Birmingham Could be called off!

[Nottingham Fox]

http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10274~967700,00.html

 

[lazzer]

nottingham stop being so negative get yourself a pie and chips you will feel better after that
the game will go ahead

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Leicester City has unfortunately experienced some storm damage to an adjacent building near their stadium following yesterday's extrem weather conditions.

However, Leicester City are doing their absolute utmost to ensure the building is secured and are optimistic that the game will go ahead tomorrow as planned.

Blues supporters will be kept fully updated on this situtation as and when we receive it from Leicester City

This is on Birmingham webiste. I think it could be off guys! Sorry to sound negative, I know PFKAKTF was excited about MM being unveiled :icon_wink

 

[stevewalshwasgod]

plenty of time for them to secure the site...

 

[Nottingham Fox]

plenty of time for them to secure the site...

So why make a statement

 

[stevewalshwasgod]

So why make a statement

just to keep us and Birmingham informed I suppose. Hope it does go ahead!

 

[Jeff]

So why make a statement

Because there has been speculation that the match could be off and people have been phoning asking what the situation is.

 

[SJN-Fox]

This is on Birmingham webiste. I think it could be off guys! Sorry to sound negative,

What with all that Sky money at stake

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Because there has been speculation that the match could be off and people have been phoning asking what the situation is.

So they could have said "Due to numerous phone calls received by the club, we wish to advise supporters that the game will go ahead tomorrow, despite the damage caused to the Holiday Inn"

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

This is on Birmingham webiste. I think it could be off guys! Sorry to sound negative, I know PFKAKTF was excited about MM being unveiled :icon_wink

Did Micky Adams write the official statement, there are several references to Leicester City !!!

 

[Fox Fan]

What with all that Sky money at stake

Its not that much you know. Only £65k, and if MM is taking over that is a drop in the ocean.:icon_roll

 

[OldGit]

This is on Birmingham webiste. I think it could be off guys! Sorry to sound negative, I know PFKAKTF was excited about MM being unveiled :icon_wink

We now know that MM has psychic powers. He foresaw this might prevent a big public unveiling if the deal went ahead as planned - hence him announcing latest delay a couple of days before.

 

[Cate Fox]

I've just seen a report on Central News from the ground...there is absolutely loads of debris to be cleared away - they had already taken 6 lorry loads away and you would never have known. Wouldnt surprise me if the game was called off

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Leicester City's game against Birmingham tomorrow was in doubt today after yesterday's gale-force winds wreaked havoc.

Part of the roof of the neighbouring Express by Holiday Inn landed on the Walkers Stadium concourse.

Club bosses admitted that the fixture was "looking a bit precarious" on health and safety grounds as the debris had to be removed and the hotel made safe before the game.

Experts from Leicester City Council were on site today, beginning a major clean-up operation.

Chris Moore, team manager of the city council's building control services, said he would know later today whether the match was off.

He said: "Yesterday was basically a day of disaster. I can't say whether the match will go ahead or not yet. Ask me later today and I will have a better idea.

"I'm just very thankful nobody was killed. There were people in the (car-park) kiosk and people walking by in the area when the roof came off."

A spokesman for Leicester City Football Club said: "The roof debris is being cleared up today and it's all in the hands of the city council."

When asked whether the match, which is due to be screened live on Sky TV, would go ahead, he replied: "We have to make sure the roof is safe. It's still looking a bit precarious but that will be up to the city council."

City council clean-up teams were facing the task of having to cut up and remove the roof which landed just yards from the stadium.

High-reach platforms were being drafted in to enable cutting teams to reach the torn roofline of the Holiday Inn to make damaged sections on the hotel safe.

Moore said this morning: "We'll be here most of the day clearing up the debris. We'll get cherry-pickers in later today to tackle the roof.

"The danger is that the loose stuff can be blown off. Tomorrow evening the winds are meant to pick up again. Because of the amount of damage around, the cherry-pickers are very much in demand."

Staff at the Walkers were forced to stay inside yesterday as emergency services secured the wreckage.

More than 200 hotel guests were moved to another Holiday Inn.

 

[highland fox]

What did they make the thing out of Lego ?:icon_roll

 

[Cate Fox]

What did they make the thing out of Lego ?:icon_roll

pretty much, the roof just came off in one big chunk

 

[highland fox]

pretty much, the roof just came off in one big chunk

They charge enough for a room to afford to build a more secure building

 

[MHS]

FFS I hope the game isn't cancelled. However it could be a blessing in disguise after mid-week results....

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

if it wasnt for the replays the game would already be cancelled

 

[highland fox]

They should get Birchenall mone some of the rubble,he can do something useful for once