Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:36 pm
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a season to return Cardiff to the top flight
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blo ... CMP=twt_gu
Thursday 7 August 2014 22.00 BST
At the end of last season, Vincent Tan sat down with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Cardiff City manager, for a 3½-hour meeting. Cardiff had been relegated from the Premier League and Solskjaer was not sure what to expect. Tan, the owner, offered his backing, but he also laid it on the line. “I told Ole: ‘I want you to continue, but you have to bring us back to the Premier League next season. I will help you. I will support you.’”
Tan has been true to his word in terms of the help and support – Tom Adeyemi, a promising midfielder signed from Birmingham City for a fee in excess of £1m, became Solskjaer’s sixth signing of the summer on the eve of Friday’s opening Championship game of the season at Blackburn Rovers – but the implication is clear when it comes to what the Malaysian is demanding in return: promotion to the top flight at the first time of asking and nothing less.
Solskjaer smiled when reminded of Tan’s comments. “The aim and the goal obviously is promotion, I can’t do anything but manage the football club and do my best,” he said. “Vincent owns it, but I’ll make sure that he hasn’t got that question to ask at the end: ‘What do I do?’”
Cardiff start the season as favourites to reach the Premier League and Solskjaer with his reputation on the line. Appointed as Malky Mackay’s successor in January, the former Manchester United striker spoke about how much he was “looking forward to convincing the Cardiff fans that I am the right man to take them forward” on the day that he was unveiled. Seven months later and the Norwegian openly acknowledged that he still has much to prove to the club’s supporters.
While Tan has insisted that “the main person responsible [for relegation] is Malky Mackay, the hero of the fans”, there is no escaping the fact that Solskjaer was a big disappointment. His Premier League record reads: played 18, won three, drawn three, lost 12, scored 17, conceded 42. It does not make for good reading.
Yet it was not just the results. Solskjaer’s team selection and tactics also came under the microscope. He was constantly chopping and changing the starting XI, to the point that some players never knew whether they were playing one week or sat in the stand the next, and while the desire to introduce more attacking football was laudable following the overly cautious approach favoured by Mackay, Cardiff looked terribly naive at times and paid a high price at the back.
Bottom of the pile, Cardiff went down with a whimper, leaving Solskjaer with a first relegation on his CV. “I spent a long time to get over it,” he said. “But then you’ve just got to get on with it. I’ve thought long and hard about what happened, what should have happened and what could have happened, and it’s very hard when you get disappointments because I’m ambitious. You want to reach your targets and when you don’t, you dwell on it longer. When I used to win the league, or whatever we did at Man United or in Molde, you just have a party, wake up the next day and move on. This wasn’t easy. It was hard.”
Solskjaer always anticipated he would have a rebuilding job on his hands this summer. Although he has held on to David Marshall, who was outstanding in goal last season, Steven Caulker, the captain, and Jordon Mutch, their leading scorer in the Premier League, have both joined Queens Park Rangers. Fraizer Campbell has also moved on, signing for Crystal Palace, and Gary Medel, who starred for Chile at the World Cup, is on the verge of completing an £11m transfer to Internazionale.
“They had clauses, all of them,” said Solskjaer, who has also lost the services of the retired Craig Bellamy. “There was nothing I could do when they don’t want to sign a new contract; don’t really want them here, anyway. So we did our business early on, because you think these players are going to leave.”
That “business” has seen Cardiff sign three forwards – Adam le Fondre from Reading, Federico Macheda on a free from Manchester United and the Spaniard Javi Guerra – as well as three midfielders, the Austrian Guido Burgstaller, Kagisho Dikgacoi, who started 25 Premier League games for Crystal Palace last season, and Adeyemi.
With Nicky Maynard back from a loan spell at Wigan and Kenwyne Jones also in the mix, Cardiff should not be short of firepower, which has been a problem in the past two seasons, even when they won promotion under Mackay. “We’ll score goals, we’ll create chances,” Solskjaer said. “But of course this year you don’t play against [Nemanja] Vidic and [Rio] Ferdinand and that kind, so of course we’re going to score more goals than last year... and concede less becauseas [Luis] Suárez is not there as well.”
