| Watford First Game 10:36 - Jun 27 with 12091 views | sparkey |
First game switched to Vicarage Road
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| Watford First Game on 22:35 - Jun 27 with 1942 views | wombat |
| Watford First Game on 22:11 - Jun 27 by Superhoops2808 |
I'll play devils advocate and say that maybe the unusually high temperatures and lack of rainfall may have caused this issue
And I agree with Juzzie, we have to play all sides twice so does it matter when? |
Got a feeling the delay is to do with extra work they needed to do with the irrigation system taking longer than expected to do when they organised the work on the pitch , that’s caused the delay in layin the pitch |  |
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| Watford First game on 00:13 - Jun 28 with 1798 views | daveB |
| Watford First game on 17:30 - Jun 27 by Rangersw12 |
No it's incompetence again .
Pitch should have been ripped up day after Bristol but they pissed about with charity games etc
4 away games and a newly promoted team out of the first 5
We need to hit the ground running this season yet we've given the manager a very tough start .
Don't worry though everything is fine on the good ship QPR 🙄 [Post edited 27 Jun 2023 17:30]
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Would playing Watford at home instead of away have made the start any easier? It looked tough on paper to me.
I do have some sympathy with the club, they want to have close links to the community so calling off those charity games wouldn't have been a good look |  | | |
| Watford First game on 00:19 - Jun 28 with 1797 views | Northernr |
| Watford First game on 17:30 - Jun 27 by Rangersw12 |
No it's incompetence again .
Pitch should have been ripped up day after Bristol but they pissed about with charity games etc
4 away games and a newly promoted team out of the first 5
We need to hit the ground running this season yet we've given the manager a very tough start .
Don't worry though everything is fine on the good ship QPR 🙄 [Post edited 27 Jun 2023 17:30]
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Absolutely this. They were still doing QPR trust knockabouts for staff and volunteers on the pitch on May 18, and a charity match May 20, now it's not ready for the start of the season.
Finer details, been saying it for months, we're miles off. Now Watford A, Cardiff A, best promoted team H, Southampton A and Boro A to start with. Good luck with that Gareth.
It's pis poor, however anybody tries to dress it up. |  | | |
| Watford First Game on 06:30 - Jun 28 with 1664 views | Hoopsie |
Well, we won at Burnley and Stoke away and lost meekly at home to Bristol City in the last 3 games in the fight for championship survival, so starting 2 away fixtures may not necessarily be a bad idea, if nothing else, the team might feel less pressure (our away support is fantastic) as the team has already been slated for doom by many fans and pundits and we are not even at the start of July 2023! |  |
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| Watford First Game on 07:29 - Jun 28 with 1594 views | gazza1 |
Not good.......very poor overall from the Club - unprofessional.
The start of the season fixtures were hard enough, this makes it much harder. | | | |
| Watford First Game on 14:08 - Jun 28 with 1373 views | losethedrum |
I e mailed the club asking about if they could refund me for my now useless train ticket home i received the following reply .
Thank you for your email and for taking the time to contact us.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to offer a refund for the travel arrangements I’m afraid. SKY are yet to choose their television picks for the first game of the season, so the fixture still has the potential to move date and time if it were to be picked for television coverage sadly. Unfortunately, we do have to state that fixtures are subject to change.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support
So did we all imagine that sky released the entire first weekends fixture last thursday then ? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 19:12]
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| Watford First Game on 14:16 - Jun 28 with 1347 views | Rangersw12 |
| Watford First Game on 14:08 - Jun 28 by losethedrum |
I e mailed the club asking about if they could refund me for my now useless train ticket home i received the following reply .
Thank you for your email and for taking the time to contact us.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to offer a refund for the travel arrangements I’m afraid. SKY are yet to choose their television picks for the first game of the season, so the fixture still has the potential to move date and time if it were to be picked for television coverage sadly. Unfortunately, we do have to state that fixtures are subject to change.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support
So did we all imagine that sky released the entire first weekends fixture last thursday then ? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 19:12]
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Awful response from the club | | | |
| Watford First Game on 14:26 - Jun 28 with 1311 views | Hayesender |
| Watford First Game on 14:08 - Jun 28 by losethedrum |
I e mailed the club asking about if they could refund me for my now useless train ticket home i received the following reply .
Thank you for your email and for taking the time to contact us.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to offer a refund for the travel arrangements I’m afraid. SKY are yet to choose their television picks for the first game of the season, so the fixture still has the potential to move date and time if it were to be picked for television coverage sadly. Unfortunately, we do have to state that fixtures are subject to change.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support
So did we all imagine that sky released the entire first weekends fixture last thursday then ? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 19:12]
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Well that is just a blatant lie from the club, and a quite disgusting response.
