shull Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Snow or Neilston Baith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Just get it called off now. Weather is going to be hellish tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbles old paperboy Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 We have known for 1 week that we will catch the tail end of the storm that brought parts of USA to a standstill last weekend but we don't yet know how much snow will fall in Scotland as a result of this. So my post doesn't get seen as an attack on St Mirren FC I think we should we should change a few rules nationally. Since we know that our winters can be bad but unpredictable and we play a lot of games from November to February why can't we say the SPFL can cancel up to 2 matchdays per season at a few days notice on weeks when forecasts for extreme weather are being made and when we have already experienced some of those forecasts coming true by the Wednesday / Thursday. It would mean we would avoid lots of clubs paying to switch on undersoil heating for days and games being cancelled at the last minute. Div reported the club had lost over £3k in undersoil heating and stewarding costs when the Raith game was cancelled, Raith would have had costs in coming through, and I am guessing around 2.5- 3k fans lost a lot more money than both clubs combined in travel costs, food and drink inside the stadium, programmes etc for a game postponed 5 minutes before kick off. Dumbarton's game was postponed the night before they were due to play, we had 2 pitch inspections on the morning and afternoon of the Raith game... maybe there should be an early warning system that if a game 10 miles away is already off and you've organised pitch inspections and the weather is also not looking good in the area around the ground then it's announced at lunchtime it is 50/50 whether the game goes ahead? If the SPFL have the power to say all games are off when heavy snowfall, low temperatures, and storms and floods are forecast they should build in a few weeks from March to May to play postponed games on a Saturday and have a fund to pay clubs if like us, they have 2 home games in a row postponed on extreme weather weekends. This way, clubs are spared losing thousands on wasted undersoil heating, hospitality, catering, stewarding and policing costs and fans are spared late cancellations and their costs and everyone gets a decent amount of warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 We have known for 1 week that we will catch the tail end of the storm that brought parts of USA to a standstill last weekend but we don't yet know how much snow will fall in Scotland as a result of this. So my post doesn't get seen as an attack on St Mirren FC I think we should we should change a few rules nationally. Since we know that our winters can be bad but unpredictable and we play a lot of games from November to February why can't we say the SPFL can cancel up to 2 matchdays per season at a few days notice on weeks when forecasts for extreme weather are being made and when we have already experienced some of those forecasts coming true by the Wednesday / Thursday. It would mean we would avoid lots of clubs paying to switch on undersoil heating for days and games being cancelled at the last minute. Div reported the club had lost over £3k in undersoil heating and stewarding costs when the Raith game was cancelled, Raith would have had costs in coming through, and I am guessing around 2.5- 3k fans lost a lot more money than both clubs combined in travel costs, food and drink inside the stadium, programmes etc for a game postponed 5 minutes before kick off. Dumbarton's game was postponed the night before they were due to play, we had 2 pitch inspections on the morning and afternoon of the Raith game... maybe there should be an early warning system that if a game 10 miles away is already off and you've organised pitch inspections and the weather is also not looking good in the area around the ground then it's announced at lunchtime it is 50/50 whether the game goes ahead? If the SPFL have the power to say all games are off when heavy snowfall, low temperatures, and storms and floods are forecast they should build in a few weeks from March to May to play postponed games on a Saturday and have a fund to pay clubs if like us, they have 2 home games in a row postponed on extreme weather weekends. This way, clubs are spared losing thousands on wasted undersoil heating, hospitality, catering, stewarding and policing costs and fans are spared late cancellations and their costs and everyone gets a decent amount of warning. Sensible idea. Shame the SFPL is run by the same morons that run the clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosferatu Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 SUMMER FOOTBALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR SAY--- YEAH "summer football" would run from January to December with games at the start and end of the season at risk of postponement. You could have opening day games called off, do or die games on the last day, play off called off, the Scottish Cup final played in freezing weather. Summer football will never ever happen in Scotland. Never. