Hudson In

[North Cardiff Blue]

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The thing that surprised me was how ordinary Blackburn looked or were made to look
We could have had 2 or 3 on another day.
They hardly had a shot on target.
Kipre was solid, I'd like to see him sign on a permanent basis, Robinson didn't stop working and showed what is needed if you're leading the line and Rinohota was everywhere in Midfield.
What's happened to Sawyers? He looked disinterested and was hardly involved
Great save at the end as well
Looking forward to see how we set up away at Wigan on Saturday

Kipre looked brilliant going forward, he looked better than all the midfield in midfield, what a player!

I loved the together spirit at the end, those players look happy to be playing for Hudson and it looks like they are going to do their best to keep him there, which says a lot.

Final comment, they looked solid in defence and very organised, as above we made Burnley and Blackburn look average to poor, I wasn't expecting that.

[the other bob wilson]

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I don't think it's necessarily chalk and cheese from Morison. Our press is very good (it caused a lot of problems for Blackburn last night), out build up play from the back is smart, and we are good off the ball when we sit in our banks. All those things are down to Morison.

What Hudson needs to do - and what he is doing so far - is build on our weaknesses. It's already been said that they're working a lot more on attacking movement in the final third. You can see that there's a conscious effort to get more bodies in the box. I thought Rinomhota quietly had his best game for us last night.

Morison's downfall was because of his stubbornness (or inability) to address our lack of creativity, and his insistence on obsessing over what the opposition is doing. But he left the basic template of a decent side. And I think a more positive, attack-minded manager, whether Hudson or someone else, will reap the benefits of that.

Re Sawyers: I've got to be honest, aside from his 2 goals, I've been disappointed with him. He seems to have this idea of himself as a Glenn Hoddle type, but he doesn't have anywhere near enough of an impact on games. No energy or dynamism and he repeatedly gave the ball away last night.

Good post. Agreed about Rinomhota and Sawyers - the latter was the signing I looked forward to seeing most, but he's been a disappointment so far. Sawyers' age was a slight concern for me, but, in terms of the energy and dynamism you mention, he looks like someone who is thirty five, not thirty one next month.

[superfeathers]

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Dont want to dampen the enthusiasm.

A great win and good point in the last two games. Fair play to City and good to see a positive approach.

But it's around about now, that the board will tie Hudson down with a deal until the end of the season.
After a couple more wins we'll tie him down for 2 years
Then opposition teams will figure out how he sets up.
Repeat

[dml1954]

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Dont want to dampen the enthusiasm.

A great win and good point in the last two games. Fair play to City and good to see a positive approach.

But it's around about now, that the board will tie Hudson down with a deal until the end of the season.
After a couple more wins we'll tie him down for 2 years
Then opposition teams will figure out how he sets up.
Repeat

Way to go with dampening the enthusiasm. You have no idea on how this is going to play out and yet you just cant resist putting a negative spin on the whole thing. Whats the point ?

[Ninja]

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Dont want to dampen the enthusiasm.

A great win and good point in the last two games. Fair play to City and good to see a positive approach.

But it's around about now, that the board will tie Hudson down with a deal until the end of the season.
After a couple more wins we'll tie him down for 2 years
Then opposition teams will figure out how he sets up.
Repeat

It's a risk whichever way you do it.
Personally I'd be giving Hudson til Xmas for now. If he does well, give him the rest of the season. If he's still doing well, another year.
The plus side of that is not having a manager tied down long term if he starts to falter.
The negative is not having him tied down if he's still doing well!
Swings and roundabouts, maybe give him 18 months at the end of the season if he's still doing well?

[superfeathers]

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Way to go with dampening the enthusiasm. You have no idea on how this is going to play out and yet you just cant resist putting a negative spin on the whole thing. Whats the point ?

Just a realist I guess. I'd be happier putting Ł100 on Hudson having been sacked by this time next year than the other way around.
The club should err on the side of caution for once. I'm not saying don't give him the chance, I truly hope he does well, but there's not a long waiting list for his services so let's relax before making things too permanent.

