Could be a bit of a story with the Derby v Cardiff game being called off yesterday.
Having left South Wales at about 5am, we were told at about 8:30am that the game was off so had to turn around near Worcester and head back.
But the story is that from what fans who were already up there were saying / posting, and from what some of the Cardiff players were also saying / posting, there is no real reason why the game could not have been played.
The pitch was fine, the area around the stadium was fine, the pub next to the stadium was open and encouraging visitors, the shops by the stadium were open, the Derby club shop itself advertised themselves as being open and encouraged fans to pop in on Twitter despite the postponement (that tweet was quickly deleted though, I wonder why!!), Derby police have said it wasn't them who called the game off and that it was the club, there have now been multiple reasons given for the postponement and at different times (the guy who runs the Cardiff Supporters Club was told it was off at just gone 8am due to staff not being able to get in, Derby police tweeted at 8:15am to say it was off for safety reasons, it was made official by Derby Country FC at 8:30am also citing safety reasons and the BBC were saying it was off due to a frozen ptich, despite Derby having undersoil heating, and the EFL put out a statement in the afternoon saying it was cancelled after discussions between Derby Country, the police and the local Safety Advisory Group), from what Neil Warnock has said there were no match day staff at Pride Park to meet the Cardiff Squad or to explain the situation.
Add to that the fact that Derby played Fulham at home two weeks ago when the snow was a fair bit worse and that they currently have an injury crisis and from reports only had 10 first team players train on Friday. It all sounds somewhat suspicious! Of course the EFL have already backed Derby County, without looking at any of the evidence. But it just seems really dodgy to me.
