Folks will be foaming and spitting from the mouth about this.

Seriously?

With Aberdeen’s team bus being able to leave no later than 4:30, i suspect we’ll know by late afternoon. I highly doubt it’ll be on.

I do hope it's off, I detect no mood for it to be on. 
I hope too this opens up a debate re summer football.
I can see us going there eventually but I've been waiting 20 years for timing the ball in play so not confident.
FIFA are shite.

Aye. On official.

https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/9288/MATCH-POSTPONED--ABERDEEN-H.html

See the Daily Rangers is in quick with a rerun of the Rangers abandoned match ticket 'scandal'.  Different scenario.  Any excuse.

A lot of pride that it clearly still annoys them...

Tek wrote:

Rain or not. This pitch is a disgrace and anyone who thinks gross negligence hasn't happened here needs an eye test. Utd being entirely disingenuous that any game could have taken place on that pitch last night. The Spartans game already looks at risk.

Absolute shambles. 

Are they being disingenious, or are they making the noises they have to make to be heard by others?  How would people react if we called the game off yesterday and it turned out the game could go ahead?

For the record, I think the pitch is a disgrace, but surely everyone understands the club have to give the game every chance to be played and besides, is it not the ref that has to make the decision as opposed to the club?

For God's sake give it a rest, we have had unprecedented constant rainfall for over a month yet it's the Club's fault that the pitch is unplayable. Get a grip and give the Club a break, I've never heard so much moaning. All experts groundsmen of course.

As an aside I noticed the SPFL have insisted St.Johnstone's KDM Cup match against Ayr be moved to a neutral venue after it was again postponed. Falkirk apparently.

You can expect the same thing to happen to us if next Tuesdays rescheduled match doesn't make it, as it would be cutting it fine to get the match played before the Quarters. Would only be one other free midweek beforehand (between 21st-28th February), but could see the SFA taking the decision out of our hands.

At our expense of course.

Macho Man wrote:

Tek wrote:

Macho Man wrote:

Are they being disingenious, or are they making the noises they have to make to be heard by others?  How would people react if we called the game off yesterday and it turned out the game could go ahead?

For the record, I think the pitch is a disgrace, but surely everyone understands the club have to give the game every chance to be played and besides, is it not the ref that has to make the decision as opposed to the club?

They are being disingenuous. There is no way that pitch was hosting a football match yesterday, today or anytime soon. 

The entire touchline is a swamp FFS. This below from someone I follow on Twitter.




 

I agree that there was no way the game was going to be played tonight based on the state of the pitch, but surely it has to be recognised that they can't publicly say anything about the game being called off until an official decision is made by the ref/SPFL.  There will be channels the club have to go through before anything official can be announced.  Surely that's not being disingenuous, that's just the club following protocol/the rules, 

They could have easily told the truth and said they had grave concerns over the playability of the pitch and had requested a pitch inspection for the following day.

They made out however that the pitch was playable just yesterday.

I'm saying that was clearly bollocks. Or else why would they be telling the kiosk staff they weren't required with so much notice?

Anyway, I've said enough about the pitch. I highly doubt next Tuesdays game goes ahead, though I hope I'm wrong as it would cost the club a lot of money for it to be moved.
 

The club seem to be getting a lot wrong just now, but I don't think anyone looking at the picture yesterday and knowing it was due to rain solid for the rest of the day and all day today, suspected anything else than a postponement.

Which to me is why they showed the picture. It's playable! (wink wink) but lets wait and see what the pitch inspection says. Then again maybe i'm giving them too much credit and it's just another fuck up, but saying there's a pitch inspection let me know there was no chance.

There must be some sort of protocol introduced to protect fans, time to kick off, distance of travelling team/fans, because there so many variables to consider, even catering can run into 1000's, would you be comfortable eating a pie that was cooked and ready to reheat tonight on Saturday?

Anyone planning to head to Tannadice tonight, 1pm is maybe ok purely on the distance most out of town would travel, but there's so many other factors to consider, folk changing shifts, arranging child care, risk of public transport being off.

I'm all for telling the kiosk staff, "Guys don't bother tomorrow, but keep it under your hat, we need to officially announce that we've done all we can!"

I can only think that there's maybe set procedures to follow and given as above clubs are expected to travel against safety advice, which in turn means ground are open, allowing fans to travel /attend then is it something we need to look at?

i.e Greenock to Arbroath to play in farcical conditions the other week as an example.
 

I see the BBC have an article about our new goalkeeper enjoying being thrown in at the deep end......😁