posted Jan 13, 2007

I don't know which Championship table you were looking at Tilton Corner, but when I last looked the Blues were 3 points clear at the top due to there abysmal performance over the last couple or three games. Now that's been wiped out after Derby's win. Let's hpoe after all this they can actually beat Leeds when they do eventually fulfill the fixture.

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posted Jan 13, 2007

What kind of idiots try to relay a pitch in four days, in the middle of winter, with a massive storm forecast? Birmingham should have the book (or a spadeful of that ploughed field they call a pitch) thrown at them - maybe they should be made to play their next three home games behind closed doors, to make up for all the away fans who lost money on travel arrangements etc.

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posted Jan 14, 2007

Of course Birmingham should have points deducted. Asit has been said Middlesboro lost points when they didn't fulfil a fixture due to a lack of players.

Birmingham could look at the weather forecast, protect the pitch. Perhaps they didn't want to because they have a few strikers out at the moment. If Leeds lose the re-arranged match and go down to a goal scored by a player not available yesterday is that fair? Not that I want Leeds to stay up!

A fine a 3 points deduction. Lets face it Birmingham will be going up anyway.

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posted Jan 14, 2007

I think its because bendtners injured, gives him more recovery time...they cant play without him

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posted Jan 14, 2007

herts ram

You are just being silly. Why should Brum have a points penalty? What if they hadn't relayed the pitch and 3 or 4 players from both sides had suffered serious injury> That of course would have suited your blinkered agenda fine. In any case, if the pitch was that bad that it needed relaying due to being dangerous, it's very likely that the game would have been called off anyway on safety grounds.
By the way, M'bro's posponement was totally different. They did not turn up after being ordered to play and when they bleated about sickness and injury, they counted all their suspended players as sick or injured and even included Viv Anderson on the sick list and he hadn't played for two years, so they got what they deserved. The ricj irony of course was had they turned up at Blackburn and lost 5 or 6 nil, they would not have been relegated, instead Coventry would've gone down, so much for playing silly games!

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posted Jan 14, 2007

Was I really that transparent

Maybe you are right, but surely there has to be some sanction otherwise any club could just rip up their pitch stating it was unfit to play when they have a long injury list. Seems a little unfair to me.

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posted Jan 14, 2007

herts Ram:

You may be right about that, I don't know Brum's injuries apart from Bendtner (Spelling??). That said, I don't think that they would waste that sort of money when they are playing against a team 2nd from bottom of the table. Brum did try to relay it over Xmas but had to cancel. Sometimes sh1t happens and we have to put up with it. A small inquiry yes to establish what went wrong and to see what can be learned from it, sanctions, never.

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posted Jan 15, 2007

In every other level of football the punishment is the award of 3 points to the away team, due to the home team failing to fulfil provide a pitch for the fixture. The blues were unable to play, Leeds were, simple as that. It's an unlikely punishment at this level of the game, but if the playing field is to remain level, it is the correct one.

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posted Jan 15, 2007

All I want to say on this subject (and Im not biased as a Rams fan as the Blues will go up anyway) is why didnt they wait until after the Leeds game which (and Im not 100% sure on this)would give them 2 weeks as normally after a home game there is an away game

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