FOX reporting Sydney Derby is off
Posted Feb 7, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC
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what a fucking joke, can't get any games cancelled due to heat so a bit of rain and everybody suddenly is made of fucking cardboard.
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Tbf, cardboard would cope less in a rainy environment than the heat, just say'n
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I'll take things that are true for 400 Alex
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I am kind of in disbelief...honestly the rain has not been bad, nor is it raining at the moment (and it didn't rain yesterday for most of the evening either). This isn't cricket, just play the fucking game tbh.
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You keep saying the rain hasn't been bad but I feel as though it has been relentless. I live 10 minute drive from Kogarah.
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http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood/sydney.shtml
Last 24 hours have had 40- 50mm of rain in most parts of Sydney. Past 6 hours there's been about 1mm. Is that really relentless?
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Yeah, that is actually quite a lot of rain. It's like a third of the average monthly rainfall for January.
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Sydney's average rainfall for Feb is 117.3mm. So yeah, getting half a month's worth of rain in 36 hours is fairly significant.
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More is taken into account than precipitation. Have you seen the drains that are blocked? Or the damage the water might have done to the facilities at the stadium? Not to mention things like drainage of the pitch.
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No way it’s only been 1mm
I’m in the shite and it’s rained all day so far.
I got leaks in my house. Only happens in the bad stuff.
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ummm... yes?
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Yes
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Poor drainage. If the ball doesnt move due to water logging, there is no point playing. But I believe we shouldnt play when its hot either.
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Desperately need this rain so I'm not even mad tbh
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I'm alright with this. Firstly, the match would've been atrocious, poor quality on the pitch plus all the fans hiding away, would've been the worse derby in recent memory. Secondly, the match was scheduled to be on ABC ME and not even HD.
I think it's a great choice to be honest, as long as they only push it back a week or so.
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I doubt it’ll happen but what about the match slot next Wed night that was an ACL game?
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That's a great idea
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Agreed. If it went ahead no one would have been watching.
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Ay! i woke up at 6am to watch it from Europe, that's one extra viewer haha.
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The optics would have been the official death of the A-League
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The club is now confirming the reports.
##SydneyDerby Postponed Due To Torrential Rain
Tonight’s #SydneyDerby has been postponed due to an unplayable pitch following the extreme weather experienced in Sydney over the last 36 hours, and further torrential rain forecast right throughout Saturday.
A morning pitch inspection conducted by match officials, representatives from the FFA, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium and Sydney FC concluded the pitch unplayable and the decision was made to postpone the match.
Sydney FC Chief Executive Officer Danny Townsend said: “Obviously we are disappointed to have to postpone the game, but the safety of the players is paramount and the pitch was in no state to host the game due to the amount of rain we have had.
“Credit to Georges River council and Netstrata Jubilee Stadium ground staff for their efforts to stage the match but due to the amount of overnight rain and surface water, plus the predicted downpour we just can’t play the game.
“We also have to consider the safety of our Members and supporters inside the ground as well, and what sort of a spectacle we’d be providing if we went ahead.
“I’d like to thank our Members and fans for their understanding and we will be in touch regarding ticketing details and a future date for a re-arranged match.”
Discussions will take place between Sydney FC, Western Sydney Wanderers and Football Federation Australia and other stakeholders regarding a re-arranged date for the game.
Ticket purchasers are advised to hold onto their tickets and Sydney FC will be in touch in due course regarding ticket details once the rescheduled fixture is announced.
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On a side note - using a hashtag in a press release like that is the worst thing this club has ever done. And that's including the Farina years.
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worse than Terry Butcher?
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hashtag cancelled
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what's the ABC going to show instead in prestigious time slot ? Reruns of the two fat ladies ?
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Bluey marathon!
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Fuck I hope so
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golf, lol
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So i checked the rainfall totals and Brisbane has had more rain in the last couple of days then Kograh, yet we still gonna play Adelaide at 6:30
EDIT twice as much rain in actual fact
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Breaking news multi million dollar stadium has better drainage than a old suburban ground
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Does no one remember that Wellington game?
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I certainly remember that match. Broich could totally have equalised from that FK...
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Oh look too much rain bye bye game off
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Thats because Suncorp is basically a pitch on the beach
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I'd say suncorp was probably designed to withstand that amount of rain given the deluges that Brisbane can't get. Where are Sydney is drier and pitches would be design to hold water a bit more.
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https://www.austadiums.com/news/news.php?id=463
2011 wasn't that far away?
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Pretty sure that problem was the fact suncorp is pretty close to the river and the whole area flooded around it. So drainage wouldn't have helped.
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Your pitch has way better drainage.
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If you've ever been pitch level at Suncorp you can see that the middle of the pitch is about 1m higher than the edges. It all just runs downhill off the pitch. Along with the drainage around the edges and the sandy soil, it's VERY good at getting rid of the summer thunderstorm water very quickly
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Oh yeah forget that every time I run out for the broncos
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If you're looking to watch something instead, the Japanese super cup is on today. Anges Yokohama vs Vissel Kobe (ft. Iniesta, Vermaelen) will apparently be free to watch at around 330
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Can't believe J1 is starting in two weeks.
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That's a bit of a bummer. Was looking forward to a daylight derby.
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What is it with Sydney and shit pitches.
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If only Sydney had a world class stadium that could deal with that much rain, you could call it the Sydney Football Stadium. Right NSW government?
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SFS had the drainage to deal with it but was shocking for fans in the rain. ...Kogarah even worse though.
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Not just in the rain, either.
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Yeah agreed. I'm not sure the whole thing needed to be knocked but there was plenty of improvements needed.
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From everything I've read, the rebuild option was probably the cheapest option, and almost certainly the one that would have the longest lifespan.
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But the Western United game vs City went along with the bad air quality in Melbourne. Cool
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Sydney against Adelaide went ahead with poor air quality too.
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The real FFA conspiracy is that they didn't want to face the ratings embarrassment of going against the Big Bash final and relegated to the ABC kids channel
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BBLs gonna get washed out too
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True - but people would have already bought tickets to one or the other. And despite zero chance of the game going ahead, it's still the premiere event in town tonight.
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If weather was good i reckon sydney derby would have stacked up well against the bbl in terms of interest. Bbl has bombed this season
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If the Derby's been cancelled, how am I going yell and throw things at the tv without having a reason to?
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The league had the chance to revolutionize the sport by combining it with Water Polo. Tim Cahill was right. No vi$ion.
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Wsw also just sent out an app notification
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Usually it’s a void on that game, and you’ll get reduced odds on the rest of your bet. In my experience anyway.
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Sydney created a weather machine to bring torrential rain just to avoid the Wanderers. Yeah they scared
I also drove by this morning and saw Danny Townsend out there with the hose. What will be their excuse next time?
Heard its an FFA conspiracy so Baumjohann can play against the Wanderers.
Ooooft! I didnt even think that if Sydney FC won Baumjohann still wouldnt have won a derby lmao
Wanderers creating low pressure troughs to hide the fact they have only sold 200 tickets.
Why bother with machines? We just hired the voodoo guy who lifted the curse from the Socceroos to do one last job for the boys.
Is that the same one we employed to win the Asian Champions League? Uh-oh, you're going to be in for 5+ years of bad luck now...
I thought they'd want to come face to face with big Cox tbh.