Friday August 4
Sheffield Wednesday vs Southampton - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Sunday August 6
Leicester vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Leeds vs Cardiff - Championship, kick-off 2.30pm
Sunderland vs Ipswich - Championship, kick-off 5pm |  |
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| Watford First Game on 14:49 - Jun 28 with 1277 views | losethedrum |
| Watford First Game on 14:26 - Jun 28 by Hayesender |
Well that is just a blatant lie from the club, and a quite disgusting response.
Friday August 4
Sheffield Wednesday vs Southampton - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Sunday August 6
Leicester vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Leeds vs Cardiff - Championship, kick-off 2.30pm
Sunderland vs Ipswich - Championship, kick-off 5pm |
Yes here is the original article from 22nd june.
https://www.efl.com/news/2023/june/four-games-chosen-for-sky-sports-coverage-ove
To be fair i dont think its a deliberate lie but a lack of knowledge/interest about what is actually going on at the club they work for .
They have even less of an idea of the struggles fans have to go through to attend games , i count 3 home saturday home games last season where there was a full train service running & not either bus replacement or strikes. | | | |
| Watford First Game on 15:54 - Jun 28 with 1152 views | SheffieldHoop |
| Watford First Game on 14:08 - Jun 28 by losethedrum |
I e mailed the club asking about if they could refund me for my now useless train ticket home i received the following reply .
Thank you for your email and for taking the time to contact us.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to offer a refund for the travel arrangements I’m afraid. SKY are yet to choose their television picks for the first game of the season, so the fixture still has the potential to move date and time if it were to be picked for television coverage sadly. Unfortunately, we do have to state that fixtures are subject to change.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support
So did we all imagine that sky released the entire first weekends fixture last thursday then ? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 19:12]
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This is a stunning response, especially when paired with the "Routines never change" guff.
The way it's going, I expect the next time I'm in the Loft the catering offering will be down to a small selection of Tesco Meal deals at a 500% markup, and only beer available will be BudLight. |  |
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| Watford First Game on 18:29 - Jun 28 with 1039 views | Northernr |
| Watford First Game on 14:08 - Jun 28 by losethedrum |
I e mailed the club asking about if they could refund me for my now useless train ticket home i received the following reply .
Thank you for your email and for taking the time to contact us.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to offer a refund for the travel arrangements I’m afraid. SKY are yet to choose their television picks for the first game of the season, so the fixture still has the potential to move date and time if it were to be picked for television coverage sadly. Unfortunately, we do have to state that fixtures are subject to change.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support
So did we all imagine that sky released the entire first weekends fixture last thursday then ? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 19:12]
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And there are those smaller details I keep talking about. Again. | | | |
| Watford First Game on 22:06 - Jun 28 with 892 views | colinallcars |
| Watford First Game on 14:08 - Jun 28 by losethedrum |
I e mailed the club asking about if they could refund me for my now useless train ticket home i received the following reply .
Thank you for your email and for taking the time to contact us.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to offer a refund for the travel arrangements I’m afraid. SKY are yet to choose their television picks for the first game of the season, so the fixture still has the potential to move date and time if it were to be picked for television coverage sadly. Unfortunately, we do have to state that fixtures are subject to change.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued support
So did we all imagine that sky released the entire first weekends fixture last thursday then ? [Post edited 28 Jun 2023 19:12]
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Not important in the gist of things but the wording and phrasing of this reply and some I've received lead me to think it's some sort of automated AI reply. Then again perhaps I've 'ad a few too many. |  | | |
| Watford First game on 09:20 - Jun 29 with 729 views | toboboly |
| Watford First game on 00:19 - Jun 28 by Northernr |
Absolutely this. They were still doing QPR trust knockabouts for staff and volunteers on the pitch on May 18, and a charity match May 20, now it's not ready for the start of the season.
Finer details, been saying it for months, we're miles off. Now Watford A, Cardiff A, best promoted team H, Southampton A and Boro A to start with. Good luck with that Gareth.
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18th May a mate who lives/works in Brum had a match from his work against another company. Tell me that couldn't have been moved/re-organised?
In regards to the moved match, the club were clearly working behind the scenes to change the fixture from before they were released. So what they should have done is be proactive and when the fixtures were released explained that they were looking at moving the fixture due to pitch issues, explain that it wasn't guaranteed and that they were talking to Watford and the League and would let supporters know asap so that they can make plans accordingly.
It isn't hard to engage with your supporter base. |  |
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