Dartford 16 Mar 19

goody2449 · Post by **goody2449** » 12 Mar 2019, 12:54

[dir=rtl][/dir]Do we think this game is going to be played? How’s the pitch?? Don’t really want another postponement and a cluster of rearranged games. Thoughts??

TUFC__12 · Post by **TUFC__12** » 12 Mar 2019, 13:16

By the looks of it the bad parts of the pitch is covered at the moment but we will have to see what the weather is like for the rest of the week hopefully okay to play. Don’t want a fixture congestion

gullintwoplaces · Post by **gullintwoplaces** » 12 Mar 2019, 14:38

Fingers crossed, but the forecast up to and including Saturday is again very poor. I’d have thought an early in principle conversation with Dartford about a fall back date for the game in the middle of next week (should the pitch be unplayable on Saturday) would be sensible. The weather is forecast to improve a lot on Sunday, and there is likely to be far less rain next week. Given there are so few weeks left in the season it would be sensible to consider options early if the forecast for this week turns out to be right.

standupsitdown · Post by **standupsitdown** » 12 Mar 2019, 20:36

I'm coming down for the game Saturday so hoping it won't be called off - or if it is that they'll make a decision on Friday.
The forecast seems to be mainly light rain Thursday, Friday & Saturday, with not too much on Friday and the heavy rain to start early evening Saturday.

desperado · Post by **desperado** » 13 Mar 2019, 10:03

Looks like gales and rain again Saturday, hope the club have bought some more covers. We really don't want another game off. As someone else said the weather looks better after that , if any doubt put it back to monday/tuesday next week

standupsitdown · Post by **standupsitdown** » 14 Mar 2019, 10:42

Forecast looking a bit better. Quite a lot of light rain Thursday & Friday but then dry Saturday morning and the heavy rain doesn’t come until the evening.

desperado · Post by **desperado** » 14 Mar 2019, 12:24

Let's hope that's the case. Forecasts of 56 mph
south westerly wind gusts at 3pm though. Let's hope we keep the ball on the ground !

DWB · Post by **DWB** » 14 Mar 2019, 13:43

I used to hate the wind in my playing days! A real game disrupter making it quite a lottery.

desperado · Post by **desperado** » 14 Mar 2019, 14:02

You shouldn't have had baked beans on toast as your pre match meal, didn't worry Alan Shearer though he always had chicken and beans

DWB · Post by **DWB** » 14 Mar 2019, 14:12

desperado wrote: ↑14 Mar 2019, 14:02 You shouldn't have had baked beans on toast as your pre match meal, didn't worry Alan Shearer though he always had chicken and beans

Actually that is what I used to eat. Maybe that was the problem :~D

goody2449 · Post by **goody2449** » 14 Mar 2019, 20:39

No covers on the pitch tonight as of 1700hrs. Hopefully the wind has dried it out.

budegull1954 · Post by **budegull1954** » 14 Mar 2019, 21:24

The forecast for Saturday looks worse by the hour - 70mph winds expected in some places in the West Country. It would be no surprise to see yet another postponement, which would be a shame because Dartford's 2 best midfielders are unavailable for the match.

standupsitdown · Post by **standupsitdown** » 14 Mar 2019, 22:02

I'm still hopeful. It looks as if the rain will be light until Saturday evening and at the moment forecast is for dry Saturday morning.
Certainly going to be windy but that shouldn't cause a postponement unless it's so bad as to be a safety issue.

lucy6lucy · Post by **lucy6lucy** » 14 Mar 2019, 23:23

A postponement of this match will be a nightmare. The scenario Woking go 6 points clear, will really put the pressure on us. This game has to be ON.

Uptongull · Post by **Uptongull** » 15 Mar 2019, 09:07

If anyone has the Met Office app, the rainfall forecast over the next 24 hours shows no rain in Torbay so should be ok. Looks like we might just get away with it. Will have to check again at 3 or 4pm today to see how things look at kick off time tomorrow.

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