Anyone else really warming to Mick?

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

If you think the football is abysmal then you clearly didn’t watch Cardiff City under Harris at all, so you are in no position to comment. You have invalidated your whole post by making that remark.

You think the performances against Huddersfield, Stoke and Swansea were an improvement in footballing terms on what we witnessed under Harris? If so, you're deluding yourself because you were so opposed to Harris. The results are better, the spirit is better, the organisation is better, the football is still garbage.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

It isn’t total football by any means but it is 100x better that the garbage played under Harris.

Stop being so daft.

[Hilts]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I can't remember ever seeing a City team that were less easy on the eye.

I think you are going a bit too far now. You would have seen sides with Andy Kerr , Kevin Lloyd etc. Sides hammered by Hereford , Merthyr. They couldnt do anything well.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I think you are going a bit too far now. You would have seen sides with Andy Kerr , Kevin Lloyd etc. Sides hammered by Hereford , Merthyr. They couldnt do anything well.

Oh, of course, we've seen some terrible teams over the years. But they always tried to play a bit of football. The current lot are so difficult to watch because what they do works, so they very rarely attempt to deviate from it. It's effective, but it's really grim.

[mrbluejay]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I don' t think I'm alone in thinking this is easier to watch than both Warnock and Harris' Cardiff.

I agree, hardly 1970 Brazil, but better than the previous two managers.

[surge]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I agree, hardly 1970 Brazil, but better than the previous two managers.

Is it better than Warnock at start of our promotion season?

Is it better than what Harris did on his run to the play-offs last season? Is it better than what Harris did when on his winning run this season?

It's more recent, but is it really better than anything served up by previous two?

[Mr Soul '68]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I can't remember ever seeing a City team that were less easy on the eye.

I'll take you through a few of the managers who were less pleasing on the eye in your lifetime of supporting Cardiff City. DURBAN, HIBBERT/OSMAN/PHIL NEAL/RUSSELL SLADE/TROLLOPE/WARNOCK, and that's without sitting down for a cuppa and really thinking about it

[Jimmy the Jock]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I can't actually remember a time Cardiff were ever easy on the eye?

Dave Jones side ?

[Bluebird23]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I can't actually remember a time Cardiff were ever easy on the eye?

Other than the odd few performances over the years, it would be 2010-11 under Dave Jones.

Some of out attacking football, was fantastic.

If it wasn’t for injuries towards the end of the season/playoffs, we’d have gone up.

We literally had a front four of Bellamy, Chopra, Bothroyd and Burke, with Whitt’s pulling the strings behind.

We didn’t realise just how good we had it.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

Warming? Warmed!

P13 W8 D4 L1.

Got class, says the truth, got the players fighting for their places.

[City123]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

I can't remember ever seeing a City team that were less easy on the eye.

The end of Harris' reign. I think its a little harsh to judge McCarthy's style at this point, he was clearly brought in and told to sort out the defence, back to basics, keep us up etc. If we're playing the same way at the start of next season then its more of a worry

[olderblue]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

If you average out 2 points a game, usually you'll either win the league or be a very close 2nd, Magic Mick has a better record than that from his 13 games in charge, without really recruiting his own players to add to the current squad.
Whatever happens this season, he's been a success, all bodes well for next year

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

It's been a remarkable turnaround.

I think he's doing as well as anyone could with the playing squad he inherited.

Not only that, even the players whom we know can play better football, have been trained and groomed by successive managers to hoof the ball.

Changing that won't happen over night.

A 51% successful pass rate exposes a huge weakness in the team that everyone can see.. that MM will know that needs to be addressed on the training pitch and transfer window.

The exciting thing for me is that if that improves with new players and better coaching, we could be a real force in the coming seasons.

The committment and trust MM and TC have shown in our young players is something that I wasn't expecting and such a nice surprise.

[City123]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

Other than the odd few performances over the years, it would be 2010-11 under Dave Jones.

Some of out attacking football, was fantastic.

If it wasn’t for injuries towards the end of the season/playoffs, we’d have gone up.

We literally had a front four of Bellamy, Chopra, Bothroyd and Burke, with Whitt’s pulling the strings behind.

We didn’t realise just how good we had it.

The start of the promotion season under Warnock was pretty good, we were ripping teams apart

Then we lost to Preston and he decided to shut up shop and grind out wins

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Anyone else really warming to Mick?

The start of the promotion season under Warnock was pretty good, we were ripping teams apart

Then we lost to Preston and he decided to shut up shop and grind out wins

17/18 we were fantastic, it was fun. Away from home we were always horrible and ground stuff out, and then after the 4 defeats on the spin he just decided we'd grind it out at home. Unless when we played Leeds, we decided to batter them