| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement 22:33 - Feb 13 with 2746 views | SitfcB |
Took him a while. |  |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:40 - Feb 13 with 2668 views | Dubtractor |
They definitely read everything on social media don't they?
"It was actual Paul Lambert's idea to try and play the game on Sunday".
It may well have been his suggestion, but that feels like a deliberate response to the criticism online this afternoon. |  |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:47 - Feb 13 with 2624 views | DublinBlue84 |
So the club are saying that Lambert wanted the match on but things conspired against him, that is s a little bit confusing as all of the noises that were coming out of Shrewsbury earlier appeared to be that the EFL and Shrewsbury wanted the game on but we didn't.
Unfortunately reading that statement it almost comes across as an attempt to generate positive PR for Lambert. [Post edited 13 Feb 2021 22:52]
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:48 - Feb 13 with 2602 views | Herbivore |
Hmmmm. |  |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:50 - Feb 13 with 2590 views | DublinBlue84 |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:40 - Feb 13 by Dubtractor |
They definitely read everything on social media don't they?
"It was actual Paul Lambert's idea to try and play the game on Sunday".
It may well have been his suggestion, but that feels like a deliberate response to the criticism online this afternoon. |
It doesn't tally with what else has been said earlier.
There's a lot to be read in between the lines of lines of that statement as well, especially in the bottom few paragraphs.
The paranoia that has been talked about in the last few months inside the club is alive and well. | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:51 - Feb 13 with 2573 views | Garv |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:40 - Feb 13 by Dubtractor |
They definitely read everything on social media don't they?
"It was actual Paul Lambert's idea to try and play the game on Sunday".
It may well have been his suggestion, but that feels like a deliberate response to the criticism online this afternoon. |
The fact that they even need to defend it is a farce. |  |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:52 - Feb 13 with 2559 views | Fixed_It |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:50 - Feb 13 by DublinBlue84 |
It doesn't tally with what else has been said earlier.
There's a lot to be read in between the lines of lines of that statement as well, especially in the bottom few paragraphs.
The paranoia that has been talked about in the last few months inside the club is alive and well. |
Just read this thread and you see why they might be paranoid! |  |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:57 - Feb 13 with 2525 views | DublinBlue84 |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:52 - Feb 13 by Fixed_It |
Just read this thread and you see why they might be paranoid! |
It may very well have been his idea but the trouble with this club right now is nothing would really surprise you at the end of the day.
It probably comes down to this. They hotel they stayed in was of a very high standard and the many open hotels were not of such a high standard, either of food or accommodation so it was decided that rather than take a lower standard, they'd go home.
They haven'trained for a day, it's Valentines Day tomorrow and it's still going to be freezing so it doesn't really make it that appeasing for our lads to stay in a hotel that is beneath them without the kind of meals they are used to and play a game. I can understand why some might feel like that.
Lets not dress it up, if this would have been at a smaller club on a normal day, the match would be on tomorrow. [Post edited 13 Feb 2021 22:58]
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:59 - Feb 13 with 2510 views | Garv |
Presumably we're meant to criticise this too?
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:01 - Feb 13 with 2479 views | BlueBadger |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:59 - Feb 13 by Garv |
Presumably we're meant to criticise this too?
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Pffft, like you'd ever criticise Lambo anyway. |  |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:11 - Feb 13 with 2423 views | Herbivore |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:59 - Feb 13 by Garv |
Presumably we're meant to criticise this too?
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Do what you like, mate. | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:20 - Feb 13 with 2386 views | PhilTWTD |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:47 - Feb 13 by DublinBlue84 |
So the club are saying that Lambert wanted the match on but things conspired against him, that is s a little bit confusing as all of the noises that were coming out of Shrewsbury earlier appeared to be that the EFL and Shrewsbury wanted the game on but we didn't.
Unfortunately reading that statement it almost comes across as an attempt to generate positive PR for Lambert. [Post edited 13 Feb 2021 22:52]
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I didn't get the impression the Shrews chief exec 'blamed' Town for the game not going ahead tomorrow, he cited hotel issues the same as LON in his chat with the press. Can't see why Town wouldn't have wanted the game played tomorrow given the fixture pile-up. |  | | |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:24 - Feb 13 with 2358 views | Garv |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:11 - Feb 13 by Herbivore |
Do what you like, mate. |
It seems the smart thing to do. | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:32 - Feb 13 with 2326 views | DublinBlue84 |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:20 - Feb 13 by PhilTWTD |
I didn't get the impression the Shrews chief exec 'blamed' Town for the game not going ahead tomorrow, he cited hotel issues the same as LON in his chat with the press. Can't see why Town wouldn't have wanted the game played tomorrow given the fixture pile-up. |
Of course, I wasn't implying that anyone had blamed anyone, just that the initial noises seemed to suggest that Shrewsbury and the EFL were keen for the game to go-ahead and we were less so. I
I would imagine if they could have got the same hotel and these were in normal times the game would be going ahead. But as has been said elsewhere, pre-match preparation would be carefully planned with meals, chef, food etc, so it's understandable why they would not want to decamp to another hotel for a night, even if available, as their original hotel could not accommodate them.
