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:? , no amount of my forking is going to fix that!!

I'll be surprised if that recovers in time!

We'll be OK, win the toss and defend the deep end first half

Been in lunchtime. Because its a flood plane situation forking is a complete waste of time -it would be like taking a fork into the sea! Also it would destabilise large areas and turn into mush. The holes would fill straight back up. It has to drain away naturally and that depends on river levels dropping. The pump is on so efforts are being made. The pitch -bar the far end has actually drained well from all the rain-this is outside a normal rain scenario this is all about rivers levels. All on tonight.

paulk wrote:Been in lunchtime. Because its a flood plane situation forking is a complete waste of time -it would be like taking a fork into the sea! Also it would destabilise large areas and turn into mush. The holes would fill straight back up. It has to drain away naturally and that depends on river levels dropping. The pump is on so efforts are being made. The pitch -bar the far end has actually drained well from all the rain-this is outside a normal rain scenario this is all about rivers levels. All on tonight.

Paul, one thing I noticed last week when on the pitch, its quite bumpy, due to what looks like worm "sh1t" the best way to describe it, and a bit lumpy here and there. What would be the impact on rolling the pitch, I guess its not been done for a reason, ie damaging grass etc.

Sorry to anybody else, I realize this could turn a little boring to read

There's frost forecast tonight so maybe skating will be possible tomorrow.

Just got back from the D&D and it still looks like the pictures Chas posted up 8-)

Half expected to see an embankment barge on the training pitch!
Does n`t look promising does it? :(

Finally got down to the ground at around 3.15 and took a few pics. Got home to find Chas had beaten me to it, so pointless putting up any more pics.

I think the games looking very doubtful at the moment with that amount of water on the pitch.

That's a lot to disappear overnight, but you never know and we're also unaware of how quick it can drain away if theres no more rain.

SouthRushdenJFC wrote:We'll be OK, win the toss and defend the deep end first half

I'd take Quincy as a keeper in water polo, the resistance of the water would make running wildly out of his area impossible!

Problem that I see is that even if does drain away tomorrow morning and the ref deems it's OK to play with the heavy rain forecast from around 3pm it would mean that with an already saturated pitch the game might not finish. :evil: