11 POINTS CLEAR - DANGEROUS POSITION

Yes if we draw a game lose two on the trot and one of the pack win three in a row then the alarm bells will sound and the pressure will become greater and we all know what funny results pressure will bring. If it was another team 11 points clear we would all be saying that everyone else would trying hard to be second or go up via the play offs, but its our team and we are in such a wonderful position (in fact too good to be true) that we must not blow it this time. In my opinion Malky should get a top quality target man in on loan immediately (Helguson very much out of form. Rudy not the answer, Mason still learning) also a quality full back, i get the impression Lappin will only be used as a stop gap in a real emergency situation. McNaughton however brave and courageous a player that he is was playing poorly and gave the ball away countless times yesterday before being injured sadly. I believe if we were to get these two additions then we would not be caught. Football's a funny old game, look at Leicester's result yesterday, luckily the pack are not taking advantage if we don't win, but that will all change eventually and i hope we don't end up biting our fingernails at Hull last game of the season. I want to be there seeing us lift the trophy and waving bye bye to the championship once and for all. This is just my opinion but i still think this is what should be done, a small outlay now (compared to what we've already spent) will bring massive rewards, lets make sure. :malky

Spot on .

I wanna go to Hull having won promotion one or two weeks prior to that game. If we can.

all what u say I agree with as some players aren't on top of their game that may give us that edge we need in games coming up

Spot on .

I wanna go to Hull having won promotion one or two weeks prior to that game. If we can.

all what u say I agree with as some players aren't on top of their game that may give us that edge we need in games coming up

It's just my feeling mate, it would be a shame to blow it and as we all know it's not over by a long chalk.

Much rather the dangerous position of 11 pts clear than 11 behind, we average over 2 pts a game and if we can get an average of 1.5 per game of our remainder we're up.

We're keeping clean sheets which will always get you points, especially if you can get one or two goals the other end. One or two players not playing at best but we're not losing, eg Whitts

A couple more games to get Fraizer up to speed and firing on all cylinders and it's all good, the crowds have reacted, home & away on the up, great time to be a Bluebird, gotta enjoy each and every one of these next 16 games

I agree we need a target man, but I can't see.malky making any new additions. He is going to play to his strengths and that is playing contained football with the game plan being to get ahead and hold on.it won't be pretty but it willin the end be job accomplished

How can 11pts be dangerous, only we can worry about 11 points.

If its blown from here well we don't deserve premiership. But this season shows we are by far the best team in the league.

LEAGUE POSITION AND POINTS DIFFERENCE DON'T LIE

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

Hi mate, i'm just trying to say not to be too over confident, a lot of fans think it's already a foregone conclusion, i don't, and even the best teams can improve. I still think that we're two players light but that's my opinion, i hope i'm wrong.

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

Hi mate, i'm just trying to say not to be too over confident, a lot of fans think it's already a foregone conclusion, i don't, and even the best teams can improve. I still think that we're two players light but that's my opinion, i hope i'm wrong.

we might be two players light, i probably agree with you on that,

but id rather get promoted and spend on a better quality of player for positions, rather than had bought or waste money on a loan now. even if we go up by a point with the squad we have now, we could save min of say about 500k on loan cost and wage which could go on the transfers in the prem.

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

Hi mate, i'm just trying to say not to be too over confident, a lot of fans think it's already a foregone conclusion, i don't, and even the best teams can improve. I still think that we're two players light but that's my opinion, i hope i'm wrong.

we might be two players light, i probably agree with you on that,

but id rather get promoted and spend on a better quality of player for positions, rather than had bought or waste money on a loan now. even if we go up by a point with the squad we have now, we could save min of say about 500k on loan cost and wage which could go on the transfers in the prem.

I know what you're saying mate, but for 500k do you want to take a huge risk and and perhaps go up by one point, The rewards are massive if we go up and i still think i'd rather make sure it does happen this time.

Its really not a risk though. we are 11 clear with this squad. in the grand scheme of things, the points difference is huge, and before the season started we would have biten the hand off anyone who offered us this and would have all known that history states that nobody blows it from here with this difference as you have played 2/3 of a season and earnt your stripes.

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

Hi mate, i'm just trying to say not to be too over confident, a lot of fans think it's already a foregone conclusion, i don't, and even the best teams can improve. I still think that we're two players light but that's my opinion, i hope i'm wrong.