The last comment was made with a wry smile – Suárez scored a hat-trick in Liverpool’s 6-3 victory over Cardiff in March. Yet even allowing for the fact that Cardiff will not face strikers anywhere near the Uruguayan’s class this time, their defence remainsis still a cause for concern, especially as Ben Turner is out until mid-September with an ankle injury and Juan Cala is suspended for the trip to Ewood Park. Solskjaer promised that “there will be at least one centre-back coming in to boost the squad”.
As for Tan, Cardiff’s owner sounded fed-up at the end of last season, when he said that he was “not really enjoying it now” and admitted “family members think I should sell up and get out”. Solskjaer insisted, however, that Tan’s determination to turn things around is still there. “Definitely [it is], because disappointments are hard to take. He’s another used to success, so let’s just start at Blackburn with a good performance and a result.”
Favourites
As ever the clubs that have most recently benefited from Premier League experience and its extravagant largesse are strongly favoured for an immediate return. Many consider Cardiff City, for all last season’s tragicomic travails, the most likely to go up – although several big names have departed, the Bluebirds squad still seems bloated with performers proven at this level, with the likes of Kenwyne Jones, Nicky Maynard and Adam le Fondre all capable of having a considerable impact in attack, and a place in the top six seems the very minimum of their ambitions.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blo ... CMP=twt_gu
Thursday 7 August 2014 22.00 BST
At the end of last season, Vincent Tan sat down with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Cardiff City manager, for a 3½-hour meeting. Cardiff had been relegated from the Premier League and Solskjaer was not sure what to expect. Tan, the owner, offered his backing, but he also laid it on the line. “I told Ole: ‘I want you to continue, but you have to bring us back to the Premier League next season. I will help you. I will support you.’”
Tan has been true to his word in terms of the help and support – Tom Adeyemi, a promising midfielder signed from Birmingham City for a fee in excess of £1m, became Solskjaer’s sixth signing of the summer on the eve of Friday’s opening Championship game of the season at Blackburn Rovers – but the implication is clear when it comes to what the Malaysian is demanding in return: promotion to the top flight at the first time of asking and nothing less.
Solskjaer smiled when reminded of Tan’s comments. “The aim and the goal obviously is promotion, I can’t do anything but manage the football club and do my best,” he said. “Vincent owns it, but I’ll make sure that he hasn’t got that question to ask at the end: ‘What do I do?’”
Cardiff start the season as favourites to reach the Premier League and Solskjaer with his reputation on the line. Appointed as Malky Mackay’s successor in January, the former Manchester United striker spoke about how much he was “looking forward to convincing the Cardiff fans that I am the right man to take them forward” on the day that he was unveiled. Seven months later and the Norwegian openly acknowledged that he still has much to prove to the club’s supporters.
While Tan has insisted that “the main person responsible [for relegation] is Malky Mackay, the hero of the fans”, there is no escaping the fact that Solskjaer was a big disappointment. His Premier League record reads: played 18, won three, drawn three, lost 12, scored 17, conceded 42. It does not make for good reading.
Yet it was not just the results. Solskjaer’s team selection and tactics also came under the microscope. He was constantly chopping and changing the starting XI, to the point that some players never knew whether they were playing one week or sat in the stand the next, and while the desire to introduce more attacking football was laudable following the overly cautious approach favoured by Mackay, Cardiff looked terribly naive at times and paid a high price at the back.
Bottom of the pile, Cardiff went down with a whimper, leaving Solskjaer with a first relegation on his CV. “I spent a long time to get over it,” he said. “But then you’ve just got to get on with it. I’ve thought long and hard about what happened, what should have happened and what could have happened, and it’s very hard when you get disappointments because I’m ambitious. You want to reach your targets and when you don’t, you dwell on it longer. When I used to win the league, or whatever we did at Man United or in Molde, you just have a party, wake up the next day and move on. This wasn’t easy. It was hard.”
