Nice one from MM, we need to hit the ground running this time unlike previous seasons
PS: i have heard Feka has shelved 1 and half stones up to press

Gutted, never mind a lovely night with the Rogues family was not a wasted journey and hotel for the night!!
Hope we can get a refund cos not sure we will make back it up again for a rematch

Lancs Cup final is off - looking to play it on Sunday 3 January

its health and safety gone mad.

ive been to many games at CP, walked it from Ince over scholes, in far worse conditions than these.

i think the reasoning behind all this new H&S stuff is that councils are reluctant to let people go to events because of the compensation culture thats taking over.

but if people want to risk falling, then let them decide whether or not to travel...not some jobsworth from H&S

surely its up to the fans if they want to travel???
like its up to folk to go shopping or not??

councils cancelled bin colections since last monday on safety grounds, because roads were impassable........yet the shops were heaving?

i think the reasoning might be
1. the aforementioned compensation culture
2. there might be a very low crowd with people reluctant to risk it.

as an aside..yesterday i set off to walk up to the bookies, slipped twice before i reached my gate, turned back , and didnt bother.
and the roads on my estate are still the same today....so i would have gone anyway.

Planning ahead for next boxing day which will be the last game at Knowsley dump it would be an idea of stocking rock salt during the summer when there is no demand for it so to grit the surrounding area so the game can certainly go ahead. There was a shortage last year you would have thought people (council) would learn. The roads in St Helens are like ice rinks.

Tell the scousers to make a bid: cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rock-Salt-49-x-25 ... 1c0ed4a1df

Tell the scousers to make a bid: cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rock-Salt-49-x-25 ... 1c0ed4a1df

Surely the area within the stadium grounds must be affected as well. Roads and pavements around the ground are nothing to do with the club really are they?

I like the way the Saints safety officer mentions "The car park is particularly hazardous and therefore we had no other option than to call it off"... Surely the car park is something they could have done something about?

Loads of football clubs had volunteers clearing ice and snow away from grounds yesterday to ensure the game was on, and I'm sure plenty of fans from both sides would have volunteered to help if it would have got the game on (it only took me a matter of moments to completely clear my driveway last night so it could easily be done).

As for the surrounding roads, you only had to go to the JJB yesterday to watch the Latics (as I did as an away fan, I hasten to point out) to see that you can still get a game on even if some of the approaches aren't safe. The roads on the Frog Lane side of the canal were horrendous, but miraculously no-one seemed to fall over or crash their cars, and it isn't the club's fault if you do happen to do so away from their property.

Surely if Saints could have got their own property in order they could have left it to us to make our own minds up about travelling, with a suitable line advising fans to take extra care on their way to the game?

For me its a pointless "friendly". Move on guys....

Thats what I was thinking.

todays would have been the last. Next season we are 'on the road' til the new ground is done

The club/s have lost out on around 100k if 8000 turned up and paid 12pound each that would have made 96k.

That's the point, they haven't got their property in order. They must not have got the man power/resources to clear their property so are blaming it on the roads/surrounding area. The scousers have let us down and dreamt up a pathetic excuse to try and appease us. Refunds all round please.

I'm blaming it on Whelan.

It es me off that we can't ever have any home friendlies.