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Riza's post Q.P.R. comments
Cardiff caretaker Omer Riza:
"On this game we wouldn't have scored until the cows come home, I think the saying is.
"We went in (at half-time) 1-0 down, which was probably harsh. The belief was there to win the game, but it wouldn't come and we come away highly frustrated.
"We knew we could have gone into 17th place and four points above it (relegation zone) but we have failed. We will keep on working and try to win games.
“QPR put their bodies on the line, and they blocked and cleared. Were our balls decisive enough? Did we put balls into areas where we can make it harder for them? The second half we did a little bit more, but I can’t put my finger on it other than the fact that we’ve come off a little bit of our quality in possession.
"The boys who have the ability to make a real difference have been lacking a bit in those areas; final pass being nicked, final touch, whether to turn or drive at somebody. They are things that we can take back to the training ground and work on, but the players have got to step up in respect of focus and delivery of what they need to do.”
QPR's Marti Cifuentes:
"It was an important win for the team and the club, and especially for the players who have been working hard.
"The whole group have been protective and supportive to him (Celar).
"It's very important he scores and we are happy for him and hopefully this will increase his confidence.
"It is one of the reasons why he is here. He has shown today and in the past that he is an excellent finisher, and what we need to do as a team is provide him with more chances.
"I'm glad he kept working. He took this step forward and it will help him."
"The challenge we have is to be more mature as a team and compete game after game after game with higher average levels.
"We need to understand that it is a demanding league and we have to take many more steps forward."
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The video on the club website is well worth a look. It's lasts nearly twenty minutes but the questions asked and the answers given get more and more interesting as it goes on - they're much more honest than what is customary in such gatherings.
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
The video on the club website is well worth a look. It's lasts nearly twenty minutes but the questions asked and the answers given get more and more interesting as it goes on - they're much more honest than what is customary in such gatherings.
You're right, that's not one of those stock answer, run of the mill press conferences.
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Originally Posted by
Michael Morris
Cardiff caretaker Omer Riza:
"On this game we wouldn't have scored until the cows come home, I think the saying is.
"We went in (at half-time) 1-0 down, which was probably harsh. The belief was there to win the game, but it wouldn't come and we come away highly frustrated.
"We knew we could have gone into 17th place and four points above it (relegation zone) but we have failed. We will keep on working and try to win games.
“QPR put their bodies on the line, and they blocked and cleared. Were our balls decisive enough? Did we put balls into areas where we can make it harder for them? The second half we did a little bit more, but I can’t put my finger on it other than the fact that we’ve come off a little bit of our quality in possession.
"The boys who have the ability to make a real difference have been lacking a bit in those areas; final pass being nicked, final touch, whether to turn or drive at somebody. They are things that we can take back to the training ground and work on, but the players have got to step up in respect of focus and delivery of what they need to do.”
QPR's Marti Cifuentes:
"It was an important win for the team and the club, and especially for the players who have been working hard.
"The whole group have been protective and supportive to him (Celar).
"It's very important he scores and we are happy for him and hopefully this will increase his confidence.
"It is one of the reasons why he is here. He has shown today and in the past that he is an excellent finisher, and what we need to do as a team is provide him with more chances.
"I'm glad he kept working. He took this step forward and it will help him."
"The challenge we have is to be more mature as a team and compete game after game after game with higher average levels.
"We need to understand that it is a demanding league and we have to take many more steps forward."
He has made a fair assessment of last nights game.
As the manager I wanted him to either be better prepared tactically for the game so we could break down the opposition and defend our own goal better, or able to switch the play in a way that would have had us penetrating their defense and ultimately scoring goals, or perhaps bringing a sub on that wasn't Miete who might just bring that spark we were lacking ...
If this post is in any way on line abuse, I have my sword ready to fall upon when notified by the online abuse police...
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What I don't understand about last night is
Why did we take so long to make any changes
Why did we make three singular changes thus limiting overall changes we could make
Why bring on meite when we know what he can do which isn't much and what he cant do when he had reindorf on the bench who none of us including QPR know what he can do
For what it's worth and that is not a lot but i'm not convinced by riza as our manager but feel he is being treated terribly by the current hierarchy
And lastly in my opinion we are run by cowards - quick enough to laud it up when it's going well and then disappear when it's tough going and the news not so good - they are pathetic
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the other bob wilson
The video on the club website is well worth a look. It's lasts nearly twenty minutes but the questions asked and the answers given get more and more interesting as it goes on - they're much more honest than what is customary in such gatherings.
