Livingston manager Gary Holt would have supported referee Nick Walsh if he had abandoned their Ladbrokes Premiership clash at St Mirren due to the “horrible” conditions.
Severe winds and torrential rain caused chaos in Paisley as both sides struggled to deal with the elements in a 3-3 draw littered with mistakes.
He said: “The pitch was absolutely fine, we always focus on the surface but you need to look at the conditions. It’s hard for the referee because the surface is playable but it’s gale-force winds and it’s swirling.
“You can deal with the rain but the wind makes it a mockery at times and it’s had an effect in the goals.
“I’d be happy with the referee stopping it, they get paid to make the big decisions but you want a good game of football. Despite the amount of goals, it was more because of mistakes than silky football.
“It was horrible out there but probably entertaining for the neutral with the six goals. If Nick had came over and called it off, I wouldn’t have complained.”
The visitors opened the scoring in style through Aymen Souda’s curled finish after 13 minutes before Junior Morias tapped home an equaliser for the Saints after great work from strike partner Jon Obika.
“I wouldn’t have supported it, I’ve played in worse conditions than that. In the country that we live in, if we are going to call games off due to high winds and rain then we probably won’t kick a ball,” he said.
“If the pitch is underwater then I completely agree with it but that’s different.
“It’s the same for both teams, it was horrendous and it wasn’t a pretty game of football but we knew it would be that way. I think both sets of players deserve an enormous amount of credit.”
