Help!
Hi guys...bit of a problem here - I had no internet connection when I got home from work last night & it has still not returned. I've managed to use my iphone to save my team this morning & write this quickly, but the connection is so so slow I've not been able to check any team news / injury new online & can't get in to the chatroom...I just had to save what I had on the screen to ensure I didn't get a big fat zero.
The weather in the UK is unbelievable, snow is falling heavily, I imagine we're going to lose a lot of games but again I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't check to let you know - if anyone is able to do updates via the comments section upto the deadline to help others that would be hugely appreciated.
Cheers,
AM
95 comments:
Wigan villa severe doubt, birmingham is going ahead, blackburn still on for the time being
Hi I am worried about Blackpool vs Tottenham as they have no heating ,what's your thoughts? It is tomorrow though, maybe thawed out a bit?
Hi AM, I should be able to keep the updates coming as I'm not going anywhere. At the moment this is what I've read:
Wigan are very doubtful that they'll play
Blackburn are hopeful but not optimistic.
Wigan vs Villa in “Severe Doubt”
It's official - Wigan v Villa OFF
http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10429~2247241,00.html
wigan villa is postponed
Any other news? Or where can i check for the status of the match?
As stated above, Wigan is now off.
a 10am update from Blackburn (at 9:50!) says "As of 10am, today's game against West Ham United remains on as the pitch is now clear, supporters are advised to continually check the official website for further updates in the run-up to the 3.00pm kick-off."
No news on Liverpool, Sunderland, Arsenal.
Birmingham are very confident of playing.
Wigan Villa is definitely off...
http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10429~2247241,00.html
Murph
How abt Blackburn? Now i hv 4 players from Blackburn...
Despite the adverse weather conditions overnight and into this morning today's game against Newcastle at St. Andrew's is still scheduled to go ahead.
Due to the undersoil heating system the pitch remains soft and playable and the falling snow is being regularly swept off the surface. birmingham a go then
wat abt arsnal?any news?
FC United of Manchester vs Marine has been cancelled.
News from Blackburn:
"Rovers' Barclays Premier League match against West Ham United will go ahead as planned.
From 5.30am this morning Blackburn Rovers staff have been working hard clearing last night's snowfall in which some three to four inches fell in the Ewood area.
The pitch is now fully clear of snow and the work continues to ensure that all areas inside and outside the ground are likewise.
As always, supporters are advised to set off early for the match, and to wear suitable clothing for the chilly conditions.
No further updates on the situation are planned unless there is further significant snowfall."
Any news about tottenham?
Cheers,
DZ
http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2247224,00.html
Link confirming optimism with Blackburn game
@ Birty
Can u give us an overview of UK weather until monday please? Thanks
Pauly
manu match canceled??
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/fulham-game-called-off
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/fulham-game-called-off
liverpool vs fulham postp...
Wigan and Liverpool match postponed. Confirmed ! :)
Arsenal go or not ?
good spot anon: I'd stopped looking at liverpool's site partly because i thought it was on and partly because it was making me sick.
10:30 Update
Liverpool vs Fulahm is off
Wigan vs Villa is off
Birmingham vs Newcastly ON
Blackburn vs West Ham ON (barring any last minute snowfall)
Sunderland vs Bolton - no news
Arsenal vs Stoke - no news
No news is good news.
As for tomorrow:
At the moment, I'd be very surprised if Blackpool play tomorrow, if Liverpool have had to cancel then Blackpool must be a serious doubt - BUT that's only speculation and not fact.
Chelsea vs United will almost certainly be on, Rupert Murdoch himself will be driving a snow plow rather than lose the TV audience
West Brom is almost Birmingham so if Birmingham play then I'd bet money on West Brom playing.
City vs Everton - anything could happen
For UK weather updates check www.bbc.co.uk
Thanks Birty, everyone!
gud job BIRTY.. thanks
Thanks Birty for updated...
Leo
thankss
GENIUS-
Liverpool v Fulham has been called off
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/9299029.stm#postponements
A Blackpool spokeman just stated "I'd say there's a 60% chance that the game will be postponed".
any news of arsenal?