Thanks, Paul. I wouldn't have bothered searching that out if you hadn't mentioned it, but it was very interesting. It underlines once more what a ridiculous mess this club is in.
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The Lone Gunman
Thanks, Paul. I wouldn't have bothered searching that out if you hadn't mentioned it, but it was very interesting. It underlines once more what a ridiculous mess this club is in.
Yes, but he wasn't being rude.
It's hard to disagree with his assessment of the game.
On a side note, I wish they had a microphone to pass around the questioners
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The hierarchy coming under increased pressure to actually say something - I think this is a good read and it’s interesting to read the media’s reaction to Riza’s post game comments.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-show-30470007
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
The video on the club website is well worth a look. It's lasts nearly twenty minutes but the questions asked and the answers given get more and more interesting as it goes on - they're much more honest than what is customary in such gatherings.
Can you put a link up ?
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the other bob wilson
They have been reading this board again.
Its hardly a state of purgatory:hehe:....
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Originally Posted by
Jimmy the Jock
They have been reading this board again.
Its hardly a state of purgatory:hehe:....
It's purgatory trying to read any Walesonline stuff
It's slower than a stoned snail
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Can you put a link up ?
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/video/player/0_ozx5zigm
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Many thanks Bob
Even before I watch this I feel sorry for the guy
I think failing to play turnbull instead of ralls who isn't fit and bringing on Meite will be his nemesis
Shame
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It was one of those games where one goes in and we wipe the floor with them. Passing and creating is a problem to say nothing of the finishing. Robinson is held up as our main striker but even he is often found wanting.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Many thanks Bob
Even before I watch this I feel sorry for the guy
I think failing to play turnbull instead of ralls who isn't fit and bringing on Meite will be his nemesis
Shame
Turnbull has been crap for weeks, and we've been crap for weeks. Turnbull and Ralls are a lot more similar than people think and Ralls delivers better set pieces
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I wonder if Riza still wants the job or has found he doesn't like the pressure and stress and would prefer to be a coach
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Originally Posted by
Pedro de la Rosa
Turnbull has been crap for weeks, and we've been crap for weeks. Turnbull and Ralls are a lot more similar than people think and Ralls delivers better set pieces
Turnbull is a very good quality player at this level and has creativity , even if playing deep
Ralls is getting on in years now and is clearly not match fit
Great defensive midfielder and still a good squad player for us but not the answer last night
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PontBlue
I wonder if Riza still wants the job or has found he doesn't like the pressure and stress and would prefer to be a coach
I don't blame him
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Turnbull is a very good quality player at this level and has creativity , even if playing deep
Ralls is getting on in years now and is clearly not match fit
Great defensive midfielder and still a good squad player for us but not the answer last night
If Turnbull is that good, and Ralls is that bad, why were we absolutely God awful in our last 3/4 games when Ralls didn't play. It winds me up to the back teeth that we always slag off our club captain, the only leader in the team and the one bloke that properly gives a shit about us. It's always, always, always his fault.
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Pedro de la Rosa
If Turnbull is that good, and Ralls is that bad, why were we absolutely God awful in our last 3/4 games when Ralls didn't play. It winds me up to the back teeth that we always slag off our club captain, the only leader in the team and the one bloke that properly gives a shit about us. It's always, always, always his fault.
Are you his secret lover ? It's embarrassing
I like ralls , I think he wasn't fit enough to play last night
I think he's a good squad player
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PontBlue
I wonder if Riza still wants the job or has found he doesn't like the pressure and stress and would prefer to be a coach
Sounds to me like he believes 100% that he should have already been given the job and he’s very disappointed he hasn’t got it.
I don’t think there’s any doubt he still wants it.
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Was the Goutas substitution questioned? Was he injured?
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Hilts
Was the Goutas substitution questioned? Was he injured?
No idea, but it was reported today that El Ghazi is out for several weeks. No big loss, but I haven’t seen it mentioned on here.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Are you his secret lover ? It's embarrassing
I like ralls , I think he wasn't fit enough to play last night
I think he's a good squad player
You blame Ralls for last night. We have 1 point from our previous 3. Discuss.
