Cardiff City boss Russell Slade must make players believe Premier League dream is possible: Nathan Blake view
Nathan Blake " Cardiff are much more talented than Millwall,so why did they not win? "
Monday Oct 27, 2014
Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake says it's Russell Slade's job to get belief into his players, despite defeat at Millwall.
The next big job for new Cardiff City boss Russell Slade is now to try to get into the heads of his players.
The defeat at Millwall was disappointing of course especially coming off the back of the two wins in Slade’s first two games, but it might have gone either way at the New Den.
If Adam Le Fondre had scored in the first-half I think we might have had a different game on our hands, but he didn’t and Millwall went on to take their chance and take the points.
Personally when it came to the performance I don’t think there was too much wrong with the way Slade set out his team tactically and there are, as he said afterwards, often fine margins that decide these games.
But let’s be honest here, individually and as a collective, the Bluebirds are much more talented than the Lions. So why didn’t they win?
It’s as I say, for me the problem is very much mental with Cardiff right now. A Championship season is a grind, a long, tough grind and it’s a mental battle as much as it is a physical one.
I know how tough it can be. People always go onto me about being relegated from the Premier League, what they tend to forget is that I also earned promotion back up so I know the situation the Bluebirds find themselves now very well.
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