Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

[ccfcbluebird]

Re: Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

....is deluded.

The football is no better, than under Neil Harris.

Most games we only ever look like scoring, from a set piece or a throw in. It hasn’t changed since Warnock, didn’t change with Harris, not changing now.

The only difference, is he is digging out some results, at the moment.

Awful at Middlesborough, even worse tonight.

Huddersfield should have scored at least twice, and beaten us. And this against a Huddersfield team with one win in 12, and 10 players unavailable.

Some of his selections and substitutions, are mystifying.

Why would he leave Bacuna out after an excellent performance midweek with two well taken goals, and his confidence sky high?

Even worse, he didn’t even give him half an hour.

Joe Ralls absolutely stank the place out, yet played the whole game. It takes something to be the worst player on the field, with so many ‘worthy’ contenders out there tonight.

The ‘performance’ was complete and utter dross, with players rarely passing to anyone in the same colour shirt, just kicking it aimlessly downfield.

How could he think we didn’t need to freshen it up or get a spark off the bench and say throw on Bacuna and Hoilett.

And before anyone says we were excellent against Derby, they rested half their team for a more winnable game this weekend.

As supporters, we put up with rubbish performances if we’re grinding out the results.

But who honestly would want to watch the garbage offered in the last two away games, for a full season. The entertainment level, is zero.

Panic actions by the club offering MM a two year contract. I doubt there was anyone who wanted him, just his agent playing a blinder.

He would not have had a better offer than Cardiff, with his recent CV. His last few jobs, the supporters couldn’t wait to get rid of him.

The club should have waited until the off season, to evaluate things.

Regardless if anyone came in for him, I’m sure he’s contracted until then.

And in reality, they should have had someone lined up in the off season who was a younger more progressive manager to develop a more modern way of playing.

The only person happy tonight, is Neil Harris.

He’s sat there in the SKY studio thinking...... ‘at least they can’t blame me for that.’

Garbage!

Is that you, Neil?

[BLUETIT]

Re: Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

Calm down everyone, we will not make the playoffs, so just sit in your chairs and enjoy the ride that is "Cardiff City"

[goats]

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Christ we were looking like relegation candidates a few weeks ago, just to even talk about the playoffs is weird. I like the way he’s got certain players playing, everyone has improved. You can’t fault that. Two playoff spots up for grabs and two huge home games coming up.

[alfie]

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I'm 45 and have been supporting City for years.

Does anyone on this board remember City knocking it about like Barca or being super inventive like Hungary in the 60's.

It's been a shit fest for most of my life but who cares. Have a bit of fun and don't take it so seriously.

Its a few hundred quid a year to have a laugh, not guarantee success.

Have a laugh? To tell you the truth i am because if i dont ill probably end up crying like a baby. I am bald through tearing my hair out. Its far more than a few hundred quid if you go away.Im nearly 63 and watched the city for over 50 years and yes i have seen some bad sides. Listen football aint cheap these days so when i pay my money i expect some football from these so called professionals. If we get beat so be it but lets have something for our money. If a professional builder done a crap job on your house would you be happy?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Have a laugh? To tell you the truth i am because if i dont ill probably end up crying like a baby. I am bald through tearing my hair out. Its far more than a few hundred quid if you go away.Im nearly 63 and watched the city for over 50 years and yes i have seen some bad sides. Listen football aint cheap these days so when i pay my money i expect some football from these so called professionals. If we get beat so be it but lets have something for our money. If a professional builder done a crap job on your house would you be happy?

No, but you don't sign a contract with your hometown football team to achieve anything other than stage matches.

[dml1954]

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Sadly i think Bluebird 23 is right. It is painfull and frustrating to watch and i dont think we'll quite make the play offs although i pray im wrong. It defeats me what they do in training when as professional footballers they cant even pass to a team mate. Lets be honest, when the defence have the ball all we do is hoof it up field. It really is like watching park football. Ok, unbeaten in eleven games by playing garbage football and on the fringe of the play offs but can you really accept playing like that every game. Even when we win at home we are outplayed and playing crap. I've seen every game this season and but for the odd game thats exactly how they have played. And im amazed that for a team that has an average of 30 to 40 per cent of possesion we are amonst the top 4 or 5 goalscorers in the division. Its funny how people are swayed by the performance when we win but we could play the same way and lose and people are cursing the way we've played. So lets have a wins and performances and even the doubters might start to believe.

