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Fair comment JHR. i suspect the club have been reluctant to spend vast sums of money on the pitch that up to this season had been pretty reliable (can’t think of the last time a game was abandoned). Even in the Premier League we had the odd postponement e.g. Wimbledon. However, despite being extremely unlucky with the weather, we are now a laughing stock and will come under close scrutiny from the authorities who will want assurances that something will be done by next season. As an aside, I thought we the pitch was doing us no favours when the game was called off and Wednesday could have snatched a point or three due to the unpredictability of some of the passing. We had also lost a couple of key players.

Have to sell the squad first though.

Agree, and as time goes on with games and weather the drainage system gets even worse. Call the expert, as Andy Bayes suggested tonight. What would be the EFLs view to this??

Oh good!

Also for many years the Club took the cheap option of just turning the top part of the pitch over in summer rather than replacing it completely. I wouldnt be surprised if below that everything is packed so solid a lot of water never reaches the drains at all.

Many symptoms, one disease.

Memories of the 67-68 season. An abandoned game followed by two postponed games - all due to a waterlogged pitch. Clearly work to do in the summer on the pitch.

Let's hope the EFL do just that. But Venkys don't give a toss so probably nothing sign would be done.

Fit a pump into the drainage system, it doesn't have to be running permanently. Relatively cheap to do.

Postponement of the Oxford fixture would be a blessing. The squad is absolutely decimated by injuries so playing it after mid January would be much better particularly considering it's a must-win match against a relegation rival.

I think the River Darwen is a red herring. This is down to blocked drains within the pitch itself resulting in it being extremely slow to drain and resulting in standing water after any period of rain.

All the issues - poor squad, exacerbated injury issues, poor manager, late goals against, games off due to waterlogged pitch - come back to the owners and their investment/management of the club. You get back what you put in.

Maybe at this very moment. I hope it was a text message simply saying... "Rudy you're a prick."

This problem has been years in the making. Last year (November time) we had a game abandoned against Portsmouth due to rain. Prior to that there were vague promises by the Regime (Waggott) about getting the pitch relaid to prevent future problems, which unsurprisingly never materialised. This is not a problem that has landed on the club unexpectedly overnight. It has been developing for years as a direct result of cutting corners, costs and avoiding significant expenditure on the facilities under these hideous owners. That - might- be excusable - in claiming we can't afford it - had it not coincided with circa £40-50 million of transfer cash flowing into the club due to them selling everyone they could get out the door. So to not spend a miniscule portion of that ensuring the pitch and drainage is fit for purpose is unacceptable and unforgivable. The excuses that the water has nowhere to go due to the River Darwen might 'hold water' if this had been a recurring issue going back decades. But history shows that it hasn't been until recent years, again due to neglect and cost cuts catching up with us.

We're all a couple of weeks into the cyclical 6 weeks of Ainsley Pears. He starts surprisingly well, pulls out a few decent saves despite some flappyness by week two. By week three we've conceded a few but any keeper would. We peak in week 4, and then it all starts to crumble. By week 6 the flappyness increases. Week 7 we stop altogether coming for crosses and by week 8 we disorganised the defence. Then, after an international break he starts again quite well. Pulls out a few decent saves despite some flappyness...

Worthy of a club statement that - Alex Miller banned for the foreseeable.

Their local reporter is bang on. Shame other than Henry Winter that more in the national media cannot speak up:

Wednesday supporters had paid the teams travel and pre match costs for today's game.

One of our best summer signings.

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Prestons game went the all 90 minutes, so did Morcambe, and Accrington, which is a few mile from us. So every time we get heavy rain, its just Ewood Park we're its abandoned. We need a serious talk on the matter from upstairs at Ewood.

Miller is a complete liability...It's sad that out of him, McLaughlin and Pratt id pick the latter first.

The announcement, sorry you all got pissed wet through for nothing, the game is abandoned.

Maybe he needs a CM to take charge and offer him a pass? Morishita and TGH were hiding 40 yards upfield whenever Miller was in possession.

I'm glad you agree. Take it up with those that hold that opinion. 👊