Latest on ' Tony Watt '
Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:06 am
' TONY WATT/A BIG CALL '
By Nathan Blake
Monday 30th Nov 2015
Against Burnley, Slade made a big call in bringing in Tony Watt up-front after he had just arrived on-loan from Charlton and that call was rewarded with a really promising showing from the young striker.
Obviously you give Watt a run of games now.
Tony Watt of Cardiff City tests the Burnley defenceTony Watt of Cardiff City tests the Burnley defence
He’s a young lad and nine times out of 10 these guys are pumped and they will hit the ground running and that was the case here.
Watt needs to get his head down now and focus which is often the problem I find with players just starting out.
No offence, but they get the break, they get in the first team and it goes to their heads.
The Cardiff City v Burnley ratings: Tony Watt wonderful but Connolly still man of the match despite late own goal horror
They think they have done it, they haven’t, they have taken the first step, nothing more.
Things have changed, back in my day you were out on the town on a Saturday night, you were encouraged to do it, you can’t do that any more.
I’m not suggesting Watt is like that, but he just needs to get his head down at Cardiff and work like hell, that is how you make it in the game. There’s no other route to success. He needs to get consistency, he’s had the buzz of that first Cardiff game now and done well, now that needs to be the norm from him over the next seven or eight games.
He needs to keep the standards up and start finding the net.
Russell Slade was left shocked by the resultRussell Slade takes his troops to Bolton next
Ideally you are getting a goal a game, a goal every other game, you want that expectation on you. You get in the goal-scoring routine. Watt can do it, he can reflect on a good performance, as can the Cardiff side as a whole against Burnley.
Now they need to follow that up at Bolton on Saturday.
It gives me no pleasure to say it, Bolton are a former club of mine, but they are not in a good place right now, they are bottom of the table and in turmoil in truth.
Cardiff need to take advantage of that situation. They must be ambitious in Lancashire.
It’s no good getting a ‘good’ point there, they need the three, they have to be ruthless.
All the big sides in the division, all the real contenders, will beat Bolton right now and Cardiff must make sure they are among the teams that do that.
If they keep up the standards they showed against Burnley, Cardiff can get the three points on Saturday.
What they must not do now is take their foot off the gas.
By Nathan Blake
Monday 30th Nov 2015
Against Burnley, Slade made a big call in bringing in Tony Watt up-front after he had just arrived on-loan from Charlton and that call was rewarded with a really promising showing from the young striker.
Obviously you give Watt a run of games now.
Tony Watt of Cardiff City tests the Burnley defenceTony Watt of Cardiff City tests the Burnley defence
He’s a young lad and nine times out of 10 these guys are pumped and they will hit the ground running and that was the case here.
Watt needs to get his head down now and focus which is often the problem I find with players just starting out.
No offence, but they get the break, they get in the first team and it goes to their heads.
The Cardiff City v Burnley ratings: Tony Watt wonderful but Connolly still man of the match despite late own goal horror
They think they have done it, they haven’t, they have taken the first step, nothing more.
Things have changed, back in my day you were out on the town on a Saturday night, you were encouraged to do it, you can’t do that any more.
I’m not suggesting Watt is like that, but he just needs to get his head down at Cardiff and work like hell, that is how you make it in the game. There’s no other route to success. He needs to get consistency, he’s had the buzz of that first Cardiff game now and done well, now that needs to be the norm from him over the next seven or eight games.
He needs to keep the standards up and start finding the net.
Russell Slade was left shocked by the resultRussell Slade takes his troops to Bolton next
Ideally you are getting a goal a game, a goal every other game, you want that expectation on you. You get in the goal-scoring routine. Watt can do it, he can reflect on a good performance, as can the Cardiff side as a whole against Burnley.
Now they need to follow that up at Bolton on Saturday.
It gives me no pleasure to say it, Bolton are a former club of mine, but they are not in a good place right now, they are bottom of the table and in turmoil in truth.
Cardiff need to take advantage of that situation. They must be ambitious in Lancashire.
It’s no good getting a ‘good’ point there, they need the three, they have to be ruthless.
All the big sides in the division, all the real contenders, will beat Bolton right now and Cardiff must make sure they are among the teams that do that.
If they keep up the standards they showed against Burnley, Cardiff can get the three points on Saturday.
What they must not do now is take their foot off the gas.
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Re: Latest on ' Tony Watt '
Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:47 pm
Hope he doesn't run out of steam
Re: Latest on ' Tony Watt '
Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:37 pm
Him and Macheda will be fun.....Can't see many passes between those two 
Re: Latest on ' Tony Watt '
Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:18 pm
The empty seats behind the players makes it look like a game played behind closed doors 
Re: Latest on ' Tony Watt '
Mon Nov 30, 2015 11:01 pm
I thought Watty and Kenwyn worked well together and appeared to be looking for each other.
So can we expect Slade to spring a surprise and play Watty and Mason at Bolton ! ?
So can we expect Slade to spring a surprise and play Watty and Mason at Bolton ! ?
Re: Latest on ' Tony Watt '
Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:47 am
carlccfc wrote:The empty seats behind the players makes it look like a game played behind closed doors
Around two thirds of the stadium is empty.