Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:32 pm
Sort out this mess you've created for yourself, the warning signs have been there since the Huddersfield game. if it hadn't been for Marshall then we may have been looking at 3 losses on the trot instead of just 1. You've gone from playing 4-4-2 in pre-season to 4-5-1 in competitive games, your lack of pre-season games is backfiring on you.
You were complaining about needing more "quality" in your squad last season and now you have got it you don't know what to do with it, you insist on sticking with your 4-5-1 formation with your lone "battering ram" upfront and it's just not working, it didnt work last season with Kenny Miller upfront and it's not working this season with Helguson up front. Granted he scored today but his goals will be few and far between. Helguson hardly holds up the ball and it's brought back to the Cardiff back line with pace and McNaughton and Taylor are repeatedly getting caught out. If you can't hold it up in the air for god sake hold it up on the deck, that's where a Jay Bothroyd would excel in the front line, but you'd rather a 35 yr old donkey play up front just because he "works hard", sorry Malky but he isn't working hard enough and your tactics are making the team easy to play against !.
You really need to start defending higher up the pitch, you allow the team to sit back and soak up the pressure but are too slow on the break to exploit space left behind, if your too slow to counter then you just have to control the possesion and we are just not doing that.
You can't hide behind a Carling Cup Final now Malky, your being watched more than ever after recieving the backing you so badly sought after last season.
Sort it out Malky because the Malaysians will want to save face if it all goes wrong and the buck stops with you !!