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Has it crossed your tiny mind that Tomlin may have been carrying an injury from last week and not able to start today, which is probably also why he was taken off before the end. Its ridiculous you criticising Warnocks decisions, bearing in mind the situation we are in.
With regard to Tomlin, it was Warnock who signed him so either he didn't get his research right or juts made a mistake. Something not right there, re fitness, off the field stuff or something because if he can' get a game in this midfield with Bryson and Gunnarsson out, and with Halford preferred, I can't put my finger on it.
I’m sorry but that cannot be the reason.
How can that explain his extremely limited involvement in pretty much every other game this season?! 🤔
Today was poor. The Tomlin Incident will rumble. The banana skin did its' thing. Everyone feels angry, depressed or deflated.
But....
We are at the half way point of the season, in 2nd place (3 points clear of 3rd) with more than 2 points a game, with injured players coming back and a commitment from the club and manager to strengthen in the January window.
Glass three quarters full or one quarter empty?
Did we play a right back in midfield whilst leaving midfielde on the bench in any of those wins? Or Halford? How many of those wins did he start?
Going to the likes of Wolves, Boro, even Forest with the form they were in at the time, and keeping it tight is the right thing to do.
Going away to struggling sides like Bolton and Birmingham isn’t.
Agree we can't get to down if this was offered at the start of the season we'd all snap the hand off but my concern is why are we struggling against shit sides? NW needs to change tactics a bit when playing these teams halford was a waste of a place today Ralls and damour could've covered midfield and someone playing in the 10 position
Still a long way to go. Players coming back from injury... who knows.
At the moment we've in position to promote, have lost what 4 games? We're still in a good spot. Lots of work to do, but we're where we are on merit.
Not true that we only struggle against shit sides. Birmingham, Bolton and Brizzle City are fair enough, but Preston are decent!
The Halford selection is interesting. I don't know if it really represents a negative approach from NW in away games or if something else is going on - maybe playing a DM like him gives Junior and NML more licence to get forward and stay forward (even if that didn't work today). Maybe it is part of the Tomlingate story too.
I wasn't at the game so had to rely on internet commentary, but it sounded as if Halford was one of our better players today, and on **** he is leading the MOM poll (most comments with the votes from people who were at the ground)
Have to agree with this. Warnock allowed the team to get beaten in both games. The game could have been over inside an hour with the right team selection, which would have paved the way for the necessary substitutions and "playing it safe" for the last 3rd of the game. As it was, Warnock did the opposite and we were left chasing the game with time running out.
Anyone know the reason our goal was disallowed?
Bad day at the office,roll on Boxing day and put it right.
From the BBC report-
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock:
"With the penalty, it's hit his hand and we've no complaints about that - but deliberate handball? Come on!
"I think you know when it's a penalty and they were really fortunate to get that.
"When you come up against a side like Bolton you need a strong referee and I think he was weak today. I thought some of the challenges were horrendous early doors and I think we've had more bookings than them.
"With Tomlin I took him off at 2-0 and I could see what [Karl] Henry and Pratley were doing to wind him up and get him sent off, so why not get him off? We'd lost the points, we didn't want to lose a player as well."
That's exactly the point. You don't play exactly the same way against teams at the bottom. By doing that you let them get into the game and give them confidence. You take the game to them and don't give them a chance to get into the game. They're at the bottom for a reason. Until Warnock changes his negative tactics against teams at the bottom he deserves to continue losing these games.
So Tomlin wasn’t carry an injury, nor was he taken off because of injury, nor was he not started because he was unfit. All confirmed by Warnock himself.
He thought the game would be too physical for Tomlin as Bolton are a physical side. Unfortunately that meant we created **** all against one of the poor teams in the division. Again. Just like at Birmingham.