Saturday 6th Sept V Shrewsbury

[Loyalsupporter]

Which way is the wind blowing cos I am bringing balloons again

Hope to see more support and a home win......

[nobbyshrimp]

Jungle drums down this neck of the wood are saying the Shrews will be bringing about 700 fans up on Saturday based on the fact they took around 550 to Notts County last week. I personally think around 500-600 will be there. God I hope it isn't postponed this time after all that crap that season with Peters I also hope we keep going until the bitter end as the Shrews have a habbit of scoring in the last 10 minutes

[Frobi]

I was thinking on saturday about the wind and those balloons!
Did anyone else think Roach wasnt too happy with them being in his area at the start of the game?
If its windy again and morecambe start at the same end as last week, why not blow the balloons up at half time and piss off Shrewsburys keeper instead??

[i-love-mfc]

If its windy again and morecambe start at the same end as last week, why not blow the balloons up at half time and piss off Shrewsburys keeper instead??

Good idea there

[North Stand Shrimp]

I'll bring a 100 or so too and save some for half time.

[sandgrown]

I hope we have the covers on tommorow with all the rain that's due, otherwise it could be off !

[nobbyshrimp]

Stu Drummonds opinion of Shrewsbury this season
http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/0 ... ion-quest/

[Curly]

I hope we have the covers on tommorow with all the rain that's due, otherwise it could be off !

Been thinking just that myself

[heysham_mfc]

I hope we have the covers on tommorow with all the rain that's due, otherwise it could be off !

Been thinking just that myself

me too been some very heavy showers rounds here in last few days

[morecambe mick]

Got my wellies and garden fork ready for Saturday morning if needed

[sandgrown]

Got my wellies and garden fork ready for Saturday morning if needed

looking at the forecast were going to need a few water tankers to take it all away, or we won't have a game

[Shrimpsscene]

Stu Drummonds opinion of Shrewsbury this season
http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/09/0 ... ion-quest/

interview with stew drummond in this saturdays match programme
also neil wainwright andrew parrish and Jim Bentley
first fans profile from Geraint Johnes
and plenty more too

[Loyalsupporter]

Just been looking at the shipping forecast which I can access through work and it says that there is some serious showers heading our way starting friday and continuing right through saturday.

I bet this game is either called off or abandonned during play

[North Stand Shrimp]

Lets not make any predictions for the match being called off or abandoned, we don't want to put any Salop fans off from travelling! Im sure with what happened last season with Gary Peters and the Darlington match at home too that the club will inspect the pitch early and if needs be will have the match postponed well before fans set off.
For now lets assume they are doing everything they can to have the match on and encourage as many as possible, both home and away to brave the conditions and turn up to shout for their team tomorrow.

23 mph winds from the north east tomorrow so the Balloons will be all over the pitch!

Maybe we should wait till half time to blow them up!

[nobbyshrimp]

Don't worry you won't need to put people off from travelling up, they'll just look at the weather It has hardly stopped raining in Shrewsbury for the last few days apart from a few hours yesterday afternoon. Currently: Wind, Rain, Grey + Miserable Hope the pitch inspection is early. Whats the weather doing today up there?

[North Stand Shrimp]

Raining. only lightly at the mo though. heavier rain is expected this aft and heavy showers tomorrow.
As long as there isn't a prolonged deluge tomorrow I think we will be alright.

[nobbyshrimp]

Just hope this lot doesn't pass up there then because there is alot of surface flooding here. Its that horrible windy fine stuff. Certainly enough here to cancel games unless you have very good drainage. This could put off alot from travelling unless it brightens up a little, which I doubt very much.

[Vinny]

I do not think there will be a problem with our pitch tomorrow. Running through the BBC weather for the North West it gives light/steady rain today, finishing at about 9:00pm tonight, which I think the pitch drainage will cope with. The forecast then gives us NO RAIN through the night, 'cept maybe a tweek of dampness around 4:00am - then NO RAIN tomorrow and even forecasts sunshine around mid-day .
See for yourselves http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/ ... st/#no_url

[North Stand Shrimp]

Looking at that link, you wonder why their summary is saying predominnantly heavy showers then?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2454

[marky No.1]

We just need a bit of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedhoqYdfTM

[Christies Child]

Remember last season, a game was abandoned because of too much rain after about 35 minutes!

[nobbyshrimp]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ ... html?day=1
Think we might just be lucky

[Vinny]

Looking at that link, you wonder why their summary is saying predominnantly heavy showers then?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2454

It's like when a match is summerised in two or three words - it's too general to be of any use and misses the detail of what actually happens. It will be fine tomorrow.

[North Stand Shrimp]

Remember last season, a game was abandoned because of too much rain after about 35 minutes!

That was the Darlo match;



But it was really heavy persistant rain for the hour leading upto the match that caused the problem, the pitch was just suddenly inundated with water in a short space of time. There was a strip on the Main stand side where they could have had a game of water polo

Im sure tomorrow will be fine so any Shrews worrying about the weather - don't! and get yourselves down to Christie.

[Vinny]

Im sure tomorrow will be fine so any Shrews worrying about the weather - don't! and get yourselves down to Christie.

That's the positive message we have to give. It's going to be fine tomorrow.