" GARY MEDEL DELIVERING ON THE BIG STAGE "

Gary Medel scores an amazing goal for Chile vs Bolivia in the Copa America last week.

What a goal, one of our best players that we had

Medel was class and he proved that in the last World Cup

Medel was class and he proved that in the last World Cup

Honestly Annis, he was my favourite player for City that season and his performance against Fulham away was as complete a performance that you will ever see from a deep laying midfield player.

Oozed class

He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Medel was class and he proved that in the last World Cup

Honestly Annis, he was my favourite player for City that season and his performance against Fulham away was as complete a performance that you will ever see from a deep laying midfield player.

Oozed class

Carl, Medel was one of my favourites

He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Hell of a goal Ryan isn't it ?

He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Rydo, Medel faded after Malky was sacked.

He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Rydo, Medel faded after Malky was sacked.

The whole bloody club faded after Malky Annis not just Medel

He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Rydo, Medel faded after Malky was sacked.

The whole bloody club faded after Malky Annis not just Medel

It did Carl,sadly it did

He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Hell of a goal Ryan isn't it ?

It certainly is but he never had that sort of chance on goal with us.

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He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Rydo, Medel faded after Malky was sacked.

The whole bloody club faded after Malky Annis not just Medel

Can't disagree with that.

Amazing Never knew some one could say Goal for so long

Is it me or does he look thinner?

Is it me or does he look thinner?

There's no Viva Brazil over there.

Great player and was one of my favourites, I think he is going to remain our record signing for sometime

The greatest player I've ever seen for City by a mile. He started so well for us, looking a class above until Malky got sacked.

It was a shame to see Medel getting continually exposed and dragged out of position to cover others under Ole. We really did change from Malky's organised unit to Ole's disorganised mess.

As already said, the form of every player dipped under Ole, because Ole didn't prepare us and set us up correctly to play to our best.

He was a great player for us at the start but then sort of faded near the end of the season but no doubt he is a great player.

Rydo, Medel faded after Malky was sacked.

The whole bloody club faded after Malky Annis not just Medel

It did Carl,sadly it did

The Club faded the moment Tan turned us Red Chief

Good player, should a promoted club be spending 12m on a defensive midfielder? In my opinion without a doubt no.

Yes he is a good player but let's be fair he did not deliver for us.

Malky's only good buy in the Premier League

Malky bought a few high profile players and expected them to carry the team. The only one that stood out and oozed any class at all was Medel. He faded when Malky left not only because he left, but because the realisation that he couldn't compensate for others during games set in and it was a lost cause. There comes a point when optimism fades into realism.

He faded like the whole team when malky got sacked is a fair point
but the whole club went into melt down and malky was as much too blame as the club and tan
Needed strong leadership to sort the mess out but we turned into a circus club no wonder players thought bugger this and form dropped
amazing player should have been a prem star which was a shame especially for us

I can't believe some of the posts in this thread.

For a start, Medel was never in condition and was carrying a noticable spare tyre. That could be down to the backroom staff, however, the player himself must take some blame for that, where was his professionalism for keeping himself in shape?
He couldn't pick a "killer pass" - always the back pass or sideways; bitting/crunching tackles?... never saw too many of those either. His apologists will say his game went downhill after Malky got sacked - but why should it have, Cardiff City FC were paying his wages and he had a duty to keep giving his best, which he clearly didn't?

We're a working class club that allies itself to the Medel's of this world, the bad-boy reputation and haircut etc. He got labelled with the nickname by some as "El Poodle" - why was that do you think, was it because fans wanted to be unfairly kind or maybe they didn't understand football as well as those in the pro-camp?
I can tell you, someone like Joe Dwyer would never have given anyone licence to question his commitment, there would be no question marks against him - Medel had lots of question marks against him and for a reason.

Awesome player an one of the best performances I've seen from a city player against the Jacks at home he was superb still remember sitting near him on the train back from man city.

Awesome player an one of the best performances I've seen from a city player against the Jacks at home he was superb still remember sitting near him on the train back from man city.

...and there we have it

One of the main reasons to why Gary Medel faded in the second part of our Premier League season, was because as well as having to do his own share of the work in midfield, he also had to do Whittingham's donkey work too. I felt sorry for him on his own at times in the middle of the park. If we had of had someone like Huddlestone alongside him in midfield, then our midfield would have been a lot better. He was and still is a quality player Medel and truth be told he was too good for us. After the first month or two I think he realised that it was going to be a long hard season for him, playing alongside players that were no way near his level. I really do think that if he had of been at another Premier League club, that had of had much better players around him than he did here. Then he would have shown the same type of performances that he was showing for Chile at the World Cup, each and every week in the Premiership.

Even though Gary Medel was only here for one season, I still think that he is one of the best players that we have ever had at the club and it was a pleasure to have seen him play for us - even though at the time he was wearing a horrible red shirt, that the club and the fans had no affiliation with. We really could have done with him last season in the Championship. As we were crying out for a player in the middle who could get a hold of the game, could get the players going, could get stuck in, could get the crowd going, etc. Hopefully one day he will come back to play for us and he can wear the famous blue shirt for every Cardiff City home game. Just like he should have worn it for our first ever Premier League game against Man City. Which we won by the way, in case you forgot.

Bloooooobirds.

