Originally Posted by
Dodbroon
Point #1. The club genuinely thought the ground was playable and easily playable to the extent that they felt a pitch inspection was not required at all. The weather forecast was for the rain to be off by late morning and this turned out to be wrong (as our weather forecasting has been much recently). The rain although not particularly heavy by that time, unlike overnight, came at a bad time when the largely useless covers came off. Personally with the record of our pitch, the uncertainty of the weather and the large travelling support I reckon we should have had an earlier inspection. However I also reckon an earlier inspection would have given the game the go ahead and similarly another referee may well have come to another decision than made by David Munro.
Point#2. No pitch can be totally weather proof. Even the best pitches can become waterlogged with enough rain in a short enough period. Spurs' new pitch with the best state of the art drainage almost had a game postponed last season after a downpour but the game went ahead in way worse conditions underfoot than there was at Dens yesterday. In saying that I wholeheartedly agree our pitch needs upgrading because even if the new stadium does materialise, and I still have my doubts, we will be at Dens for a couple more seasons.
Point#3. I seriously doubt if sanctions will be raised or brought against the club especially after a marginal decision like yesterday's however with our record this season any/many more postponements could bring that on. It is generally accepted that rainfall is higher than normal especially in this area of late so again sanctions would be unjust as well as unlikely. I also accept the point made by others on the Dark Blues site that making a song and dance about it and committing the cardinal sin of criticising a referee in public could result in (petulant) sanctions more likely from the SFA than the SPFL though.