Quote Originally Posted by Stoke_Arab View Post
On the other hand I understand budgets at smaller clubs like Arbroath are extremely tight but how should we be penalised with a postponement when we invest in youth teams, an academy, a ladies team etc. How many players have they lost to injury to be left with not enough to fulfill a fixture? Must be one hell of a lot if they can't field enough to start a game. Seems very unusual and should never be the case. Previously there's been cases where wholesale illness via food poisoning or Covid have been granted postponement but there's nothing to suggest that's the case here, it sounds like they're just running out of players, should never be happening.
They took the decison not to run with a reserve team this season due to cost. Teams in lower leagues than Arbroath are running with reserves, so f*ck them. Their choice. Deal with it.