' 6 WAYS CARDIFF CITY CAN END GOAL DROUGHT '

' 6 ways Cardiff City can end their goal drought at Leeds United '

02/11/15

BY GARETH ROGERS

The Bluebirds need goals and they need them quick! Here we look at how and why tomorrow night must be the time.

Cardiff City head to Leeds United on the back of a month where they only scored one goal themselves - and that was five minutes into the first game of October.

Yes, they did score in the 1-0 win against Middlesbrough , but that was an own goal, so can hardly be counted as a Cardiff City creation.

Here's how an why tomorrow presents the ideal opportunity for an Elland Road goal-spree.

Target Leeds' defence - they're in disarray

If you think Cardiff City are in crisis, you clearly haven't seen Leeds United.

They were 2-0 down in six minutes at home to Blackburn on Thursday night and quite frankly they were a shambles and rightly booed off at the end.

New manager Steve Evans admits his team are six or seven players short of where they need to be and admits he won't get anybody in before tomorrow night's clash.

Added to that, star defender and captain Sol Bamba is banned and will be replaced by Giuseppe Bellusci or Scott Wootton.

It gets worse, their star midfielder Tom Adeyemi (remember him?) can't play against his parent club, so the hosts are certainly going into the game with problems. Cardiff simply must quieten the crowd and seize upon them.

So, how do they do it?

Here we look at five simple solutions to consider tomorrow night...

Drop the lop-sided midfield and play two wingers

Craig Noone, Sammy Ameobi, Matthew Kennedy and Anthony Pilkington are all the kind of attack-minded widemen who love creating chances.

If only one of them plays, as has been the case this season, that player has too much responsibility to attack from either wing or central areas.

If two wingers are selected, and given licence to attack the flanks, the Bluebirds can spread play wider, play at a higher tempo and create more pressure on the opposition defence.

Yes the two wingers will have to work back and support their full backs but, even if a striker is sacrificed, Slade certainly has the personnel to play an attacker on each flank.

Make damn sure Kenwyne Jones follows his programme

In his post-match interview at Ipswich on Saturday, Slade was asked directly whether Kenwyne Jones would be fit to face Leeds.

His somewhat indecisive answer was: “Hopefully he will stick to his training schedule and he will be in a position to travel with us.”

When it comes to getting your star striker fit, there should be no 'hopefully about it!

Jones, who suffered a shin injury while away on international duty, should be monitored around the clock to ensure he DOES stick to his training schedule and IS ready for the game.

Improve set-pieces and utilise Sean Morrison

When Malky Mackay took the Bluebirds up to the Premier League in 2013 they started the season with a very defensive strategy but their main outlet for goals was the set-piece, especially with the quality of delivery Peter Whittingham has at his disposal.

Whittingham is still in the team and his left foot still possess the magic but for some reason, set-pieces are not yielding goals.

Defender Sean Morrison scored seven last season, and has already scored two this time around.

He is certainly a weapon that can be uitilised from corners and free-kicks, an area which clearly needs more work on the training ground.

Get Peter Whittingham to the edge of the box

If Peter Whittingham is going to be an automatic pick then he needs to be utilised where he can really hurt teams – in the final third of the pitch.

It's all well and good asking him to sit in midfield, primed to play the 'killer balls', but if there is only one winger making the runs in and around the strikers, it just seems a waste to slot Whittingham into the quarterback role.

Peter Whittingham can score goals from anywhere.

Anybody who saw him in his early years at Cardiff knows that he's a very capably goal scorer, with an impressive ability to pick out the top corner from the edge of the box.

Encourage Scott Malone to attack

Malone's goal against QPR is enough on it's own to show he knows where the net is.

Cardiff fans who can remember a bit further back will know he once scored a screamer against the Bluebirds, for Bournemouth, which was even better than that Loftus Road strike.

He can create goals too, as he did with an inch perfect pass to Alex Revell at Bournemouth in pre-season.

