R20 vs Adelaide | Sat 7 Mar | NOW 5:00pm | Bellevue Gardens Hotel

I think you have every right to be pissed off. I'm sure everyone involved tried their hardest to try to ensure the lights were up to standard but really this should have been sorted much before now. 3- 4 days out? Quite poor.

I've got a few friends who were going to the Martinborough fair and the 7pm kick off would have worked out perfectly.  Not sure if they'll try to do both now, or skip the Nix altogether.

As an out of town traveller as well, it works out better for me. I'll be home two hours earlier. Like someone else said, why didn't they just make it 5pm like the last two games.

Swings and roundabouts.

Piss poor effort by those in charge and I can appreciate the late notice stuffs up plans for some and I'm disappointed for those who now can't make it. Someones arse should be kicked hard.

But don't wipe your arse with your tickets before throwing them out of your cot as there will also be some who because of the change now are able (or willing) to go. Think of the children.

morning game .  sun will be out , no lights needed + I would be able to make it

I have acquired 4 tickets which i am willing to part with for a nominal fee. Only thing wrong with them is they appear to have Marmite smears or something to that effect on them

Sure it's not vegemite?

just booked rental car the guy asked what size or type i wanted, i just said a fast one so i can get to the game on time.

bringing a first timer to the game so hopeful of a good game to get him hooked.

Sounds like a terrible dose of the flu / ebola / bird flu / Sars / PMT you have coming on LG!

Ring up and say, "I am too well to go to work today."

Lights. Camera. Inaction.

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Anyone know the precise nature of the lights problem?

They're not bright enough for the TV network

How badly awry are they?

I have no idea sorry. 

Sounds like they are 500 lux (enough for a pro football match incidently) but 1500 is needed for TV.

Just been asked "why not go ahead with the game, at 7pm,  and not worry about televising it?'  With some further chat about whether fans count or not.

Suggested reply/ies?

I assume there's contractual obligations - the club gets a share of TV revenue and as a result must meet broadcast requirements. If it won't be light enough then they have to play it at a time when there will be. Also, I assume other sponsorship deals like Huawei and Carlsberg are based on reaching the TV  audience, which is much larger than the croud at the game.

changing it to 5pm is hardly a massive inconvenience to fans (except traveller), while the game not being televised is a massive inconvenience to not only sky and fox, but also to many more fans who wanted to watch the game on TV. 

Seems more than a fair compromise to me. Still worried about the light toward the end of the game since the weather isn't supposed to be great 

Sky will have to decide if it will reschedule it's replay of the Oamaru Possum Throwing Championship (2003) to screen the game live.

I wonder if Dewhurst will miss his flights down due to the time change and Piney has to step in again...

Silver lining?

Perhaps as the Fever, we gave a 90 minute collective moon, it might be bright enough to bring the lighting up to scratch. RBB would be jealous. Find out tomorrow if I am going to make it on time, might have to come straight from work.

A Fever version of the Poznan?

Pooznan?

A few days after the game v Jets, I was chatting to my friend who worked on the game.  They told me that they were so concerned about the light situation at the Hutt Rec, that the game may have to be moved.  Ring of Dirt came up as an option as was rescheduling it to another date! 

Needless to say the right option was taken, though pretty sharke it came up 4 days prior to the game.  

QFT!

Probably a case of the people working on it letting the higher ups know it's not suitable, but certain people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing LA LA LALA

Don't think that anyone is saying it's the wrong decision, are they? It's more the ridiculously short notice when everyone has been saying it will be a problem for weeks. That is quite inexcusable.

Worst idea I have ever heard

Obviously was printed before the decision was made but surely they could have got the ticket seller company correct...

No need to press the point

And its not even ticketeck... 

Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Glen MOSS (GK), 3.Joel GRIFFITHS, 4.Roly BONEVACIA, 5.Michael BOXALL, 7.Kenny CUNNINGHAM, 8.Alex RODRIGUEZ, 9.Nathan BURNS, 10.Michael McGLINCHEY, 13.Albert RIERA, 15.Jason HICKS, 16.Louis FENTON, 17.Vince LIA, 18.Ben SIGMUND, 19.Tom DOYLE, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (GK), 21.Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c)

***one to be omitted***

Ins: 16.Louis FENTON (returns from injury), 19.Tom DOYLE (promoted)

Outs: 2.Manny MUSCAT (suspended)

Unavailable: 23.Matthew Ridenton (knee injury – 4 weeks)

Adelaide United squad: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (GK) (c), 2.Michael MARRONE, 3.Nigel BOOGAARD, 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 7.PABLO SÁNCHEZ, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Sergio CIRIO, 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 11.Bruce DJITE, 14.Cameron WATSON, 16.Craig GOODWIN, 17.Awer MABIL, 18.Jimmy JEGGO, 19.Miguel PALANCA, 21.Tarek ELRICH, 24.Bruce KAMAU, 30.John HALL (GK), 32.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS

***two to be omitted***

Ins: 3.Nigel BOOGAARD (returns from injury), 8.ISAÍAS (returns from suspension), 30.John HALL (GK) (promoted), 32.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS (promoted)

Outs: 15.Ben WARLAND (not selected), 20.Paul IZZO (GK) (not selected)

Unavailable: 5.Osama MALIK (ankle – 1-2 weeks), 23.Jordan ELSEY (knee – indefinite)

Missed the important bit

Referee: Ben Williams

Boxall and Fenton or Boxall and Doyle?

boxall and doyl would be the preferred surely? got to have a proper lefty playing at LB not a converted right winger come RB.

manny is right footed

Manny is god.

and god I mean angry and spiteful, but also versatile