Hello to all from East Yorkshire.

I was at Odsal earlier today and just thought that I would enlighten you on the current state of the stadium.

The pitch and terraces are all still covered in hard snow (no more then four inches thick). The concourse and steps are the main concern as they are a death trap at the moment with the ice and so the game is looking very much 50/50 as yet more snow and sleet falls from the sky over Bradford as I type this ( I live just 3 miles from the ground).

The forecast for Friday into Saturday is not good either as yet more snow and rain are predicted and the temperature is expected to be the minus too.

The pitch should be fine when the ground staff clear the snow, but the main concern has got to be the health and safety of the spectators on the terraces and stadium concourse with the ice (70% of Odsal's capacity is made up of the massive terraces on the popular side and the Rooley lane end).

I will endeavor to keep you updated. Let's hope this game gets the go ahead.

All the best Mick.

Thanks for that Mick, hope the game does go ahead, the Bulls won't be looking forward to having two games to rearrange and Rovers will be wanting a run out before taking on the Rhinos.

Just swap it to Craven Park and play the one later in the season to Odsal?

travel arrangements for fans would make it unfair to swap it i feel with not enough time to get coaches for the Bradford fans to get across or for Kr fans who don't live in hull time to plan journeys

That is a good idea in principle.

I'll post it on our forum to see the reaction.

This is the predicted weather for Bradford for the rest of the week
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Fingers Crossed

Not sure at the moment, I passed Odsal this morning and it doesn't look too good, i'm not looking forward to another mid-week fixture though. And, also I'm still really looking forward to my club's first SL game of 2009, not sure when that'll be though!

If its any consolation, if the game is off due to snow, take your ski's

them terraces and hills will make a great slalom

Nothing new there then

I would rate this as still 50/50 even though the sun is out now and should help melt the snow.

But the popular side is the main concern as this doesn't get any sunlight at all.

Perhaps some sort of large mirror could solve the problem?

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It asks for our sympathy for the people of Rattenberg because they live in complete darknes for a few months each year. So how much sympathy do we give Hull fans for living in the dark all year round?

The weather forecast is actually improving all the time. It's due to be 5 degrees tomorrow which would shift a lot of the snow and ice.

They did a good job at headingley last week to get rid of the snow. Hopefully ground staff at odsal will be busy so this game can go ahead.

Im afraid that for the past hour here in Bradford it has been non stop snow and I just can't see this game going ahead now.

weather forecast not too bad for weekend though, 6 degrees sunday and no frost saturday night, hope they're right www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1157

weather forecast not too bad for weekend though, 6 degrees sunday and no frost saturday night, hope they're right www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1157

I've just spoken to Gill (Bulls disabled fans rep) and its changed from snow to rain - forecast looks ok for Sunday - I'll update this post on Friday.

Wasn't the open terracing closed though? was this for safety reasons or due to expecting a lower then average crowd? anyone know

I spotted about 7 Celtic fans with flags on that stand so I don't think it was closed.

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But it was just a precaution as it says they cleared it.

They were in the standing section of the Carnegie stand. The west terrace was definitely closed.

100% correct the WT was closed, however there was a handful of Celtic fans on the WT with a flag, they should not have been there though.

Maybe they were put there to look good for the Sky cameras