' Ole Gunnar Solskjær how he feels '
Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:23 pm
Monday 4th August 2914
Ole Gunnar Solskjær is looking forward to the season’s opening Sky Bet Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers on Friday, having seen his squad take plenty of positives from a gritty Cardiff City Stadium performance against high quality Bundesliga outfit VfL Wolfsburg.
“It was a good game of football,” he said. “I think the crowd enjoyed it, there were chances at both ends, some quality players on show, with some cracking goals. It was a good workout.
“Obviously we don’t want to concede three goals. The first goal Matt (Connolly) slices a clearance, which is just an individual error. The second is a fantastic strike from a great player who has a great career ahead of him. The third came from a cross, which we either should stop at the source or block the man finishing. They are margins and details that we will improve on, and they didn’t create too many other chances.”
The Cardiff City manager, however was happy with the spirit shown by his team to come back from two goals down against the top-flight German visitors, saying, “I was pleased with the way we defended as a team and the way we sorted ourselves out after the first fifteen to twenty minutes. We didn’t get out of the blocks quick enough and they pegged us back and it could have been a different scoreline if the players hadn’t shown the character that they did.”
Having given pitch time to five of his front line options against Wolfsburg, Ole will no doubt have a selection headache ahead of him when City travel to Ewood Park on Friday night.
“It's a great problem to have,” he said. “I believe all our strikers compliment each other in different ways. Kenwyne is a different type, even the two little ones Javi and Alfie have played together. Nicky Maynard and Alfie have played together, Macheda and Javi have played together and I have some great options from the start and to come on off the bench.”
Ahead of what’s bound to be a long and gruelling season in the Championship, Ole then gave his views on the need to adapt to each game as it comes, while stating his desire to see the Bluebirds play the right brand of attacking football.
“The tactics will depend on the opposition and the conditions,” he explained. “We have our style of play and we want the style to come through and shine, but we also have to defend as well.
“We want to create a problem for the opposition by the way that we play; it might be new to some of the Championship teams and hopefully we can give them problems. We will also have to deal with what they give us. We played against a good three at the back today, with rotation in midfield and wing backs flying forward and we coped well after the first twenty minutes and played really well.”
After his first pre-season in charge Ole is happy with the way his new squad is shaping up, saying,“That’s my team out there, I can see a team there. I can see a team that enjoy playing that way, enjoying getting the ball, moving the ball and creating chances. I’m excited about the league starting now.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjær is looking forward to the season’s opening Sky Bet Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers on Friday, having seen his squad take plenty of positives from a gritty Cardiff City Stadium performance against high quality Bundesliga outfit VfL Wolfsburg.
“It was a good game of football,” he said. “I think the crowd enjoyed it, there were chances at both ends, some quality players on show, with some cracking goals. It was a good workout.
“Obviously we don’t want to concede three goals. The first goal Matt (Connolly) slices a clearance, which is just an individual error. The second is a fantastic strike from a great player who has a great career ahead of him. The third came from a cross, which we either should stop at the source or block the man finishing. They are margins and details that we will improve on, and they didn’t create too many other chances.”
The Cardiff City manager, however was happy with the spirit shown by his team to come back from two goals down against the top-flight German visitors, saying, “I was pleased with the way we defended as a team and the way we sorted ourselves out after the first fifteen to twenty minutes. We didn’t get out of the blocks quick enough and they pegged us back and it could have been a different scoreline if the players hadn’t shown the character that they did.”
Having given pitch time to five of his front line options against Wolfsburg, Ole will no doubt have a selection headache ahead of him when City travel to Ewood Park on Friday night.
“It's a great problem to have,” he said. “I believe all our strikers compliment each other in different ways. Kenwyne is a different type, even the two little ones Javi and Alfie have played together. Nicky Maynard and Alfie have played together, Macheda and Javi have played together and I have some great options from the start and to come on off the bench.”
Ahead of what’s bound to be a long and gruelling season in the Championship, Ole then gave his views on the need to adapt to each game as it comes, while stating his desire to see the Bluebirds play the right brand of attacking football.
“The tactics will depend on the opposition and the conditions,” he explained. “We have our style of play and we want the style to come through and shine, but we also have to defend as well.
“We want to create a problem for the opposition by the way that we play; it might be new to some of the Championship teams and hopefully we can give them problems. We will also have to deal with what they give us. We played against a good three at the back today, with rotation in midfield and wing backs flying forward and we coped well after the first twenty minutes and played really well.”
After his first pre-season in charge Ole is happy with the way his new squad is shaping up, saying,“That’s my team out there, I can see a team there. I can see a team that enjoy playing that way, enjoying getting the ball, moving the ball and creating chances. I’m excited about the league starting now.”
Re: ' Ole Gunnar Solskjær how he feels '
Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:41 am
No doubt about it that was a good test for the team, we will not come up against any team from the Championship that had the movement of Wolsfburg, which the team eventually got to grips with 
Re: ' Ole Gunnar Solskjær how he feels '
Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:33 am
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer prepares for playing in the championship series. The Norwegian hope Cardiff will be promoted straight back up.
Solskjaer was brought in as the new Cardiff manager in January, but failed to save from relegation from the Premier League.
This weekend the team played its last friendly match in pre-season (3-3 against German Wolfsburg). Solskjaer believes the players are ready for Fridays opening match against Blackburn at Ewood Park.
- That's my team out there. I can see a team who like to play this way. Like to get the ball, move the ball and create chances. I'm looking forward to the season start, says Solskjaer to Cardiff's website.
He wants to play attractive football when the team will be hunting promotion this season.
- Tactics will depend on the opponent and conditions. We have our style of play, and we want it to be clear, but we must also defend well.
- We want to create problems for opponents with the way we play. This may be new to some of the clubs in the championship series, and hopefully we can make some trouble for them. We also have to deal with what the opposition comes up with, says Solskjaer.
Solskjaer was brought in as the new Cardiff manager in January, but failed to save from relegation from the Premier League.
This weekend the team played its last friendly match in pre-season (3-3 against German Wolfsburg). Solskjaer believes the players are ready for Fridays opening match against Blackburn at Ewood Park.
- That's my team out there. I can see a team who like to play this way. Like to get the ball, move the ball and create chances. I'm looking forward to the season start, says Solskjaer to Cardiff's website.
He wants to play attractive football when the team will be hunting promotion this season.
- Tactics will depend on the opponent and conditions. We have our style of play, and we want it to be clear, but we must also defend well.
- We want to create problems for opponents with the way we play. This may be new to some of the clubs in the championship series, and hopefully we can make some trouble for them. We also have to deal with what the opposition comes up with, says Solskjaer.
Re: ' Ole Gunnar Solskjær how he feels '
Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:46 am
Its nice to be in a position where only a bit of tinkering is needed rather than major surgery.