Ollie Tanner - our greatest derby goal in many seasons

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

The Defender got himself in a dog awful position, square on and flat footed. You would have thought that the jacks would have sent someone out there with him, no position to be in for a defender. Oh well.....

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One of the weaknesses of a back 3 is that you can end up with centre backs defending against wingers in the channels, they really don't want to be there. Neither of their wide centre backs were comfortable at any point with Meite, Grant and Tanner running at them

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Originally Posted by City123

One of the weaknesses of a back 3 is that you can end up with centre backs defending against wingers in the channels, they really don't want to be there. Neither of their wide centre backs were comfortable at any point with Meite, Grant and Tanner running at them

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True. We stretched them as well, something we haven't done in years, probably since Dave Jones was here.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

True. We stretched them as well, something we haven't done in years, probably since Dave Jones was here.

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Yep. Did a job on them in midfield as well, Grimes & Fulton were anonymous

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Originally Posted by City123

One of the weaknesses of a back 3 is that you can end up with centre backs defending against wingers in the channels, they really don't want to be there. Neither of their wide centre backs were comfortable at any point with Meite, Grant and Tanner running at them

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Also helped that Ng and Collins were high and wide, we’ve stopped them coming inside and it killed them. They had so much joy. Swansea were so poor, though. First time in ages we’ve wanted it more and went for the kill from the first minute.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Also helped that Ng and Collins were high and wide, we’ve stopped them coming inside and it killed them. They had so much joy. Swansea were so poor, though. First time in ages we’ve wanted it more and went for the kill from the first minute.

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Yup. Under previous managers we've tucked in, tried to make the pitch narrow. Yesterday we were prepared to leave space, trust players to work things out. Swansea are ****ing rhubarb, but we played really well during the 2nd half, a bit of intensity and a willingness to win. Ramsey has made such a difference, he makes himself available in positions no other Cardiff player has since god knows when. It really makes a difference.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Yup. Under previous managers we've tucked in, tried to make the pitch narrow. Yesterday we were prepared to leave space, trust players to work things out. Swansea are ****ing rhubarb, but we played really well during the 2nd half, a bit of intensity and a willingness to win. Ramsey has made such a difference, he makes himself available in positions no other Cardiff player has since god knows when. It really makes a difference.

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His standards will have rubbed off on the rest of them too. Ramsey gets the ball in tight spaces, and he comes away with the ball. You can just give him it and he keeps it. He's so good. I'm so pleased for him, too. I cannot be objective about him but I am delighted he's playing so well.

I also think Wintle parking himself helps Siopis. Siopis needs to be all over the pitch, when Ralls plays instead of Wintle (with Siopis) we leave some enormous gaps in the centre of the park.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Also helped that Ng and Collins were high and wide, we’ve stopped them coming inside and it killed them. They had so much joy. Swansea were so poor, though. First time in ages we’ve wanted it more and went for the kill from the first minute.

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Can’t really say we went for the kill from the first minute, the first half was a very poor standard of football from both teams with misplaced passes and very little creativity, only shot on target in the first half from both sides was Meite’s shot in injury time. We greatly improved in the 2nd half , they , if anything, got worse.

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Originally Posted by Don Corleone

Can’t really say we went for the kill from the first minute, the first half was a very poor standard of football from both teams with misplaced passes and very little creativity, only shot on target in the first half from both sides was Meite’s shot in injury time. We greatly improved in the 2nd half , they , if anything, got worse.

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The intent was there, though. We tidied things up in the second half. We took the game to them even if we didn't do much with it. It is a massive change in mentality from past games.

Me to. We were 1-3 down with less than 10 mins left. Peter Kitchen scored and the rest is history. Yesterday was as good though.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

The Defender got himself in a dog awful position, square on and flat footed. You would have thought that the jacks would have sent someone out there with him, no position to be in for a defender. Oh well.....

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it really was school boy defending, if it was one of my girls doing it, I would have though " do we not teach you anything "

he of course invited Ollie to go outside him, you would, you wouldnt want a player cutting side you, but he did it in such a way that it left the door so far open for Ollie to cut inside and the defender was done

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Originally Posted by Ivortheengine

Let’s see if he can keep it going. Don’t get carried away,just because he scored a goal against a really poor Swansea team,who never looked like winning. As Welsh Derbies go, both teams contributed to a poor spectacle. Home advantage made the difference.

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You must be great fun at funerals.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

I was joking, but I think Bellamy’s was the better goal, it was a lovely move and a great finish.

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I wasn't saying Tanner's was a better goal, but under the circumstances for him to do that, I think was better than Beller's finish.

On the point of it being poor defending, I’d say Tymon almost made up Tanner’s mind for him, still a fine finish though.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

The confidence is what impressed me most. Just come on, very little game time, yet he has the belief to take the player on and buzz the ball across the keeper. Plenty of seasoned pro's would passed that one on.

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The first touch to control a great ball from Collins was superb for someone fresh on and in pretty grim conditions

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Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep

The first touch to control a great ball from Collins was superb for someone fresh on and in pretty grim conditions

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Mentioning the conditions, I remember saying to Mrs HaB with about 10 minutes to go and it was lashing down, if the pitch had got waterlogged and the ref stopped the game, there would have been 20,000+ volunteers to clear the pitch of water, unlike at Rotherham last season.

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Originally Posted by islandblue

Me to. We were 1-3 down with less than 10 mins left. Peter Kitchen scored and the rest is history. Yesterday was as good though.

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That was a truly fantastic goal - a very short run up and a blast from miles out. After staring defeat in the face, it sparked mayhem on the Bob Bank.

:ayatollah:

‘Millar From The Halfway Line’...’Millar From The Halfway Line’.

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Originally Posted by 79blue

For us oldies no other goal in the derby will eclipse John Buchanan’s 35 yard screamer in 1980. It was one of those moments when the crowd seemed to freeze briefly before erupting when the reality of what had just happened sunk in,

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Finally someone gets it right.

I hope we use him right moving forward. Don’t think he’s ready to start games yet but bringing him on in any game at all square is going to get the fans excited and he will want the ball every time