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[distancetraveller]

The min temp down there from now until ranges from plus 2 degrees up to 5 degs by kick off. No frost at all so I would suggest that the chances of the game going ahead is pretty good.

[Amsterdam Alty]

tbf a decent number of Southend fans have been on twitter calling it bullsh*t

[distancetraveller]

What’s happening to the update re inspection .. there is f**k all the websites .. not very good really

[b23]

Postponed

[rorysgrandad]

It's off. Shoddy Southend.

[hsmith1]

Following this morning's pitch inspection (see below) the Southend United v Altrincham game the Shrimpers have tweeted that "Today's Vanarama National League game against Altrincham has been postponed".

[Ukrainian Alty]

It's off. Shoddy Southend.

If the coach left as planned they should be just about at Milton Keynes when they find this out.

[Alty Bri]

I thought Southend were marvellous at our place earlier in the season and their fans are a good lot but seriously, the people who are running the club sound like a bunch of k*** h****

[cheshire cat]

The upside is we will be fresh for the appearance of Rochdale. We need three points on Tuesday

[Spaceman Spiff]

Hey Alty fans - Shrimper in peace. Really sorry for the bloody irritating late postponement today. There has to be a better way than this - its not on that people waste their day and their money for nothing all because of a tinpot bloody numpty local ref.

All I'll say is there are fumes coming out of Roots Hall at the local ref who called the game off, and plenty of digs / hints that the pitch is fine on our official Twitter account (see below). Note that our full first team squad are training on the pitch today - these videos were taken an hour ago, and you can see they are using right up to the end of the pitch by the South Stand - the supposedly hardest bit to defrost.

Where the hell do we get these local busybody prats from?? What qualifies local league refs to be experts on ground temperatures / thawing etc?

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748686538890760439?s=20

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748688249311117805?s=20

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748692354540728682?s=20

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748695652337381539?s=20

[Leon]

Hey Alty fans - Shrimper in peace. Really sorry for the bloody irritating late postponement today. There has to be a better way than this - its not on that people waste their day and their money for nothing all because of a tinpot bloody numpty local ref.

All I'll say is there are fumes coming out of Roots Hall at the local ref who called the game off, and plenty of digs / hints that the pitch is fine on our official Twitter account (see below). Note that our full first team squad are training on the pitch today - these videos were taken an hour ago, and you can see they are using right up to the end of the pitch by the South Stand - the supposedly hardest bit to defrost.

Where the hell do we get these local busybody prats from?? What qualifies local league refs to be experts on ground temperatures / thawing etc?

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748686538890760439?s=20

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748688249311117805?s=20

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748692354540728682?s=20

https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1748695652337381539?s=20

The pitch certainly looks playable from those clips but the big issue is the timing of the inspection. If it'd been done when it should have been done, ie yesterday lunchtime, then the team and the fans wouldn't have wasted their time and money.

[distancetraveller]

It hasn’t had freezing temps there for over 24 hrs now it would have been ok to play on it. They are taking the piss

[Spaceman Spiff]

The pitch certainly looks playable from those clips but the big issue is the timing of the inspection. If it'd been done when it should have been done, ie yesterday lunchtime, then the team and the fans wouldn't have wasted their time and money.

I don't agree I'm afraid. The issue is not calling it off as early as possible, it is fulfilling the fixture if possible. Today it was clearly possible, but an idiot local ref showed his inexperience.

It is the responsibility of clubs to fulfil fixtures, first and foremost, not to call them off all the time if there is a bit of bad weather - postponing by default.

The local ref clearly got it very wrong today.

[distancetraveller]

If the covers had been taken off yesterday it would have helped. Let the (non freezing) air get at it for all of yesterday and this morning would have helped. In situations like this where a team has to travel the day before it should have been inspected last night at the latest

[Leon]

The pitch certainly looks playable from those clips but the big issue is the timing of the inspection. If it'd been done when it should have been done, ie yesterday lunchtime, then the team and the fans wouldn't have wasted their time and money.

I don't agree I'm afraid. The issue is not calling it off as early as possible, it is fulfilling the fixture if possible. Today it was clearly possible, but an idiot local ref showed his inexperience.

It is the responsibility of clubs to fulfil fixtures, first and foremost, not to call them off all the time if there is a bit of bad weather - postponing by default.

The local ref clearly got it very wrong today.

And I'm afraid you and the club have got it badly wrong today by simply assuming that your view of the playability of the pitch would be shared by the referee.

The simple fact is that any pitch inspection should be made at a time which shows consideration for the opposition's team and fans. To do it at 10.30 today was an absolute joke.