Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:08 pm  

I know its a friendly and all that, but been itching for my rugby fix for ages now, and with my team getting a free week, leaves more time for panthers, can't wait to see how the new faces will fit in. Anyway as the title suggests, who's going, I am.

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:56 pm  

Seems that Fylde have been able to play their home games so hopefully the pitch will be in good nick and I will definitely be going.

Widnes may put out a stronger side than they would have otherwise as they have already had 2 friendlies cancelled.

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:34 pm  

I doubt this game will be on given the current weather, i imagine we'll have a strong side out given that we havent had a game yet.

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:49 pm  

Well until today I would have laughed at the suggestion that the game may be off as it has been sub-tropical here on the Fylde coast. I see that Fylde RUFC are conducting a pitch inspection on Friday afternoon for their home game to be played on Saturday. Worth keeping an eye on that to see if their match goes ahead. http://www.fylderugby.co.uk/

Well until today I would have laughed at the suggestion that the game may be off as it has been sub-tropical here on the Fylde coast. I see that Fylde RUFC are conducting a pitch inspection on Friday afternoon for their home game to be played on Saturday. Worth keeping an eye on that to see if their match goes ahead. http://www.fylderugby.co.uk/

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:56 am  

I will be there with a couple of others...if this weather changes.

Still enough time for the pitch to thaw, but we will have to wait and see. Good point on the Fylde pitch inspection- I would think if their game is cancelled, then it is 90% likely we will be off as well.

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:02 pm  

I got in touch with Nick Settle on the Panthers facebook page. The lads are due to train on the pitch Saturday am which will count also as the pitch inspection. Any news will then be put on the Facebook and relayed on to Widnes.
As soon as I see anything I will copy it on to here.

Here's hoping anyway.

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:51 pm  

i'll be going if its on. trying to get a few people down but it'll be even harder to convince given the weather.

i played footy on the all-weather pitch at fylde on monday and all the walkways were closed off around the pitch due to the ice - and it really was like an ice rink before the snow fell. obviously it has snowed a lot since then which will have just sat on top of the ice, but at that time the pitch itself didn't look too frozen but was a bit muddy and soggy so potentially froze overnight before the snow came in. the sun has been on it pretty unobstructed for the last two days but i don't know if they cleared any snow away to get it shining on the pitch.

the roads aren't too bad round there because the buses have been going that way rather than through ansdell as far as i understand so that shouldn't cause too much issue although there were a couple of accidents earlier in the week on skew bridge, but pavements are slippy.

hopeful more than optimistic

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:03 pm  

all fylde's games are off so i guess panthers game is in serious doubt now

Re: Rollcall- Widnes 10th january : Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:02 pm  

the game has been called off, just confirmed on the panthers site curse you global warming