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Sun May 04, 2014 11:54 pm
David Marshall urges Cardiff team-mates to 'get their heads right' to ensure immediate return to Premier League
By JOHN EDWARDS
Monday 4th May 2014
David Marshall has urged his team-mates to ‘get their heads right’ to ensure the anguish of relegation does not scupper Cardiff’s prospects of an immediate return to the Barclays Premier League next season.
The Scotland keeper has been the one source of Premier League quality in a below-par Cardiff team, but saving them from the drop proved beyond even him, as defeat at Newcastle finally sealed their fate.
While manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer bizarrely tried to talk up another sub-standard performance, Marshall made no attempt to hide from reality and bluntly admitted his side had not been good enough.
Rallying cry: Cardiff's David Marshall has urged his team-mates to 'get their heads right' following relegation
Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff: Bluebirds relegated after one season in Premier League as Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy and Steven Taylor end United's six-match losing run.
DURHAM DOSSIER: Cardiff's problems lie further than Vincent Tan... Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must be held accountable.
Steven Caulker admits Vincent Tan's involvement hasn't helped Cardiff but insists players are to blame for relegation
He insisted they could be next season, though, provided any lingering self-pity is banished from their systems by the time they report back for pre-season training.
‘We haven’t done enough to stay up and the boys are gutted,’ he said. ‘We expected a lot more (from ourselves) so you can imagine how disappointed we are. Everyone is devastated and it is going to be a hard couple of weeks getting our heads round it.
‘But the manager has asked us to do that and come back stronger and that is important. We’ve got a squad that won the Championship pretty comfortably so we need to get our heads right and make sure we start well next season.
‘We can come back, for sure. We have added players, better ones than we had last season, but our attitude needs to be right. It is disappointing now but we all need to go away in the summer and pick ourselves up when we get back.
‘I don’t think we have lacked fighting spirit but we have come up short and not been good enough in games, so there can be no complaints. We just have to stick together and be ready to go again.’
Solskjaer will face questions about his future, after admitting he failed to make the required impact after replacing Malky Mackay but owner Vincent Tan is expected to keep him on.
‘If it is up to me, yes, I will still be here at the start of next season,’ he said. ‘That is my contract. I have a job as manager of this club and have no reason to think I won’t still be manager in August. If I look emotional it is because it affects me every time we lose a game. This defeat has hit me harder than any other in my career.
‘There are decisions to be made and plans to be drawn up for getting back up straightaway. We need to be ready for when the season starts in August. We haven’t been good enough to stay up, but we hope to keep as many of the important players as possible. Have the players let me down? Did you see the effort and performance they gave? I was proud of them.’
Questions to answer: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted he had failed to make the required impact at Cardiff
Seldom can pride have been more misplaced after the way Cardiff abjectly failed to capitalise on an often poisonous atmosphere at St James’ Park that was tailor-made for an away win.
It eluded Cardiff, as Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy and Steven Taylor that made light of abusive chants aimed at Mike Ashley, banners calling for him and Alan Pardew to go and a 69th-minute walk-out by roughly 2,000 disillusioned fans. A supporters group had called for a mass exodus in protest at no trophies since 1969 and while the response may not quite have matched expectations it still reflected the mutinous mood on Tyneside.
Pardew also had to contend with rumours of a punch-up with Hatem Ben Arfa, following a tweet by broadcaster Richard Keys that said: ‘Heard Ben Arfa chinned Pardew. If that’s the case, one or the other will have to go.’
A perplexed Pardew hinted Newcastle may take the matter further, saying: ‘Where did that come from? It’s ridiculous, absolute nonsense. We’ll have to have a look at that, because it is very bizarre, and I am mystified by it.’
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By JOHN EDWARDS
Monday 4th May 2014
David Marshall has urged his team-mates to ‘get their heads right’ to ensure the anguish of relegation does not scupper Cardiff’s prospects of an immediate return to the Barclays Premier League next season.
The Scotland keeper has been the one source of Premier League quality in a below-par Cardiff team, but saving them from the drop proved beyond even him, as defeat at Newcastle finally sealed their fate.
While manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer bizarrely tried to talk up another sub-standard performance, Marshall made no attempt to hide from reality and bluntly admitted his side had not been good enough.
Rallying cry: Cardiff's David Marshall has urged his team-mates to 'get their heads right' following relegation
Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff: Bluebirds relegated after one season in Premier League as Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy and Steven Taylor end United's six-match losing run.
DURHAM DOSSIER: Cardiff's problems lie further than Vincent Tan... Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must be held accountable.
Steven Caulker admits Vincent Tan's involvement hasn't helped Cardiff but insists players are to blame for relegation
He insisted they could be next season, though, provided any lingering self-pity is banished from their systems by the time they report back for pre-season training.
‘We haven’t done enough to stay up and the boys are gutted,’ he said. ‘We expected a lot more (from ourselves) so you can imagine how disappointed we are. Everyone is devastated and it is going to be a hard couple of weeks getting our heads round it.
