Mackay style win means survival hopes linger on.

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  1. Chris says:

    Another great article Bob thanks. Still buzzing from a fantastic away win here.

    Would appreciate if you could add my link to your site:

    http://www.notesofninian.co.uk/sample-page/quotes

    A collection of everyone’s thoughts from forums, social media, papers etc. A snapshot of Cardiff City thoughts.

  2. The other Bob Wilson says:

    Thank you Chris – I’ve added your site as requested.

  3. Chris says:

    Thanks Bob. Here’s hoping for a few more 1-0 or 2-1 wins over the next four weeks!

  4. Dai Woosnam says:

    Great report, Paul.

    Nicest thing to see with Wilfried Zaha incidentally, apart from his commitment, was his evident genuine delight when celebrating Juan Cala’s goal.

    I always felt that his inclusion against Palace was a bridge-too-far, NOT because he would not try – FAR from it – but because in his subconscious, he would be knowing that 90 minutes of brilliance from him could help put the club that was his passion throughout his boyhood and youth, down into the Championship.

    Thus, whilst I do not know the mechanics of it, if Ole said to him “how do you feel about playing against Palace?” it would have been a superfluous question.

    Why? Well because Wilf would obviously realise that as a pro he had to answer with “No problem at all”, but deep down Ole should have known that Wilf was not going to be dynamite on the day.

    The main thing for Ole is to keep the relationship with Moyes so that he can borrow him on another loan spell in the future. But then, let me breathe those words back in.

    Moyes may not be there, and Man Utd may be loath to loaning him to the Championship !!

    But then …
    I suppose, NEITHER eventuality may occur!

    Kindest,
    Dai Woosnam

  5. The other Bob Wilson says:

    Afternoon Dai. I noticed how pleased Zaha was when we scored as well.

    I think you’ve got it pretty much spot on in your summing up of what happened with Zaha and Ole last week.

  6. Dai Woosnam says:

    Thanks for that, Paul.

    In the few days that have elapsed since the win at Southampton, I have read several people online saying it should be noted that the win was in BLUE.

    Jeez…they are as mad as Vincent Tan, with his “lucky red” nonsense.

    They should recall that the win at Fulham was in red…and the defeats at Arsenal, Man Utd, (and perhaps some others) were in …BLUE.

    When they were 91st in the league pyramid not that many years back, well, that was in BLUE too !!

    In an ideal world, Ole persuades Vincent to return to blue this close season. But failing that, he must then decide to fall into line behind his boss on the colour issue, and call for 100 per cent support for the team …without the massive distraction of the strife over the shirt colour affair.

    It remains for me a singularly trivial matter.

    “Trivial”? Yes, trivial. Absolutely it is.

    Imagine if you were a fan of The Brooklyn Dodgers and in 1957 you learned that your version of Vincent Tan was moving the club’s base, and that if you wanted to see their home games in future, you would have to travel two THOUSAND five hundred miles to Los Angeles, and then travel the same distance back after every home game!

    Now THAT is something to get one’s “hair off” about!

    It goes without saying Paul that I am not expecting you to share my opinion. One could perhaps say in a most apposite way: you have already nailed your colours to the mast!

    But we have agreed to differ here. And it is to your credit that you see my point of view, even if you do not share it.

    That said, let me sum up, by saying that whilst I respect the sincerity of the blue diehards, I do think that some may have lost any sense of perspective here.

    My theory is that in LIFE generally, people need a sense of priorities. Need something SERIOUS to grumble about! So in the absence of life-threatening dangers, moan about the bluebottle (pun unintentional!), rather than the deadly mosquito.

    And here’s my sentence to end this piece on: the colour of a football shirt is as irrelevant as the blush on a dead man’s face.

    Kindest,
    Dai Woosnam.

  7. The other Bob Wilson says:

    Although I wouldn’t have put them quite in the same category as you Dai, my initial reactions to the rebrand were I suppose along the lines of “it could have been worse” – in fact the loss of the bluebird didn’t bother me in the slightest and, to be honest, I still can’t get too worked up about it now.

    However, if the past two years have proved one thing it is that reactions to the sort of changes Cardiff City fans have had to put up with vary from person to person to such a degree that I don’t think you’ll find many of them who are in complete agreement on every single aspect of the rebrand.

    It’s the sort of subject which can lead to entrenched opinions on either side and I’m sure there are plenty who feel exactly the same about the changes now as they did when they were first revealed in early May 2012.

    I, on the other hand, have shifted my position and there are a number of reasons for that. For example, I’ve found that I missed us playing in blue more than I thought I would, I’ve also been impressed by how some, not all mind, who are implacably anti red have conducted themselves since the changes were announced and the absence of the promised debt to equity conversion has also been a factor in making me change my mind.

    However, the biggest single factor has been the growing certainty, which I was prepared to ignore for a while, that what Vincent Tan did was just plain wrong. Football clubs aren’t like a can of beans whereby you fool the people into buying something by changing the packaging every now and then and Tan has shown continually since he became more hands on at the club that he just doesn’t get this fundamental truth of football financial and business management.

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