Dundee boss Mark McGhee says there was danger of the Dens Park pitch being “absolutely destroyed” had Wednesday’s home match with St Mirren gone ahead.
Heavy rain had left a sodden surface before an afternoon pitch inspection called the Premiership clash off.
With two more home matches coming up within the next seven days there would have been no time for the surface to recover.
With further rainfall forecast, McGhee insists the decision from officials was correct to postpone.
“The weather was absolutely horrendous,” McGhee said.
“The rain was non-stop and the pitch took a real battering. You could see the water lying on the park.
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“The ground staff worked really hard but the rain was absolutely torrential and with more rain forecast for later on I don’t think the officials had any option but to call the game off.
“It was 100 per cent the right decision.”
He added: “We have another two home games with Livingston and then Hibs next week.
“The other issue is what state would the pitch have been in if the game had been played?
“It wasn’t playable anyway but if we had played it then the pitch would have been absolutely destroyed.”
Focus
For a new management team, a bit of extra time to get their ideas across is welcome, too.
Having played on Sunday at Celtic, it had been a quick turnover for the Dark Blues to be ready for St Mirren.
McGhee added: “The good thing for us is that it now gives us a few more days to recover for the Livingston game.
“We were short on recovery because we played on Sunday and so with the game being off it gives us another couple of days to focus and get prepared for Livingston.
“Simon (Rusk) and I have already started to do our work looking towards Livingston on Saturday.”
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