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Liam Sercombe Exeter City's best midfield player is out injured, and they have sold Scott Goldbourne this week, which means Billy Jones will come in at left back.
This match will be resolved by who scores first. If Exeter score first expect a very hard game. If we score first it could be 2-0, or 3-0.

wookj1 wrote:
Liam Sercombe Exeter City's best midfield player is out injured, and they have sold Scott Goldbourne this week, which means Billy Jones will come in at left back.
This match will be resolved by who scores first. If Exeter score first expect a very hard game. If we score first it could be 2-0, or 3-0.

Exeter have replaced Scott Golbourne with left back Luke O'Brian from Bradford City.

Exeter will , as always , be a tough nut top crack, that is if there is a game. Just back from walking my dogs on the Golf Course - it's like iron! If they can get it on, there will be an aweful lot of local sportsmen with a free afternoon looking for something to do , can't see many pitches playable! - so why not try Dean Court.

EXETER GAME CALLED OFF

it does not matter who scores first, surprised after the efforts made by the club to get the game on it is now cancelled, the covers and straw must have been put down too late, as a club who now proffeses to be much more proffessional in its approach to the game, surely this could have been avoided with a little more care and notice taken with the weather forcasts

afcbournemouth wrote:
EXETER GAME CALLED OFF

Just seen it on afcb, suspected as much when it was -3 at 9am after taking kids to school. Annoying, cos I can't go on Tues night now, though be interesting to see if it is, only a few days for temps to rise enough for a pitch to thaw out. Have to say I don't like the story of our on-loan at Dorchester defender, if he ever plays for us I won't be cheering him and can't see someone like Fletch wanting him around to represent our club. Get rid I say, after what we've spent writing off a £5k fee is nothing.

devon fan wrote:
it does not matter who scores first, surprised after the efforts made by the club to get the game on it is now cancelled, the covers and straw must have been put down too late, as a club who now proffeses to be much more proffessional in its approach to the game, surely this could have been avoided with a little more care and notice taken with the weather forcasts

It is a professional approach! To make an early decision and avoid away fans travelling and wasting time and money! Or would you rather they gave it another 24 hours of trying and then called it off at 2pm when you Devon farmers had all arrived? Some are never happy! There'll be bigger clubs than AFCB calling off matches this weekend. The only way to avoid it in minus temperatures is undersoil heating, a luxury that League 1 teams can rarely afford.

rednblack37 wrote:

devon fan wrote:
it does not matter who scores first, surprised after the efforts made by the club to get the game on it is now cancelled, the covers and straw must have been put down too late, as a club who now proffeses to be much more proffessional in its approach to the game, surely this could have been avoided with a little more care and notice taken with the weather forcasts

It is a professional approach! To make an early decision and avoid away fans travelling and wasting time and money! Or would you rather they gave it another 24 hours of trying and then called it off at 2pm when you Devon farmers had all arrived? Some are never happy! There'll be bigger clubs than AFCB calling off matches this weekend. The only way to avoid it in minus temperatures is undersoil heating, a luxury that League 1 teams can rarely afford.

Spot on rednblack....

rednblack37 wrote:

devon fan wrote: it does not matter who scores first, surprised after the efforts made by the club to get the game on it is now cancelled, the covers and straw must have been put down too late, as a club who now proffeses to be much more proffessional in its approach to the game, surely this could have been avoided with a little more care and notice taken with the weather forcasts

It is a professional approach! To make an early decision and avoid away fans travelling and wasting time and money! Or would you rather they gave it another 24 hours of trying and then called it off at 2pm when you Devon farmers had all arrived? Some are never happy! There'll be bigger clubs than AFCB calling off matches this weekend. The only way to avoid it in minus temperatures is undersoil heating, a luxury that League 1 teams can rarely afford.

