' Ole Gunner Solskjaer '

Ole Very positive
19th January 2014


' Ole Gunner Solskjaer backs Cardiff to stay in Premier League '

Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident Cardiff City will survive in the Premier League.
" We can stay up, there's no doubt about that," he said.

The Bluebirds are bottom of the table following their 4-2 defeat at Manchester City on Saturday.
But with only five points between them and 11th-placed Hull, Solskjaer remains confident of his team's ability to stay in the top flight.
"We've seen parts of all our performances have been very good," said the former Manchester United striker.
Cardiff made Manchester City battle for the points at the Etihad Stadium, holding them to 2-1 until the 76th minute when goals by Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero in the space of three minutes ended their challenge.


" We can stay up" - Solksjaer
Solskjaer, who took over as manager from Malky Mackay on 2 January, believes the display underlined Cardiff's credentials as Premier League survivors.
"We can stay up, there's no doubt about that," he said.
"It got even tighter today this league - from bottom to eleventh place is only five points.
"We'll look to improve. We've seen parts of all our performances have been very good and for half an hour we did really well."
Solskjaer was frustrated by his team's sluggish start against Manchester City.
"Our game plan was to start on the front foot, be active, be aggressive," he added.
"We never got into the game and there's a few reasons, but maybe the main reason was we played against a very good team.
"But in the second half we were terrific but then in three minutes they just blitzed us with a couple of goals.
"We did feel after about 60 minutes that we were in the game the crowd was maybe turning a little bit against them and I thought can we hang until the last ten minutes and get something out of the game."
"But then obviously they had quality players who scored the two goals - because when you go for it you open yourself up a little bit extra.
"It was hard, but then I was pleased with the response - we got another goal at the end."

Pettern emerging already - sluggish starts!!!

Not sure he knows who he wants in hsi side to be honest - Gunnarsson is way down my pecking order if he wants a quick tempo game plan!

It has been the same problem all season, we don't move the ball quickly enough when we win the ball in our own half. The transition from defence to attack must be quicker to allow players like Noone, Mutch and Kim to run at defenders rather than try to play through two banks of four.

It has been the same problem all season, we don't move the ball quickly enough when we win the ball in our own half. The transition from defence to attack must be quicker to allow players like Noone, Mutch and Kim to run at defenders rather than try to play through two banks of four.

Doesn't help that when Gary "Mr Sideways" is on the ball the first pass he makes is inevitably sideways or backwards, rarely forward.

Having Medel on the ball inevitably slows down any forward momentum we may have.

It's true that he very rarely loses the ball.

Unfortunately it's also true that he very rarely passes the ball in a forward direction.

Pettern emerging already - sluggish starts!!!

Not sure he knows who he wants in hsi side to be honest - Gunnarsson is way down my pecking order if he wants a quick tempo game plan!

I think that was an attempt of dealing with Toure

Pettern emerging already - sluggish starts!!!

Not sure he knows who he wants in hsi side to be honest - Gunnarsson is way down my pecking order if he wants a quick tempo game plan!

sluggish start?

he won his first game newcastle, west ham was a disappointment and yesterday we played Man City at their ground with one of our best performances ive seen this season, we didnt win but we werent expected to. We did however score 2 goals, the last away team to score at the Etihad was Liverpool they lost 2-1 and the last team to score more than 1 goal was Arsenal they lost 6-3 so all in all you could say Cardiff had a fantastic game

Pettern emerging already - sluggish starts!!!

Not sure he knows who he wants in hsi side to be honest - Gunnarsson is way down my pecking order if he wants a quick tempo game plan!

sluggish start?

he won his first game newcastle, west ham was a disappointment and yesterday we played Man City at their ground with one of our best performances ive seen this season, we didnt win but we werent expected to. We did however score 2 goals, the last away team to score at the Etihad was Liverpool they lost 2-1 and the last team to score more than 1 goal was Arsenal they lost 6-3 so all in all you could say Cardiff had a fantastic game

sluggish start as in the 1st few minutes of a game, not OGS start as manager

Pettern emerging already - sluggish starts!!!

Not sure he knows who he wants in hsi side to be honest - Gunnarsson is way down my pecking order if he wants a quick tempo game plan!

sluggish start?

he won his first game newcastle, west ham was a disappointment and yesterday we played Man City at their ground with one of our best performances ive seen this season, we didnt win but we werent expected to. We did however score 2 goals, the last away team to score at the Etihad was Liverpool they lost 2-1 and the last team to score more than 1 goal was Arsenal they lost 6-3 so all in all you could say Cardiff had a fantastic game

sluggish start as in the 1st few minutes of a game, not OGS start as manager

fair enough I still think I made a good argument though lol

Ok call me an old pessimist, but there is a list some place with a load of managers who has said exactly the same thing.
Ok of course Im praying he is right but, I will not get too excited until the final whistle blows at the end of the season and we are 4th from bottom . COME ON YOU BLUEBIRDS , WELSHMEN NEVER YIELD