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Far too much armchair managing going on
Hes only just replaced warnock, give the guy a chance to build his side and let him get rid of players he thinks are surplus to requirement or want to leave .....those he wants to stay he will keep and those he doesn't want but are unable to be moved on will stay , that's life in football these days
Let him get on with the job he has been given
Bluebirds !
Harris could turn out to be a great manager for cardiff city , let's give the guy a chance, he clearly hasn't got much of a budget but as great teams are built on fighting spirit , not highly paid fancy Dan's
Look at Burnley, and until this season , Watford and Bournemouth
Look at brentford , knocking on the door , pissing the big boys off
Damn right
He's replaced Etheridge who was struggling for form with Smithies who is playing well
He's replaced Flint and put in Nelson which was the correct decision and adds much needed pace to the back
He's signed 2 new young full backs and has signalled his intention to play with full backs further up the pitch
He's put a rejuvenated Paterson back in the side up front and shipped out the woefully inadequate Bogle and Madine
He's put in Vaulks who is playing well - its not his fault our best midfielder has been injured most of the season in Ralls - he's stuck with Pack - he's not blind - Pack will be out as soon as soon as Joe is fit
He's getting our naturally most gifted player in Tomlin on the pitch
He's got my support as he's trying to be proactive with what he's got which is basically a team of triers - our midfield is to say the least - limited
get behind your wife and back her instead :P
to be fair he made a drastic change at half time taking off our 2 wingers and a much better performance in the second half as a result. Warnock wouldn’t dare make that decision. I rarely remember him making any changes till 70 mins in at least. It’s good to see our full backs pushing on a bit too (from an attacking point of view). The odd thing I’m noticing is Morrison staying forward a lot more in open play after a set piece.
He used to be a threat at set pieces but not since our promotion season.
I do feel that chucking him up for the corners and long throws on the off chance he might score isn't worth the disruption it causes to our defence. We have other non-defenders who can head a ball.
Re the OP I'm with you.
He's doin' alright.
What are your thoughts on getting rid of Peltier plus Madine and Bogle ?
I want him to do well. I'm not going to blindly support him and back every decison he makes though. He has my support. But if he drops a bollock I shall ask questions. If does somethoing right, I'll acknowledge that too. His half time switch today was a good decision in hindsight.
Pretty soon, I want to see some bold moves though. I'd start Glatzel every week and see If he improves. If he doesn't, lets get rid. I'd start a few youngsters too. They don't all have to play together, but we should be able to give a couple of them a run of games starting next month.
We've seen almost every player in our squad this year and I'm still not sure what our best starting 11 is - so many play better when looking to make impact off the bench for 20 minutes than they do starting the game. Overall, I'm happy that Harris is i) getting better results with what seems to be a poorly assembled squad, ii) is giving each and every player a chance to impress and iii) is now preparing for next season by giving Tomlin new contract, making Smithies the established number one and introducing more attacking full-backs, but improvements are so small and slow that we're going to end up with fewer enjoyable games this season than not enjoyable ones.
He’s given Glatzel enough chances. The guys just not up to it. Simple.
He’s not pleasing on the eye and we are never going to play Brentford style football with him leading the attack but Paterson is turning into a right nuisance for defenders and until the summer we have to play with what we’ve got and play to our strengths.
Paterson > Glatzel every time for me.
I want to see the type of football Brentford played yesterday but I’m also realistic enough to know the limitations of our squad.
I’ve come around to the idea of just playing to our strengths. I think Harris is getting a raw deal from some quarters. I think we are trying to play when we can and the football is nowhere near as hoofball as Warnocks. Yes it’s direct on times but you can see that we are also trying to get it down and play a bit too, fullbacks overlapping.etc
This is where patience is required as a fanbase. Everyone’s crying out for a change from the hoofball we’ve seen pretty much since OGS was sacked 6 years ago but Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Harris can only work with that he’s got and hopefully the additions on Friday will help us further move away from hoofball and then in the summer add a few more and keep evolving.