Cardiff (H) - Sat 6th Feb 15:00 - Matchday thread

[Better Red]

2 minutes ago, BCFC_95 said:

I’ve always been very pro-Semenyo but for me the last few performances from him have been awful. Lots of the ball but pass completion must be less than 10%, really wasteful and no end product whatsoever.

Williams I thought looked lively but got a bit bullied today, Lansbury a few decent passes. 

Otherwise complete shit to be honest. 
 

Never looks like scoring.

when I said he won’t score at this level I got pelters 25 games later zero...

Edwards looks a better player. He looks like he ‘wants’ to beat players and go down the outside. He is the only player that would actually get me off me feet in the squad.
 

 

 

[Sheltons Army]

4 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

LJ wasn't crap. He just didnt have enough to get us to the next level. 

No , he just threw players under the bus , didn’t know his best team , or his preferred formation (Tried them all) and loved the newest shiny toy until the next one , and the next one..l.

 

Talked (Or tried to) a good game though 

[Red Exile]

6 minutes ago, LoyalRed said:

Agree but unfortunately some on here think he was no better.  

Not many!

LJ was incapable of delivering what we were all told were the clubs objectives. If he'd not been SL's 'project' he'd never have been given the chance in the first place. He was however pretty obviously more capable than his anonymous assistant who'd barely managed a club at any level let alone managed a side to promotion from one of the toughest leagues in the world. As I say, that's not conceding much!

[daored]

Why can’t we defend balls into the box, how many goals have we conceded this way? Kalas & Mawson as two centre backs but so weak 

[havanatopia]

2 minutes ago, mossey said:

Right it’s a point for every comment that predict  he’s going to say in his interview,

we  regroup and go again.

 

Why would a manager come out and say that clap trap? Such a negative comment. His task was and remains to finish the club in the top 6; he talks like we are heading for the bottom 3. Oooh, perhaps we are.

[Bassomylord]

2 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Obviously were not watching when we won those early games. No point in pretending we were crap when we weren't really is there. But if you want to then that's up to you.

You don't have an answer, thought as much.

[DaveF]

Just now, Better Red said:

Never looks like scoring.

when I said he won’t score at this level I got pelters 25 games later zero...

Edwards looks a better player. He looks like he ‘wants’ to beat players and go down the outside. He is the only player that would actually get me off me feet in the squad.
 

 

 

You're as insufferable as Downsy...

[Dr Balls]

3 minutes ago, Dr Balls said:

I am not sure SL is thinking anything. Football is no longer the focus of Bristol Sport. 

If football was the focus, we would have an experienced successful coach, rather than a “Yes Man” cheap option...

[slartibartfast]

It's a pity Covid has stopped SL from travelling...........he might want to talk to the players and general feeling around the fan base !

[Richard Head]

Absolutely dire. Comprehensively beaten by a very average side. The coaching must be abysmal to produce a performance like that. I’m sorry to say that the three coaches have to go now. I’ve had enough and won’t be watching again whilst this regime is in charge.

[Pippintogg]

Sick and tired of watching this rubbish. No change from Johnson. Barely a shot on target in each game. No entertainment. No quality. Out fought out thought on and off the pitch. I started watching City 50 years ago this year and we are not making progress. Nice stadium etc but a team and organisation that cannot compete and take us to the next level. Everything done on the cheap. Loans, etc. It gets worse week by week. 

[the1stknowle]

12 minutes ago, 054123 said:

What a complete shambles the club had become. The rebuild needed is massive.

I don't think this is right. The club is in the best shape its ever been. The squad of players is pretty good (look how many games they'e managed to win this year despite this football).  Academy good.

But clearly the coaching team don't seem up to it. The football is totally without shape - pretty bleak stuff on the pitch but Im more optimistic about club than you are.

 

[Peter1450]

Everyone involved with the club today should be made to watch this, what an absolute shambles we have become.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cardiff+v+bristol+city+2001

[Bazooka Joe]

Holden well on course to beating Johnson's losing streak.

But, hey ho. let's not forget -  it's a long-term "project" (whateverTF that is).

As Guardiola said - There's no such thing as projects in football.

The aim is simple - to win every game.

It's not rocket science.

 

[chinapig]

4 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Sorry, what's wrong with that ?

Should be crushed velvet loons is what's wrong.

[Northern Cider Ed]

1 minute ago, Ciderhead433 said:

Just looking at that and where's the next point coming from.

Next 3 game Watford Reading  Barnsley

 

 

Take a maximum of 3 points from those games and then the number drops to single figures. 

Worrying times with performances as they are. 

Now is the time to act, not in a months time when that gap has halved

[ExiledAjax]

4 minutes ago, havanatopia said:

Its a miracle City have garnered as many points as they have looking at all those huge majority of negatives.

