What Fulham really think about Neil Warnock, Cardiff City

What Fulham really think about Neil Warnock, Cardiff City and who deserves to win the promotion race


Wednesday 2nd May 2018


It's safe to say Fulham supporters don't like Neil Warnock as a general rule

Cardiff City are just one win away from earning a place in the Premier League and the build-up to what is a crucial final day in the Championship is already well underway.

The sell-out crowd at the Cardiff City Stadium will be very confident that their side can do the business against struggling Reading, who arrive in the Welsh capital desperate for points themselves as they look to preserve their Championship status for another year.

However, should City slip up, they will open the door for Fulham, who travel to Birmingham, another side looking for points in their own bid to beat the drop.

It all means that Sunday will be a nervy, tense, roller coaster of emotions.

So, what's the feeling down in West London? Are they still dreaming of pipping Cardiff to second, or have they settled for a place in the play-offs?

We tried to find out.


Fulham seem relaxed ahead of the final weekend of the season
How's everyone feeling this week? Nervous?



Ryan O'Donovan, Fulham writer at Football.London :

"The mood in the camp is pretty much as it has been for the last few months. Everyone's quite happy with how things have gone on with that 23-match unbeaten run. They're a bit miffed that Cardiff City keep grinding out results, but it's still quite a positive feeling.

"If they don't get it [automatic promotion] I don't think there will be too much disappointment considering where they've come from - being 17th in November before going on this crazy run. But I think it will be a bit of an annoyance that Cardiff seem to keep grinding out results and getting late goals.

"I think whatever happens, they'll be more disappointed with how they started the season rather than how they finished it. Despite the crazy run, there was October where they didn't actually win a game.

"You have to give credit to Warnock with what he's done, although the style is certainly a little different."







Jack Collins of fan podcast Fulhamish :

"There’s a lot of vitriol towards Warnock, far more so than Cardiff themselves, but it’s easy to see why. His antics towards Fulham the year that Sheffield United were relegated from the Premiership hardly endeared him to the Fulham faithful in the first place, and neither did his spells at Loftus Road.

"This season though, it’s the comments about lacking class that have really turned him into a figure of fun at the Cottage, especially in relation to the amount of ‘class’ he’s shown in the past in various roles and situations. That said, he deserves plenty of credit for the side he’s built at Cardiff and for keeping the squad going and together when issues have threatened to derail it.

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"We’ve obviously been hoping Cardiff lose for the last month or so, but aside from that there’s only the differing styles of football to comment on, and whilst Fulham fans take great pride in Jokanovic’s passing football, there’s more than one way to get promoted, as the Bluebirds are showing."




Do Fulham feel their brand of football makes the more deserving of promotion?

JC: "Fulham had a slow start and a great finish, but that’s no reason to suggest that they deserve to go up more than Cardiff - if the Bluebirds win on Sunday then they’ve been the team to do enough to get there - Fulham will look back at that slow start with regrets, I’m sure!

"Obviously we hope that it’ll be the Whites in second at the end of the race and if it is, this run of form will have been enough to get us promoted, and deservedly so. If not, it’ll be the play-offs again, but we can go in knowing that we’ve been nigh on unplayable on our day and that when we’re on song, we can beat anyone in this league. The proof, as they say, will be in the pudding."

RO'D: "Fulham have played very nicely at times, but that doesn't matter if you can't get the results.

"Some will say that Fulham deserve to go up more than Cardiff, but the league table doesn't lie."



What are the club saying?

Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic:

"I don't know if they are under pressure or not under pressure. It's not under my control. The situation is still in Cardiff's control. If they win, we cannot do anything.

"We have to try and win the last game against Birmingham and if that's not enough, we have to be ready for the next steps and be ready for the play-offs.

"If we can't finish it in the short way, we have to be ready to finish in the long way."

I've been calling their Manager an arrogant prick all year, but in fairness, he doesn't really slag us off or try and play mind games, he just carries on and does his business. I take it back he's not too bad, I still hope he get's Manager of the month before Sunday though !!!

However we like to look at it no one can claim we play better attractive football than Wolves or Fulham.

Everyone outside Cardiff will say those 2 teams are the best in the league and should go up. Those in the playoffs will be praying that we screw up Sunday as they will rather face us than Fulham. That's how everyone else is thinking.