One of the main reasons to why Gary Medel faded in the second part of our Premier League season, was because as well as having to do his own share of the work in midfield, he also had to do Whittingham's donkey work too. I felt sorry for him on his own at times in the middle of the park. If we had of had someone like Huddlestone alongside him in midfield, then our midfield would have been a lot better. He was and still is a quality player Medel and truth be told he was too good for us. After the first month or two I think he realised that it was going to be a long hard season for him, playing alongside players that were no way near his level. I really do think that if he had of been at another Premier League club, that had of had much better players around him than he did here. Then he would have shown the same type of performances that he was showing for Chile at the World Cup, each and every week in the Premiership.

Even though Gary Medel was only here for one season, I still think that he is one of the best players that we have ever had at the club and it was a pleasure to have seen him play for us - even though at the time he was wearing a horrible red shirt, that the club and the fans had no affiliation with. We really could have done with him last season in the Championship. As we were crying out for a player in the middle who could get a hold of the game, could get the players going, could get stuck in, could get the crowd going, etc. Hopefully one day he will come back to play for us and he can wear the famous blue shirt for every Cardiff City home game. Just like he should have worn it for our first ever Premier League game against Man City. Which we won by the way, in case you forgot.

Bloooooobirds.

And he had to cover right back as KTC was a joke of a defender.

One of the main reasons to why Gary Medel faded in the second part of our Premier League season, was because as well as having to do his own share of the work in midfield, he also had to do Whittingham's donkey work too. I felt sorry for him on his own at times in the middle of the park. If we had of had someone like Huddlestone alongside him in midfield, then our midfield would have been a lot better. He was and still is a quality player Medel and truth be told he was too good for us. After the first month or two I think he realised that it was going to be a long hard season for him, playing alongside players that were no way near his level. I really do think that if he had of been at another Premier League club, that had of had much better players around him than he did here. Then he would have shown the same type of performances that he was showing for Chile at the World Cup, each and every week in the Premiership.

Even though Gary Medel was only here for one season, I still think that he is one of the best players that we have ever had at the club and it was a pleasure to have seen him play for us - even though at the time he was wearing a horrible red shirt, that the club and the fans had no affiliation with. We really could have done with him last season in the Championship. As we were crying out for a player in the middle who could get a hold of the game, could get the players going, could get stuck in, could get the crowd going, etc. Hopefully one day he will come back to play for us and he can wear the famous blue shirt for every Cardiff City home game. Just like he should have worn it for our first ever Premier League game against Man City. Which we won by the way, in case you forgot.

Bloooooobirds.

Spot on, great post.

Medel was light years better than anyone who has ever played at the club. With just one or two exceptions he struggled playing alongside mediocre colleagues and, I'm afraid much of the blame lies with Malky.

I can't believe some of the posts in this thread.

For a start, Medel was never in condition and was carrying a noticable spare tyre. That could be down to the backroom staff, however, the player himself must take some blame for that, where was his professionalism for keeping himself in shape?
He couldn't pick a "killer pass" - always the back pass or sideways; bitting/crunching tackles?... never saw too many of those either. His apologists will say his game went downhill after Malky got sacked - but why should it have, Cardiff City FC were paying his wages and he had a duty to keep giving his best, which he clearly didn't?

We're a working class club that allies itself to the Medel's of this world, the bad-boy reputation and haircut etc. He got labelled with the nickname by some as "El Poodle" - why was that do you think, was it because fans wanted to be unfairly kind or maybe they didn't understand football as well as those in the pro-camp?
I can tell you, someone like Joe Dwyer would never have given anyone licence to question his commitment, there would be no question marks against him - Medel had lots of question marks against him and for a reason.

Agree with you.

Cannot think of one game which he bossed, where he took the game by the scruff of the neck and imposed himself as the best player on the pitch.

A sideways passing, overweight, non committed mercenary who couldn't wait to get away from the club as quickly as he possibly could despite having contributed in no small way to the club being relegated.

A waste of money in my opinion.

One of the main reasons to why Gary Medel faded in the second part of our Premier League season, was because as well as having to do his own share of the work in midfield, he also had to do Whittingham's donkey work too. I felt sorry for him on his own at times in the middle of the park. If we had of had someone like Huddlestone alongside him in midfield, then our midfield would have been a lot better. He was and still is a quality player Medel and truth be told he was too good for us. After the first month or two I think he realised that it was going to be a long hard season for him, playing alongside players that were no way near his level. I really do think that if he had of been at another Premier League club, that had of had much better players around him than he did here. Then he would have shown the same type of performances that he was showing for Chile at the World Cup, each and every week in the Premiership.

Even though Gary Medel was only here for one season, I still think that he is one of the best players that we have ever had at the club and it was a pleasure to have seen him play for us - even though at the time he was wearing a horrible red shirt, that the club and the fans had no affiliation with. We really could have done with him last season in the Championship. As we were crying out for a player in the middle who could get a hold of the game, could get the players going, could get stuck in, could get the crowd going, etc. Hopefully one day he will come back to play for us and he can wear the famous blue shirt for every Cardiff City home game. Just like he should have worn it for our first ever Premier League game against Man City. Which we won by the way, in case you forgot.

Bloooooobirds.

Spot on, great post.

Medel was light years better than anyone who has ever played at the club. With just one or two exceptions he struggled playing alongside mediocre colleagues and, I'm afraid much of the blame lies with Malky.

I got into bother on this forum for favouring Medel. I predicted his class would shine at the world cup. Saying he was out of condition is a bit rich when half the team were unfit! Didn't seem to slow him down at the WC did it?

Gary problem was that he was never in his position long enough to benefit. Too busy wiping others' arses. He was a great worker and yes, Malky leaving caused his dip. Hell, OGS was hardly an inspiration.

Medel wax my total favourite of that team. Marshall was a close 2nd.

Good luck to him.