Pre-Match Thread Southend United v FC Halifax Town. POSTPONED

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

I bet we don't put a video of the team training at Roots Hall on Saturday afternoon this time lol.

 

[Gremlin]

Thank God thats off and the club can recuperate and repair a bit.

Although Completely buggers my Saturday with the Mrs away for 6 days

My last resort is the Womens Ashes series starting at 11.30pm tomorrow

You'd better be hotfooting it to LHR already!

 

[kentblues]

Thank God thats off and the club can recuperate and repair a bit.

Although Completely buggers my Saturday with the Mrs away for 6 days

My last resort is the Womens Ashes series starting at 11.30pm tomorrow

You can come and help me in the garden?

 

[Barry.C]

You can come and help me in the garden?

I would if my current back pain allowed , but Im also worried a bit about our massive, inherited Allotment that we have worked for years and dozens of lupins, Broad beans and Iris bulbs to plant to brighten things up a bit,
Hope you can get to yours as the sun shines !

 

[Blue Yonder]

Wonder if we made a tactical decision not to put the heaters on to get the game played while we wait for the cavalry to arrive.

 

[Supa Shrimpa]

Nice early call. Well done SUFC. It was never going to thaw out in time.
Now.....do I tell the Mrs, or shall we all just visit the Spread from 2pm-6pm tomorrow ? (that was a joke BTW, Mrs Supa Shrimpa)

 

[Gremlin]

Wonder if we made a tactical decision not to put the heaters on to get the game played while we wait for the cavalry to arrive.

Sssshhhh!

 

[RHB]

Provided the game is on, we'll be there. Each to their own when it comes to attending, but we're members of the thick and thin brigade when it comes to Southend. And against the popular mood, I'm looking forward to it.

My thick and thin also includes hot and cold. Today and tomorrow I'm mostly doing cold now!

 

[kentblues]

I would if my current back pain allowed , but Im also worried a bit about our massive, inherited Allotment that we have worked for years and dozens of lupins, Broad beans and Iris bulbs to plant to brighten things up a bit,
Hope you can get to yours as the sun shines !

Regrettably no issues there I fear. The BBC want to tell me it 1 degree here right now but my thermometer tells me it’s 4 degrees which why all the ice and white stuff is disappearing…

 

[Jay_SUFC]

Overnight it will apparently be around -2, and only between 1pm and 2pm tomorrow does it go above zero (to a scorching +1) so if it's frozen at the moment, definitely the right call to make, especially based on travel for the opposition

 

[Holy Joe]

Wonder if we made a tactical decision not to put the heaters on to get the game played while we wait for the cavalry to arrive.

I'm not sure the heaters would work in a prolonged period of cold weather like we're experiencing - assuming it's the lamps on a trolly that was pictured a couple of weeks ago. Probably only useful for keeping a light frost off overnight

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

I'm not sure the heaters would work in a prolonged period of cold weather like we're experiencing - assuming it's the lamps on a trolly that was pictured a couple of weeks ago. Probably only useful for keeping a light frost off overnight

I could be wrong Joe, but I thought the lamps on the trolley were UV lights, to encourage grass growth not actually heaters? As I say I could be wrong.

Nice to see the covers, looking at the pic on the official site are new.

 

[Holy Joe]

I could be wrong Joe, but I thought the lamps on the trolley were UV lights, to encourage grass growth not actually heaters? As I say I could be wrong.

Nice to see the covers, looking at the pic on the official site are new.

Could well be - they didn't look like they'd heat the ground much. So the actual question is have we got heaters, rather than if they were turned on or off.

 

[Richard Hearn]

Oldham is the highest ground in the country

I think you will find that the ground at the highest altitude (in the top five leagues, anyway) is actually, and somewhat surprisingly, The Hawthorns.

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

What's the weather like in Lincolnshire this week? Is Wednesday likely to follow suit?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Definitely the right call and I’m not just saying this as it would have been my first home game I missed this season.

Well done all involved.

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

With the loss of three players this week and no additions added, plus being better away from home, I wonder if this postponement is a blessing in disguise. I don't think the feeling and atmosphere would have been positive tomorrow and I don't think we needed that negativity. Also, Halifax are a tough nut to crack even with Pepple in the side, let alone without him.

A few days to let the dust settle and hopefully bring a fresh face in for the Boston game looks a bit more favourable.

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

I think you will find that the ground at the highest altitude (in the top five leagues, anyway) is actually, and somewhat surprisingly, The Hawthorns.

True and a good quiz question that.

 

[GBJ]

I'm not sure the heaters would work in a prolonged period of cold weather like we're experiencing - assuming it's the lamps on a trolly that was pictured a couple of weeks ago. Probably only useful for keeping a light frost off overnight

I’m not sure if these have got a heating element to them, or whether they’re just for grass growth but either way, here they are in all their glory (post Southport)

 

[Supershrimper]

What's the weather like in Lincolnshire this week? Is Wednesday likely to follow suit?

Meant to be warming up from Monday to around 8°C rising to around 10°C on Wednesday