FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Watching us and watching premier league is like watching two different sports. Has been that way for a while.

Watching Sunderland and WBA earlier was like watching two different sports. That said, the first half today might well have been the worst 45 minutes I've witnessed in 61 years - even in the basement years..

[Alfresco]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Our goalie (can't be bothered to spell his name)should have been booked for time wasting in the first half. I've seen loads of crap performances from CCFC but today was on a different level.

[Former Labour leader]

Re: CARDIFF CITY v MILLWALL. Match thread

During a break in play Bulit was giving Robbo instructions and Robbo was arguing back. Don't think he will be at City much longer.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

At the end of the season those 3 points could prove vital in easing any relegation worries if we go on a crap run or possibly getting us into the play offs

It was dreadful to watch but the weather was to blame for that

They could easily have nicked one so it's very much a bonus

It's absolutely pointless worrying about the performance , our manager or any of the players as we are 7th

I mean when most people thought this season was going to be another miserable scrap at the bottom I think the position we find ourselves in is too good to be true

Bluebirds !

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

During a break in play Bulit was giving Robbo instructions and Robbo was arguing back. Don't think he will be at City much longer.

It's a shame I think he's quality but it's just not happening

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Watching Sunderland and WBA earlier was like watching two different sports. That said, the first half today might well have been the worst 45 minutes I've witnessed in 61 years - even in the basement years..

Rob Phillips' half time summary was to say that if anyone had gone Christmas shopping instead of the match, they made the right choice. His post match summary after the final whistle simply stated it was an awful game.

[Nobody's Rep]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Grant does put the work in, agree with that. Robinson has been poor for weeks, there seems to be a problem with him. Maybe he can't play in the way Bulut wants him to. There's a lot of playing quite deep and tucking in, and i don't think that Robinson likes it. So i think that Colwill will replace him in the next game. Not that much to do with Colwill's performances (Although he has shown glimpses) but more about Robinson playing so poorly.

The other thing is that when colwill replaces Robinson his role is different. Colwill plays higher up and across the front line, he definitely has more freedom than Robinson, which makes sense as only a fool would put Colwill in a dedicated position on the pitch. And more often than not, when Colwill appears the game has changed. I hope that Colwill gets a run now, but he has to impress Bulut, because if he doesn't then i believe that Bulut will bring a player in ahead of the pair of them in January. He may well do so whatever happens.

I don't think I've seen such a powder puff set of front players - etete bowler Robinson colwill and too an extent ugbo scared of physical contact especially when challenging for headers - meite for me at least is willing to get stuck in - the others not so much or in bowlers case not at all

I'm not talking about careering around like a bunch of Robbie savages but at least show some desire for 50 50 balls or sometimes 60 40 in our favour

I think with more.commitment and balls like grant from the other players then grant himself would benefit and at the moment I suspect grant is one of the first offensive players on the team sheet for the hard work rather than the end product

[Tuerto]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

I don't think I've seen such a powder puff set of front players - etete bowler Robinson colwill and too an extent ugbo scared of physical contact especially when challenging for headers - meite for me at least is willing to get stuck in - the others not so much or in bowlers case not at all

I'm not talking about careering around like a bunch of Robbie savages but at least show some desire for 50 50 balls or sometimes 60 40 in our favour

I think with more.commitment and balls like grant from the other players then grant himself would benefit and at the moment I suspect grant is one of the first offensive players on the team sheet for the hard work rather than the end product

I'd agree with all of that. Ugbo plays like he's on Tramadol. He's somewhere else. Three times during the first half he reacted after the ball was played and was brushed aside by the central defender, he hardly put up any resistance in order to compensate for his lack of sharpness. He astounds me, there's absolutely zero urgency with him. Etete i feel a bit sorry for. He can play a bit and he doesn't hide, he's prepared to take his knocks. He's just the wrong shape for a Number 9, He can't hold the ball up, he likes to play, although i don't think that he'll ever be at this level.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Rob Phillips' half time summary was to say that if anyone had gone Christmas shopping instead of the match, they made the right choice. His post match summary after the final whistle simply stated it was an awful game.

