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Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two games

Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:34 am

VINCE ALM:


Cardiff City Supporters Club


I know things have not been great last two games for us, and we are all feeling the pain and deflated over the last two results/performances. However this squad of players are a resilient bunch and will bounce back I am certain.

Our Togetherness has got this far. Squad, club, and supporters, yes we lack quality in certain areas, and strength in depth in other areas, but we don't lack fight, and hard work.

We all have different opinions of who should play, what formation, tactics etc. that is part of being a football fan and that should be accepted by all. However when on the pitch we need to accept whatever team, tactics, or formation Warnock has put out there and stick with it for the 90 odd minutes.

We all need to hold our nerve, and we all need to stick together. This can happen in the premier league, just stick with it my friends.

It will come down to who has the bottle and wants it the most.

Destiny is still in our own hands with 30 points to play for. Bring it on and embrace the moment.

C'mon you Bluebirds support the boys

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:50 am

Great post.

Too much moaning!

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:16 am

Yes Vince :bluescarf:

All teams will drop points + It's probably going to the wire.

Bring them on :old:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:20 am

morrison out 2 wins on the spin morrison back :banghead:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:24 am

What a load of baloney, resilient bunch that have leaked 8 goals in 2 games against mid table opposition, we are doomed and sooner the fans realise it the better.

Taxi for the Championship where we belong.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:53 am

Forever Blue wrote:VINCE ALM:


Cardiff City Supporters Club


I know things have not been great last two games for us, and we are all feeling the pain and deflated over the last two results/performances. However this squad of players are a resilient bunch and will bounce back I am certain.

Our Togetherness has got this far. Squad, club, and supporters, yes we lack quality in certain areas, and strength in depth in other areas, but we don't lack fight, and hard work.

We all have different opinions of who should play, what formation, tactics etc. that is part of being a football fan and that should be accepted by all. However when on the pitch we need to accept whatever team, tactics, or formation Warnock has put out there and stick with it for the 90 odd minutes.

We all need to hold our nerve, and we all need to stick together. This can happen in the premier league, just stick with it my friends.

It will come down to who has the bottle and wants it the most.

Destiny is still in our own hands with 30 points to play for. Bring it on and embrace the moment.

C'mon you Bluebirds support the boys


I’m with you all the way on this Vince. It’s concerning but not yet anywhere near hopeless :bluescarf:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:55 am

It's time for the players to start walking the walk, not talking the talk, we have heard on many occassions how the players are even more together since the Sala tradegy, but seems to me that the players have switched off a bit and have become complacent since the Southampton result. They need to get back to basics and realise that to even compete with the teams in this league, they all need to giving 110%, each player is giving the ball away too easily and that is whats causing us problems. We know we can't score enough goals, but its unforgivable when we give the ball away cheaply and then concede. Hopefully, Warnock, drills it into them and gets them back focussed on the task ahead. Starting, with a hard fought point at Wolves :bluescarf:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:13 am

What worries me is if we don't survive it's got Sunderland written all over it.
An owner who doesn't turn up.Didn't back the manager when we promoted out of the blue :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluebird: :bluebird: :bluebird:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:16 am

It certainly seems we took our eye off the ball after the 2 fantastic wins before the break.

Lots of photos on instagram, i think the players thought they had cracked it and relaxed.

Not good enough and NW needs to lick them into shape over the coming month.

With the long break in March coming, the players need to be on the training field each and every day working on our defending and passing.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:18 am

I think we all get annoyed as we put ourselves in great positions and then flop when we get the chance to get clear. The Newcastle/Huddersfield back to back was another scenario where we could’ve pulled clear but the team flopped with two of the worst performances of the the last few seasons. Everton and Watford are good teams, but when you’re barely getting a shot on target or completing a pass it gets difficult to get positive.

We had an great chance of staying up. But it looks and feels like now we will regret not taking it

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:24 am

Jimmykingz wrote:I think we all get annoyed as we put ourselves in great positions and then flop when we get the chance to get clear. The Newcastle/Huddersfield back to back was another scenario where we could’ve pulled clear but the team flopped with two of the worst performances of the the last few seasons. Everton and Watford are good teams, but when you’re barely getting a shot on target or completing a pass it gets difficult to get positive.

