: Thu May 07, 2009 12:12 pm  

Ancient Provocateur wrote:

at least he would have to drop Platt then.

Erm, he did!

: Thu May 07, 2009 12:19 pm  

Wigan Bull wrote:

Erm, he did!

I;m not sure if it was only a one off

: Thu May 07, 2009 1:45 pm  

I bumped into Mystic Eddie at the weekend..

: Thu May 07, 2009 2:04 pm  

Paul124897 wrote:

I bumped into Mystic Eddie at the weekend.. :D

Did he have his own personal rain storm going off above his head?

: Thu May 07, 2009 3:52 pm  

Paul124897 wrote:

I bumped into Mystic Eddie at the weekend..

Clumsy get..

: Fri May 08, 2009 10:48 am  

AndreaB wrote:

I prefer Murrayfield as a stadium. It was good to sit in the sunshine rather than the dark and freezing cold of a closed Millennium stadium.

I'm still not convinced it's a good idea overall though. It's too expensive for a lot of fans and we were very lucky with the weather. That pitch would not have stood 7 games in the rain and the crowds would not have been anything like.

That just leaves you Wembley or Cardiff as the covered options and as I said the covered stadium was cold and dark.

Ok it's a good media opportunity but mid season internationals could surely do that.

When did they put a roof on Wembley?

: Fri May 08, 2009 10:50 am  

Paddock Punter wrote:

When did they put a roof on Wembley?

When they redeveloped it

: Fri May 08, 2009 10:59 am  

Wigan Bull wrote:

When they redeveloped it

Nope, they can't close the roof. The pitch will always be uncovered.

: Fri May 08, 2009 11:27 am  

From memory the new 6,350 tonne roof covers an area of over 45,000 square metres (11 acres), 4 acres (16,000 m2) of which are movable and rise to 52 m (170 ft) above the pitch. With a span of 317 m (1040 ft), the arch is the longest single span roof structure in the world and is 134 m (440 ft) above the level of the external concourse, and is designed not to cast a shadow on the pitch. Contrary to popular belief, the stadium's roof is not fully retractable, meaning it cannot cover the playing surface in inclement weather.

: Fri May 08, 2009 11:32 am  

tigertot wrote:

... Contrary to popular belief, the stadium's roof is not fully retractable, meaning it cannot cover the playing surface in inclement weather.

No, meaning nothing at all. 'Retracting ' means drawing back, i.e. opening. What they meant to say was it does not fully close, and so cannot cover . . . etc.