What do they call doing the same thing time and time again and expecting different results?

[City123]

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I imagine the decision was made once Morison was sacked and the board are hoping he gets a few good results before announcing it properly

I'm happy for Hudson to be the manager, he was part of the coaching setup that helped lay the foundations for the move away from hoofball and looks like hell continue it

[ManBearPig]

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Yes, thought there was some improvement from the Morrison days. We had a more varied style of play - hitting a couple of long balls instead of just lots of sideways/backward passes for the sake of it.

Still lack a clinical striker but I guess a lot of the teams in the division do!

Would have liked to see an experienced manager come in but realistically I think the job is Hudson's until the end of the season at least.

[Feedback]

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Me too, I won't bang on about Morison as he's no longer here. I can't see that it would have improved though.
Hudson is already approaching it in a more positive manner and it showed tonight big-time.
I've been saying for a while that we should be performing better with the players we have. 2 games and Hudson is already proving that point.
Much better all round, and hopefully a sign of things to come :thumbup:

having Callum Robinson in the forward line has helped massively

:thumbup:

[J R Hartley]

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Gave credit to the players first and foremost unlike the previous narcissist who only seemed to want to mention the players first when throwing them under the bus.

[Bobby Dandruff]

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I don't think it's necessarily chalk and cheese from Morison. Our press is very good (it caused a lot of problems for Blackburn last night), out build up play from the back is smart, and we are good off the ball when we sit in our banks. All those things are down to Morison.

What Hudson needs to do - and what he is doing so far - is build on our weaknesses. It's already been said that they're working a lot more on attacking movement in the final third. You can see that there's a conscious effort to get more bodies in the box. I thought Rinomhota quietly had his best game for us last night.

Morison's downfall was because of his stubbornness (or inability) to address our lack of creativity, and his insistence on obsessing over what the opposition is doing. But he left the basic template of a decent side. And I think a more positive, attack-minded manager, whether Hudson or someone else, will reap the benefits of that.

Re Sawyers: I've got to be honest, aside from his 2 goals, I've been disappointed with him. He seems to have this idea of himself as a Glenn Hoddle type, but he doesn't have anywhere near enough of an impact on games. No energy or dynamism and he repeatedly gave the ball away last night.

Exactly.

There is a marginal improvement which is good to see but let's not kid ourselves that this is a dramatic shift or big step forward (someone on here referred to last night's performance as 'fabulous' :facepalm:)

Whereas 4 points is an excellent return let's also keep an eye on the fact that we scored in the last minute against Burnley and and conceded an injury time penalty last night which was saved when the goal could have been give if the ref had played the advantage.

These are very fine margins (like Robinson missing the penalty at Huddersfield) and you have to think that Morison MIGHT have got the same results if he'd been in charge.

So whereas I'm please with the points and the continued evolution, giving Hudson the job after 2 games doesn't feel like as significant an upgrade on what Morison was doing as lots of people on here are making out.

Football is such a fickle sport.

[Rjk]

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Gave credit to the players first and foremost unlike the previous narcissist who only seemed to want to mention the players first when throwing them under the bus.

it's time to move on :hehe: I get the impression in 5 years time you'll still be airing your strange vendetta about him

[TWGL1]

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I was told last night that Hudson was the boards “eyes and ears” prior to being appointed interim manager .

Not sure what that means exactly or if it had any bearing on Morison being relieved of his duties.

[J R Hartley]

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it's time to move on :hehe: I get the impression in 5 years time you'll still be airing your strange vendetta about him

Absolutely not :hehe:

You’ll still be burying your head in the sand when it comes to Morison and his behaviour in 5 years im sure too. :hehe:

[J R Hartley]

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I was told last night that Hudson was the boards “eyes and ears” prior to being appointed interim manager .

Not sure what that means exactly or if it had any bearing on Morison being relieved of his duties.

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