If you can read mate, you would see referees didn?t call it. The president / groundsman called it.
Massively salty, considering the year we have had with the weather, when you get a chance to play a fair game, you take it. Not call it off coz you have no players and 2 of 3 grades of been beaten. Poor form.
Forfeit loading..
Rains all night the night before the match. Rains during 3rds and reserves (of which our side had multiple back up).
A ground that was soft and slippery before a ball was kicked getting worse after heavy traffic and likely becoming hazardous.. unheard of.
If we were going to cancel because of low numbers we definitely would have done it before a ball was kicked but we pushed on as long as we could. During ressies it was becoming clear it was hard for players to stay on their feet (keeper unable to keep feet when kicking from hands).
It?s dissapointing not to get on especially having 2 games played before but this is pretty silly. If the game had gone on and players got injured I?d imagine the refs would?ve been copping it for playing in dangerous conditions.
Can?t please everyone I suppose.
The game wasn’t played, not sure what the big deal is. Surely you’d rather play for 90 minutes instead of being given 3 points?
Every game in the comp was washed out today. Not the first time this season two grades played and then firsts got cancelled.
I was there, I saw the condition and the ground was giving way underfoot in the goal mouths and heavily trafficked areas. If a 3rd game had been played it would have both been unsafe and caused further damage to the field. I have no doubts that both were a concern to our Pres when the call was made in conjunction with the refs.
At the end of the day a sensible decision was made even if not everyone agrees.
#Make3rdsGreatAgain
Can i ask theres more then 1 field out at westlakes was there any option to play on the other one, the juniors played therr today
Go jump on Cardiff Facebook page and make your own mind up.
Send those 3 points over
If the referees deemed it safe & the club overruled, the association should, at minimum, sanction the club.
What if Cardiff and Westlakes just play a game for 90 minutes and decide who gets the 3 points.
We tried to play, but they had their blokes hiding under a tin roof while the sun was out. We had one ginger fella go throw some spf50+ on. Then after game was called, they kids running around having a kick on the oval. Thinking back to it now, I Really hope they pulled through hazardous conditions
Honestly who cares. If Cardiff want a forfeit, it says more about the club rather than wanting to just play the game.