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Saints Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 We have known for 1 week that we will catch the tail end of the storm that brought parts of USA to a standstill last weekend but we don't yet know how much snow will fall in Scotland as a result of this. So my post doesn't get seen as an attack on St Mirren FC I think we should we should change a few rules nationally. Since we know that our winters can be bad but unpredictable and we play a lot of games from November to February why can't we say the SPFL can cancel up to 2 matchdays per season at a few days notice on weeks when forecasts for extreme weather are being made and when we have already experienced some of those forecasts coming true by the Wednesday / Thursday. It would mean we would avoid lots of clubs paying to switch on undersoil heating for days and games being cancelled at the last minute. Div reported the club had lost over £3k in undersoil heating and stewarding costs when the Raith game was cancelled, Raith would have had costs in coming through, and I am guessing around 2.5- 3k fans lost a lot more money than both clubs combined in travel costs, food and drink inside the stadium, programmes etc for a game postponed 5 minutes before kick off. Dumbarton's game was postponed the night before they were due to play, we had 2 pitch inspections on the morning and afternoon of the Raith game... maybe there should be an early warning system that if a game 10 miles away is already off and you've organised pitch inspections and the weather is also not looking good in the area around the ground then it's announced at lunchtime it is 50/50 whether the game goes ahead? If the SPFL have the power to say all games are off when heavy snowfall, low temperatures, and storms and floods are forecast they should build in a few weeks from March to May to play postponed games on a Saturday and have a fund to pay clubs if like us, they have 2 home games in a row postponed on extreme weather weekends. This way, clubs are spared losing thousands on wasted undersoil heating, hospitality, catering, stewarding and policing costs and fans are spared late cancellations and their costs and everyone gets a decent amount of warning. Tomorrow's weather (and today's) is nothing to do with the storm that brought snow to the USA. That system brought us wet but mild weather earlier this week. The forecast for tomorrow for Paisley bar wind isn't that severe. 4c isn't particularly cold for January and it doesn't look like there will be much settling snow at the low level Paisley lies at. It's January in Scotland, we play in it every year. I am an advocate of more summer football but while we have the season we do, tomorrow doesn't look to be the worst of day's. I think as we all get older we just get softer. Wrap up well and if it's on get to the game, the fresh air will do us all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbles old paperboy Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) Tomorrow's weather (and today's) is nothing to do with the storm that brought snow to the USA. That system brought us wet but mild weather earlier this week. The forecast for tomorrow for Paisley bar wind isn't that severe. 4c isn't particularly cold for January and it doesn't look like there will be much settling snow at the low level Paisley lies at. It's January in Scotland, we play in it every year. I am an advocate of more summer football but while we have the season we do, tomorrow doesn't look to be the worst of day's. I think as we all get older we just get softer. Wrap up well and if it's on get to the game, the fresh air will do us all good. Thanks for correcting my meteorological inaccuracies in my earlier post. The point I was making was that on Tuesday the BBC news ran this story with forecasts for the week ahead: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35399894 gale force winds and flooding, lorries and vans being blown over on the motorways, bridges being shut due to the stormy weather, buildings being blown down in the wind, people being injured by debris from buildings as per Thursday and Friday's news; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35427984. It's the kind of week where it is not going to be a surprise if a number of games are off because the weather, and at most grounds 1 or 2 stands are going to be freezing for fans sitting in all seater grounds and getting gale force winds in their face as well as heavy rain and maybe sleet and snow. The bad weather has been the top news story for most of the week and is set to continue into tomorrow and all I'm suggesting is that if the league actually planned for having a few weeks spare to allow for postponing games early in bad weather weeks in winter it would save a lot of uncertainty with pitch inspections being held, and often the early inspections end up being redone later by different referees and can also become worthless if bad weather continues or worsens after an early inspection has said the game is on and the pitch is fine at 11am. Edited January 29, 2016 by Dibbles old paperboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 That's the snow started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Tomorrow's weather (and today's) is nothing to do with the storm that brought snow to the USA. That system brought us wet but mild weather earlier this week. The forecast for tomorrow for Paisley bar wind isn't that severe. 4c isn't particularly cold for January and it doesn't look like there will be much settling snow at the low level Paisley lies at. It's January in Scotland, we play in it every year. I am an advocate of more summer football but while we have the season we do, tomorrow doesn't look to be the worst of day's. I think as we all get older we just get softer. Wrap up well and if it's on get to the game, the fresh air will do us all good. I am happy to attend matches in the winter. Cold, rain, snow do not bother me. Wasting a precious Saturday being pissed about is what bothers me. Call a game off or play it in spite of the weather. Just do not tell me it's on then cancel it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambud Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 What's the weather like in Paisley just now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russian Saint Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 What's the weather like in Paisley just now? Don't know, still dark ootside There's been a bit of snow, freezing cold. Broken cloud but looks a bid windy going by the cloud movement. More dark clouds heading over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 What's the weather like in Paisley just now? Dunno, my Blinds are shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norrie82 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 At St.mirren park right now it's not snowing. There is a light covering of snow but absolutely nothing like two weeks ago. Most games will be on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 At St.mirren park right now it's not snowing. There is a light covering of snow but absolutely nothing like two weeks ago. Most games will be on If they kick off right now . What happens when the blizzard happens shortly ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