Banked them at the start of the season. Here are the ten game rolling averages. The decline is startling.

[LoyalRed]

11 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

Well you’d bring back the bluffer so your theory seems to be against that idea 

I would bring back a manager that would be better than this one, not just reflecting on LJ here .... this guy now is the worst for years 

[daored]

8 minutes ago, Northern Cider Ed said:

Only 11 points ahead of 22nd. Not over yet

We won’t go down

[bcfcchampions2015]

To quote Holden pre-match “The lads are really up for this one”.  Well Dean they clearly weren’t.  
That was another shocking home display with no evidence of a game plan or anything really.  Our lack of composure and tactical awareness is clear for anyone to see.  Surely Lansdown must act now and get rid of Holden and look to build for next season. To show no attacking threat game after game is unacceptable.  This has to stop NOW.  

 

[Mr Popodopolous]

4 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

IMO injuries can only be used as an excuse if you have a good tactical plan that is weakened by lesser players coming in to fill in over a period of time. We have no plan but injuries aside have still had 12/14 good championship players to choose from over the past few months. Personally injuries is a very poor excuse for our football since Late October.

Unsure about that- it's cumulative, it's constant firefighting- definitely we should have had more than we've often seen since late October- I'd argue up to Huddersfield away.

You're right @ExiledAjax The decline is and has been startling. Irrespective of injuries- we don't create enough, we allow too many chances, we often don't have enough possession- had a fair amount today but often we don't.

[glen humphries]

7 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Norwich, Swansea, Brentford? Even sides like Blackburn, Barnsley, QPR can be decent to watch. 

We are just seeing woeful every week!

On the whole it’s shite, being decent to watch doesn’t mean it’s a good standard.

[Mr Popodopolous]

6 minutes ago, Pippintogg said:

Sick and tired of watching this rubbish. No change from Johnson. Barely a shot on target in each game. No entertainment. No quality. Out fought out thought on and off the pitch. I started watching City 50 years ago this year and we are not making progress. Nice stadium etc but a team and organisation that cannot compete and take us to the next level. Everything done on the cheap. Loans, etc. It gets worse week by week. 

Wage bill last season £33m, Turnover £27m- but then might have been £3-4m higher if not for Covid.

Nonetheless, on the cheap is far from correct! I would question how well the money is spent, has been spent- especially in some off the pitch areas but £33m wage bill ain't cheap!

[glen humphries]

6 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

It's a pity Covid has stopped SL from travelling...........he might want to talk to the players and general feeling around the fan base !

Sl doesn’t give a **** what the fans think, his club and he does what he wants 

[JoeAman08]

Just now, the1stknowle said:

I don't think this is right. The club is in the best shape its ever been. The squad of players is pretty good (look how many games they'e managed to win this year despite this football).  Academy good.

But clearly the coaching team don't seem up to it. The football is totally without shape - pretty bleak stuff on the pitch but Im more optimistic about club than you are.

 

I think on the face of it you are right. There are certain facets of the club that have come forward by large margins even in the last 10 years. That said you can’t let that make you complacent.

The stadium is much nicer and a bit bigger. Its still average for this league.

The academy is starting to produce more league players but we will still lose out the brightest youngsters in the area to bigger clubs. 

The facilities are nicer but does it actually add that much value to the club when we have sub par coaches and medical staff. 
 

My point being, we have no right to stay in this league and on the pitch we have been on a downward trajectory for 3 seasons now. For the small things we are getting right, we are getting the same amount of bigger decisions wrong. All it takes is a poor season and we slip down a league where it will be even tougher to get out of with their salary cap now. 
 

 

[Spoons]

Just now, Mr Popodopolous said:

Wage bill last season £33m, Turnover £27m- but then might have been £3-4m higher if not for Covid.

Nonetheless, on the cheap is far from correct!

Definitely not on the cheap but boy we haven't spent well. 

[sludge]

8 minutes ago, dREDful said:

He was crap. No decent manager can't work out their best XI 4 years into the role. 

We shouldn't have gone with the 'breath of fresh air' approach we said we would. This is a continuation of his regime. 

If this is what Lansdown calls fresh air, god only knows what a fart smells like.

[2015]

Holden out, Ashton out, Downing the West Brom promotion winner out, Simpson out, Gilmartin out, Downsy out, medical staff out and Boy wonder out

[INCRED]

No excuses that was very poor and whilst Holden is a top bloke, he isn’t a head coach and his lack of experience is starting to show

An experienced coach who can  at the very least get a team motivated and show some tactical awareness would be a start 

[Kodjias Wrist]

8 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

It's a pity Covid has stopped SL from travelling...........he might want to talk to the players and general feeling around the fan base !

He doesn't care