I just got rid of all my L'pool, Villa and Spurs players. I want a striker to save my team. What do you say, Bent or Elmander?
wigan aston villa
and
liverpool fullhan OFFICIALY POSTPONED
anymore games update?
elmander all the way..
drogba ;)
11am update:
No more concrete news. Its started snowing again in Manchester - only lightly but I'm going to keep an eye on Blackburn vs West Ham again but I reckon it'll go ahead.
There's less than 2 hours to the Sunderland kick off and there's no news from there so assume that game is on. Still nothing from Arsenal.
hat about Blackpool - where has this 60% chance of play comment come from???
Does anyone know who is going to be Arsenal's starting keeper?
Liverpool vs Fulham and Wigan vs Aston Villa both officially off.
Is this "60% chance" a real statement? I simply can't find it anywhere. Anyway, even if my guts say that one way or another the game will be on, I wouldn't risk buying Bale, VdV or Pavlyuchenko at full price
Angelos
It's actually 63.18% chance
Damn, do you think RVP will do well?
I think once again Chamakh is a better pick. I don't know why. I just have this feeling
he's making it up
Do you think he'll even play?
It just went up to 64.42%; I'm buying Bale and VDV - I already have Adam on a discount (keeping).
Chamakh/Van Persie (Cham looked sluggish at United...time for RvP to start?)
- I think Nik would have picked RVP.
RVP or Elmander ? (Replacing an Aston Villa player)
Who will play? "W. Szczesny or L.Fabianski?
"Heavy snow is now causing a concern at St. Andrews"
Brum vs Newcastle may be called off!
Lol, I found a webcam of Blackpool's east stand but the last update was september 2008! I can't find anything on tomorrow's game at Blackpool to confirm that quote but I would say I think its an accurate assesment even if its not an actual quote.
No more news in the last half hour but the snow fall in that time in Manchester has been significant (for the UK anyway!)
Don't think we'll get any more news before the deadline. I'm off to dig my sister's car out of the snow. Although I'm not sure how she expects me to get my car out.
Good luck everyone. May the snow stay away for the rest of the weekend!
Whoops, one last update:
"Referee Mike Jones will inspect the playing surface at St. Andrew's by no later than 12 noon today ahead of this afternoon's scheduled game against Newcastle United.
Blues ground staff have been working around the clock to ensure the pitch is playable and supporter sections of the stadium are being attended to by the club's maintenance team.
The pitch is soft and playable but heavy snow is now causing a concern as all work to clear areas in and around the stadium is being quickly undone by incessant snowfall."
Bet the ref isn't a fantasy player, why not check the pitch at 11:45!!!!!!!!
I now have no Tottenham or Blackpool players in my team. I need 100% sure starters coz I need to catch up in my league!
With 30 mins to deadline I feel it's too risky to gamble on them starting the match. Remember the last Blackpool postponed match, the ref called it off in the morning of the game.
This is just my opinion and is not based on insider knowledge nor scientific meteorological analyses.(The Met Office gets it wrong most days anyway!)
Good luck
Pauly
So a basic summary so far...
Sat, Dec 18 Arsenal v Stoke
Currently snowing near stadium but no reports about any risk to the game going ahead
Sat, Dec 18 Birmingham v Newcastle
Heavy snow in the area overnight but very clear statement on club website about game going ahead...
http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2247247,00.html
Sat, Dec 18 Blackburn v West Ham
Heavy snow but again clear statement on club website that the game will go ahead
http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2247224,00.html
Sat, Dec 18 Wigan v Aston Villa
CONFIRMED OFF
Sat, Dec 18 Liverpool v Fulham
CONFIRMED OFF
Sat, Dec 18 Sunderland v Bolton
Due to start in an hour or so and no indication that they aren't ready to start as yet - Soccer AM in the UK will do a preview before 12 so worth noting that...
Sun, Dec 19 Chelsea v Man Utd
Difficult to predict but London is meant to continue snowing today and tonight. Lots of noise on Twitter about there being a chance of it going, but that doesn't mean much...
Sun, Dec 19 West Brom v Wolves
Nothing on the home page but lots of snow in the area, just depends what happens tonight!!
Sun, Dec 19 Blackpool v Tottenham
Big risk, lots of snow, no undersoil heating, but no mention of 60% anywhere I can find and nothing official announced...