religion is saints Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 At St.mirren park right now it's not snowing. There is a light covering of snow but absolutely nothing like two weeks ago. Most games will be onive just left my work in Paisley. It's fecking freezing, been snowing and it's freezing over. Roads are very dangerous, common sense would see game called off right now...only a fecking halfwit would want to watch a game in that weather... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 ...only a fecking halfwit would want to watch a game in that weather... So.... looking forward to the match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 It's not going to. snow. You heard it here first. The extreme westerly wind should give us a 10 goal lead in the first half followed by the eye of the storm taking 45 minutes to pass over during the second half. Have we moved the goals and now playing across the pitch...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareybob Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 The great thing about this weather is that it puts to bed the evil myth that is global warming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbles old paperboy Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Was dropping Mrs Dibble at work today. Car was lightly covered in snow in Inchinnan at 7.30 but the ground was so wet from all the rain that there wasn't much lying. Braehead had more snow lying, reasonable covering at the Southern General as well. Headed to the new house in Paisley - no snow lying in Millarston, drove by St Mirren Park on the way back to Inchinnan and there was a thin layer there. Two weeks ago it hadn't started snowing at this point in the day, but there had been temperatures down to -10 on the Friday night and Saturday stayed below zero with snow forecast. Last night and today are milder, I think we may see the snow and the sleet and some rain during the day and I don't think there would be enough to call the game off unlike 2 weeks ago where it was freezing and there were several heavy snow showers on the day and conditions where the snow would start to lie quite quickly. Snowing in Inchinnan as we speak. Edited January 30, 2016 by Dibbles old paperboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Was dropping Mrs Dibble at work today. Car was lightly covered in snow in Inchinnan at 7.30 but the ground was so wet from all the rain that there wasn't much lying. Braehead had more snow lying, reasonable covering at the Southern General as well. Headed to the new house in Paisley - no snow lying in Millarston, drove by St Mirren Park on the way back to Inchinnan and there was a thin layer there. Two weeks ago it hadn't started snowing at this point in the day, but there had been temperatures down to -10 on the Friday night and Saturday stayed below zero with snow forecast. Last night and today are milder, I think we may see the snow and the sleet and some rain during the day and I don't think there would be enough to call the game off unlike 2 weeks ago where it was freezing and there were several heavy snow showers on the day and conditions where the snow would start to lie quite quickly. Snowing in Inchinnan as we speak. Thank you, Sean Batty. Get the Match Off, it's freezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbles old paperboy Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) 2 games off at Inverness and Cowdenbeath with 5 pitch inspections planned, including Dumbarton. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35442014 Edited January 30, 2016 by Dibbles old paperboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munoz Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Bloody lightweights ! The sun is out now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbles old paperboy Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Raith game now also off and an inspection at Partick Thistle and we are not at 10am yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbles old paperboy Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 The top story on BBC Scotland News, "Arctic Blast Brings Snow To Scotland" : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-35442120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Was dropping Mrs Dibble at work today. Car was lightly covered in snow in Inchinnan at 7.30 but the ground was so wet from all the rain that there wasn't much lying. Braehead had more snow lying, reasonable covering at the Southern General as well. Headed to the new house in Paisley - no snow lying in Millarston, drove by St Mirren Park on the way back to Inchinnan and there was a thin layer there.I think the white stuff on the ground was due to several very heavy hail showers through the night and early morning?This allowed the slightest of sleet/snow to lie. Games in no danger of being off for snow today. Edited January 30, 2016 by davidg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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