FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

[Trigger]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Appalling all over the pitch. Horvath only one who perhaps who you can't really blame much.

Looked like they had just got back from a lads holiday.

[The Prophet of Doom]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

This dreadful 90 minutes sums up the season. Apart from the golden spell of 13 points from 15 which saved our skins, we have been shocking. Today was a new low and Bulut must take the blame. Our home record is woeful, today expensive signings and highly paid individuals could not cut the mustard against a team who had lost 6 of the last seven matches.

The whole team looked disinterested, lazy and badly coached.

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Colwill is league 1 at best, he's had enough chances over the last few seasons, he flatters to deceive, with the odd goal or pass here and there but 95% you struggle to see if he's on the pitch.

So Colwill is the scapegoat. The performances from the heart of midfield is the problem along with the tactics employed by Bulut. There were at least 3 players who played League 2 standard at best in midfield and Colwill wasn’t one of them.

[Maurice Swan]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Did I miss something??? WOL gives Bowler the Star man award.....bloody hell...

Agree about Ramsey....he's got another year on contract.....nice work if you can get it...

[2b2bdoo]

Re: CARDIFF CITY v SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Yes, he wanted Bakasetas too. He's made no secret he wants a 10. We've only got Ramsey, Colwill and Robinson that play there. Now weve also got Turnbull but he saw no issue with Siopis, Ralls and Wintle's complete lack of creativity. This is entirely by design, it is not an accident we've ended up here.

We know he wanted Bakasetas and others and we are told a lot of planning went into scouting players ready for January before the budget was slashed. I do wonder how much scouting or input he had for those players signed. Turnbull is a huge step down from Bakasetas, I’m not sure if Turnbull is even good enough to play as a 10 with how we play. I like the keeper and Phillips but I can’t say I’m impressed with the others. I wouldn’t be sorry to see all our loans return as I think a new manager needs a number of players.

[2b2bdoo]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Did I miss something??? WOL gives Bowler the Star man award.....bloody hell...

Agree about Ramsey....he's got another year on contract.....nice work if you can get it...

The keeper surely?

Although I’m not sure Bowler was as bad as people made out today, I can’t think of many better.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Pretty much everyone we've lost to this season has probably gone home thinking "easiest 3 points of the season".

[Trigger]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

So Colwill is the scapegoat. The performances from the heart of midfield is the problem along with the tactics employed by Bulut. There were at least 3 players who played League 2 standard at best in midfield and Colwill wasn’t one of them.

I wouldn't have him as the scapegoat but he was every bit as poor as the rest of them.

[City123]

Re: CARDIFF CITY v SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Yes, he wanted Bakasetas too. He's made no secret he wants a 10. We've only got Ramsey, Colwill and Robinson that play there. Now weve also got Turnbull but he saw no issue with Siopis, Ralls and Wintle's complete lack of creativity. This is entirely by design, it is not an accident we've ended up here.

He's a very defensive, cautious manager who's somehow conned some into thinking he wants to play free flowing attacking football

[Jordi Culé]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Did I miss something??? WOL gives Bowler the Star man award.....bloody hell...

Agree about Ramsey....he's got another year on contract.....nice work if you can get it...

Ramsey may be shot to pieces, never to have a decent game again but isn't he just coming back from a long injury?

I'm hoping his focus is now only City next season, if he retires from Wales? He perhaps give City a finzl swan song.

I'm a dreamer baby...

[City123]

Re: CARDIFF CITY v SUNDERLAND. Match thread

We know he wanted Bakasetas and others and we are told a lot of planning went into scouting players ready for January before the budget was slashed. I do wonder how much scouting or input he had for those players signed. Turnbull is a huge step down from Bakasetas, I’m not sure if Turnbull is even good enough to play as a 10 with how we play. I like the keeper and Phillips but I can’t say I’m impressed with the others. I wouldn’t be sorry to see all our loans return as I think a new manager needs a number of players.

Nobody is good enough to play as a 10 with how we play. We don't commit enough players forward or have any ability behind them to make a 10 useful

We got away with it a bit with Ramsey at the beginning of the season, but the way Bulut plays makes that 10 role an almost impossible job

[D. Advocaat]

Re: CARDIFF CITY v SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Just got back from the game Pedro. Ramsey's done. Gave the ball away around three times within the first 10 minutes of him coming on and is a set-piece player now at best. Pretty much a continuation of the Swansea performance.

Sunderland were a good watch tbh. Played some decent football. Nothing else to report. Apart from the most exciting part of the day was a load of us and Sunderland fans sheltering in the bus depot during a downpour.

Some discussion on Radio Wales as to whether Ramsey should now retire from international football. The more realistic question is whether he should retire from playing full stop. Anyway, don't want to knock Rambo, the problem today and all season has been a complete lack of footballing strategy, and that comes from the manager.

[Its been emotional]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

So Colwill is the scapegoat. The performances from the heart of midfield is the problem along with the tactics employed by Bulut. There were at least 3 players who played League 2 standard at best in midfield and Colwill wasn’t one of them.

I haven't made Colwill the scapegoat but if fans think we can build a team around him we are bang in trouble

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Appalling all over the pitch. Horvath only one who perhaps who you can't really blame much.

Looked like they had just got back from a lads holiday.

It didn't look right, did it. Goutas looked like he'd never played a game of football in his life.

[tpcnw]

Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 SUNDERLAND. Match thread

Just watched the 'highlights' on Sky and that must be one of the softest penalties ever. There seemed to be the faintest of touches in the back from Goutas - who had given the ball away in the first place.

Goutas did seem to have a shocker today.