Arsenal (a) pre-match thread (Game given go ahead 1350hrs)

[MAG]

Pep's Press Conference Updates:

Pep: "Premier League > Champions League ... we are fighting for the most important title of the season, more important than the Champions League by far, and we have lots of tough games still to go so we must remain focused.”

 

[MAG]

 

[goater555]

Don't think we're expecting snow tomorrow either here or London. Problem is we're not expecting any rain or sun to clear whats coming down now, so I'd imagine it will be icy as fuck if anything come tomorrow afternoon. They should mobilise all the Arsenal fans around the stadium. Their salty tears should clear it.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

If it snows hard around the stadium and it is not cleared, with the weather not going above freezing it will be ice by tonight. Further snow on top would make the surface extremely hazardous.

Thank you Michael Fish

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Absolutely spot on mate, the whole idea of these warnings is to advise of danger, surely the football authorities have a duty of care when travel warnings have been issued.

They don’t care. Precious FA and their trophy takes priority over everything.

 

[Daz_Blue]

The Premier League want it to go ahead, we are without Sterling and Fern .....

 

[paulchapo]

Thank you Michael Fish

........Mind you I did get the hurricane forecast wrong in 1987 lol!

 

[TBooksbluearmy]

mag I have already have suggested that, they should use that weekend of the 17th/18th of March to play the game, rather that play it this Thursday.

 

[Len Rum]

Don't think we're expecting snow tomorrow either here or London. Problem is we're not expecting any rain or sun to clear whats coming down now, so I'd imagine it will be icy as fuck if anything come tomorrow afternoon. They should mobilise all the Arsenal fans around the stadium. Their salty tears should clear it.

Snow predicted all day in London tomorrow on just about every forecast!

 

[mac]

Snow in winter, who'd thought it.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Is it me or have we become a nation of mard arses?

 

[Dax777]

unfair to City to play Thursday, unlike Arsenal we played a cup final on sunday

Lol

 

[dickie davies]

Snow in winter, who'd thought it.

It's not the pitch that's the issue. It's supporter and Emirates stadium staff travel safety, especially after the game

If the PL had any common sense, they'd postpone the game now and rearrange it for that Saturday in a couple of weeks that both Arsenal and ourselves have free

 

[remember arthur mann]

Is it me or have we become a nation of mard arses?

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Is it me or have we become a nation of mard arses?

Ah yes, I was at the ballet on ice. Plenty of people there that day.

 

[Gordyola]

Don't think we're expecting snow tomorrow either here or London. Problem is we're not expecting any rain or sun to clear whats coming down now, so I'd imagine it will be icy as fuck if anything come tomorrow afternoon. They should mobilise all the Arsenal fans around the stadium. Their salty tears should clear it.

The Met Office think otherwise with a Yellow Warning of snow for London

"A spell of snow, heavy in places, is likely to move slowly north from Thursday morning onwards. The snow will be accompanied by strong winds, leading to the potential for drifting of lying snow. Delays and cancellations to public transport are possible, as are delays to travel on roads; some stranding of vehicles and passengers could also occur. Some rural communities could become cut off. Interruptions to power supplies and mobile phone coverage are also possible"

 

[davek1808]

Ah yes, I was at the ballet on ice. Plenty of people there that day.

Yeah but that was the olden days when people could well walk in the snow I suppose.

 

[goater555]

The Met Office think otherwise with a Yellow Warning of snow for London

"A spell of snow, heavy in places, is likely to move slowly north from Thursday morning onwards. The snow will be accompanied by strong winds, leading to the potential for drifting of lying snow. Delays and cancellations to public transport are possible, as are delays to travel on roads; some stranding of vehicles and passengers could also occur. Some rural communities could become cut off. Interruptions to power supplies and mobile phone coverage are also possible"[/QUO

These forecasts are like health sites. You don't know which one to believe.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

streets look fine just around the corner from the ground, game on

 

[SebastianBlue]

Is it me or have we become a nation of mard arses?

I will say, having lived in Boston (USA) for a few years now (where winter regularly brings 30-60 cm of snow at a time), after being raised splitting time between Manchester (rain, what rain?) and Zaragoza (heat, what heat?), and then walking around London both last summer and now this winter...

Yes, at least down south.