Is there any chance of Monday's game being postponed due to the storm?

Bob!

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....or is the Sky TV Money more important to the club than the safety of fans travelling to the Game?

 

El Turi

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• Oct 26, 2013

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We could probably do with it being called off so we can play it again when we've got some players fit but I think the storm would have passed by Monday evening.

 

One Teddy Maybank

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• Oct 26, 2013

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I think that it could be, though only on police advice.

 

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YouOrns97

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Bob! said:

....or is the Sky TV Money more important to the club than the safety of fans travelling to the Game?

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As a Watford fan having paid £30 for a train down I bloody well hope it doesn't get called off. This is football not cricket.

 

Caveman

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Bob! said:

....or is the Sky TV Money more important to the club than the safety of fans travelling to the Game?

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What a strangely worded question? What are you implying that the club are going to put the game on regardless and that they know the weather is going to be come Monday evening?

 

easynow

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• Oct 26, 2013

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It depends if the trees beside the train tracks fall or not...

 

hybrid_x

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hopefully called off so we get some fit players

 

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Jim D

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• Oct 26, 2013

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It's highly likely that the storm will have passed by kickoff time so any postponement would be due to structural damage to the stadium. I doubt that would be the case unless it generated a tornado that passed right through it.

 

Eksman

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YouOrns97 said:

As a Watford fan having paid £30 for a train down I bloody well hope it doesn't get called off. This is football not cricket.

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Do you come in peace

 

Acker79

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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...e#?tab=fiveDay&locId=354366&fcTime=1382918400

(as I type this) Wind down to 22mph (gusts at 35mph) down from 49mph (85mph) 12 hours earlier. Only 40% chance of rain

 

Ernest

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Possibility of revised train timetable on the Southern network on Monday

 

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• Oct 26, 2013

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This reminds me of a thread from a bygone era. Lots of flouncing over the 'might'.

Can't find it. It was an absolute belter.

 

Barrel of Fun

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Ernest said:

Possibility of revised train timetable on the Southern network on Monday

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There's a timetable?

 

Stat Brother

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• Oct 26, 2013

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Lets say is were called off.

If neither team were effected by call ups could the replay be played 16.11, the next international weekend?

 

Gazwag

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• Oct 26, 2013

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YouOrns97 said:

As a Watford fan having paid £30 for a train down I bloody well hope it doesn't get called off. This is football not cricket.

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You do realise it would be far more likely to be called off due to transport failures than the ground not being playable so nothing to do with the actual sport being played.

 

Notters

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Acker79 said:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...e#?tab=fiveDay&locId=354366&fcTime=1382918400

(as I type this) Wind down to 22mph (gusts at 35mph) down from 49mph (85mph) 12 hours earlier. Only 40% chance of rain

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It says 85 on my screen.

 

Notters

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YouOrns97 said:

As a Watford fan having paid £30 for a train down I bloody well hope it doesn't get called off. This is football not cricket.

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So if 15, 000, 000 trees come down, like in '87, a lot of them on the railway line, presumably you will be out there clearing them?

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if your dilapidated stadium was damaged by the winds.

 

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METALMICKY

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easynow said:

It depends if the trees beside the train tracks fall or not...

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This would be the key reason due to the high volume of fans we have arriving by train. Secondary to this would be any issues with the A27

 

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YouOrns97 said:

As a Watford fan having paid £30 for a train down I bloody well hope it doesn't get called off. This is football not cricket.

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And this is the winning post. Well done sir.

 

Acker79

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Notters said:

It says 85 on my screen.

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85 what?

I find the met office site changes wildly every few hours, but it still seems to say the same as I listed.