‘But the manager has asked us to do that and come back stronger and that is important. We’ve got a squad that won the Championship pretty comfortably so we need to get our heads right and make sure we start well next season.
‘We can come back, for sure. We have added players, better ones than we had last season, but our attitude needs to be right. It is disappointing now but we all need to go away in the summer and pick ourselves up when we get back.
‘I don’t think we have lacked fighting spirit but we have come up short and not been good enough in games, so there can be no complaints. We just have to stick together and be ready to go again.’
Solskjaer will face questions about his future, after admitting he failed to make the required impact after replacing Malky Mackay but owner Vincent Tan is expected to keep him on.
‘If it is up to me, yes, I will still be here at the start of next season,’ he said. ‘That is my contract. I have a job as manager of this club and have no reason to think I won’t still be manager in August. If I look emotional it is because it affects me every time we lose a game. This defeat has hit me harder than any other in my career.
‘There are decisions to be made and plans to be drawn up for getting back up straightaway. We need to be ready for when the season starts in August. We haven’t been good enough to stay up, but we hope to keep as many of the important players as possible. Have the players let me down? Did you see the effort and performance they gave? I was proud of them.’
Questions to answer: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted he had failed to make the required impact at Cardiff
Seldom can pride have been more misplaced after the way Cardiff abjectly failed to capitalise on an often poisonous atmosphere at St James’ Park that was tailor-made for an away win.
It eluded Cardiff, as Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy and Steven Taylor that made light of abusive chants aimed at Mike Ashley, banners calling for him and Alan Pardew to go and a 69th-minute walk-out by roughly 2,000 disillusioned fans. A supporters group had called for a mass exodus in protest at no trophies since 1969 and while the response may not quite have matched expectations it still reflected the mutinous mood on Tyneside.
Pardew also had to contend with rumours of a punch-up with Hatem Ben Arfa, following a tweet by broadcaster Richard Keys that said: ‘Heard Ben Arfa chinned Pardew. If that’s the case, one or the other will have to go.’
A perplexed Pardew hinted Newcastle may take the matter further, saying: ‘Where did that come from? It’s ridiculous, absolute nonsense. We’ll have to have a look at that, because it is very bizarre, and I am mystified by it.’
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Re: David Marshall Citys best player & Brutally Honest About
Mon May 05, 2014 12:08 am
My worry is ole will over think this now.
Re: David Marshall Citys best player & Brutally Honest About
Mon May 05, 2014 12:41 am
So so many time and from all different players we have heard the same cry. The fact is the players we got are just not good enough. The basics of football is passing, we cant even pass the ball and when we do we cant keep hold of it.
We have a lack of inspiration from our midfield and very little punch up front, campbell has run his Ass off all season with very little help. I guy i really thought would be an inspiration was Medel ,but all he has done is pass square balls and passed backwards. I think I could count his forward passes on one hand all season even when he has had space infront of him to take the ball forward.
We hear the players and Ole say all the time ,we must and will learn from our mistakes. I still waiting for that to happen.
I just hope we really do learn before the start of next season .
We have a lack of inspiration from our midfield and very little punch up front, campbell has run his Ass off all season with very little help. I guy i really thought would be an inspiration was Medel ,but all he has done is pass square balls and passed backwards. I think I could count his forward passes on one hand all season even when he has had space infront of him to take the ball forward.
We hear the players and Ole say all the time ,we must and will learn from our mistakes. I still waiting for that to happen.
I just hope we really do learn before the start of next season .
Re: David Marshall Citys best player & Brutally Honest About
Mon May 05, 2014 7:31 am
I guess confidence plays a massive part in our performances, we should never have gone into this league with the mindset that 17th was the position to aim for. That is all we heard from Malky at the start of the campaign and the way we set up that's what they were aiming for. When you then lose games and see the quality on show the players start doubting themselves and that confidence in each other erodes. I guess that a solid foundation with a manager in charge who is backed by the owner will make a huge difference. I would now really like to see us bring in some hungry players with a bit of steel to them, a ball winning midfielder is needed.
Re: David Marshall Citys best player & Brutally Honest About
Mon May 05, 2014 9:27 am
2blue2handle wrote:My worry is ole will over think this now.
Elaborate Luke?
Re: David Marshall Citys best player & Brutally Honest About
Mon May 05, 2014 10:55 am
So no direct Marshall quotes?
Re: David Marshall Citys best player & Brutally Honest About
Mon May 05, 2014 11:03 am
Bakedalasker wrote:2blue2handle wrote:My worry is ole will over think this now.
Elaborate Luke?
sorry for butting in, but the comentator on the stream i watched Saturday, said of Oles tactics, he changed the formation 4 times during the 1st half at Goodison park.......i was at the game and hadnt noticed if im honest........but that i think..is overthinking........sometimes things just need a little time to settle, the other side of that of course,is last Saturday.Zaha totally out of the game on the right,he swaps him and kim after 25 mins, suddenly Zaha is going past players.........its great that managers see things quickly..which he does.........but is there too much of it?