Add that to the fact his crossing stats are virtually unrivalled at Championship level, and his return to the team tomorrow night could just be a blessing in disguise for the Bluebirds.

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Stating the obvious yet the manager picks the side

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you forgot playing 2 wingers.!

Best way is get Revell off and bring on Jones.

Sack slade bring in rosler

Sack slade bring in rosler

Sack slade bring in rosler

wake up from la la land ffs

Sack slade bring in rosler

wake up from la la land ffs

What has Rosler achieved that Slade hasnt?

Bring in a goalscorer or someone who at least looks like a threat to defenders not powderpuff players!

Sack slade bring in rosler

wake up from la la land ffs

What has Rosler achieved that Slade hasnt?

let me tell you something rydog which slade can't see you got to use a formation that plays to our players strength not just have a image in your head of how you see it. Can slade see Who's his best players ?No. Can slade play a good football style?No. So wtf does he offer our team apart from his classic aftermatch interviews come on mate stump me

And btw being good defensively and Can't score don't win games

Sack slade bring in rosler

wake up from la la land ffs

What has Rosler achieved that Slade hasnt?

let me tell you something rydog which slade can't see you got to use a formation that plays to our players strength not just have a image in your head of how you see it. Can slade see Who's his best players ?No. Can slade play a good football style?No. So wtf does he offer our team apart from his classic aftermatch interviews come on mate stump me

You didn't answer the question.

Sack slade bring in rosler

wake up from la la land ffs

What has Rosler achieved that Slade hasnt?

let me tell you something rydog which slade can't see you got to use a formation that plays to our players strength not just have a image in your head of how you see it. Can slade see Who's his best players ?No. Can slade play a good football style?No. So wtf does he offer our team apart from his classic aftermatch interviews come on mate stump me

You didn't answer the question.

neither did you? And my answer to that is the most easy one im ever going to give on this forum rosler got a clue slade Hasn't

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Spot on sadly.

And here's another one for you rosler's played football slade Haven't and uwe certainly wasn't a p.e teacher

Sack slade bring in rosler

wake up from la la land ffs

What has Rosler achieved that Slade hasnt?

let me tell you something rydog which slade can't see you got to use a formation that plays to our players strength not just have a image in your head of how you see it. Can slade see Who's his best players ?No. Can slade play a good football style?No. So wtf does he offer our team apart from his classic aftermatch interviews come on mate stump me

You didn't answer the question.

neither did you? And my answer to that is the most easy one im ever going to give on this forum rosler got a clue slade Hasn't

Who's the one that's still in a job?

And here's another one for you rosler's played football slade Haven't and uwe certainly wasn't a p.e teacher

Just because he had a playing career makes him better?

Let's be honest the only reason slades in a job is cuz he's tans yes man we saw how it ended for malky and ole

And here's another one for you rosler's played football slade Haven't and uwe certainly wasn't a p.e teacher

Just because he had a playing career makes him better?

He's shit and you know he is he's shit and you know he is doesn't offer us fa that a different manager Wouldn't I'd rather neil redfearn than him ffs

Let's be honest the only reason slades in a job is cuz he's tans yes man we saw how it ended for malky and ole

if this guy seen Sunday league football he would realise its where slade belongs

And here's another one for you rosler's played football slade Haven't and uwe certainly wasn't a p.e teacher

Just because he had a playing career makes him better?

He's shit and you know he is he's shit and you know he is doesn't offer us fa that a different manager Wouldn't I'd rather neil redfearn than him ffs

Be careful what you wish for.

And here's another one for you rosler's played football slade Haven't and uwe certainly wasn't a p.e teacher

Just because he had a playing career makes him better?

He's shit and you know he is he's shit and you know he is doesn't offer us fa that a different manager Wouldn't I'd rather neil redfearn than him ffs

Be careful what you wish for.

I'd love for him to come he could play a formation that uses the team to they're strength's instead of the same boring predictable tactics that slade uses time and time again