Dundee v Rangers - postponed for a second time...



Hank Scorpio said:
This ^

If you remove the old firm nonsense, it’s pretty shit that a club’s pitch has been unplayable twice in a matter of weeks.
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It was playable later the day of the first postponement and last wednesday when the game should have been scheduled for.

However Sky and Rangers didn't want that.
 
We've just been up there for half term, stayed in Broughty Ferry - lovely place. Sunday and Monday were bright, dry and breezy in Dundee. Pretty wet Tuesday mind. The proximity of the two clubs is something you read about as a kid in football books, so we had a drive down there to have a look. Children absolutely bored rigid.
 
mackembhoy said:
It was playable later the day of the first postponement and last wednesday when the game should have been scheduled for.

However Sky and Rangers didn't want that.
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It’s surely still the responsibility of the club to ensure the pitch is playable though? Apparently areas of the pitch have been a concern for a while, but Dundee simply put a thin cover over the impact sections in the hope they wouldn’t get worse?
 
mackembhoy said:
Yep was a free midweek last week.

But Sky Sports and Rangers dictated it was played this week instead of prioritising integrity of league.

Even on the day of the first postponement the pitch would have been playable by 3pm but was on Sky so that's more important.

Playing the game today may have seen the SPFL have to pay UEFA as well, seeing as you can't play other televised games at the same time as their comps.
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Correct.... Rangers and their lap-dogs in the Scottish press and media conveniently "forget" this fact...Just watched the latest headlines from Scottish Television News (or more accurately Sevco Television News). Not one reference about the fact that the match could have been played last week.
 
Hank Scorpio said:
It’s surely still the responsibility of the club to ensure the pitch is playable though? Apparently areas of the pitch have been a concern for a while, but Dundee simply put a thin cover over the impact sections in the hope they wouldn’t get worse?
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The match could have been played the same day of the postponement.

It was scheduled for 12:00 for TV was playable by 3. Just don't have that game on TV sky can pick up another fixture instead. Simple fix to the problem.

It then could have been played on the 3rd April but Sky didn't want to have the game on same time as TNT sports premier league coverage. Rangers happy to oblige as they then had a free midweek before playing Celtic.

What clubs cover their pitch btw? I've certainly never seen it in this country.
 
mackembhoy said:
The match could have been played the same day of the postponement.

It was scheduled for 12:00 for TV was playable by 3. Just don't have that game on TV sky can pick up another fixture instead. Simple fix to the problem.

It then could have been played on the 3rd April but Sky didn't want to have the game on same time as TNT sports premier league coverage. Rangers happy to oblige as they then had a free midweek before playing Celtic.

What clubs cover their pitch btw? I've certainly never seen it in this country.
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To be fair I have never seen TV pick up 'another fixture' at short notice and it seems impractical to move the broadcasting crews etc. Can't think of a delay as long as 3 hours to see if the pitch clears either.

Other clubs, broadcasters and the SFA/SPFL can do anything wrong and old firm fans will always rush to tell how it's themmuns fault.
 

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