Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Garth Blue
Yes we were much better with Fish there. But Ashford was generally poor tonight. El Ghazi was alright when he came on.
Ashford put over one cross which was well over hit and I’m not sure where he was for the first Burnley goal, is that enough to make him “generally poor”? After a couple of games in January where he looked like he was running into some form, El-Ghazi has reverted to the player we saw up to Christmas I’m afraid - I’d say he did a bit better than normal last night, but Ashford does more than him defensively, puts more crosses over and contributes more goals and assists.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
One stage in the first half the Burnley left back took a knock and could barely stand up let alone run. Not once did we get the ball over to that side and run at him in that period so frustrating. Also not sure what Ashford did when running at goal in the first half - seemed to trip over the ball? Gutted not to have tanner and Alves as options at the moment, not saying they are the answer but they offer genuine pace in behind teams that nobody else offers currently.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Dave Blue
A difficult one to sum up. Gave them far too much respect, yes they are a decent side and their movement, technical ability and passing was excellent at times but it proved, when we had no option but to take them on, that they were fallible and rattled. Overall we did ok and could have nicked a point but with the players we have, why don’t we get on the front foot? We can’t defend and we can’t prevent crosses so let’s get in their half.
This is how I saw it, don’t get me wrong I was pleased with the second half performance, but for the life of me I just can’t understand why we set up the way we did to start the match?
I said before the game on here that we’re playing Burnley not Barcelona, we set up far too defensively and the problem is we can’t defend properly!
Great second half and we were unlucky not to grab a point, but we have to be on the front foot from the start if we want to put some distance between us and the bottom three
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
DJ-Q
One stage in the first half the Burnley left back took a knock and could barely stand up let alone run. Not once did we get the ball over to that side and run at him in that period so frustrating. Also not sure what Ashford did when running at goal in the first half - seemed to trip over the ball? Gutted not to have tanner and Alves as options at the moment, not saying they are the answer but they offer genuine pace in behind teams that nobody else offers currently.
The way the left back was hobbling around, I thought he would be subbed off any minute
Even when he got involved and passed forward it was obvious that he was still trying to run off his injury, and yet not one of our coaching staff were up screaming at the players to get the ball across to our right side????
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
Result aside. Isn’t it nice to finally have a striker that has that natural goal scoring instinct and the knack of being in the right place at the right time? Build around Salech. Man will score 20 a season if we get him service.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
DJ-Q
One stage in the first half the Burnley left back took a knock and could barely stand up let alone run. Not once did we get the ball over to that side and run at him in that period so frustrating. Also not sure what Ashford did when running at goal in the first half - seemed to trip over the ball? Gutted not to have tanner and Alves as options at the moment, not saying they are the answer but they offer genuine pace in behind teams that nobody else offers currently.
A few players on both sides fell over unexpectedly in the first half, hard to think what the problem with the pitch was if there was one.
Re: CARDIFF CITY v BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
PontBlue
Crap El Ghazi coming on, even worse it's for Ashford
Definitely should have put Isaac Davies on for El Ghazi.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Pedro de la Rosa
We have Robinson and Salech. We should really be going at teams now, we cannot defend, we have two proper goalscorers. How about we play to our strengths?
You're right. Attack! Attack Attack! Play to our strengths for the rest of the season. We can't defend, so we might as well attack from the kick off and try and get a couple of goals in front for once. We know we are going to concede at least one, so we might as well go for it. We have the players in midfield and up front for this now.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Mr Soul '68
You're right. Attack! Attack Attack! Play to our strengths for the rest of the season. We can't defend, so we might as well attack from the kick off and try and get a couple of goals in front for once. We know we are going to concede at least one, so we might as well go for it. We have the players in midfield and up front for this now.
And stop trying to play out from the back !!!
We’re f uck ing useless at it
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
A few players on both sides fell over unexpectedly in the first half, hard to think what the problem with the pitch was if there was one.
There were a few who fell over last week in the Hull game. Wrong studs possibly.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Bringing Fish on at half time was an admission that Riza got the defensive selection wrong to start with, was disappointed to see Ashford replaced, but, to be fair, we played better with all of the subs on than we did at any other time in the game.
Ashford was half a pace of it last night . I would have subbed him earlier.
Salech was immense , first time I have noticed his off the ball stuff , is he always that good?
Burnley had some real quality on their left hand side , we had to defend quite deep first half.
Fish looks quality , a few positives from last night . We lost , they are 3rd for a reason . Luton is a massive game on Tuesday.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
El Ghazi did OK. But we lacked any pace when he came on. He should have brought Isaac on in my opinion.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
Rino struggled, we would have been better starting with Fish and Goutas and NG on the right. O'Dowda was good, Salech was very good, a few inches off a hat trick against the best defensive team in the League.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Tuerto
There was a period where Burnley were struggling a bit, so much so that they started knocking Long balls to nobody, which is a huge indication that they were rattled. They stiffened up th midfield though with a couple of subs and plugged a hole that we were trying to exploit. Like i said, i'm a bit disappointed, we should have really turned the screw, and we shouldn't have been in the position of being 2-0 down at home.
They time wasted about 25 minutes of the second half, they really were on the ropes, eleven at the back playing a triple low block.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Pedro de la Rosa
How many saves did Trafford have to make?
Not many we missed a sitter, and hit the post and cross bar, fine margins.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
Just watched the highlights. That Goutas challenge should have been a penalty. We were very lucky there.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
North Cardiff Blue
They time wasted about 25 minutes of the second half, they really were on the ropes, eleven at the back playing a triple low block.
I haven't seen anything of the game, apart from 2 minutes of highlights. Is it possible for a team to time waste 25 minutes of a half?
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Rock_Flock_of_Five
I haven't seen anything of the game, apart from 2 minutes of highlights. Is it possible for a team to time waste 25 minutes of a half?
One Burnley player being substituted, took 45 minutes to walk off :hehe:
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
North Cardiff Blue
They time wasted about 25 minutes of the second half, they really were on the ropes, eleven at the back playing a triple low block.
Yup, and they didn't look comfortable, although let's not kid ourselves, they were winning and they were comfortable, so they put it over to us to break them down, allowed us a bit more possession, we went more attack mode ( We had no choice) and I don't believe that if we had started with the team that finished the game, that we would have got anything out of it. We wouldn't have started playing in a way that we do when we're chasing a game.
Re: FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread
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Originally Posted by
Jimmy the Jock
Ashford was half a pace of it last night . I would have subbed him earlier.
Salech was immense , first time I have noticed his off the ball stuff , is he always that good?
I absolutely love Salech - think I might have a bit of a man crush.
On the defensive side - I have noticed a lot of our goals come from players being totally unmarked and find acres of space. Not that I'm a master tactician but what about a bit of old school Warnock man marking to sort it out