Sleep inducing win demonstrates differences between professionals and punters.

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  1. Dai Woosnam says:

    Commiserations, Paul, after having to endure such a 90 minutes.
    The only good thing for me yesterday, was the latest twist to the Wigan affair.
    I do not have more than the usual amount of schadenfreude in my make-up that most other people have, but I have to say that I am delighted that Malky and that ruthless* fellow Whelan are perfectly matched.
    And when Vincent waded in yesterday with his “racist hiring a racist” comment, all my Christmases came at once. I was laughing like I have not laughed in years.
    I salute you. Mr Tan.
    Kindest,
    Dai.
    * Do not be fooled by his avuncular air.
    Remember how Owen Coyle was “the perfect fit for Wigan football club”?
    Not many months later, Whelan dispensed with him like so much fish & chips wrapping paper!
    Then after Uwe Rosler gets the club up to challenge for a playoff plce, Whelan says that it is amazing what can happen with a proper manager !!
    But once results started to turn the other way, the ruthless far-from-avuncular blighter, shows Rosler the door.
    Would/will Malky with his brand of negative football have been a success at Wigan?
    Probably, in league position terms.
    But the truth is, that here Whelan and Vincent have something bizarrely in common.
    They both missed a huge opportunity in failing to recruit the best young manager available just 6 weeks ago.
    And Whelan will be reminded of it almost daily …given the proximity to Wigan of Bolton Wanderers FC.
    Bolton may be horribly in debt, and Wigan may be mega sound fiscally, and Wigan have a far better squad, but I tell you now that Wigan will not finish the higher!

  2. Anthony O'Brien says:

    Why do Cardiff persist on making virtually every clearance a frequently aimless high bal? Even Kenwyne Jones doesn’t win them very frequently, and no-one has the speed of thought or body to take advantage on the rare occasions the ball provides an attacking option. And why persist with Macheda who wins nothing in the air, especially as he tends to make half-hearted challenges? I’m also wondering if the manager is somehow embarrassed to make changes in the squad in the fear that he might be compared to Ole the Tinkerman. What has happened behind the scenes to keep an experienced and natural goal-scorer like Guerra completely off the radar? And as a final comment from a grumpy old man, don’t we have in the squad at least one or two midfielders who are both powerful and constructive?

  3. Graham says:

    I’ve never found anything to laugh about when and where Tan is concerned – I just wish he’d shut up .. I assume he stays away from games because he knows what we ungrateful fans think of him .. but how lucky he was to miss last night’s debacle!
    You mention supporters “many of whom are in a slightly inebriated state when watching a game” – I wish I’d been too inebriated to travel down from London to watch our team last night throw away a perfect opportunity to improve our goal difference – something which may come to matter a lot towards the end of the season.
    In his programme notes out manager stated how he was ‘looking forward to the atmosphere .. hearing the passion ..” .. What he will have heard is the gloom descending as we failed to take advantage of being 2-0 up at half-time playing 10 men who looked even less of our team than our lot! And I’m sure our manager, who goes out of his way to reassure us that we supporters do matter, realised what a horrendous and tedious display our team produced and so, for the first time, opted NOT to walk towards each of the four stands applauding us as we applaud him. The only bright spot was seeing Daehli and Fabio come on.
    Of course, a win is a win and that matters, but how we win matters too – it costs a lot in time, effort, and money to support a football team and yes, I do want to see my team playing good and entertaining fooball – that way the train journey home is tolerable.

  4. Matt says:

    My own opinion is that the reason City hit hopeless balls forward after keeping the ball well is that as soon as anyone played a backwards ball, the chorus of boos from their own “supporters” implored them to get it forward as quickly as possible.

    I pay my money and want to be entertained, but at the moment, I’d rather watch the team keep the ball in the 2nd half and see out the win, just in order to get a bit of confidence in the team. Shame so many other people who pay their money don’t feel the same way.

  5. The other Bob Wilson says:

    Thanks for all of the comments. Graham, Dai won’t be surprised to learn that I tend much more towards your interpretation of Tan’s obsession with Malky Mackay than his (although I do agree with him about Dave Whelan). Why Tan had to put his oar in I don’t know, but he’s not going to stop – him trying to make out he’s on some sort of crusade to clean the game up is laughable, as was his comment about the world watching the FA to see what they do about the Mackay racism allegations. Those texts were nothing to do with why Mackay was sacked because they only came to light after the event when Tan was trying to find some evidence to make the claims of financial irregularities stick.

    Anthony, I still believe the player we are missing most this season is Jordon Mutch. Medel and Mutch would be a very good central midfield pairing at this level. Medel was never going to stay, but I thought maybe Mutch could have been persuaded to. Dikagcoi is a big miss if he could have repeated his Palace form, but Ademyemi has been a disappointment. With his lower league background, I thought he would be someone who Russell Slade quite fancied, but it doesn’t seem that way – truth is, we haven’t got a midfielder who is powerful and constructive, it tends to be one or the other at this level and Gunnarsson is probably the closest thing we have to an all round central midfield player.

    Matt, I agree with you about those supporters who got on the players backs when the ball went backwards in the second half on Friday – it was a really odd game though because City were comfortably ahead for a large portion of it, but the mood of the crowd was one of frustration virtually throughout the ninety minutes. I think people are going to City games these days with very little sense of anticipation and optimism for a number of reasons, not all of which relate to on field matters – I think the team would have to play really well to completely shake off the negativity in the stadium and the other side of that coin is that people turn against the players quicker because there is very little feelgood factor about Cardiff City these days.

  6. Anthony O'Brien says:

    Hullo Bob,
    Your reply much appreciated. I had Ademyemi in mind as our answer to the lack of creativity (or is it energy ?) in midfield, but I couldn’t remember how to spell his name. Although he may have disappointed, he has the energy and presence which I think would be worth giving him a more extended run-out. More controversially, perhaps Juan Cala could perform the Medel role – anchoring the midfield and starting just about every forward movement, which is what Medel did last year. In the little I’ve seen of Cala, he seems to have an element of creativity so badly needed. Above all, however, it’s the continued absence of Guerra which I find most surprising. By the way, you didn’t happen to be a goalkeeper, did you?

  7. The other Bob Wilson says:

    I think Cala might be able to play defensive midfield Anthony, but, much like Guerra, I believe his days at the club are numbered and would expect him to leave (on loan, if not permanently) in January.

    The only times I played in goal was in kick abouts with my mates – I used to kid myself I was quite good!

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