I’ve started my blog for the game by naming the worst match I’ve had to write about in the fourteen years plus of its existence (a 0-0 draw with Brighton), but I said the only thing that might stop today’s first forty five minutes being the worst half I’ve seen in that time was the fact that Millwall woke up just before the break and our keeper had a couple of saves to make - we were absolutely dreadful in the first half and contributed nothing.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

I'd agree with all of that. Ugbo plays like he's on Tramadol. He's somewhere else. Three times during the first half he reacted after the ball was played and was brushed aside by the central defender, he hardly put up any resistance in order to compensate for his lack of sharpness. He astounds me, there's absolutely zero urgency with him. Etete i feel a bit sorry for. He can play a bit and he doesn't hide, he's prepared to take his knocks. He's just the wrong shape for a Number 9, He can't hold the ball up, he likes to play, although i don't think that he'll ever be at this level.

I’m more optimistic about Etete, it was a poor miss by him within seconds of coming on, but I thought he did well after that, better than the other two we tried at centre forward anyway. Thought Meite did pretty well on the wing though.

[blue_emu]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Awful game but one of those where whoever scores first wins.

Similar to WBA game but maybe worse depsite the 3 points Loved the Colwill & Etete minutes anyway.

A win is a win and an ugly win is a vital component to a top 6 finish!

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Awful game but one of those where whoever scores first wins.

Similar to WBA game but maybe worse depsite the 3 points Loved the Colwill & Etete minutes anyway.

A win is a win and an ugly win is a vital component to a top 6 finish!

I get the feeling that if we finish in the top 6 at the end of the season it'll be the ugliest way we've done it in the last 15 years.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I get the feeling that if we finish in the top 6 at the end of the season it'll be the ugliest way we've done it in the last 15 years.

If we finish in the top six we should be giving bulut the freedom of Cardiff not worrying about what the football is like

We could be Sheffield Wednesday cut adrift

[the other bob wilson]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Unless we make some absolutely superb signings in January, there's no way we're going to be finishing in the top six if the Championship is really as strong as most claim it is this year.

With that in mind, you've got to say that Bulut is doing a fine job to get us into a position where we can talk about the possibility of us finishing in the Play Off positions. I still find it disappointing though that, having taken steps to address last season's lack of goals by recruiting Grant, Meite, Bowler and Ugbo and added Tanner to the squad, we can sill look as toothless and limited going forward as we did in the first half especially yesterday. Obviously, having Ramsey fit and available would help in this direction, but the truth is that our goalscoring record is an improvement on last year only because we've rediscovered how to score from set pieces - we may not be the lone ball outfit we were a few seasons back, but we're still as limited when it comes to attacking technique and creativity as we were back then.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 MILLWALL. Match thread

Unless we make some absolutely superb signings in January, there's no way we're going to be finishing in the top six if the Championship is really as strong as most claim it is this year.

With that in mind, you've got to say that Bulut is doing a fine job to get us into a position where we can talk about the possibility of us finishing in the Play Off positions. I still find it disappointing though that, having taken steps to address last season's lack of goals by recruiting Grant, Meite, Bowler and Ugbo and added Tanner to the squad, we can sill look as toothless and limited going forward as we did in the first half especially yesterday. Obviously, having Ramsey fit and available would help in this direction, but the truth is that our goalscoring record is an improvement on last year only because we've rediscovered how to score from set pieces - we may not be the lone ball outfit we were a few seasons back, but we're still as limited when it comes to attacking technique and creativity as we were back then.

Having a settled back four has been our mainstay this season. Siopis added a spark to midfield but I've said before he's getting little help nowadays and seems to be running out of steam, and yes, we don't have a true, recognised goalscorer. We need signings that lift the game[s] of the players around them. Excluding goalkeeper, at any one time we probably have 6 average players on the pitch and 4 half-decent ones, which tend to negate the effect the better players can have on the game. Swing that to 4/6 or even 3/7, then the side as a whole performs with the 'weaker' players having decent players around them. It's not rocket science, but 3 or 4 signing of the same as we have now will be a wasted opportunity..