Solskjaer always anticipated he would have a rebuilding job on his hands this summer. Although he has held on to David Marshall, who was outstanding in goal last season, Steven Caulker, the captain, and Jordon Mutch, their leading scorer in the Premier League, have both joined Queens Park Rangers. Fraizer Campbell has also moved on, signing for Crystal Palace, and Gary Medel, who starred for Chile at the World Cup, is on the verge of completing an £11m transfer to Internazionale.
“They had clauses, all of them,” said Solskjaer, who has also lost the services of the retired Craig Bellamy. “There was nothing I could do when they don’t want to sign a new contract; don’t really want them here, anyway. So we did our business early on, because you think these players are going to leave.”
That “business” has seen Cardiff sign three forwards – Adam le Fondre from Reading, Federico Macheda on a free from Manchester United and the Spaniard Javi Guerra – as well as three midfielders, the Austrian Guido Burgstaller, Kagisho Dikgacoi, who started 25 Premier League games for Crystal Palace last season, and Adeyemi.
With Nicky Maynard back from a loan spell at Wigan and Kenwyne Jones also in the mix, Cardiff should not be short of firepower, which has been a problem in the past two seasons, even when they won promotion under Mackay. “We’ll score goals, we’ll create chances,” Solskjaer said. “But of course this year you don’t play against [Nemanja] Vidic and [Rio] Ferdinand and that kind, so of course we’re going to score more goals than last year... and concede less becauseas [Luis] Suárez is not there as well.”
The last comment was made with a wry smile – Suárez scored a hat-trick in Liverpool’s 6-3 victory over Cardiff in March. Yet even allowing for the fact that Cardiff will not face strikers anywhere near the Uruguayan’s class this time, their defence remainsis still a cause for concern, especially as Ben Turner is out until mid-September with an ankle injury and Juan Cala is suspended for the trip to Ewood Park. Solskjaer promised that “there will be at least one centre-back coming in to boost the squad”.
As for Tan, Cardiff’s owner sounded fed-up at the end of last season, when he said that he was “not really enjoying it now” and admitted “family members think I should sell up and get out”. Solskjaer insisted, however, that Tan’s determination to turn things around is still there. “Definitely [it is], because disappointments are hard to take. He’s another used to success, so let’s just start at Blackburn with a good performance and a result.”
Favourites
As ever the clubs that have most recently benefited from Premier League experience and its extravagant largesse are strongly favoured for an immediate return. Many consider Cardiff City, for all last season’s tragicomic travails, the most likely to go up – although several big names have departed, the Bluebirds squad still seems bloated with performers proven at this level, with the likes of Kenwyne Jones, Nicky Maynard and Adam le Fondre all capable of having a considerable impact in attack, and a place in the top six seems the very minimum of their ambitions.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:44 pm
Carl I was only joking Mun 
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:45 pm
AJ1927 wrote:Carl I was only joking Mun
First come, first served
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:46 pm
Right attitude by Ole, sums up how I felt about relegation.
Poor attitude by Tan, although I agree with him that we have to go up this season.
Poor attitude by Tan, although I agree with him that we have to go up this season.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:07 pm
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes the pain of relegation can help Cardiff City to bounce back to the Premier League
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... eague.html
For the first time in his career, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had failed. It was a new feeling, and he hated it.
“I spent a long time getting over it,” he admits. “I’ve thought long and hard about what happened, what should have happened, and what could have happened. If you’ve got about three days, I could sit and talk to you about what could have been done differently. But I don’t have time.”
It is a truism of sport that the sting of defeat lasts far longer than the glow of victory. And for Solskjaer, who had won virtually every prize in the club game as a player and enjoyed a blissfully trouble-free start to his managerial career, Cardiff City’s relegation from the Premier League stung hard. For one of the game’s natural thinkers, it was only natural that the post-mortem should begin almost immediately.
“When I used to win the league at Manchester United or at Molde, you just have a party, wake up the next day and move on,” he says. “This wasn’t easy. You want to reach your targets. When you don’t, you dwell on it longer.”
