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Most of the snow''s gone in central london - there was a big thaw last night and when i woke up this morning the park opposite that was covered in snow is about 80-90 grass now. Next few days the temps expected to be around the 0c mark but Xmas night is ment to be very cold with a low of -4c so there''s still a chance the pitch might be frozen come Boxing day but Palace are fairly confident and I''d say there''s a 70/30 chance that the game will go ahead..

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The very low temperatures on Saturday night are a bit of a worry. They don''t have undersoil and they say the covers protect down to around -3.  Given it''s a lunchtime rather than 3pm kick off, there won''t be much time for a thaw. The only hope is that the daytime temp is forecast up to +3 which might just be enough to thaw it out. I think 50/50 is a more realistic assessment.

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Your major concern should be will the 5 portaloos serving about 5000 people be frozen or not .dont worry about the pitch we could all pee on it to thaw it out , Selhurst pk what a slum but ill be there

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Hopefully it shouldn''t affect most people,but there is a tube strike planned for Boxing Day.Just a warning[Y]

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[quote user="Canary_on_the Trent"]Taking a bit of a risk, setting off at 8am tomorrow but we''ve not got tickets so if it is called off we''ve only lost a few £ in petrol money.[/quote]

Makes it awkward with a 1pm kickoff doesn''t it although with the coaches all leaving at 8am you would hope that they would assess the pitch and make a decision pretty early.

Wonder why we''re not playing at 3pm like most other clubs in the championship??

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The 1pm start is very frustrating indeed, the early start also prevents the pitch and surrounding areas in and around Selhurst Park thawing for a few hours in the afternoon, so if there is a big freeze tonight the game could be in some doubt.

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[quote user="Bungay Canary"]Your major concern should be will the 5 portaloos serving about 5000 people be frozen or not .dont worry about the pitch we could all pee on it to thaw it out , Selhurst pk what a slum but ill be there[/quote]

 I predict ice skating opportunities in the ladies loos if previous visits are anything to go by.

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Currently minus 2 in that part of London and expected to go down to minus 4...depends whether the sun can get out early enough as it is expected to get to 2 degrees tomorrow at best.

I''d put money on it going ahead, a bit like Walsall last season, I''m sure they want this one for the revenue as a rescheduled will be a poorly attended midweek game by home fans.

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[quote user="......and Smith must score."][quote user="cityangel"]

Thats a shame [:(]

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Might be a blessing in disguise Angel.

More chance of injuries on a bone-hard pitch plus Selhurst is a depressing enough place even when you''re not freezing your **** off.
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Very true. At least calling it off before 9am saved people getting too far in their travels too.

Still think that it should be mandatory for all Prem/Championship clubs to have undersoil heating nowadays.

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[quote user="cityangel"][quote user="......and Smith must score."][quote user="cityangel"]

Thats a shame [:(]

[/quote]Might be a blessing in disguise Angel.More chance of injuries on a bone-hard pitch plus Selhurst is a depressing enough place even when you''re not freezing your **** off.[/quote]

Very true. At least calling it off before 9am saved people getting too far in their travels too.

Still think that it should be mandatory for all Prem/Championship clubs to have undersoil heating nowadays.

[/quote]I agree with your undersoil heating comments but I think it should only apply to Premiership clubs. The obscene amounts of money they get from television should make it a condition of Premiership membership as it''s the TV companiies that are keeping them in clover.

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It''s frustrating, because I think we would have won today.

On the plus side, the Christmas football schedule is extremely heavy, so having one game called off probably isn''t a bad thing.

It does put pressure on our home form though, as we now need at least 4 points from Sheffield United and QPR in my opinion.

I can also see M''boro getting called off, so we may end up with 3 home games back-to-back. The results we get in them will become even more crucial if that happens, especially considering the opposition.

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Interesting that League 2 Wycombe( not more than 35 miles from Palace at a guess ) have managed  to get their game on plus Fulham with no undersoil heating is still on ??

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[quote user="cityangel"]Interesting that League 2 Wycombe( not more than 35 miles from Palace at a guess ) have managed  to get their game on plus Fulham with no undersoil heating is still on ??[/quote]They''re one of the few lower league grounds that do have undersoil heating.Presumably it was installed when the stadium was constructed in the 1980''s

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[quote user="......and Smith must score."][quote user="cityangel"]Interesting that League 2 Wycombe( not more than 35 miles from Palace at a guess ) have managed  to get their game on plus Fulham with no undersoil heating is still on ??[/quote]

They''re one of the few lower league grounds that do have undersoil heating.

Presumably it was installed when the stadium was constructed in the 1980''s
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How come Fulham and Ipswich have managed to get their game on with no undersoil heating ??

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[quote user="cityangel"]

[quote user="......and Smith must score."][quote user="cityangel"]Interesting that League 2 Wycombe( not more than 35 miles from Palace at a guess ) have managed  to get their game on plus Fulham with no undersoil heating is still on ??[/quote]

They''re one of the few lower league grounds that do have undersoil heating.

Presumably it was installed when the stadium was constructed in the 1980''s
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How come Fulham and Ipswich have managed to get their game on with no undersoil heating ??

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Fulham have got undersoil heating and Ipswich isn''t in London...?

It''s hard work on here sometimes....must be the equal rights or something!

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[quote user="cityangel"]

[quote user="......and Smith must score."][quote user="cityangel"]Interesting that League 2 Wycombe( not more than 35 miles from Palace at a guess ) have managed  to get their game on plus Fulham with no undersoil heating is still on ??[/quote]

They''re one of the few lower league grounds that do have undersoil heating.

Presumably it was installed when the stadium was constructed in the 1980''s
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How come Fulham and Ipswich have managed to get their game on with no undersoil heating ??

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I thought that the various media outlets keep saying that Blackpool are the only Premier League club without undersoil heating so i am assuming that Fulham do have it installed.May i also say my little Angel that i reaaly do not give a flying fig whether the scum are playing or not.

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