" So whats Russell Slades problem with? "

Declan John? ? ?

Declan played in about 20 Premier League games for us, might not be everyones cup of tea, but he is a talented kid,well up for it and gives his all, City are struggling big time, yet Declan has not only been dropped from the starting line up,but even the subs bench and was told to train with the kids for a while.

Declan is a home grown player which means he is going to give his all.

Whats Slades problem with all our quality players?

Declan John should be used as a wing back with Fabio on the right in a 3-5-2 or at least be sub with Fabio starting.

These 2 should be ahead of Malone who's positioning is worse than both Fabio and John in my opinion and also doesn't have the ability to get forward as well as these 2.

Declan John? ? ?

Declan played in about 20 Premier League games for us, might not be everyones cup of tea, but he is a talented kid,well up for it and gives his all, City are struggling big time, yet Declan has not only been dropped from the starting line up,but even the subs bench and was told to train with the kids for a while.

Declan is a home grown player which means he is going to give his all.

Whats Slades problem with all our quality players?

Really isn't fair on such a talented, young footballer.

Declan John should be used as a wing back with Fabio on the right in a 3-5-2 or at least be sub with Fabio starting.

These 2 should be ahead of Malone who's positioning is worse than both Fabio and John in my opinion and also doesn't have the ability to get forward as well as these 2.

We should be an exciting team with the players we still have

Declan John? ? ?

Declan played in about 20 Premier League games for us, might not be everyones cup of tea, but he is a talented kid,well up for it and gives his all, City are struggling big time, yet Declan has not only been dropped from the starting line up,but even the subs bench and was told to train with the kids for a while.

Declan is a home grown player which means he is going to give his all.

Whats Slades problem with all our quality players?

Really isn't fair on such a talented, young footballer.

100% agree with you

I don't get Slade he doesn't play players with quality , I don't understand how he can pick Malone over Fabio who has a champions league medal and Declan who I I think is a better player than Malone, Malone offers next to nothing going forward while the other 2 are good attacking Full backs . I know some people will say that Fabio isn't the best defender but lets remember when he was dropped he was our player of the season up to then, he had a bad game at Bolton and his been out in the cold ever since. Slade says we have "to much quality to go down " well f*cking use it

to say hes talented is fine, but to say he's better than what we have ? its kind of like saying it isnt fair that simon moore is now our back up goalie....we should send john out on loan, get fabio at left back and mcnaugton back at right back

Declan John should be used as a wing back with Fabio on the right in a 3-5-2 or at least be sub with Fabio starting.

These 2 should be ahead of Malone who's positioning is worse than both Fabio and John in my opinion and also doesn't have the ability to get forward as well as these 2.

I would be playing fabio every week at left back. He started the season really well and seems more comfortable at left than right.

Cannot understand how after one iffy performance at Bolton fabio carries the can and there is no way back while others have underperformed on a weekly basis and are not dropped. Fabio and Brayford looked really good the first couple of months until the Bolton game and then Slade panics and messed the whole back 4 upbplaying connolly right back and brayford left back! He really had demolished this season on a massive scale and even though I was dying for him to do well like I do every manager he really hasn't helped himself by some crazy decisions.

i said the 1st time i saw him i said i feel he could be useful on the wing... i like him a lot not afraid to get forward, which as his position is his downfall, and critics are quick to pile on because of that

Slade is a useless twit end of.
The sooner he walks the better.

I think Slades opinion that Malone is first choice LB ahead of both Fabio and Declan, sums up Slade as a manager. Useless!

Im all for giving managers a chance but hes really getting to me now I gave him 3 games from transfers over and he has 1 game left got a feeling hes gonna have to go quickly if we lose next game .. if he doesn't then we know tan is up for relegation

Im all for giving managers a chance but hes really getting to me now I gave him 3 games from transfers over and he has 1 game left got a feeling hes gonna have to go quickly if we lose next game .. if he doesn't then we know tan is up for relegation

This kid has been treated badly by Cardiff \city, forget all the crap about changing him in to a left winger as he is already a left winger, what annoys me is all this talk from supporters about the poor kid., please give the kid a chance he gets slagged off from supporters who seems to think he is going to be the next gareth bale.

He is not going to be that but he is as good as Slade got so give the boy a fair chance please

back to the 80's...

Slade believes defenders defend......pure simple to me

1 sitting midfielder

1 creative

2 wingers

2 forwards (a pair)


Fabs - who is a different league to both and Dec don't fit that model.

Not good enough otherwise he would be playing.

Malone cant defend either,his performance against brighton made lee Naylor look like Roberto Carlos

As for John surely he needs to go out on loan,could walk into a league one side and get regular football

Declan John? ? ?

Declan played in about 20 Premier League games for us, might not be everyones cup of tea, but he is a talented kid,well up for it and gives his all, City are struggling big time, yet Declan has not only been dropped from the starting line up,but even the subs bench and was told to train with the kids for a while.

Declan is a home grown player which means he is going to give his all.

Whats Slades problem with all our quality players?

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Not good enough otherwise he would be playing.

Are you having a laugh Ian?

Slade will be gone on Wednesday.

Blank slate

Up to the players then to show Trollope.

New momentum (like when slade came in) may help us get some points over next few weeks.

If we do make summer in this division we need a massive change of fortune in next few games.
Just can't see it happening with slade here

Not good enough otherwise he would be playing.

