SKY PUNDIT: SEASON START NO BIG SURPRISE UNDER NEIL WARNOCK

Cardiff's impressive start isn't surprising, says Don Goodman
By Simeon Gholam


No one should be surprised at the start Cardiff have made to the season, according to Don Goodman.


The Bluebirds sit top of the Sky Bet Championship after thrashing Leeds 3-0 in midweek and have been excellent so far under Neil Warnock.

"They were excellent [against Leeds], he's really got them at it," Goodman said on EFL Matters. "Wherever he's been he treats his players [the right way] to get the best out of them, so none of us should really be surprised at the start they've made.

"That was a massive test but they passed it with flying colours. Everything at the moment is looking wonderful for Neil Warnock."

Goodman and presenter David Prutton were joined on the show by Cambridge manager Shaun Derry, who played under Warnock for two different clubs.


"Neil knows [the Championship] inside out," said Derry. "He builds his group around responsible and reliable players and, while there's obviously a great deal of talent with the group, there's also a togetherness that he builds on and off the pitch that's paying dividends.

"He treats everybody with respect and gets the best out of the group, and he's spent pennies compared to a lot of other clubs in the Championship.

"In the time I spent under him he never writes anybody off and he doesn't discard players. When you think about the types of teams he's managed he's always had the rapport with the fans as well.

"Cardiff were waiting for that type of manager to take the club by the scruff of the neck, and he's that brave personality who can carry the colours of Cardiff City single-handedly."

While Goodman cited the form of Kenneth Zohore as an example of the impact Warnock can have on players.

"Zohore highlights his man management," he said. "He wasn't at it [at the start of last season] and Neil Warnock must have had that Neil Warnock type of word with him, telling him to pull his finger out.

"You look at the response and it's been magnificent and in the summer Cardiff were delighted just to keep him, because he was being courted."

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I think we are extremely lucky to have Neil Warnock as manager.
Its nearly a year now since he took over,if we look at the results over that year.
We are head and shoulders above the rest of the league.
Considering what he has spent compared to other teams , its quite unbelievable what he has achieved. Long may it continue.

"The Bluebirds sit top of the Sky Bet Championship after thrashing Leeds 3-0 in midweek and have been excellent so far under Neil Warnock."

Did this pundit not bother to watch the whole game, it was 3-1!

Absolute bollocks.

It's a massive surprise to all the so-called experts and pundits both on television and in the written press, not one of whom even mentioned us as anything other than also-rans at the start of the season, even knowing we had Warnock in charge.

Even now we're hardly mentioned with anything other than disbelief at how well we're doing whilst waiting for the more fashionable teams to take their rightful place above us in the league.

Suits me fine - let's just keep doing what we're doing and balls to the lot of 'em

Absolute bollocks.

It's a massive surprise to all the so-called experts and pundits both on television and in the written press, not one of whom even mentioned us as anything other than also-rans at the start of the season, even knowing we had Warnock in charge.

Even now we're hardly mentioned with anything other than disbelief at how well we're doing whilst waiting for the more fashionable teams to take their rightful place above us in the league.

Suits me fine - let's just keep doing what we're doing and balls to the lot of 'em

the funny thing is had we not had Zohore,Bennett and Morrison last season but instead spent 20 mill on them { the fees the club were offered } we would probably have been favs or 2nd favs.

In fairness people are now starting to say we will be up there come end season! What's not taken into account is fact that we have played around 6 of the fancied teams and only lost to wed! Now that is impressive.

In fairness people are now starting to say we will be up there come end season! What's not taken into account is fact that we have played around 6 of the fancied teams and only lost to wed! Now that is impressive.

We lost to Preston

In fairness people are now starting to say we will be up there come end season! What's not taken into account is fact that we have played around 6 of the fancied teams and only lost to wed! Now that is impressive.

We drew with Wed, lost to Preston.

In fairness people are now starting to say we will be up there come end season! What's not taken into account is fact that we have played around 6 of the fancied teams and only lost to wed! Now that is impressive.

We drew with Wed, lost to Preston.

Well cant be right all the time! but was one lost in any case