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Gillingham come to the fortress for there longest trip of the season. There away form recently in the league has been poor but will be boosted by a home win in fa cup over div 1 Charlton. The Gills have failed to beat Barrow in the last six meetings between the club's. The Last time the Gills did manage to beat Barrow was in 1969. Hope the Barrow public come out in force to support the best team Barrow have had since the late 60's.

And before we start getting the diehard fatalists that think the because of what happened on saturday our form is bound to nose dive I would just add the following.

Anyone who went to Northampton and watched the first round tie would have been struck by the utterly shambolic performance of the hosts that day sitting as they do a League above us. Chatting to a couple of their faithful after the game they were utterly dejected wondering where their season would go next. Even I was forced to wonder how Northampton's form would react to the defeat such was the poverty of their performance.

As it turned out they then recorded three consecutive league victories lifting them above the relegation zone.

Football is a game played on a pitch but often won largely between the ears of those playing it.

Don’t panic about the Gills coming too much.Been told by some Gills friends of mine it wasn’t that they played out their skin Saturday but they were surprised at how poorly Charlton played.Apparently Charlton supporters were booing and jeering their team re their performance.Let’s hope we bounce back from that performance at Maidstone.

Charlton only reached the second round after scraping a replay win over mighty Cray Valley Paper Mills !

Attendance will be affected by the pre Christmas effect. My concern is will the pitch be in a playable state, the heavy snowfall has now thawed,and saturated areas of land,along with rain forecast for Thursday and Friday, it could be in doubt.

If the game is on, I fully believe we’ll continue our run. 2-0 win.

Desmond2-2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:25 am Attendance will be affected by the pre Christmas effect. My concern is will the pitch be in a playable state, the heavy snowfall has now thawed,and saturated areas of land,along with rain forecast for Thursday and Friday, it could be in doubt.

I had the same worry so out of interest I went down to the Schneider Road pitches with a fork on my lunch break today. Few patches of snow left to melt but the surface felt and looked good. I'll repeat the task on Friday morning after the rain, and feedback on here. Then people will be able to adjust their weekend arrangements accordingly.

Cheers Matty. I saved myself travelling to the Crawley game thanks to the gloomy prognosis on here, would appreciate it if you could help this week too.

Matty wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:03 pm

Desmond2-2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:25 am Attendance will be affected by the pre Christmas effect. My concern is will the pitch be in a playable state, the heavy snowfall has now thawed,and saturated areas of land,along with rain forecast for Thursday and Friday, it could be in doubt.

I had the same worry so out of interest I went down to the Schneider Road pitches with a fork on my lunch break today. Few patches of snow left to melt but the surface felt and looked good. I'll repeat the task on Friday morning after the rain, and feedback on here. Then people will be able to adjust their weekend arrangements accordingly.

Happy to stick my boots and shinpads on and check my back garden takes the stud on Friday evening too, just be to sure.

So there will be pitch inspections in many back gardens throughout Barrow on Friday night. Think I will do the same in south Manchester just to make sure as well.

Saturday is a good game for us to bounce back. At home and against a decently placed team, all the ingredients for the perfect response.

Not too worried about the pitch being waterlogged after the snowfall. It's usually a 10:1 rainfall equivalent ratio, so an inch of snow is approximately 0.1 inches of rain.

andyg wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:32 pm So there will be pitch inspections in many back gardens throughout Barrow on Friday night. Think I will do the same in south Manchester just to make sure as well.

All garden/pitch condition data is welcome, nice one Andy.

Cokey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:49 pm Saturday is a good game for us to bounce back. At home and against a decently placed team, all the ingredients for the perfect response.

Not too worried about the pitch being waterlogged after the snowfall. It's usually a 10:1 rainfall equivalent ratio, so an inch of snow is approximately 0.1 inches of rain.

The players might need gills to play on Saturday if fins remain as per forecast. Not perturbed though as I’m sure Gillingham won’t fancy the prospect of a long trip and a battering on a Tuesday night if the game does fall to the elements.

Oof,double whammy of a long trip and a poor pitch.

Bet they cannot wait for Sat!