Are you having a laugh Ian?

Certainly he is no worse than Malone, who Slade has gone out and spent money on, Fabio is far better than both, so how come he doesn't get a game?

Maybe he sees what most do, Declan John is no defender !

Maybe he sees what most do, Declan John is no defender !

Neither is Malone

Annis my opinion he's just not good enough

Declan John? ? ?

Declan played in about 20 Premier League games for us, might not be everyones cup of tea, but he is a talented kid,well up for it and gives his all, City are struggling big time, yet Declan has not only been dropped from the starting line up,but even the subs bench and was told to train with the kids for a while.

Declan is a home grown player which means he is going to give his all.

Whats Slades problem with all our quality players?

I don't think Slade's "problem" is with Declan John, so much as his "problem" is simply being "out of his depth" and unable to utilise a squad which has (may be more "had" now) several members that can think for themselves on a football pitch!

It hasn't gone unnoticed that the players he has excluded in recent times have been the more 'individual' talents that may not have 'fitted in' to his negative, Ray Wilkins-style sideways pass mentality!

Sadly, Slade doesn't appear to want players who can think for themselves or might openly disagree with his (or maybe Scott Young's) one-dimensional approach, so they will languish in the background with little (or in some cases no) opportunity

Declan is not the answer to our problems at full back IMHO, but that's not to say he isn't any better than anyone else who are currently in Slade's 'gang'

Poor manager, poor management style, poor tactical ability and even poorer decision to employ him (with or without the faded 'hero' Scott Young or latterly the introduction of the highly-rated Paul Trollope) in the first place!

Raises the question to me: "Do Cardiff City FC (or Tan himself) have any ambition to return to the top now that the rebrand has been reversed?"

I have to say that (despite being the eternal optimist) currently all I see is asset stripping, mis-management and simple mis-judgement of what is required get this club moving forward again (with or without major capital investment)

All I know is, he's one of those players who will blossom and develop into a star if he ends up leaving us - a missed opportunity for City if they keep ignoring him.

I think he's more than good enough. If Slade thinks he isn't good enough,then that's typical of his logic - we have to remember that this is the manager who kept our top scorer on the bench in favour of Le Fondre and Macheda for weeks on end...

Declan John? ? ?

Declan played in about 20 Premier League games for us, might not be everyones cup of tea, but he is a talented kid,well up for it and gives his all, City are struggling big time, yet Declan has not only been dropped from the starting line up,but even the subs bench and was told to train with the kids for a while.

Declan is a home grown player which means he is going to give his all.

Whats Slades problem with all our quality players?

I don't think Slade's "problem" is with Declan John, so much as his "problem" is simply being "out of his depth" and unable to utilise a squad which has (may be more "had" now) several members that can think for themselves on a football pitch!

It hasn't gone unnoticed that the players he has excluded in recent times have been the more 'individual' talents that may not have 'fitted in' to his negative, Ray Wilkins-style sideways pass mentality!

Sadly, Slade doesn't appear to want players who can think for themselves or might openly disagree with his (or maybe Scott Young's) one-dimensional approach, so they will languish in the background with little (or in some cases no) opportunity

Declan is not the answer to our problems at full back IMHO, but that's not to say he isn't any better than anyone else who are currently in Slade's 'gang'

Poor manager, poor management style, poor tactical ability and even poorer decision to employ him (with or without the faded 'hero' Scott Young or latterly the introduction of the highly-rated Paul Trollope) in the first place!

Raises the question to me: "Do Cardiff City FC (or Tan himself) have any ambition to return to the top now that the rebrand has been reversed?"

I have to say that (despite being the eternal optimist) currently all I see is asset stripping, mis-management and simple mis-judgement of what is required get this club moving forward again (with or without major capital investment)

I agree with this, when you consider some of the players who have left us recently...

Interesting all these comments slagging Slade for not picking him, yet when we have threads where we pick our own sides probably less than 20% have him in their starting 11.

Also he's had 5 league appearances under Slade v 1 under Solskjaer.

He's done ok when I've seen him, but not really done enough to convince me and it seems the vast majority of City fans he should start regularly.

He's only 19 and if he keeps improving could be a long term fixture either at left back or left midfield, but to throw him in to a struggling team playing in front of a critical set of fans could set him back for years.

Malone cant defend either,his performance against brighton made lee Naylor look like Roberto Carlos

As for John surely he needs to go out on loan,could walk into a league one side and get regular football

I think he would be out on loan if it wasn't for the fact he's been a part of the match day squad recently.

Playing a level down with less pressure regularly would help us see if he has it or not.

Unfortunately he's versatile and as such handy to have around and on the bench.

Interesting all these comments slagging Slade for not picking him, yet when we have threads where we pick our own sides probably less than 20% have him in their starting 11.

Also he's had 5 league appearances under Slade v 1 under Solskjaer.

He's done ok when I've seen him, but not really done enough to convince me and it seems the vast majority of City fans he should start regularly.

He's only 19 and if he keeps improving could be a long term fixture either at left back or left midfield, but to throw him in to a struggling team playing in front of a critical set of fans could set him back for years.

I tend to agree. Declan needs to do a lot of improving yet. Malky was reckless playing him in the Premiership. However, we got rid of our best fullback (possibly the best in the League), put another out on loan in France and Slade wont play a former Premier fullback. At the same time we bring in a journeyman! Cloud cuckoo land!