What annoys me the most is you're now going to hear Lambert using the games in hand to defend himself from any criticism (if we win them we will be x points off etc) and also use the fixture pile up as something else to beat back any criticism with which is just going to probably prolong the period before the necessary change is made. | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:38 - Feb 13 with 2318 views | PhilTWTD |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:32 - Feb 13 by DublinBlue84 |
Of course, I wasn't implying that anyone had blamed anyone, just that the initial noises seemed to suggest that Shrewsbury and the EFL were keen for the game to go-ahead and we were less so. I
I would imagine if they could have got the same hotel and these were in normal times the game would be going ahead. But as has been said elsewhere, pre-match preparation would be carefully planned with meals, chef, food etc, so it's understandable why they would not want to decamp to another hotel for a night, even if available, as their original hotel could not accommodate them.
What annoys me the most is you're now going to hear Lambert using the games in hand to defend himself from any criticism (if we win them we will be x points off etc) and also use the fixture pile up as something else to beat back any criticism with which is just going to probably prolong the period before the necessary change is made. |
I think the tweet from the Shrews journo inadvertently gave the wrong impression, to be honest. The hotels issue did seem to be the only thing standing in the way of it taking place. | | | |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 02:01 - Feb 14 with 2142 views | pointofblue |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:01 - Feb 13 by BlueBadger |
Pffft, like you'd ever criticise Lambo anyway. |
There’s enough to criticise Lambert about without creating stuff too. | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 09:05 - Feb 14 with 1925 views | TractorWood |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 22:57 - Feb 13 by DublinBlue84 |
It may very well have been his idea but the trouble with this club right now is nothing would really surprise you at the end of the day.
It probably comes down to this. They hotel they stayed in was of a very high standard and the many open hotels were not of such a high standard, either of food or accommodation so it was decided that rather than take a lower standard, they'd go home.
They haven'trained for a day, it's Valentines Day tomorrow and it's still going to be freezing so it doesn't really make it that appeasing for our lads to stay in a hotel that is beneath them without the kind of meals they are used to and play a game. I can understand why some might feel like that.
Lets not dress it up, if this would have been at a smaller club on a normal day, the match would be on tomorrow. [Post edited 13 Feb 2021 22:58]
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No way. We played Tuesday, it feels very remote that we would have been allowed to play Sunday Tuesday. It's just escapism.
I'll say it again. It's ridiculous we insist on playing through British winter. I've always found this stupid. No idea why don't just play the season from March to November, when you know the weather is broadly reasonable. |  |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 09:25 - Feb 14 with 1875 views | Ace_High1 |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 09:05 - Feb 14 by TractorWood |
No way. We played Tuesday, it feels very remote that we would have been allowed to play Sunday Tuesday. It's just escapism.
I'll say it again. It's ridiculous we insist on playing through British winter. I've always found this stupid. No idea why don't just play the season from March to November, when you know the weather is broadly reasonable. |
I have often thought the same. Used to think this when I had a ST sitting in the freezing cold watching games in December and January.
Summer matches are much more enjoyable, having a day out, in the beer garden etc, we should play Mar - Nov. |  | | |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 15:08 - Feb 14 with 1647 views | Garv |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 09:05 - Feb 14 by TractorWood |
No way. We played Tuesday, it feels very remote that we would have been allowed to play Sunday Tuesday. It's just escapism.
I'll say it again. It's ridiculous we insist on playing through British winter. I've always found this stupid. No idea why don't just play the season from March to November, when you know the weather is broadly reasonable. |
Possibility of fans being lost to other sports e.g Cricket, golf? | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 15:10 - Feb 14 with 1645 views | TractorWood |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 09:25 - Feb 14 by Ace_High1 |
I have often thought the same. Used to think this when I had a ST sitting in the freezing cold watching games in December and January.
Summer matches are much more enjoyable, having a day out, in the beer garden etc, we should play Mar - Nov. |
Someone raised Millwall away from a few years ago in mid August in another thread. Balmy evening. Beers in the city. Awesome day.
I remember Birmingham home a few years (Boxing day maybe) and Middlesbrough when someone broke a rib on the frozen pitch, then postponed. Madness. | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 16:52 - Feb 14 with 1535 views | deano85 |
"if we had been in ‘normal’ times, then I think it may have happened... "
Odd, because in normal times, there would be fans... And im guessing they wouldn't have been happy staying over... | | | |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 17:16 - Feb 14 with 1483 views | WD19 |
So last weeks story was that we haven’t got enough games and need to invent friendlies to give everyone a run out.
Postpone one game and now we have got a ‘fixture pile up’.
It’s fking amateur hour. Every hour. Forever. |  | | |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:56 - Feb 14 with 1312 views | Garv |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 09:25 - Feb 14 by Ace_High1 |
I have often thought the same. Used to think this when I had a ST sitting in the freezing cold watching games in December and January.
Summer matches are much more enjoyable, having a day out, in the beer garden etc, we should play Mar - Nov. |
Play off games in the freezing cold? No thanks. | |
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 07:21 - Feb 15 with 1169 views | Herbivore |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:56 - Feb 14 by Garv |
Play off games in the freezing cold? No thanks. |
Play offs? Us?
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| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 07:23 - Feb 15 with 1167 views | textbackup |
| Lee O’Neill on Shrewsbury postponement on 23:56 - Feb 14 by Garv |
Play off games in the freezing cold? No thanks. |
you'll be watching Charlton vs acc Stanley on the tv, so the weather wont matter |  |
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