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The Lone Gunman
No idea, but it was reported today that El Ghazi is out for several weeks. No big loss, but I haven’t seen it mentioned on here.
AEG does the right thing, he stretches their back 4 as he runs in behind. I think he's very, very average but the alternative is Meite or Willock, and they're ****ing awful
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Originally Posted by
Pedro de la Rosa
You blame Ralls for last night. We have 1 point from our previous 3. Discuss.
I havnt blamed him at all
I think it was a mistake for him to be on the pitch as he isnt match fit
Turnbull is a better player and fit
If I was blaming ralls for our defeat Wednesday night I would have said something like it was ralls fault we lost last night ......or he's shit .....there's plenty of that on other websites
Picking an unfit ralls didn't help but colwill , Tanner, Robinson and NG all looked off form so part of a jigsaw really
I desperately hope this explains it to you because I won't be doing it again even if you offer me several thousand quid
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
I havnt blamed him at all
I think it was a mistake for him to be on the pitch as he isnt match fit
Turnbull is a better player and fit
If I was blaming ralls for our defeat Wednesday night I would have said something like it was ralls fault we lost last night ......or he's shit .....there's plenty of that on other websites
Picking an unfit ralls didn't help but colwill , Tanner, Robinson and NG all looked off form so part of a jigsaw really
I desperately hope this explains it to you because I won't be doing it again even if you offer me several thousand quid
Must have done wonders for Turnballs confidence, bet Reindorf is baffled too….
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We can't keep on blaming Ralls when Colwell, Tanner and Robinson have poor games.
We got Robinson for less than £2 mill in his prime, he is a limited championship general purpose forward. He runs a lot without ever affecting the chase. it's running like an enthusiastic corgi, but no idea what to do when he reaches his prey, so he stalls. Tanner is a L2 forward who'll end up a center forward, he has a burst of pace and a decent hard shot other than that he is very limited.
Then the prodigal son, Rubin. He is not a "10", he is an "8" who doesn't like or is incapable of the workload of a Joe Ralls. You don't have to be Terry Yorath anymore, steal the ball and a few block tackles. All his best work is deeper, he is a passer.
Robertson didn't have a great game, but I guess that was Ralls fault as well.
424 with an L1 attack is plain crazy to me. Ralls off and dropping Rubin into his slot with Reindorf at CF should have been the call, but the like for like subs were probably Ralls fault as well.
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Originally Posted by
llan bluebird
We can't keep on blaming Ralls when Colwell, Tanner and Robinson have poor games.
We got Robinson for less than £2 mill in his prime, he is a limited championship general purpose forward. He runs a lot without ever affecting the chase. it's running like an enthusiastic corgi, but no idea what to do when he reaches his prey, so he stalls. Tanner is a L2 forward who'll end up a center forward, he has a burst of pace and a decent hard shot other than that he is very limited.
Then the prodigal son, Rubin. He is not a "10", he is an "8" who doesn't like or is incapable of the workload of a Joe Ralls. You don't have to be Terry Yorath anymore, steal the ball and a few block tackles. All his best work is deeper, he is a passer.
Robertson didn't have a great game, but I guess that was Ralls fault as well.
424 with an L1 attack is plain crazy to me. Ralls off and dropping Rubin into his slot with Reindorf at CF should have been the call, but the like for like subs were probably Ralls fault as well.
If ralls was being blamed then I would agree with you but he isn't
I think Robinson is a very useful utility forward and more than capable of scoring 20 goals a season in this division
But if he isn't getting many chances , is off form and the same goes for colwill , Tanner and Robertson......then we are going to struggle
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I think Robinson is a very useful utility forward and more than capable of scoring 20 goals a season in this division
That laughable suggestion further demonstrates how little you know or understand about football.
Callum Robinson’s highest goal tally in a season was 10 back in 2016/17. That’s the only season in which he’s ever reached double figures. He is 30 in February. He is not a 20 goals a season striker, never has been and never will be. Not even close.
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the other bob wilson
The video on the club website is well worth a look. It's lasts nearly twenty minutes but the questions asked and the answers given get more and more interesting as it goes on - they're much more honest than what is customary in such gatherings.
