We needed a Mowbray

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

Surely we’ve learned our lesson and will only go for proven championship managers moving forward.

Though to be fair I suspect they offered others the job and were turned down

Not according to those in the know, they chatted with a few and weren't impressed.

When Riza started it was as if they were glad Bulut had gone and got behind him and started to play as a TEAM. No they've settled down again and for me a lot of the players except O'Dowda, Rhino, and Robertson weren't giving 100% and they certainly weren't playing as a team.

I think an experienced Manager like Mowbray would sort out any cliques and have them all communicating and working for each other at least. I would bet there are problems in the dressing room that the team were not unified and doing everything for each other and a novice Manager won't find it easy to put that right.

They won't appoint him now anyway, I suppose Bilic would probably also be able to get through to them and pull them away from the bottom.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

What we need is about 15 players that can play at this level :hehe:

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

What we need is about 15 players that can play at this level :hehe:

I think we have fifteen on their day, but not a lot more than that so any injuries and we have a dip in quality. And they don't have enough of the right days !

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

I think we have fifteen on their day, but not a lot more than that so any injuries and we have a dip in quality. And they don't have enough of the right days !

Respectfully, you're talking out of your arse. This lot have been shit for half a decade :hehe:

There's one player who started last night that's good enough in the position they started in, one.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

Respectfully, you're talking out of your arse. This lot have been shit for half a decade :hehe:

There's one player who started last night that's good enough in the position they started in, one.

A worse squad finished top half last season, so these lot are underachieving.

A decent Manager would get them mid-table, they are not playing as a team but like eleven players who met in the changing room.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

A worse squad finished top half last season, so these lot are underachieving.

A decent Manager would get them mid-table, they are not playing as a team but like eleven players who met in the changing room.

Can you name a three-man forward line made up from the current squad and which would result in a greater goal tally?
The options are completely dire.

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

Respectfully, you're talking out of your arse. This lot have been shit for half a decade :hehe:

There's one player who started last night that's good enough in the position they started in, one.

Now you've got me thinking because the only person who springs to mind is 'the invisible man'! they were all sh1te!

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

Can you name a three-man forward line made up from the current squad and which would result in a greater goal tally?
The options are completely dire.

Weak, but we were last season, Tanner is now probably better than Bowler, or at least as good. I think we are missing Grant, he was underappreciated last year, but was a good solid hard hard-working player. O'Dowda is back though and not much worse than Grant I would say.

The defence is a shambles but I think the quality of the players is probably better than last year, it;'s got to be time for Daland and Fish to start getting some game time. The problem is it's hard to bring them into a team that is so disorganised, and without the players around them switched on enough to allow them to fit in smoothly.

A couple of weeks ago people were saying it was an amazing squad when we beat Plymouth and Portsmouth, but it wasn't it is a mid table squad in desperate need of Issac Davies and someone better than him again, who are badly underperforming.

But I understand it's very subjective and some will feel different, as they have looked so bad over the last six games or so.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

Can you name a three-man forward line made up from the current squad and which would result in a greater goal tally?
The options are completely dire.

Not really, Davies would improve it as would Tanner with O'Dowda, but we need a striker desperately and in the past the whole team used to score a few each, but thats gone.

[tpcnw]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

They seem to be back to being unable to keep the ball after a throw in. Nobody seems interested in making a little run to try and open some space.

Interestingly last night the commentator mentioned straight away how he was surprised that Cardiff kicked off and immediately passed it backwards and within a few passes it was back to the goal keeper. Why not have a go at attacking straight away.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

A couple of weeks ago people were saying it was an amazing squad when we beat Plymouth and Portsmouth, but it wasn't it is a mid table squad

:hehe: Bollocks

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

I think Daland and or Fish, and maybe even Reindorf will start the next game.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

Not really, Davies would improve it as would Tanner with O'Dowda, but we need a striker desperately and in the past the whole team used to score a few each, but thats gone.

Tanner rarely tried to beat his man in recent games. You are probably remembering hm at his best rather than at his usual.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

:hehe: Bollocks

maybe not those words, but they were saying, see it's a good squad look how good and attacking they are without Bulut, and saying it was the Manager not the players.

[llan bluebird]

Re: We needed a Mowbray

Weak, but we were last season, Tanner is now probably better than Bowler, or at least as good. I think we are missing Grant, he was underappreciated last year, but was a good solid hard hard-working player. O'Dowda is back though and not much worse than Grant I would say.

The defence is a shambles but I think the quality of the players is probably better than last year, it;'s got to be time for Daland and Fish to start getting some game time. The problem is it's hard to bring them into a team that is so disorganised, and without the players around them switched on enough to allow them to fit in smoothly.

A couple of weeks ago people were saying it was an amazing squad when we beat Plymouth and Portsmouth, but it wasn't it is a mid table squad in desperate need of Issac Davies and someone better than him again, who are badly underperforming.

But I understand it's very subjective and some will feel different, as they have looked so bad over the last six games or so.

Sorry mate, Olie Tanner has scored 3 goals and has 3 assist in his CCFC career. In what world is he anywhere near Bowler? Grant gave us championship speed and stamina which is sadly missing. O'Dowda is a left midfielder in a system that doesn't use wide midfielders so the manager doesn't know if he is an attacker or fullback. Robinson hasn't the ability to be a 10 and lost his speed to be a centre forward and Rubin is a deep-lying midfielder but the manager would never trust him there.

We needed an old head, i am not your mate manager. A Mowbrey father figure rather than a trendy big brother who has never demonstrated to have found a solution to a footballing problem as he is totally untried and untested.

There is normally a solution in there and that is why the good ones whatever age hang around, because they are good at this football thing.