Bristol Rovers Away- Saturday 14th October Now Tues 23 Jan

[fred binneys head]

I’ve had a BBC notification on my phone saying the game has been postponed?

 

[Hants_red]

I’ve had a BBC notification on my phone saying the game has been postponed?

I had ifollow suggesting they had the line-up!

 

[david61]

Club site listed postponement several hours ago.

 

[Number13]

Only needs 3 in the fixtures and not 3 per club before a request can be made. The England U20s/19s etc are announced tomorrow. Rovers have a number who have been called up before.

Thats never been the case - why put that when its obviously not right?

 

[OmanGrecian]

Thats never been the case - why put that when its obviously not right?

If you choose to read a follow up post I wrote I put a screenshot stating the way it read made it seem that way.

 

[Number13]

If you choose to read a follow up post I wrote I put a screenshot stating the way it read made it seem that way.

It confirms that teams can request a postponement when 3 players are called up?

ie Exeter can request a postponement when they have 3 players called up. Nothing to do with how many are missing from the fixture as a whole?

 

[TOP_CITY_FAN]

It confirms that teams can request a postponement when 3 players are called up?

ie Exeter can request a postponement when they have 3 players called up. Nothing to do with how many are missing from the fixture as a whole?

Jesus Christ, 13. Did someone wake up on the wrong side of bed this morning?

 

[Spoonz Red E]

It confirms that teams can request a postponement when 3 players are called up?

ie Exeter can request a postponement when they have 3 players called up. Nothing to do with how many are missing from the fixture as a whole?

As Oman pointed out there is an ambiguity in the wording. I can see it.
If you read a text knowing beforehand what it is supposed to say then any ambiguity is hard to spot but it is still a trap for others.
I've taken many a call working for the Club when we've put out messages and people have phoned up for clarification because of an ambiguity unnoticed by us.

In this case:
"the threshold at which teams can request for a fixture to be postponed is when three or more players are called up for their national teams"
The words 'teams' (plural) and 'fixture' give rise to it.

I would have reworded it to:
"the threshold at which any team can request for a fixture to be postponed is when three or more of their players are called up for national teams"

 

[Number13]

Jesus Christ, 13. Did someone wake up on the wrong side of bed this morning?

Yep, afraid so

 

[denzel]

Scenario likely to happen again in November, regardless of our players, as Peterborough have had their game called off due to internationals (2 in the England under 20s, one for Cyprus)