What a silly post. You obviously haven't been paying proper attention over the last 11 games. You do realise that we changed our manager and the way we play 11 games ago, don't you ? The first two games of those weren't classics but the team battled and worked hard and in one came back from 2-0 down to get a point. That was all about stopping the rot and not losing after a very poor run. Since then there have been two recent poor away games, in which we got a point in both, against difficult opponents and where the performances were obviously influenced by injuries and tired legs after a number of games in a short space of time. The other 7 games were all high scoring wins with plenty of nice passing and movement and pressing the opposition. We are second top scorers in the division and have a centre forward who has scored 16 goals. Possession stats mean absolutely nothing, if all you do with the ball is pass it back and forth across the pitch or backwards, as a number of teams have done against us. We have picked up 25 points out of the last 33 on offer and you don't do that in this division by playing ‘garbage football’ as you put it. Please explain how we were outplayed by Derby, Preston, Luton or Bristol City in games when we scored a total of 12 goals and let in precisely 0. We also beat promotion favourites Bournemouth on their own pitch. Something tells me that you still wouldn't be happy if we were top of the league by 10 points.

[Former Labour leader]

Re: Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

My expectations were simply for MM to stave off relegation. Anything else is a bonus.

[alfie]

Re: Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

What a silly post. You obviously haven't been paying proper attention over the last 11 games. You do realise that we changed our manager and the way we play 11 games ago, don't you ? The first two games of those weren't classics but the team battled and worked hard and in one came back from 2-0 down to get a point. That was all about stopping the rot and not losing after a very poor run. Since then there have been two recent poor away games, in which we got a point in both, against difficult opponents and where the performances were obviously influenced by injuries and tired legs after a number of games in a short space of time. The other 7 games were all high scoring wins with plenty of nice passing and movement and pressing the opposition. We are second top scorers in the division and have a centre forward who has scored 16 goals. Possession stats mean absolutely nothing, if all you do with the ball is pass it back and forth across the pitch or backwards, as a number of teams have done against us. We have picked up 25 points out of the last 33 on offer and you don't do that in this division by playing ‘garbage football’ as you put it. Please explain how we were outplayed by Derby, Preston, Luton or Bristol City in games when we scored a total of 12 goals and let in precisely 0. We also beat promotion favourites Bournemouth on their own pitch. Something tells me that you still wouldn't be happy if we were top of the league by 10 points.

You have seen the games as well as i have. Have we got a midfield? If we are going to bypass them we may as play extra forward players. You say possession stats mean nothing,well im sure the home faithfull would not be happy with 30 per cent when playing at home.

[goats]

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You have seen the games as well as i have. Have we got a midfield? If we are going to bypass them we may as play extra forward players. You say possession stats mean nothing,well im sure the home faithfull would not be happy with 30 per cent when playing at home.

Yeah I’d rather have been a Derby fan the other day too....:hehe:
Nonsense, bennet and ng push forward at will. I like the MM way of playing.

[dml1954]

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You have seen the games as well as i have. Have we got a midfield? If we are going to bypass them we may as play extra forward players. You say possession stats mean nothing,well im sure the home faithfull would not be happy with 30 per cent when playing at home.

We had less than 30% possession at home to Derby, played them off the park and won 4-0. I was ecstatic, as were all my friends who watched. You obviously weren't, for some unknown reason. Vaulks, Pack, Ralls, Bacuna and Wilson have all played well in midfield recently. Are you sure that you were watching the right games ? Derby had 73% possession in that game and achieved ..... absolutely nothing.

[sneggyblubird]

Re: Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

You have seen the games as well as i have. Have we got a midfield? If we are going to bypass them we may as play extra forward players. You say possession stats mean nothing,well im sure the home faithfull would not be happy with 30 per cent when playing at home.

Are you for real.Your post reads like Mr Tan asking why goalkeepers don't shoot more often.:shrug:

[the other bob wilson]

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All you lot saying you’re happy to see us having 30 per cent possession really mean you’re happy if we’re winning when we have that amount of the ball - what is enjoyable about seeing your side get beat when they have so little of the ball?

[dml1954]

Re: Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

All you lot saying you’re happy to see us having 30 per cent possession really mean you’re happy if we’re winning when we have that amount of the ball - what is enjoyable about seeing your side get beat when they have so little of the ball?

Nothing. But there is nothing enjoyable about your team having 90% possession and losing either. Thats not the point. The point is that you don't have to have the majority of possession, or anything near it, in order to play well and win. I don't go to games expecting my team to have the most possession. I go wanting them to win and hoping they play well in the process but that's not the essential bit.

[splott parker]

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All you lot saying you’re happy to see us having 30 per cent possession really mean you’re happy if we’re winning when we have that amount of the ball - what is enjoyable about seeing your side get beat when they have so little of the ball?

Surely the location on the pitch of the possession should be taken into account. 70% sounds great but if a large chunk of it was attained knocking it about just outside your own box it means bugger all. Just listening to the pundits after the Manchester derby and they’ve mentioned that Man City had around 70% possession, make of that what you will given the result.

[UNDERHILL1927]

Re: Anyone who thinks Mick McCarthy will take this team in to the Playoffs.......

All you lot saying you’re happy to see us having 30 per cent possession really mean you’re happy if we’re winning when we have that amount of the ball - what is enjoyable about seeing your side get beat when they have so little of the ball?

I would have no satisfaction having 99% possession and losing 🤷🏻*♂️