Perth Glory goalkeeper Danny Vukovic has backed coach Alistair Edwards' strong stand over Football Federation Australia's decision to allow Saturday's match against Adelaide United to be played in stifling heat.

Edwards launched a scathing attack on the national body after the 1-1 draw at nib Stadium, claiming the decision had endangered players' health and ruined the occasion of marquee signing William Gallas' A-League debut.

Edwards said the weather forced him to abandon plans to start Gallas, who was used as a second-half substitute, and claimed FFA's decision to refuse Glory's request for a 6.45pm kick-off was part of a pattern of disrespect towards the club.

The mood in the Glory camp hadn't cooled yesterday.

Vukovic said he lost 2.5kg of body weight in the heat and club fitness staff confirmed several outfield players lost more than 3kg during the match.

"The FFA really need to have a look at it, but unfortunately they're probably going to do what they do best and sweep it under the carpet," Vukovic said.

"We just have to keep going on with it. Both teams had to endure that (on Saturday) but I think it wasn't fair on anyone involved."

Glory last week made repeated requests to delay the kick-off and were supported in their calls by Adelaide and the players' union, Professional Footballers Australia.

But after discussions with broadcasters, FFA decided the match would go ahead as scheduled.

The temperature climbed to 37.1C just after noon and was still 32.1C when the match started at 2.30pm.

Fans voted with their feet and only 8574 were in attendance as Glory substitute Chris Harold countered Osama Malik's opener to earn the home side a share of the points. The poor turnout was a commercial disaster for Glory, who had hoped for a crowd of up to 15,000 for Gallas' debut.

"You feel sorry for everyone. The fans have to sit in that (heat) and our owner (Tony Sage) loses out on thousands of people coming," Vukovic said.

"Who wants to sit in 35C heat and watch a game? I'm sure the people that make the decisions to put the game on at that time wouldn't sit for 90 minutes in that heat, yet they expect us to play for 90 minutes.

"It leaves a bad taste in all our mouths. We keep feeling that we're being hard done by."