Solskjaer is surprisingly frank for a football manager. There are certain things he simply will not talk about – other teams, for example, or any part of the club’s inner workings he deems confidential. But for the most part, he wants to communicate. He wants to share his vision of football. It is part of what drew him into management in the first place.
Now, as the club prepare for their opening Championship fixture, a trip to Ewood Park to face Blackburn Rovers, Solskjaer is intent on looking forward, not back. Relegation was a kick in the solar plexus, but having had a summer to reflect and rebuild, he is desperate to get back into the dugout.
“We’ve looked forward to this ever since we got relegated,” he says of Friday night’s game. “We want to show we’re a good team, we want to bounce back.” And for Cardiff, bouncing back is the only acceptable outcome this season.
They are one of the bookmakers’ favourites for promotion, but in one of the country’s most unpredictable leagues, reputations count for little.
Never mind the Norwegian Tippeligaen. Never mind half a season in the Premier League. The forthcoming campaign will be Solskjaer’s biggest test yet.
“We need to be ruthless,” midfielder Aron Gunnarsson says. “We played some all-right football last season, but we have to be more clinical and see games out.”
The Championship is a vastly different league to the Premier League, not just in quality, but in temperament. Against the glamour and global appeal of the elite division, it offers long Tuesday night trips to Middlesbrough and Blackpool, near-deserted press conferences, a nine-month trudge where resolve often speaks louder than riches. Last season, Burnley were one of the poorest clubs in the league, and got promoted. The season before, Wolves were one of the richest, and got relegated. It is a proper bear pit.
And having inherited Malky Mackay’s squad midway through last season, Solskjaer has now had sufficient time to mould his own. Adam Le Fondre is the standout summer signing, along with Federico Macheda from Manchester United. Those two will soften the blow of losing Fraizer Campbell to Crystal Palace and Craig Bellamy to retirement. But while Cardiff now boast enviable options going forward, they still look light in midfield and – especially – in defence.
Promising young midfielder Tom Adeyemi was signed from Birmingham yesterday, and one more centre-back is promised. But other star names have walked: Jordon Mutch and Steven Caulker, with Gary Medel poised to follow.
Solskjaer admitted his hands were tied. “They had [release] clauses, all of them,” he says. “There was nothing I could do. Don’t really want them here, anyway. It’s about getting the right people in. I’ve got the right personalities in, great characters, and Tom is just another one of them.”
Solskjaer talks a lot about character: the right character, the right mix of characters. He is much like his mentor, Sir Alex Ferguson, in this respect; the idea that a football team is like a blended whisky. Every malt must be chosen with care. And if you read between the lines, it is possible to identify where Solskjaer thinks Cardiff may have erred last season.
Owner Vincent Tan, with his silly red shirts and poorly-disguised contempt for Mackay, became one of the Premier League’s most absurd soap operas, distracting attention from the crucial pursuit of winning points. There is a sense that this is now a happier, more stable club.
“There was a lot of things going on behind the scenes which I didn’t even know about,” Gunnarsson says. “As long as we’re hard to beat and work hard for each other, then happy days.”
Of course, it is easy enough to keep everyone happy before a ball has been kicked. What happens if Cardiff start badly? That is the great unknown. Tan has invested in Solskjaer’s vision to such an extent that it is hard to see him turning elsewhere, unless things get really catastrophic. But this is an unpredictable league. And Tan is an unpredictable man.
Solskjaer, for his part, feels the club are in safe hands. “People get an image and a picture of Vincent that is different to mine,” he says. “He’s a passionate man. We have a good relationship.”
Does he feel safe in his job? “He’s going to make up his mind as time goes by, isn’t he? It’s the same with a player. I can say he’s going to play tomorrow, but you can’t promise he’s going to play in three months’ time.”
True enough. Were we to visit Cardiff’s Vale Resort training ground a few months from now, a good deal may have changed. For now, though, Solskjaer is still smiling. The bracing wind of a new season cures many a lingering ailment.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... eague.html
For the first time in his career, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had failed. It was a new feeling, and he hated it.
