FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 BURNLEY. Match thread

[the other bob wilson]

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.

[Mr Soul '68]

Crap El Ghazi coming on, even worse it's for Ashford

Definitely should have put Isaac Davies on for El Ghazi.

[Mr Soul '68]

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.

[BLUETIT]

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

[tpcnw]

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.

[Jimmy the Jock]

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.

[Hilts]

El Ghazi did OK. But we lacked any pace when he came on. He should have brought Isaac on in my opinion.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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.

[North Cardiff Blue]

How many saves did Trafford have to make?

Not many we missed a sitter, and hit the post and cross bar, fine margins.

[stevo]

Just watched the highlights. That Goutas challenge should have been a penalty. We were very lucky there.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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?

[BLUETIT]

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

[Tuerto]

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.

[PhyllisStant]

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