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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:16:57 GMT
Those being the areas the staff were working on with heat lamps. There were still hours before ko - ref was way too premature with his decision. Is the ground being a bit firm under the linesman’s feet justification for matches being postponed these days? Just repeating what The DOF said. I guess the ref was thinking of his assistants when he made the decision. If their wellbeing doesn't matter then I agree with you. With no fans being allowed into games I do agree that there is nothing wrong with leaving the decision until 10 minutes before kick off. If the welfare of a linesman possibly slipping on some firm, compacted, cold mud justifies a referee in calling a game off I’m genuinely astounded. Perhaps the ref could have commandeered a young childs skateboarding helmet, knee and elbow pads!!!!
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Post by gregsy on Feb 13, 2021 20:20:40 GMT
I suppose one plus from today is that I thought I'd started the shortest match day thread ever....
How wrong was I.....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:22:23 GMT
Just repeating what The DOF said. I guess the ref was thinking of his assistants when he made the decision. If their wellbeing doesn't matter then I agree with you. With no fans being allowed into games I do agree that there is nothing wrong with leaving the decision until 10 minutes before kick off. If the welfare of a linesman possibly slipping on some firm, compacted, cold mud justifies a referee in calling a game off I’m genuinely astounded. Perhaps the ref could have commandeered a young childs skateboarding helmet, knee and elbow pads!!!! I guess the same goes for the players. Just think a game would never be called off ever again but the players would look more like American Footballers
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Post by axegas on Feb 13, 2021 20:23:08 GMT
At least we have all the motivation we’re ever going to need to go and stuff Swindon when the fixture is rearranged.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Feb 13, 2021 20:24:34 GMT
1-0 Akinde.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:26:23 GMT
At least we have all the motivation we’re ever going to need to go and stuff Swindon when the fixture is rearranged. Do you really think the players are sat in their living rooms raging that they never played today? I don't think so.
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Post by axegas on Feb 13, 2021 20:30:02 GMT
At least we have all the motivation we’re ever going to need to go and stuff Swindon when the fixture is rearranged. Do you really think the players are sat in their living rooms raging that they never played today? I don't think so. Not raging no, but I expect it will help in the pre match team talk when we face them next.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:32:04 GMT
Do you really think the players are sat in their living rooms raging that they never played today? I don't think so. Not raging no, but I expect it will help in the pre match team talk when we face them next. They would have been laughing at Starnes ranting while they were training and resisting the urge to smack a ball into the back of his head.
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Post by Gassy on Feb 13, 2021 20:42:15 GMT
Not raging no, but I expect it will help in the pre match team talk when we face them next. They would have been laughing at Starnes ranting while they were training and resisting the urge to smack a ball into the back of his head. They're professional footballers training next to the CEO, not 12 year olds on the school playground.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:46:50 GMT
They would have been laughing at Starnes ranting while they were training and resisting the urge to smack a ball into the back of his head. They're professional footballers training next to the CEO, not 12 year olds on the school playground. You have never worked with professional footballers then.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:55:40 GMT
Does it matter? Rovers CEO comments is enough. He wasn't there during the inspection though, the managers would have been and would have had an input into the decision. “Don’t let the facts” etc...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:57:28 GMT
Just watched Widdrington saying he was 5 minutes away when the game was called off. Thinks it could have gone ahead but admits it was frozen on the touchlines and the linesmen would have needed trainers. Those being the areas the staff were working on with heat lamps. There were still hours before ko - ref was way too premature with his decision. Is the ground being a bit firm under the linesman’s feet justification for matches being postponed these days? Health and safety culture, if the linesman slips and breaks a bone that means he can’t work who is responsible? Genuine question btw. Edit: the question is rhetorical but I’ll answer put forward the guess that the FA are then liable to pay his wages + compensation. I would ask if you had a company and would want to be on the hook for needless employee wages because safety protocol was not followed to the letter of the law? No? Then you can see how the decision was reached. Safety is paramount, not because of wellbeing in and of itself but because it costs money.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 21:00:06 GMT
Those being the areas the staff were working on with heat lamps. There were still hours before ko - ref was way too premature with his decision. Is the ground being a bit firm under the linesman’s feet justification for matches being postponed these days? Health and safety culture, if the linesman slips and breaks a bone that means he can’t work who is responsible? Genuine question btw. Just ban all non essential activities in case someone has an ‘accident’ ?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 21:01:44 GMT
Health and safety culture, if the linesman slips and breaks a bone that means he can’t work who is responsible? Genuine question btw. Just ban all non essential activities in case someone has an ‘accident’ ? See above, linesmen are effectively volunteers. We couldn’t have a game if they had no cover if they got injured due to poor conditions. So someone has to pay the guys wages if they have an accident and I bet you as a business owner would not be willing to do so.
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Post by pirate on Feb 13, 2021 21:04:46 GMT
They're professional footballers training next to the CEO, not 12 year olds on the school playground. You have never worked with professional footballers then.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 21:06:04 GMT
Riffing on it a bit further Eric would you as the figurehead of the U.K. game want to be seen to put livelihoods at stake by forcing linesmen to run a frozen line and then dealing with the bad PR as well as the insurance premiums that would sky rocket if those linesmen were to get injured? No, you wouldn’t.
It’s pretty obvious why companies would not risk the safety of their employees even if we, as the public, know that really they don’t give a sh** about their employees.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 21:11:18 GMT
You have never worked with professional footballers then. Case closed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 21:13:02 GMT
Just ban all non essential activities in case someone has an ‘accident’ ? See above, linesmen are effectively volunteers. We couldn’t have a game if they had no cover if they got injured due to poor conditions. So someone has to pay the guys wages if they have an accident and I bet you as a business owner would not be willing to do so. Perhaps they need to think about whether they should carry out such a hazardous hobby as being a linesman. If it’s so dangerous that it could affect their livelihood then clearly not worth taking a chance. I guess getting insurance cover would be prohibitively expensive because it’s such a risky pastime.
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Post by cockergas on Feb 13, 2021 21:15:45 GMT
Riffing on it a bit further Eric would you as the figurehead of the U.K. game want to be seen to put livelihoods at stake by forcing linesmen to run a frozen line and then dealing with the bad PR as well as the insurance premiums that would sky rocket if those linesmen were to get injured? No, you wouldn’t. It’s pretty obvious why companies would not risk the safety of their employees even if we, as the public, know that really they don’t give a sh** about their employees. they run up and down in a straight line, can’t see that the conditions today would have been any more dangerous than the usual quagmire assistant referees have to work in, ref called it far too early imho
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on Feb 13, 2021 21:23:25 GMT
Case closed. What an obnoxious Nan Redknapp is - bet he doesn’t behave like that when Sandra is around - he wouldn’t dare 🤫🤫🤫
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