Will the game be on?? [Edit: GAME CALLED OFF]

[john@staustell]

The snow is supposed to move south tomorrow so the roads should be cleared up north. However I must admit it has influenced our plans. Although the club finally allowed us to buy tickets yesterday (we have very low recent loyalty points!!) there's absolutely no point us taking time off work when we wont be able to drive up through the aforementioned snow, and the game may be off anyway.

[Socrates]

Dont be so bloody soft, its just a bit of snow, I dug my motor out and drove into work today, not many did but theyre all poofs!!

If they call the game off then it will be a disgrace, a bit of snow and everyone turns into whiney little girls!!

There are always some pseudo-southerners in South/West Manchester who panic if they see a snowflake but there are hillfolk on here saying it's too bad as well. If people in places like Shaw reckon it's too bad, it's too bad! Pretty grim over this side of the hills as well (Holmfirth), I called my staff and stopped them coming in, it's the responsible thing to do.

[Beeks]

No way it's going to be on...apparently it will be snowing till at least 6pm this morning with more heavy snow predicted in the next few days

[Socrates]

No way it's going to be on...apparently it will be snowing till at least 6pm this morning with more heavy snow predicted in the next few days

6pm in the morning? Wow, must be bad :O)

[eastlandsblue]

If the game is cancelled, will the Blackburn game be brought forward, to allow for the rearrangment to be played week weds ?

[london blue 2]

No way it's going to be on...apparently it will be snowing till at least 6pm this morning with more heavy snow predicted in the next few days

City store and box office are close today as well. not looking good :(

Due to the extreme weather conditions today, the Club has reluctantly decided that the Box Office and the Citycentre shop at the City of Manchester Stadium will remain closed.

[feedthegreek]

well its nt looking good
the ticket office and the club shop are closed all day today.
its on the official website.

[sandman]

Dont be so bloody soft, its just a bit of snow, I dug my motor out and drove into work today, not many did but theyre all poofs!!

If they call the game off then it will be a disgrace, a bit of snow and everyone turns into whiney little girls!!

There are always some pseudo-southerners in South/West Manchester who panic if they see a snowflake but there are hillfolk on here saying it's too bad as well. If people in places like Shaw reckon it's too bad, it's too bad! Pretty grim over this side of the hills as well (Holmfirth), I called my staff and stopped them coming in, it's the responsible thing to do.

Well my mrs has gone to work in Uppermill and my mate is working in Milnrow and he is a delivery man.

People are just bloody soft, the more people who brave it the sooner the roads will clear.

[D.D.]

Do we really want this on?

The reality is, many, many people can literally not move their cars and there is a very real possibililty that, if the match goes ahead, there could be less than 30,000 people who can actually physically make it.

I;ll be as gutted as the next man if it's off but I don't want our biggest game for donkeys years to be cheapened by a rack of empty seats. I'd rather play it next week with the stadium packed to the rafters, with us all cheering the boys home to a great victory.

[john@staustell]

Box office and shop now closed:

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/20 ... e-and-shop

Due to the extreme weather conditions today, the Club has reluctantly decided that the Box Office and the Citycentre shop at the City of Manchester Stadium will remain closed.
Supporters can still shop online or buy tickets online with no booking fee

[Bingo Lewis]

You bunch of soft bastards.
I got from Mossley to town this morning.
how the fuck i did it without wrecking my car I don't know.
Fucking Mercs are shite in the snow, especially automatic ones.

[dannybcity]

Just a thought but I wonder what the possibility of swapping the legs around would be? I know it's a long shot but getting the second leg at home would be brilliant. Copenhagen tried it on with us last year, maybe we should give it a go.

[feedthegreek]

blackburn in contact with the met office and cops about whether the game will be on.
announcement later. source blackburn off website.

[feedthegreek]

Just a thought but I wonder what the possibility of swapping the legs around would be? I know it's a long shot but getting the second leg at home would be brilliant. Copenhagen tried it on with us last year, maybe we should give it a go.

yes i bet its not snowing in salford.