What everyone else outside of Cardiff are deliberately forgetting is the fact we have not invested in our team against the likes of Wolves, Fulham, Derby, Villa and Middlesborough. We do not have household names playing for us like those do. We are the poor mans Championship team and we have one foot in the premier and that is what the rest do not like.

However we like to look at it no one can claim we play better attractive football than Wolves or Fulham.

Everyone outside Cardiff will say those 2 teams are the best in the league and should go up. Those in the playoffs will be praying that we screw up Sunday as they will rather face us than Fulham. That's how everyone else is thinking.

What everyone else outside of Cardiff are deliberately forgetting is the fact we have not invested in our team against the likes of Wolves, Fulham, Derby, Villa and Middlesborough. We do not have household names playing for us like those do. We are the poor mans Championship team and we have one foot in the premier and that is what the rest do not like.

Well said on the last paragraph, no one ever mentions that. Haven't even heard the pundits say it.

I've been calling their Manager an arrogant prick all year, but in fairness, he doesn't really slag us off or try and play mind games, he just carries on and does his business. I take it back he's not too bad, I still hope he get's Manager of the month before Sunday though !!!

I think he is an excellent manager and I don't recall him ever having a go at us. That said, I wouldn't have him over Warnock even if they do play nicer football to watch.

Western mail/Echo are running out of articles to write about this game.

And its only Wednesday. How are they going to fill their press until sunday.......?

Expect to see

- top 10 City promotion games
- previous games v Fulham (cue Jordan Mutchs' winner)
- links between the 2 clubs

etc etc.............

However we like to look at it no one can claim we play better attractive football than Wolves or Fulham.

Everyone outside Cardiff will say those 2 teams are the best in the league and should go up. Those in the playoffs will be praying that we screw up Sunday as they will rather face us than Fulham. That's how everyone else is thinking.

What everyone else outside of Cardiff are deliberately forgetting is the fact we have not invested in our team against the likes of Wolves, Fulham, Derby, Villa and Middlesborough. We do not have household names playing for us like those do. We are the poor mans Championship team and we have one foot in the premier and that is what the rest do not like.

The best teams in the division are defined by league table standings after 46 games.
Currently we are the 2nd best team in this division. You can play all the pretty football you want but if you dont get results consistently you cant be classed as the best team.
Brentford are one of the best teams to watch but cannot be classed as the best because they cannot add results to the great football they play. Fulham are good to watch but have not been consistent over a full season. We are not the best footballing team but we know how to win games without the need to be pretty.
Wolves have it all and that is why they are champions.
League tables do not lie. We ARE the second best team in this division not Fulham no matter what any other fan says.

However we like to look at it no one can claim we play better attractive football than Wolves or Fulham.

Everyone outside Cardiff will say those 2 teams are the best in the league and should go up. Those in the playoffs will be praying that we screw up Sunday as they will rather face us than Fulham. That's how everyone else is thinking.

What everyone else outside of Cardiff are deliberately forgetting is the fact we have not invested in our team against the likes of Wolves, Fulham, Derby, Villa and Middlesborough. We do not have household names playing for us like those do. We are the poor mans Championship team and we have one foot in the premier and that is what the rest do not like.

The best teams in the division are defined by league table standings after 46 games.
Currently we are the 2nd best team in this division. You can play all the pretty football you want but if you dont get results consistently you cant be classed as the best team.
Brentford are one of the best teams to watch but cannot be classed as the best because they cannot add results to the great football they play. Fulham are good to watch but have not been consistent over a full season. We are not the best footballing team but we know how to win games without the need to be pretty.
Wolves have it all and that is why they are champions.
League tables do not lie. We ARE the second best team in this division not Fulham no matter what any other fan says.

Exactly, Fulham have been miles better since the addition of Mitrovic who was on his way to Anderlecht but the deal fell through on the last day of the transfer window, and Fulham were only able to get him because Newcastle wanted shot to get Slimani. You could say they have been really lucky as he has probably been worth an extra 10 points or more.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/footbal ... ani-latest

Still, the table doesn't lie, whoever finishes 2nd will deserve it and will be the second-best team in the League after Wolves !!!

Who cares what they think.

Bluebirds

f**k em all.......there's only one team in my mind, till i die, the rest can do one.