“I spent a long time getting over it,” he admits. “I’ve thought long and hard about what happened, what should have happened, and what could have happened. If you’ve got about three days, I could sit and talk to you about what could have been done differently. But I don’t have time.”
It is a truism of sport that the sting of defeat lasts far longer than the glow of victory. And for Solskjaer, who had won virtually every prize in the club game as a player and enjoyed a blissfully trouble-free start to his managerial career, Cardiff City’s relegation from the Premier League stung hard. For one of the game’s natural thinkers, it was only natural that the post-mortem should begin almost immediately.
“When I used to win the league at Manchester United or at Molde, you just have a party, wake up the next day and move on,” he says. “This wasn’t easy. You want to reach your targets. When you don’t, you dwell on it longer.”
Solskjaer is surprisingly frank for a football manager. There are certain things he simply will not talk about – other teams, for example, or any part of the club’s inner workings he deems confidential. But for the most part, he wants to communicate. He wants to share his vision of football. It is part of what drew him into management in the first place.
Now, as the club prepare for their opening Championship fixture, a trip to Ewood Park to face Blackburn Rovers, Solskjaer is intent on looking forward, not back. Relegation was a kick in the solar plexus, but having had a summer to reflect and rebuild, he is desperate to get back into the dugout.
“We’ve looked forward to this ever since we got relegated,” he says of Friday night’s game. “We want to show we’re a good team, we want to bounce back.” And for Cardiff, bouncing back is the only acceptable outcome this season.
They are one of the bookmakers’ favourites for promotion, but in one of the country’s most unpredictable leagues, reputations count for little.
Never mind the Norwegian Tippeligaen. Never mind half a season in the Premier League. The forthcoming campaign will be Solskjaer’s biggest test yet.
“We need to be ruthless,” midfielder Aron Gunnarsson says. “We played some all-right football last season, but we have to be more clinical and see games out.”
The Championship is a vastly different league to the Premier League, not just in quality, but in temperament. Against the glamour and global appeal of the elite division, it offers long Tuesday night trips to Middlesbrough and Blackpool, near-deserted press conferences, a nine-month trudge where resolve often speaks louder than riches. Last season, Burnley were one of the poorest clubs in the league, and got promoted. The season before, Wolves were one of the richest, and got relegated. It is a proper bear pit.
And having inherited Malky Mackay’s squad midway through last season, Solskjaer has now had sufficient time to mould his own. Adam Le Fondre is the standout summer signing, along with Federico Macheda from Manchester United. Those two will soften the blow of losing Fraizer Campbell to Crystal Palace and Craig Bellamy to retirement. But while Cardiff now boast enviable options going forward, they still look light in midfield and – especially – in defence.
Promising young midfielder Tom Adeyemi was signed from Birmingham yesterday, and one more centre-back is promised. But other star names have walked: Jordon Mutch and Steven Caulker, with Gary Medel poised to follow.
Solskjaer admitted his hands were tied. “They had [release] clauses, all of them,” he says. “There was nothing I could do. Don’t really want them here, anyway. It’s about getting the right people in. I’ve got the right personalities in, great characters, and Tom is just another one of them.”
Solskjaer talks a lot about character: the right character, the right mix of characters. He is much like his mentor, Sir Alex Ferguson, in this respect; the idea that a football team is like a blended whisky. Every malt must be chosen with care. And if you read between the lines, it is possible to identify where Solskjaer thinks Cardiff may have erred last season.
Owner Vincent Tan, with his silly red shirts and poorly-disguised contempt for Mackay, became one of the Premier League’s most absurd soap operas, distracting attention from the crucial pursuit of winning points. There is a sense that this is now a happier, more stable club.
“There was a lot of things going on behind the scenes which I didn’t even know about,” Gunnarsson says. “As long as we’re hard to beat and work hard for each other, then happy days.”
Of course, it is easy enough to keep everyone happy before a ball has been kicked. What happens if Cardiff start badly? That is the great unknown. Tan has invested in Solskjaer’s vision to such an extent that it is hard to see him turning elsewhere, unless things get really catastrophic. But this is an unpredictable league. And Tan is an unpredictable man.
