Originally Posted by
SuisseBluebird
Terrible game to watch, was a stagnated performance by most of the boys with them kicking away possession throughout the 90. Statistically Cardiff are the worst passing team in the league and it showed today, but somehow despite that blight against Cardiff they somehow manage to have the best defensive record in the league and yield the second highest shot count in the league.
Warnock likes to play direct attacking football whenever a blue shirt has possession of the ball. At times it's incredibly effective, but on other occasions like tonight, you see players like Ward look increasingly isolated. Hoilett tried and tried to make things happen tonight and did fairly well, but I couldn't help to think that Cardiff's potency in the final third would have been enhanced by the introduction of Tomlin, a player Warnock is reluctant to give a decent run of games to. Not sure why.
But despite my lamentations, Cardiff got the result tonight, and hats off to Paterson for his reactions to Bamba's cleared effort. It's another 3 points in the bag, back into 2nd place and maintaining a gap between the rest of the chasing pack.