P - P and rearranged for Sunday

P - P and rearranged for Sunday

That would be unlikely with both Carlisle and Crawley having games on Tuesday.

Could move both the Tuesday games to the Wednesday?

P - P and rearranged for Sunday

That would be unlikely with both Carlisle and Crawley having games on Tuesday.

If it’s played at say 12 or 1 on the Sunday it might be more preferable to Crawley than coming here on a Tuesday night.

It's getting a bit ridiculous now, the season needs extended.

Man Utd 2 West Ham 0.

Looking at the forecast it has to be moved to Sunday- There will be no other options except playing Saturday Tuesday Thursday one week like barrow had to do last full season.
I would rather ensure the game is on and play Tuesday as well if we have to; maybe Crawley and our players feel different?
But with these unique circumstances, Yu would think the four teams involved in switching to a Wednesday night could manage it . (Carlisle Crawley Harrogate and Stevenage)
It’s only Wednesday now so there’s plenty of time to make changes if they pull their fingers out.
It’s going to be -7 in Carlisle tonight, little chance of pitch recovery in day temps of 1 or 2 deg. Looking at temps if 5 + on Sunday ?

Yeah Crawley are only on 25 games played themselves so are 3 behind some teams, so maybe they’d rather get it played on Sunday and out of the way rather than coming up here on a Tuesday night when when by that time we might be back in form. We could perhaps play it as an early KO on Sunday, that way they could be back down the road by 3pm.

It’s either Sunday or a postponement, because it won’t be happening on Saturday.

Not sure why this hasn't been sorted for Sunday yet? One thing is for sure, it is definitely not taking place on Saturday!!

Looking at the UK forecast it wouldn’t harm to have moved ALL fixtures to Sun and Weds.

Looking at the forecast it has to be moved to Sunday- There will be no other options except playing Saturday Tuesday Thursday one week like barrow had to do last full season.
I would rather ensure the game is on and play Tuesday as well if we have to; maybe Crawley and our players feel different?
But with these unique circumstances, Yu would think the four teams involved in switching to a Wednesday night could manage it . (Carlisle Crawley Harrogate and Stevenage)
It’s only Wednesday now so there’s plenty of time to make changes if they pull their fingers out.
It’s going to be -7 in Carlisle tonight, little chance of pitch recovery in day temps of 1 or 2 deg. Looking at temps if 5 + on Sunday ?

I wouldn't switch if I was Harrogate or Stevenage. What's in it for them in helping other clubs schedules?

If the Crawley game is off that leaves us needing to arrange that game and the Orient fixture.

As far as I can see the only two free Tuesdays are 23rd March and 4th May. Any further postponements will mean us probably playing on a Thursday if they refuse to extend the season.

The Harrogate game on Tuesday will probably be called off about 6.30 for some reason or other!

Orient game confirmed 23 March

The Orient game was rearranged yesterday for 23 March.

There is another free midweek in the Easter fortnight- we could play Tuesday, Friday, Monday, or shift the Easter weekend games back 24 hours

The Crawley game will be off. The club have confirmed that it will be hard to put the game back to Sunday. Seeing as there’s absolutely no chance of the pitch being playable Saturday, all minds are now on Harrogate on Tuesday and just hoping and preying that after a frozen pitch and a powercut, it’s third time lucky there.

Here’s a radical thought. Just looked at bbc weather. Virtually countrywide is -4 Friday night, not going above 0 until lunchtime. Likely most of EFL will be wiped out.
Why not move ALL fixtures to Sunday and Wednesday- then nobody is inconvenienced or put out. Surely the EFL has authority to do that ? Just for us!

Any optimists out there.... the weather looks Arctic like as predicted.

I just cant see with those pathetic covers that the game will be on...

I'll be making other plans

No chance

Is Sunday an option?

The Club posted about that yest:

“it needs all clubs who are possibly affected to say yes “

The question is- has anyone from the club even asked Crawley , Harrogate and Stevenage?
If Yu don’t ask, Yu don’t get.

I reckon the postponement will be confirmed today before Crawley are due to set off.

What is frustrating is that the club seem to be making little effort to beat the freeze. Get some heaters in, local farmers with hay/straw, be creative - at least try harder than a plastic sheet.

The cover seems to have no effect.
There is no chance the game will be on.
Hopefully Crawley will have been told not to bother travelling.
Waste of time.
The good news is that weather is milder next week. Hopefully it will stay that way.

They do seem a bit shit at this - laying any kind of insulating sheet over already frozen ground just helps keep it frozen, unless they're expecting some kind of volcanic event to occur

What happened to that geofleece stuff they had in the beast from the east?
https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2018/march/volunteers1mar18/

Bradford are trying... whether it will work is another thing, but they are making an effort.

https://twitter.com/officialbantams/status/1360002380163665921?s=21

But Bradford has several inches of insulating snow. We don't.

But Bradford have cops eating donuts. We don’t.

My prediction...... PP announced at 1pm Friday.

Wigan v Oxford has been moved to Sunday.

They both have games on Tuesday.



Hopefully CUFC and Crawley will at least consider this option.

Match OFF

Quelle sur-[censored]-prise

Just a observation. Why don’t they invest in a effective cover for the Warwick end which is always in shade. It is only 20 % of the pitch. 20% of the cost for a good quality insulated cover. And easier to store when not needed.

That is too obvious for Nixon....

Wonder if they put a glass roof on the WRE more games would get played.

Put it on the waterworks instead ?

Colchester v Mansfield now moved to Sunday. Mansfield play on Tuesday as well.

I wonder if our club even considered this as an option...

Put it on the waterworks instead ?

That would be a bit of a pane.

Colchester v Mansfield now moved to Sunday. Mansfield play on Tuesday as well.

I wonder if our club even considered this as an option...

According to NC yes, we tried, but it failed because of a lack of cooperation between other managers.

I interpreted the comments from the club as being that Crawley said no.
I see we are completely maxed out on midweek games now, including Easter week.
Any more postponements and we are looking at 3 games in a week.

We have 30th March and 4th May as options. NC has given me a slightly different perspective on the Sunday option - it wasn’t necessarily Crawley’s fault....

https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38272556

If we were playing a team that didn't have as far to travel then rearranging for Sunday would be more realistic.

I’ve been to the eden project in late autumn and in the jungle bit it was bloody red hot.

Perhaps we could start a fundraiser to build a giant glass dome around the stadium. Might even be some spare parts left over from Knighton’s butterfly house that could be used

Just two league 2 matches left on tomorrow at the moment, Bolton v Stevenage and Cambridge v Southend.

I know it's not fashionable to criticise the club these days but, I think they've slipped up here. I hope the fixture backlog is not the reason why we don't go on and achieve the success we supporters and players crave.
Not sure about the 3 stooges.

We have 30th March and 4th May as options.

Much prefer the latter.

The former would result in a run of Sat/Tue/Fri/Mon/Sat at present - Not ideal unless the Fri/Mon got pushed back to Sat/Tues!

Good article with Dave Mitchell covering most options.

Only £250k 15yrs ago to connect the undersoil piping - Probably double now?!

Make the big flags insulating and lay them on the pitch at the warwick, job done.

Really hope we get a run of wins starting on Tuesday, and adrenaline carries us through the exhaustion for the rest of the season. It would however be so Carlisle United for this all to end in tears!!