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Bradley Dack calls Ewood Park pitch a 'shambles' after Blackburn Rovers fixture postponement
Bradley Dack described the Ewood Park pitch as a 'shambles' after Blackburn Rovers were forced to call off their Championship fixture against Swansea City due to a waterlogged pitch.
A pitch inspection took place this morning and with wet weather conditions forecast for the remainder of the day, referee Michael Salisbury made the decision to postpone the fixture.
The surface at Ewood came under severe criticism in the midst of Rovers' 1-1 draw against Stoke City on Saturday with Tony Mowbray complaining that his players had 'lost confidence' because of the deteriorating condition of the pitch.
Following the announcement that the game had been postponed, Swansea boss Steve Cooper admitted he fully understood the decision to reschedule the fixture.
"Unfortunately, the weather has just got the better of us," he said.
"It is one of those things that is unavoidable and unfortunate and, like everything else, we will adapt to it.
"Obviously, we will have to play the game again whenever that fits in, and we will deal with it as it comes.
"The forecast is really bad for the rest of the day so it’s an understandable decision."
Dack, meanwhile, took to Instagram to express his frustration at the postponement.
The Rovers talisman had posted a picture ahead of this evening's contest with the caption 'back under the lights tonight' prior to the postponement.
Dack then commented under his post saying: "Maybe not. Pitch is an absolute shambles."
In the aftermath of the Sheffield Wednesday draw on Boxing Day, Mowbray stated that his Rovers players had complained regularly about the state of the pitch.
The Rovers boss then admitted on Saturday that the club were taking the necessary steps to address the issue.
"I've sort of moaned without really moaning about the state of the pitch," admitted Mowbray. "The chief executive knows my thoughts and he at this moment, as I know, is trying to source new pitches. It hasn't been changed apparently for 28 years.
"If we're going to play our brand of football, we need a football pitch to play on. And if we're going to have a football pitch here we need a football pitch at the training ground that marries the pitch here so that we can play on this surface but it's a huge expense."