This weekend we saw the teams chasing us drop points. It just seems to me that if they are going to catch us they can't afford to do that. They, the chasing teams, are in a situation now where they need to put their foot down on the gas. Now we know what can happen there and that is the gas just might blow a piston. A season is a marathon but we are now at the stage of entering the stadium with having to start sprinting well before they needed to.

Of course we could suddenly be hit by cramp and fail to cross the line but it is seemingly highly unlikely.

unfortunately 'top quality target men' do not grow on trees, particularly those that are sitting on a bench in the PL and would be happy to drop down a division to sit on the bench for us.

unfortunately 'top quality target men' do not grow on trees, particularly those that are sitting on a bench in the PL and would be happy to drop down a division to sit on the bench for us.

Exactly! We wont get one until we are in the next league. Sit tight with the players we have until we can attract the next class of players that we will actually need next year

I would be worrying more if we was 11 points clear of getting out of the bottom four

Still plenty of point to play for I won't believe it unless it happens

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

Last season you were worried we would be dragged into a relegation battle when we were 2 points off the play/offs with a game in hand

Still plenty of point to play for I won't believe it unless it happens

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

Last season you were worried we would be dragged into a relegation battle when we were 2 points off the play/offs with a game in hand

Full story Luke.

What was our run like then? Cant be arsed to look it up but we dropped from 2nd to out of the play offs with something like 1 win in ten.

Still plenty of point to play for I won't believe it unless it happens

A bit paranoid if you ask me.

Still early to start celebrating but I can't see 2 teams over taking us and I'm mean't to be the half glass full person on here.

Last season you were worried we would be dragged into a relegation battle when we were 2 points off the play/offs with a game in hand

Full story Luke.

What was our run like then? Cant be arsed to look it up but we dropped from 2nd to out of the play offs with something like 1 win in ten.

Oh I don't remember but I knew it was a pretty unbelievable at the time

Add a point to that and that is 4 games worth of points we have to lose for them to even go level. Then it will come down to goal difference.

We need a major disaster from here on in to mess this up.

This is not a dangerous position for Cardiff City at all. I would have settled for a point
yesterday even if Leicester and Hull had both won. Because we would STILL have been
eight points clear after a run of four away games and only one home game. If we were
going to slip up, between New Years Day and Saturday was always going to be our rivals
best chance on paper of closing the gap. We still have tough games, we still have a lot
of work to do BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS MUCH AS THE OPPOSITION!!!

There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that this group of players, with this manager are
going to suffer some kind of collapse.

Bringing someone in on loan would be a kick in the teeth right now for the lads who got
us where we are. His whole ethos is based on togetherness, team, group. Why on earth
would he risk upsetting the balance when he does not need to???

Stop worrying. We are allowed to enjoy this without being cocky!!!

Yes if we draw a game lose two on the trot and one of the pack win three in a row then the alarm bells will sound and the pressure will become greater and we all know what funny results pressure will bring. If it was another team 11 points clear we would all be saying that everyone else would trying hard to be second or go up via the play offs, but its our team and we are in such a wonderful position (in fact too good to be true) that we must not blow it this time. In my opinion Malky should get a top quality target man in on loan immediately (Helguson very much out of form. Rudy not the answer, Mason still learning) also a quality full back, i get the impression Lappin will only be used as a stop gap in a real emergency situation. McNaughton however brave and courageous a player that he is was playing poorly and gave the ball away countless times yesterday before being injured sadly. I believe if we were to get these two additions then we would not be caught. Football's a funny old game, look at Leicester's result yesterday, luckily the pack are not taking advantage if we don't win, but that will all change eventually and i hope we don't end up biting our fingernails at Hull last game of the season. I want to be there seeing us lift the trophy and waving bye bye to the championship once and for all. This is just my opinion but i still think this is what should be done, a small outlay now (compared to what we've already spent) will bring massive rewards, lets make sure. :malky

I remembered this post as I completely agreed with you at the time. We are now only 4 points clear and the psychological impact on our team throwing away an 11 point cushion could cost us. If only we pushed the boat out to sign another quality right back. McNaughton cost us at Middlesbrough and I don't think he can be relied upon to consistantly perform. Connolly does a job at right back, but with our current defensive injuries, Connolly will obviously move back to his best position into the centre. So how costly might it be not bringing in another quality right back? Costly enough to cost us promotion? Malky needs to bring in some defensive cover on loan now before Saturday, otherwise our 4 point lead might decrease further to just 1 point!