BREAKING: NEIL WARNOCK
NEIL WARNOCK THIS MORNING IS GIVING HIS FULL REACTION
Monday 19th March 2018
Neil Warnock slams 'scandalous' decision to call off Cardiff City's clash with Derby County due to snow.
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has called the postponing of his side's game against Derby County a "disgrace".
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"We got to the ground and the car park was clear, the pitch was perfect. Absolutely disgraceful really," said Warnock.
A new date has not been announced, but it is likely to be in April because of the upcoming international break.
Derby County currently sit fifth in the Championship, 14 points behind Cardiff
Warnock suggested that Derby, who had been hit with an injury crisis in the build-up to the match, welcomed the postponement.
"All week I have listened to comments from Derby, they have all been negative, and that's before the snow came down," he said.
"They have been talking about the injury situation, yesterday the manager Gary [Rowett] said they only had 10 players training and if they could get away with this weekend's game, they would be fine.
"Things like that should be looked into.
"All the lads were raring to go and looking forward to it, but you can't blame Derby for wanting it off - you wouldn't want to play us at the moment."
"An announcement was made at 8.30am and the EFL is satisfied from the information shared that these were the reasons the match was postponed and will provide Cardiff City with the opportunity to provide any additional information they feel is relevant, before responding further."
'A complete shambles'
"It's a complete shambles and we're on the end of that," said Warnock.
"The Football League now will try to make us play on the first available date which will be 17 April.
"That means we would go to Aston Villa on a Tuesday, Norwich on the Saturday and then Derby on the Tuesday, which is another disgrace.
"If it is replayed, it should be on the 24 April after we have had a home game."
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"I'm not overly surprised. When I heard Gary's (Rowett) remarks earlier in the week about if we can get over this weekend's injury crisis with the game then they should be all right after the break.
"I think it's a disgrace quite frankly. You look at their game against Fulham two weeks ago, if you look on the website, all of the Derby fans were saying it was 10 times worse two weeks ago. They had snow ploughs everywhere.
"I can't accept that today and it leaves a sour taste. I think it's scandalous, me.
"Now the EFL will try to force us to play on the first available date which gives us three tough away games.
"We are going to have to fight tooth and nail against that as we shouldn't be punished for something like this because it isn't our doing and I believe it's a big travesty."