Quote Originally Posted by leftrightout View Post
Are any of the guys here New Lambton players or are they committee members (or both?)
Just curios to see what the opinion of a NL player is about the forfeit. Are they happy to not play the game and get 3 points even though they are long shots at semis. Or would you rather play the game? Because looking at the table and who has to play who on the run home, it just looks like this spare one is going to be a wasted weekend of no football for no reason and not even any huge gain to anyone?
Just curios to know personal preference
I am a player for New Lambton. I agree with all action taken because you shouldn't be able to just call off a game whenever it suits you. As Jordo has stated, the ground was dry, not 50/50 on whether it should have been called off. The photos taken prove this.

To respond to Jardel, in the 8 years I have been at the club, we have never called off a game due to having players unavailable. I can't comment on the time before this, but the competition has changed (and improved) a lot over this time and all clubs should now be held to a higher level of scrutiny to keep this progression happening. To be honest from what I've heard, I don't think the club had any idea of what would happen after making the official complaint, but they just knew that the game being postponed was entirely wrong.

Regardless of what you think of the punishment, l don't want Barnsley to play the victim here. The only precedent that has been set is that if you do the wrong thing, then you will be punished. Fair enough too.