Solskjaer, for his part, feels the club are in safe hands. “People get an image and a picture of Vincent that is different to mine,” he says. “He’s a passionate man. We have a good relationship.”
Does he feel safe in his job? “He’s going to make up his mind as time goes by, isn’t he? It’s the same with a player. I can say he’s going to play tomorrow, but you can’t promise he’s going to play in three months’ time.”
True enough. Were we to visit Cardiff’s Vale Resort training ground a few months from now, a good deal may have changed. For now, though, Solskjaer is still smiling. The bracing wind of a new season cures many a lingering ailment.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:13 pm
Cardiff City boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants instant return Premier League for Bluebirds
CARDIFF boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits he faces the sack if he does not get the club back into the Premier League at the first attempt.
Solskjaer and his Bluebirds begin their Championship campaign at Blackburn tonight ranked as one of the favourites for promotion.
The Norwegian knows failure to deliver a top-flight return will not impress owner Vincent Tan.
He said: "The aim and the goal is obviously promotion, I can't do anything but manage the club and do my best.
"Vincent owns the club and I will have to make sure he does not have a question to ask at the end of the season.
"Vincent is as driven as ever. Disappointment hurts and he is one of those who is used to success, so let's start with a good performance and a good result."
Former Cardiff players Rudy Gestede and Craig Conway are set to feature for Blackburn tonight, but boss Gary Bowyer insists they have nothing to prove.
The pair moved to Ewood midway through last season and Bowyer said: "They already proved what a massive asset they are to this club.
"Craig finished as the top assist maker in the Championship and that was with half a season with us.
"We're excited for what potentially could be a hell of a season for him."
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footba ... -Bluebirds
CARDIFF boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits he faces the sack if he does not get the club back into the Premier League at the first attempt.
Solskjaer and his Bluebirds begin their Championship campaign at Blackburn tonight ranked as one of the favourites for promotion.
The Norwegian knows failure to deliver a top-flight return will not impress owner Vincent Tan.
He said: "The aim and the goal is obviously promotion, I can't do anything but manage the club and do my best.
"Vincent owns the club and I will have to make sure he does not have a question to ask at the end of the season.
"Vincent is as driven as ever. Disappointment hurts and he is one of those who is used to success, so let's start with a good performance and a good result."
Former Cardiff players Rudy Gestede and Craig Conway are set to feature for Blackburn tonight, but boss Gary Bowyer insists they have nothing to prove.
The pair moved to Ewood midway through last season and Bowyer said: "They already proved what a massive asset they are to this club.
"Craig finished as the top assist maker in the Championship and that was with half a season with us.
"We're excited for what potentially could be a hell of a season for him."
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footba ... -Bluebirds
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:31 pm
Only 1 manager has ever managed to get Cardiff promoted to the Premier League, and that was not at the first time of asking, yet OGS has to achieve what no manager has ever done in on full season.
Realistic?
Fair?
I know some will disagree with the above, but IMO it is the wrong kind of pressure. Far better to be motivated by feeling part of the family, not just a passing phase. End of rant.
C'mon Bluebirds!!
Realistic?
Fair?
I know some will disagree with the above, but IMO it is the wrong kind of pressure. Far better to be motivated by feeling part of the family, not just a passing phase. End of rant.
C'mon Bluebirds!!
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:38 pm
I would suggest he will not get a season,. He will get until some point in January and should it look like we are off the pace a new manager will come in with time to make a few signings.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:23 am
Wayne S wrote:I would suggest he will not get a season,. He will get until some point in January and should it look like we are off the pace a new manager will come in with time to make a few signings.
You could well be right there! Unfortunately, it will be a change of manager halfway through the season.... Again. It's a bit like moving house when your kids are in the middle of their exam courses.
I agree that Tan has given support but the signings have been very prudent. OGS is trying to stay on budget.
It's just a horrible situation where Malky gains promotion and is sacked halfway through his first season. OGS hasn't even started his first full season but the daggers are drawn.