Mon, Dec 20 Man City v Everton
Who knows about Monday - I think this given its an evening game there will be plenty chance for the game to go ahead and clear anything that does land...
Cheers Birty. As if it isn't hard enough when the games are actually played. F Me! I've just seen on the BBC that Arsenal have the game off.
Link to BBC about arsenal please?
Just woke up. I live in South London and there is a hell of a lot of snow...still falling quite heavily too. Last minute tinkering needed!
Irons
nice unclear post anonymous, on arsenal
Will Szczesny start?
Mike
It is now snowing hard in Birmingham with 3 inches already on the ground. The sky is just a blanket of white, so the game may still be doubtful.
8mins to deadline...
Not True,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/9299029.stm
I can see no mention of the Arsenal game being cancelled on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/9299029.stm#postponements
Many thanks to all who have contributed with FACTS and weather reports.
Good luck everyone and, AM, I hope you get your internet connection up and running soon!
Thanks for all your hard work.
i don't live in the UK but according to forecast - looks like pretty clear tomorrow in London. Taking Rooney on board!!!
Birmingham v Newcastle United is OFF due to heavy snow around St. Andrew's
http://twitter.com/NUFCOfficial
http://twitter.com/NUFCOfficial
@ Birty
Bham Newcastle is OFF
Pauly
blackburn ? any news las question ;)
http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2247322,00.html
Birmingham v Newcastle off too...
Leo
birmingham game is called off...in their off website
Might have implications for West Brom game then...
Lets hope no more games are cancelled...
thanks to everyone and good luck to you all
Arsenal v Stoke City
Barclays Premier League
Saturday 18th December 2010
Kick off: 3pm - Emirates Stadium
Like the many supporters coming to today’s Barclays Premier League match against Stoke City, the Club is closely monitoring the weather conditions.
At 11.30am on Saturday, the match is still on. However, weather conditions are still changing and the situation is being continually assessed by Club officials.
Saw this after the deadline, wish I'd have spread my risk out a bit more than I did. I wasn't expecting Arsenal to be in doubt
damn 3 games called off n might be more to come... big problem
Oh well - nothing we can do about it now.
Thanks for the weather feedback everyone, saved me losing a few points at least.
Good luck in the matches.
oh boy I forgot that I still had defoe and laurent! This week's gna be chaotic.
Radio 5 say Arsenal game is off. Damn!
Lots of last min adjustments... And due the deadline had passed nothing i can do if more games are cancelled!
My Team for this week is:
W. Szczesny
P. Jones S. Squillaci Míchel Salgado
S. Nasri D. Silva F. Fabregas Lee Chung-Yong
J. Elmander R. Pavlyuchenko M. Chamakh
Had to change alot of players due to cancelled games...
Yes i've got 5 Arsenal players in my team... lets hope the game is ok to play!... otherwise it be just my luck that it's cancelled!
Arsenal game's just been cancelled. Check out the bbc website.
Bobby, if you didn't have bad luck, you'd have no luck at all.
Arsenal game just confirmed to be OFF; Shouldn't have gone for RVP :/
do you have any link mentioning arsenal game postponed i don't see any
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9301738.stm
Arsenal v Stoke OFF... DAM!
Owell!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/9299029.stm#postponements
i hate the snow...
RVP and Nasri...damn
Lol there goes both Fabs and Nasri :P
Oh, and squillaci, too..
blackburn?
I don't know about RVP, more like RIP!
Chelsea v Man United OFF!! Sky Sports
Chelsea Utd off tomorrow:(
Birmingham N'Castle off
just returned from Church.. and i missed the liverpool-fulham cancellation news discussed before the deadline.. if not, i would've change skrtel to someone else..
anyway, arsenal-stoke & birmingham-newcastle also being called off according to yahoo making it 4 matches posponed..
Maxer
What happened to the show must go on?
Love this old picture of coppers in the snow at White Hart Lane
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1110284/A17ft-snowman-boats-locked-solid-ice--thats-I-big-freeze.html
Chelsea game postponed.
blackpool off too
becks
Where's god when you need him most... Oh.
"A shameless scam that passes off meaningless drivel as timeless wisdom in a brazen attempt to wrest money from the vulnerable and ill-informed."
Blackburn rovers chicken farmers anyone?
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