Sun Oct 11, 2026 11:43 am
Sun Oct 11, 2026 11:54 am
Forever Blue wrote:MOWBRAY: WE EXECUTED THE PERFECT CARDIFF GAME PLAN
Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray has revealed how his side planned to hurt Cardiff City after working on it extensively during the international break.
Despite the Bluebirds dominating possession, Rovers knew exactly what they wanted to do and punished Brian Barry-Murphy's men with two first-half goals.
"We knew we were playing a team with good possession stats.
“So we let them play their usual passing and we didn't touch it for the first five minutes; they had 50 passes before our first contact.
"We were expecting that and then we executed what we had been working on. Transitions, playing forward quickly, running past the ball and we did that."
"The second goal epitomised that with how we nicked it, put it forward, crossed it and scored."
The Blackburn boss admitted he wanted an even bigger win, but was delighted with how his side stood firm after Cardiff pulled a goal back.
“"I'd have been much happier if we'd scored more and won three or four nil but they got a goal.
"After that, we showed some grit and determination to stay in front and win the match."
Mowbray had praise for BBM's Bluebirds, too, describing Cardiff as a "very well-coached team" and warning they "will take points off teams this year".
Sun Oct 11, 2026 11:57 am
montyblue wrote:Forever Blue wrote:MOWBRAY: WE EXECUTED THE PERFECT CARDIFF GAME PLAN
Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray has revealed how his side planned to hurt Cardiff City after working on it extensively during the international break.
Despite the Bluebirds dominating possession, Rovers knew exactly what they wanted to do and punished Brian Barry-Murphy's men with two first-half goals.
"We knew we were playing a team with good possession stats.
“So we let them play their usual passing and we didn't touch it for the first five minutes; they had 50 passes before our first contact.
"We were expecting that and then we executed what we had been working on. Transitions, playing forward quickly, running past the ball and we did that."
"The second goal epitomised that with how we nicked it, put it forward, crossed it and scored."
The Blackburn boss admitted he wanted an even bigger win, but was delighted with how his side stood firm after Cardiff pulled a goal back.
“"I'd have been much happier if we'd scored more and won three or four nil but they got a goal.
"After that, we showed some grit and determination to stay in front and win the match."
Mowbray had praise for BBM's Bluebirds, too, describing Cardiff as a "very well-coached team" and warning they "will take points off teams this year".
Murphy will have to Master the art of changing tactics ,
warnock was a master at changing to counter the opposition ,not just bringing players on in the same position same style,
he would completely switch it up ,this i would say is the only thing bbm needs to adjust or add to his way of playing.
Its obvious mobray had changed his tactics to counter our style we need also to look how other teams play, if we do not adjust our style we will be sussed out every game.
Sun Oct 11, 2026 11:59 am
Forever Blue wrote:montyblue wrote:Forever Blue wrote:MOWBRAY: WE EXECUTED THE PERFECT CARDIFF GAME PLAN
Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray has revealed how his side planned to hurt Cardiff City after working on it extensively during the international break.
Despite the Bluebirds dominating possession, Rovers knew exactly what they wanted to do and punished Brian Barry-Murphy's men with two first-half goals.
"We knew we were playing a team with good possession stats.
“So we let them play their usual passing and we didn't touch it for the first five minutes; they had 50 passes before our first contact.
"We were expecting that and then we executed what we had been working on. Transitions, playing forward quickly, running past the ball and we did that."
"The second goal epitomised that with how we nicked it, put it forward, crossed it and scored."
The Blackburn boss admitted he wanted an even bigger win, but was delighted with how his side stood firm after Cardiff pulled a goal back.
“"I'd have been much happier if we'd scored more and won three or four nil but they got a goal.
"After that, we showed some grit and determination to stay in front and win the match."
Mowbray had praise for BBM's Bluebirds, too, describing Cardiff as a "very well-coached team" and warning they "will take points off teams this year".
Murphy will have to Master the art of changing tactics ,
warnock was a master at changing to counter the opposition ,not just bringing players on in the same position same style,
he would completely switch it up ,this i would say is the only thing bbm needs to adjust or add to his way of playing.
Its obvious mobray had changed his tactics to counter our style we need also to look how other teams play, if we do not adjust our style we will be sussed out every game.
Yes we need a plan B, I thought he changed it for a while and that’s how Robinson scored, maybe we should of continued like that for the rest of the game.
Sun Oct 11, 2026 12:00 pm
Sun Oct 11, 2026 12:04 pm
worcester_ccfc wrote:This is exactly what I said after the game. You have to give Blackburn credit. Yes we had an off day but some blame every aspect of defeats on ourselves, without giving the opposition credit.
Sun Oct 11, 2026 12:16 pm
Sun Oct 11, 2026 12:31 pm
Forever Blue wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:This is exactly what I said after the game. You have to give Blackburn credit. Yes we had an off day but some blame every aspect of defeats on ourselves, without giving the opposition credit.
Yes you did Ned and you right Mowbray did a good job on us and had studied everything about us.
Sun Oct 11, 2026 12:33 pm
pembroke allan wrote:Forever Blue wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:This is exactly what I said after the game. You have to give Blackburn credit. Yes we had an off day but some blame every aspect of defeats on ourselves, without giving the opposition credit.
Yes you did Ned and you right Mowbray did a good job on us and had studied everything about us.
But bbm did nothing at halftime to counteract it? He waited until 70mins (again) to bering on the players to change way we played and there lies problem not enough time to effect game! Not for 1st time this as happened.... bbm is not good at responding to other coaches tactician changes during games
Sun Oct 11, 2026 12:40 pm
pembroke allan wrote:Forever Blue wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:This is exactly what I said after the game. You have to give Blackburn credit. Yes we had an off day but some blame every aspect of defeats on ourselves, without giving the opposition credit.
Yes you did Ned and you right Mowbray did a good job on us and had studied everything about us.
But bbm did nothing at halftime to counteract it? He waited until 70mins (again) to bering on the players to change way we played and there lies problem not enough time to effect game! Not for 1st time this as happened.... bbm is not good at responding to other coaches tactician changes during games
Sun Oct 11, 2026 12:42 pm
worcester_ccfc wrote:pembroke allan wrote:Forever Blue wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:This is exactly what I said after the game. You have to give Blackburn credit. Yes we had an off day but some blame every aspect of defeats on ourselves, without giving the opposition credit.
Yes you did Ned and you right Mowbray did a good job on us and had studied everything about us.
But bbm did nothing at halftime to counteract it? He waited until 70mins (again) to bering on the players to change way we played and there lies problem not enough time to effect game! Not for 1st time this as happened.... bbm is not good at responding to other coaches tactician changes during games
True that he didn't change personnel but we went more direct after half time, not fair to say he didn't change things.