Whatever Arsene Wenger has, I wish we could bottle it. It's bad enough what happens in the PL, but can't we have some stability for a couple of years??
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:42 am
Well done Guardian for recycling an article. Where Tan backs Ole but twists it as negativity. Didn't you enjoy your media field day last season? Can't leave us alone can you?
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:49 am
PartyWithOle wrote:Well done Guardian for recycling an article. Where Tan backs Ole but twists it as negativity. Didn't you enjoy your media field day last season? Can't leave us alone can you?
Spot on!
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:08 am
I honestly believe if we were are not top 6 come Xmas, Ole would be sacked then.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:40 am
I think we have a great chance provided we sort our defence out!
It's a bit frustrating that we seem to have a much better strike force now than when we were in the Prem!
It's a bit frustrating that we seem to have a much better strike force now than when we were in the Prem!
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:41 am
PartyWithOle wrote:Well done Guardian for recycling an article. Where Tan backs Ole but twists it as negativity. Didn't you enjoy your media field day last season? Can't leave us alone can you?
What part do you feel is innacurate?
You love having Tan here, well this (negative press) is one of the consequences. So if you like having Tan here, get used to it.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:22 am
Forever Blue wrote:I honestly believe if we were are not top 6 come Xmas, Ole would be sacked then.
Thats it! We all know that the championship is never won in December but you gotta be there or there abouts.Tan might give him till xmas but I think the fans will be on his back before then if we have an indifferent start.All summer I've had this feeling that were gonna piss the league this time which probably means Ole will be out in Oct.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:30 am
Barry Chuckle wrote:PartyWithOle wrote:Well done Guardian for recycling an article. Where Tan backs Ole but twists it as negativity. Didn't you enjoy your media field day last season? Can't leave us alone can you?
What part do you feel is innacurate?
You love having Tan here, well this (negative press) is one of the consequences. So if you like having Tan here, get used to it.
Again how do I LOVE having Tan here? I love having a club to support, not having the tax man chasing us each month. The press is heavily inaccurate and has hounded Tan.
The inaccurate part is that he does give managers time. Malky wasn't sacked because Tan lost patience, Malky was sacked because the two men just didn't get on and Tan wanted a change
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:50 am
PartyWithOle wrote:Again how do I LOVE having Tan here? I love having a club to support, not having the tax man chasing us each month. The press is heavily inaccurate and has hounded Tan.
The inaccurate part is that he does give managers time. Malky wasn't sacked because Tan lost patience, Malky was sacked because the two men just didn't get on and Tan wanted a change
Are you saying you don't like Tan?
We have no proof that he doesn't give managers time. You can't say either way. Though, I have no doubt that if OGS is struggling at Christmas time, he will be gone.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:16 am
Forever Blue wrote:I honestly believe if we were are not top 6 come Xmas, Ole would be sacked then.
I agree with you Annis but my worry would be that VT will bring his "Own" man in then and that is likely to be DJ, unless another club is daft enough to offer him a job by then.
As OGS said yesterday he doesn't want VT to have a question to answer at the end of the season and, in my opinion, OGS should get this season and be left alone to get on with his job.
Re: Solskjaer has one season to get Cardiff promoted
Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:16 am
Barry Chuckle wrote:PartyWithOle wrote:Again how do I LOVE having Tan here? I love having a club to support, not having the tax man chasing us each month. The press is heavily inaccurate and has hounded Tan.
The inaccurate part is that he does give managers time. Malky wasn't sacked because Tan lost patience, Malky was sacked because the two men just didn't get on and Tan wanted a change
Are you saying you don't like Tan?
We have no proof that he doesn't give managers time. You can't say either way. Though, I have no doubt that if OGS is struggling at Christmas time, he will be gone.
I'm saying I'm appreciative of what he's done but I don't like the negativity he brings to the club involving fans, I don't care about the media half the time but they just stir the same shit but add a bit of spice each time.
He could have sacked Malky and brought his own man in 12/13 and could have done the same in our first season in the PL but he gave the manager time and a shit load of resources.