FT: WIGAN ATHLETIC 3 - 2 CARDIFF CITY

Hopefully this encourages Tan to go above and beyond for Harry Arter. Still got Paterson to come back and Glatzel will be straight in. Note that none of the other favourites won today either.

The midfield looks piss poor on paper.
On the field it looks even worse.
I said we'd struggle in this league.
We need to midfield players a striker and a keeper

Solid First Half, Terrible Second.

The Ref had a shocker.

Our Defence was very poor but they were often overrun with hardly any help from Midfield.

We didn’t get the run of the green and we could have scored a few more.

Murphy needs to improve!

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Originally Posted by bobh

They were very good at home last season, away record terrible.
(30 more points at home than away)

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No excuses, we were shit from start to finish. The midfield couldn’t pass wind and defensively it was laughable. Play like that on a regular basis and Warnock will be retiring months earlier than planned.

Hopefullys that brought a few expectations into perspective.
We are lacking in the middle of the pack which puts pressure on our back line which for me are weaker without Manga.

Very dissapointing and not good enough.
Never thought I'd say that about a Cardiff City team even in adversity , but if we can't defend against Wigan we can't win this league.
On this performance we can expect mid table and a play off place at best.

A team which wins the league starts at the back and all the rest is a bonus so if we can't defend forget it

Flint and Morrison possibly too similar. Maybe we can't play them together.

Etheridge 6.
Day 3
Peltier 3
Morrison 3
Flint 5
Bennett 2
Murphy 5
Ralls 6
Bacuna 7
NML 6
Whyte 3
Madine 6
Bogle 6
Reid 5

Atrocious in defence, poor decisions going forward. Experienced players looking out of sorts

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Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK

so the defence is as leaky as feck just like in the prem.

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.. 15 clean sheets last season..more than Utd and Arse

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Originally Posted by kendoddsdadsdogsdead

.. 15 clean sheets last season..more than Utd and Arse

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It was 9 clean sheets but yeah more than Man Utd.
Think it was 15 the year before.

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Originally Posted by DubaiDai

Could easily have been 4 (missed penalty).
Against a team that narrowly avoided relegation last season.
Only new face was Flint. All others have been laying together over a year at least

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..if the penalty had gone in the whole game would have panned out differently .

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Originally Posted by The Bob Banker Spanker

It was 9 clean sheets but yeah more than Man Utd.
Think it was 15 the year before.

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..apologies

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Originally Posted by kendoddsdadsdogsdead

..apologies

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No need, your point stands.
Our defence in the Championship was the basis of our success.

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Originally Posted by dandywarhol

The midfield looks piss poor on paper.
On the field it looks even worse.
I said we'd struggle in this league.
We need to midfield players a striker and a keeper

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A Keeper, we already have 3?? The problem wasn’t the midfield or attack today, we scored 2 goals away from home? The problem was our defence especially having two very similar centre backs both good in the air but lack pace and who both like to play on the right, Morrison switching to the left for this game was left exposed on two occasions?

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Originally Posted by The Bob Banker Spanker

No need, your point stands.
Our defence in the Championship was the basis of our success.

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There is no point to stand...if you're going there! the defense let in 69 goals last season and would have been a dozen more if not for Etheridge.
Manure stayed up.
My opinion is that there's been a lack of quality in the side. Lets hope some of the new boys have some.