[dannybcity]

Just a thought but I wonder what the possibility of swapping the legs around would be? I know it's a long shot but getting the second leg at home would be brilliant. Copenhagen tried it on with us last year, maybe we should give it a go.

yes i bet its not snowing in salford.

I meant play the first leg at OT on the 19th and the second leg at Coms after that. Thinking about it it's not going to happen is it unless the snow lasts until next week (which it won't)?

[BlueSince72]

If it is off then what would be a likely re-arranged date?? Surely it couldn't be next week as we have Blackburn on monday night!!

[Twobob]

Dont be so bloody soft, its just a bit of snow, I dug my motor out and drove into work today, not many did but theyre all poofs!!

If they call the game off then it will be a disgrace, a bit of snow and everyone turns into whiney little girls!!

There are always some pseudo-southerners in South/West Manchester who panic if they see a snowflake but there are hillfolk on here saying it's too bad as well. If people in places like Shaw reckon it's too bad, it's too bad! Pretty grim over this side of the hills as well (Holmfirth), I called my staff and stopped them coming in, it's the responsible thing to do.

Well my mrs has gone to work in Uppermill and my mate is working in Milnrow and he is a delivery man.

People are just bloody soft, the more people who brave it the sooner the roads will clear.

My Mrs got to Stockport OK but got told to come back home...

Being Mossley born and (in)bred I dont hide away from Snowy weather, walked it to Ashton one bad winter (in the 90's) through knee high snow over the tops, but this is the worst I've seen it in a LONG while - and its followed me to bloody Shaw now!

Going off the amount of cars dumped on my street at the botton of a hill, I'd say your delivery driver friend isn't making many deliveries to too many houses on hilly streets ;-)

Soc's is right with what he says because you have to think about when it freezes later on which is going to cause more problems than the snow.

Now if we had this kind of weather more often we'd all have decent snow tires and get them swapped over for the winter and we'd all be fine and sod the grit!

[Socrates]

blackburn in contact with the met office and cops about whether the game will be on.
announcement later. source blackburn off website.

Sky News just announced the dirty darwen game is off.

[BlueSince72]

Dont be so bloody soft, its just a bit of snow, I dug my motor out and drove into work today, not many did but theyre all poofs!!

If they call the game off then it will be a disgrace, a bit of snow and everyone turns into whiney little girls!!

There are always some pseudo-southerners in South/West Manchester who panic if they see a snowflake but there are hillfolk on here saying it's too bad as well. If people in places like Shaw reckon it's too bad, it's too bad! Pretty grim over this side of the hills as well (Holmfirth), I called my staff and stopped them coming in, it's the responsible thing to do.

Well my mrs has gone to work in Uppermill and my mate is working in Milnrow and he is a delivery man.

People are just bloody soft, the more people who brave it the sooner the roads will clear.

Well maybe your delivery man mate will be looking at a chunky insurance claim later on today......then who will be bloody soft??

Everyone has different vehicles and different levels of snow so to generalise like you have is just ignorant!!

[bluej]

Dont be so bloody soft, its just a bit of snow, I dug my motor out and drove into work today, not many did but theyre all poofs!!

If they call the game off then it will be a disgrace, a bit of snow and everyone turns into whiney little girls!!

There are always some pseudo-southerners in South/West Manchester who panic if they see a snowflake but there are hillfolk on here saying it's too bad as well. If people in places like Shaw reckon it's too bad, it's too bad! Pretty grim over this side of the hills as well (Holmfirth), I called my staff and stopped them coming in, it's the responsible thing to do.

Well my mrs has gone to work in Uppermill and my mate is working in Milnrow and he is a delivery man.

People are just bloody soft, the more people who brave it the sooner the roads will clear.

Tell that to everyone who is grid locked on the M60 now....

Council reckoned they gritted priority roads twice last night and the sheer volume of snow overwhelmed it - they're using snow ploughs in some places now.