Poor bugger I feel sorry for him, he is a cracking bloke and probably too honest for his own good.
He's really starting to feel the pressure, and it's affecting his decision-making, as he feels he has to try and win every game. They need to help him out, even if it's letting him know what they expect, what they plan to do, and a likely timeline.
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The Lone Gunman
That laughable suggestion further demonstrates how little you know or understand about football.
Callum Robinson’s highest goal tally in a season was 10 back in 2016/17. That’s the only season in which he’s ever reached double figures. He is 30 in February. He is not a 20 goals a season striker, never has been and never will be. Not even close.
Blimey not like you to have a go at one of our staff or players 🤔
He could definitely get 20 goals a season if he had a target man providing him with ammunition and we were performing better as a team
He's more than capable of scoring 20 goals in a championship side unlike Kanga and Meite who are not this at this level
I think they both try but that's not the point
Robinson can score goals and he's playing his part this season
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Blimey not like you to have a go at one of our staff or players ��
He could definitely get 20 goals a season if he had a target man providing him with ammunition and we were performing better as a team
He's more than capable of scoring 20 goals in a championship side unlike Kanga and Meite who are not this at this level
I think they both try but that's not the point
Robinson can score goals and he's playing his part this season
Meite has 17 in a single Championship season, and was on 12 from 25 games before he got injured at Reading.
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Rjk
Meite has 17 in a single Championship season, and was on 12 from 25 games before he got injured at Reading.
Hard to believe an injury could affect him so much . He should be on fire banging the goals in regularly.
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Jimmy the Jock
Hard to believe an injury could affect him so much . He should be on fire banging the goals in regularly.
reading fans were saying that he seemed to be over his injury before he left them, they didn't think he'd lost his pace or anything like that. perhaps we've found some new and unusual way of ruining him
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Blimey not like you to have a go at one of our staff or players
I'm not having a go, you docile twat. I like Robinson. I'm merely pointing out the reality of the situation. 29 year-old Callum Robinson is not a 20-goal a season striker, never has been and never will be. Only a fantasist with a poor knowledge of the player and football in general would believe otherwise.
His league stats for the last five years:
2020/21 - 5 goals
2021/22 - 7 goals
2022/23 - 5 goals
2023/24 - 1 goal
2024/25 - 5 goals
23 goals in total. And you reckon City could get 20 goals out of him in a single season? Righto...
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
That laughable suggestion further demonstrates how little you know or understand about football.
Callum Robinson’s highest goal tally in a season was 10 back in 2016/17. That’s the only season in which he’s ever reached double figures. He is 30 in February. He is not a 20 goals a season striker, never has been and never will be. Not even close.
:hehe:
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
I'm not having a go, you docile twat. I like Robinson. I'm merely pointing out the reality of the situation. 29 year-old Callum Robinson is not a 20-goal a season striker, never has been and never will be. Only a fantasist with a poor knowledge of the player and football in general would believe otherwise.
His league stats for the last five years:
2020/21 - 5 goals
2021/22 - 7 goals
2022/23 - 5 goals
2023/24 - 1 goal
2024/25 - 5 goals
23 goals in total. And you reckon City could get 20 goals out of him in a single season? Righto...
I bet we have defenders who score more, how many has goutas got?
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North Cardiff Blue
Poor bugger I feel sorry for him, he is a cracking bloke and probably too honest for his own good.
He's really starting to feel the pressure, and it's affecting his decision-making, as he feels he has to try and win every game. They need to help him out, even if it's letting him know what they expect, what they plan to do, and a likely timeline.
I think that's a fair summary
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
I'm not having a go, you docile twat. I like Robinson. I'm merely pointing out the reality of the situation. 29 year-old Callum Robinson is not a 20-goal a season striker, never has been and never will be. Only a fantasist with a poor knowledge of the player and football in general would believe otherwise.
His league stats for the last five years:
2020/21 - 5 goals
2021/22 - 7 goals
2022/23 - 5 goals
2023/24 - 1 goal
2024/25 - 5 goals
23 goals in total. And you reckon City could get 20 goals out of him in a single season? Righto...
He's been injured
He's got 5 this season before Xmas
He could easily ram in another 15
