I have been disappointed by Cardiff City so many times in the recent past, but today was not one of them.
I thought that we were the better side in the first half and played some nice football. Villa had two shots on goal and scored from both. But we seemed to be running the game.
The second half again was all City, almost entirely played in the Villa half.
We looked threatening until Colin took off Lambert (knackered) and Pilks (I don't know why but there was lots of booing) and we never looked the same after that.
Much as I dislike Jack Grealish, his contributors were telling in that he drew the foul from Peltier to get him sent off, and the tackle from Morrison (I think) for the penalty, although even having watched the replays it really looked like a dive.
But I don't feel disappointed by the team, only that Villa are a pretty mediocre side and we really should have taken something from the game - at least it wasn't Slade-era boring.
The ref was a bit petty and the home crowd were quiet until the 82nd minute, but can someone tell me what happened for their second goal? Morrison didn't jump, lots of players appealed and it was as if time stood still. At the time I wasn't even sure that the ref had given a goal. All very odd.