was in school, I think the pitches were marked with lime. Lime can burn the skin, so I'm not sure how they went about diluting it.

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Andy Dibble was burnt from pitch markings when playing for Barry Town. Not sure what substance was being used but I think he got some compensation.

back in 2014 they thought their pitch drainage was pretty good...

“It’s a new pitch, a year and half two years old. It’s got a fantastic draining system on it. That was one of the specs I wanted when we constructed it, to get a top of the range drainage system. It shows now, when a lot of games are being called off we’re still able to play and we’re still watering at half-time"

Pitch looked in pretty decent shape at 6pm, with lines still in tact (I'm presuming they didn't go and repaint them!).

https://twitter.com/GlenWilliams12/s...831244801?s=19

When the rain stopped it looked as though the ‘blurred white overspill’ had vanished and the lines looked as normal. Is is a case of the ref abandoning it too early? Did he have a heavy Saturday night date? Flash flooding, massive puddles etc occurs pretty often and drains can’t cope, not long after the rain stops though it does disappear. There surely can’t be a time limit on a game stoppage, it wasn’t a midweek night game. If it had resumed at half six it would have been done and dusted before half seven, which is before midweek kick off times anyway. The technology is there to have a look if there was going to be another deluge in the meantime.

In terms of the rearranged fixture, it could be as late as Friday May 12th. Clubs have to have their players available for four days after the end of the normal season:
"29.3.2 *any Registered Players,
remain available to the Club during the period of four days commencing with the day after the day of the Club’s last fixture in the League Competition (including play-off matches) so as to enable the fulfilment of any fixtures (in full or in part) ordered by The League to be played after the end of the Season (if any)."
New one on me.

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Originally Posted by IanD

In terms of the rearranged fixture, it could be as late as Friday May 12th. Clubs have to have their players available for four days after the end of the normal season:
"29.3.2 *any Registered Players,
remain available to the Club during the period of four days commencing with the day after the day of the Club’s last fixture in the League Competition (including play-off matches) so as to enable the fulfilment of any fixtures (in full or in part) ordered by The League to be played after the end of the Season (if any)."
New one on me.

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Definitely won’t be after the season has finished on May 8th

There would be mayhem if Cardiff & Rotherham were allowed to know what they needed to stay up

Yep! That EFL rule will not be needed but does go to show that fixtures don't have to be cometed by the end of the season. Imagine if both teams had to win to stay up. So long as Burnley isn't postponed....