Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:53 pm  

TrinityIHC wrote:

I know it's harsh on the travelling fans, but realistically there are championship football matches that have been called off - and they have undersoil heating, more money to spend on sorting their pitch out etc.

it was -10 in Hull last night and -2 now with 4 inch's of snow on the ground.It has not stopped Hull City playing today and it never stopped Hull's game against Warrington last weekend in similar weather conditions.If clubs put the effort in to get a game on then there is always a chance to get the game on.It seems Catalan never even tried to get the game on.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:55 pm  

deluded pom? wrote:

So you'd stop in Hull and do what you always do on a Saturday night and wave goodbye to three or four hundred quid that you didn't get anything from? More fool you.

Why would I have gone to freezing France for a weekend? It's been colder there then it has here.

I would have gone for the RL not a holiday. It would have been different if it was in the Summer, but then there wouldn't have been a problem in the first place, would there?

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:01 pm  

number 6 wrote:

montpelier played last night!

Sorry mate I didn't know that. Lines crossed somewhere.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:02 pm  

Why are people so surprised its been called off today? In what way is it different to any number of football games called off? If anything they maybe knew it was going to be off yesterday but may as well have made a late call - or are we claiming that hundreds of the fans over there only made travel plans yesterday? As far as I am aware nobody was going to get money back on flights I doubt insurance covers cancelled rugby games. Hopefully they are not acting like typical moaning Brits abroad with nobody to blame but the weather and make something of the time they have down there.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:02 pm  

tommyfromhull wrote:

Why would I have gone to freezing France for a weekend? It's been colder there then it has here.

I would have gone for the RL not a holiday. It would have been different if it was in the Summer, but then there wouldn't have been a problem in the first place, would there?

You must be loaded if you can just write off several hundred quid with nothing to show for it.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:06 pm  

deluded pom? wrote:

You must be loaded if you can just write off several hundred quid with nothing to show for it.

But like you say, it's already paid and you can't get it back. So what matters if you go or not? Try telling some of the fans who went this weekend before they departed that the match wasn't going to be on, I'm not so sure all would have been willing to go. And I guarantee some of the fans there will just wish they were home now and not having to go through all the travel back for nothing. If anything you save money by staying, by not buying food/beer etc.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:07 pm  

Pookie wrote:

Why are people so surprised its been called off today? In what way is it different to any number of football games called off? If anything they maybe knew it was going to be off yesterday but may as well have made a late call - or are we claiming that hundreds of the fans over there only made travel plans yesterday? As far as I am aware nobody was going to get money back on flights I doubt insurance covers cancelled rugby games. Hopefully they are not acting like typical moaning Brits abroad with nobody to blame but the weather and make something of the time they have down there.

its more like dissapointment and anger, money wasted if you are here for 3 days, we fly home monday night so we are planning a trip up the pyrenees on the train

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:09 pm  

number 6 wrote:

its more like dissapointment and anger, money wasted if you are here for 3 days, we fly home monday night so we are planning a trip up the pyrenees on the train

Someone else had said anger etc. Feel for you but good luck sounds like you are at least making something of it - the skiing and snowboarding is pretty good in that area if anyone is into that.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:10 pm  

Raised Elbow wrote:

it was -10 in Hull last night and -2 now with 4 inch's of snow on the ground.It has not stopped Hull City playing today and it never stopped Hull's game against Warrington last weekend in similar weather conditions.If clubs put the effort in to get a game on then there is always a chance to get the game on.It seems Catalan never even tried to get the game on.

There is undersoil at KC which does help. If it was a Pre KC days last weeks game would have been off.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:13 pm  

As soon as the boys heard the match was off they were straight in the gym at Stade Gilbert Brutus for a weights session.