I have no problems with the match being called off, I did question that having gone to the lengths of covering the pitch and laying straw on the covers had these measures been taken in time and perhaps more scrutiny of the weather forcasts should have ben taken, with regards to your comment on DEVON FARMERS, I would point out that having been born in Ringwood and living in Bournemouth for 40years I am without doubt an AFCB fan having watched my first game in 1948 and having a season ticket in BBlock in the old ground and a seat in the outer main stand for many years,

Afcbpete wrote:

rednblack37 wrote:

devon fan wrote: it does not matter who scores first, surprised after the efforts made by the club to get the game on it is now cancelled, the covers and straw must have been put down too late, as a club who now proffeses to be much more proffessional in its approach to the game, surely this could have been avoided with a little more care and notice taken with the weather forcasts

It is a professional approach! To make an early decision and avoid away fans travelling and wasting time and money! Or would you rather they gave it another 24 hours of trying and then called it off at 2pm when you Devon farmers had all arrived? Some are never happy! There'll be bigger clubs than AFCB calling off matches this weekend. The only way to avoid it in minus temperatures is undersoil heating, a luxury that League 1 teams can rarely afford.

Spot on rednblack....

my note also applies to afcbpete, I am surprised that two of you city boys have a single thought between you

devon fan wrote:

Afcbpete wrote:

rednblack37 wrote:

devon fan wrote: it does not matter who scores first, surprised after the efforts made by the club to get the game on it is now cancelled, the covers and straw must have been put down too late, as a club who now proffeses to be much more proffessional in its approach to the game, surely this could have been avoided with a little more care and notice taken with the weather forcasts

It is a professional approach! To make an early decision and avoid away fans travelling and wasting time and money! Or would you rather they gave it another 24 hours of trying and then called it off at 2pm when you Devon farmers had all arrived? Some are never happy! There'll be bigger clubs than AFCB calling off matches this weekend. The only way to avoid it in minus temperatures is undersoil heating, a luxury that League 1 teams can rarely afford.

Spot on rednblack....

my note also applies to afcbpete, I am surprised that two of you city boys have a single thought between you

We're actually showing concern for Exeter supporters travelling and wasting time and money - petrol isn't cheap you know, or had that small fact passed you by? Whilst you just want to have a go at the club when there are loads of matches that have succumbed to the weather. I would suggest you have a little word with yourself and not be so pompous in future. And if you lived in this area for 40 years doesn't that make you a city boy too? If 2 of us can only raise a single thought, that makes yours half a thought. Which it was in the first place.

rednblack37 wrote:

devon fan wrote:

Afcbpete wrote:

rednblack37 wrote:

devon fan wrote: it does not matter who scores first, surprised after the efforts made by the club to get the game on it is now cancelled, the covers and straw must have been put down too late, as a club who now proffeses to be much more proffessional in its approach to the game, surely this could have been avoided with a little more care and notice taken with the weather forcasts

It is a professional approach! To make an early decision and avoid away fans travelling and wasting time and money! Or would you rather they gave it another 24 hours of trying and then called it off at 2pm when you Devon farmers had all arrived? Some are never happy! There'll be bigger clubs than AFCB calling off matches this weekend. The only way to avoid it in minus temperatures is undersoil heating, a luxury that League 1 teams can rarely afford.

Spot on rednblack....

my note also applies to afcbpete, I am surprised that two of you city boys have a single thought between you

We're actually showing concern for Exeter supporters travelling and wasting time and money - petrol isn't cheap you know, or had that small fact passed you by? Whilst you just want to have a go at the club when there are loads of matches that have succumbed to the weather. I would suggest you have a little word with yourself and not be so pompous in future. And if you lived in this area for 40 years doesn't that make you a city boy too? If 2 of us can only raise a single thought, that makes yours half a thought. Which it was in the first place.

my we do seem to have a lot to say for ourselves having read your comment on the Bowles situation, but if you read my 2nd posting again I did say I had no quarrel with the calling of of the match only questioning the timing of covering the pitch which if forcasts had been taken into consideration the covering would have been laid before the frost came and not after