West Ham match postponed - confirmed

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Morning all setting off in an hour from the south coast
Hearing a rumour the game might be off because of the weather. Any one able to update??
Cheers

The PL are thinking of calling off the weather because of the game!

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Looks as though the decision is very close to being taken out of my hands here. River near our house is about 2 inches away from bursting its banks. If it does I'm not getting out of our village let alone into Manchester!

 

[Gordyola]

Do you want me to post the met office forecast for the game time again?

At the time of the game, and when it finishes the weather is forecast to be nothing exceptional. Be rational, and not hysterical. The Met Office have published the forecasts

I’ve got Dark Sky recognised as the most accurate weather app and it’s winds of 23mph with gust up to 49mph by 8:00pm it’s 22 and 43 that can not be described as “nothing exceptional” I’m not being hysterical I’m considering those fans who have to travel far I’m coming from Cheadle so I don’t see a great issue

 

[willipp]

do you do coronavirus predictions too?

Yep, we’re all fucked. May as well play the game actually, could be our last.

 

[blueinsa]

Anyone who watched the rugby at Murrayfield yesterday will see why the game should be called off in wind like this.

Fucking awful as a spectacle, a complete lottery of a game and god forbid we end up losing this place will be in full meltdown demanding to know why it wasn't called off.

The above pales into insignificance when we start to talk about the safety of 55K fans trying to get to the game in such shit and dangerous weather.

 

[quiet_riot]

Anyone who watched the rugby at Murrayfield yesterday will see why the game should be called off in wind like this.

Fucking awful as a spectacle, a complete lottery of a game and god forbid we end up losing this place will be in full meltdown demanding to know why it wasn't called off.

The above pales into insignificance when we start to talk about the safety of 55K fans trying to get to the game in such shit and dangerous weather.

Marvin says it's fine so.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Look at the forecast for Manchester at 4.30pm to 6pm.

Those conditions are nothing unusual and the pitch is surrounded by a stadium. It will be good for football. It's not been played on Aberystwyth beach in the teeth of a strorm, it's being played in amodern stadium when the storm will have passed.

The MEN site says winds of around 45 mph at 4pm for Manchester. If that's true there will be flying debris around the stadium and any event would be cancelled. There are also six flood warnings for Greater Manchester.

 

[jrb]

WInds forecast at moment for the kick of is around 40mph but 6 hours is a long time could be less could be more.

And so is Waspish

 

[give it to gordon]

call it off that gives us more time to get our injured players back ;)

 

[Nascent Blues]

It's not about the weather at the time of kick off; it's about the travel conditions hours before leading up to the game.