We had an great chance of staying up. But it looks and feels like now we will regret not taking it



GREAT chance of staying up...is a very blue tinted view of things.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:27 am

I'm not sure who Vince Ham is but I'm afraid to say that after the last two games it looks like we have had our chips. Awful team selection by Neil and everyone knows Morrison has disrupted the defence that performed well without him. Oh well, championship it is then :old: :ayatollah: :bluebird:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:33 am

Wolfpac wrote:What a load of baloney, resilient bunch that have leaked 8 goals in 2 games against mid table opposition, we are doomed and sooner the fans realise it the better.

Taxi for the Championship where we belong.


This 'mid-table' standard you refer to is a pipe-dream for us right now, so Vince has a point...

The usual suspects were bemoaning the club when we failed to win in our first (incredibly tough) opening games and then later when we went on a barren run with heavy defeats against some of the top clubs

Thankfully, the manager and team didn't give up as easily as some of the so-called 'fans' and they bounced back in style with some impressive and unexpected wins

Clearly that has affected the thinking of some and they think we have a right to steamroller all in front of us

We know it isn't like that in this (or any other) Division, we certainly thought it before the season started and by continuing to think it for the remainder of this still 'live' season will hep focus minds and ensure the team gives its all for the cause

Majority of the in-stadium support is on board...what about the rest of you???? :? :ayatollah:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:23 am

dogfound wrote:
Jimmykingz wrote:I think we all get annoyed as we put ourselves in great positions and then flop when we get the chance to get clear. The Newcastle/Huddersfield back to back was another scenario where we could’ve pulled clear but the team flopped with two of the worst performances of the the last few seasons. Everton and Watford are good teams, but when you’re barely getting a shot on target or completing a pass it gets difficult to get positive.

We had an great chance of staying up. But it looks and feels like now we will regret not taking it



GREAT chance of staying up...is a very blue tinted view of things.


With the positions we have put ourselves in at times this season we have had great chances but we have never taken them. We had back to back games against relegation threatened teams and we were awful, 4 points in those games would’ve put us 5 points clear at this point. But we didn’t turn up in either of them.

I’ve never thought we would stay up, thought we would be relegated. But it’s disapoonting seeing at where we could’ve been if we performed when we really should’ve

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:02 am

Bananas wrote:I'm not sure who Vince Ham is but I'm afraid to say that after the last two games it looks like we have had our chips. Awful team selection by Neil and everyone knows Morrison has disrupted the defence that performed well without him. Oh well, championship it is then :old: :ayatollah: :bluebird:



won 7..5 of those with Mozza in the team...go figure.


Warnock IN, Mozza IN. newbie imature toy throwers OUT.. ttexit

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:21 am

Forever Blue wrote:VINCE ALM:


Cardiff City Supporters Club


I know things have not been great last two games for us, and we are all feeling the pain and deflated over the last two results/performances. However this squad of players are a resilient bunch and will bounce back I am certain.

Our Togetherness has got this far. Squad, club, and supporters, yes we lack quality in certain areas, and strength in depth in other areas, but we don't lack fight, and hard work.

We all have different opinions of who should play, what formation, tactics etc. that is part of being a football fan and that should be accepted by all. However when on the pitch we need to accept whatever team, tactics, or formation Warnock has put out there and stick with it for the 90 odd minutes.

We all need to hold our nerve, and we all need to stick together. This can happen in the premier league, just stick with it my friends.

It will come down to who has the bottle and wants it the most.

Destiny is still in our own hands with 30 points to play for. Bring it on and embrace the moment.

C'mon you Bluebirds support the boys


There are few positives to take from these last two games as I believe both the performances and results have only highlighted we are outclassed, both on and off the field, everytime we play a team outside the bottom 5 or 6.

We have still managed to get a couple of unexpected results like Leicester away and Wolves at home but on the flip we have failed to beat 10 men Huddersfield and Newcastle and of course failed to beat Huddersfield at home.

I don't think anyone seriously thinks there are 30 points to play for because WE WILL be outclassed by Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd and the only thing we can hope for is not doing that much damage to any already bad goal difference. If nothing else our goal difference highlights that we are a bottom 3 team.

Burnley, Fulham and Brighton away and Palace at Home are more likely to be the games where we will collect points, but will we get enough :?

Without doubt NW has managed to get more from this squad than anyone really thought possible but as much as the limitations of our squad is being cruelly exposed so unfortunately are his own limitations. For everything he has done for our club he deserves the right to see this through, whatever the outcome, and it should be his decision on going forward. If he wants to have another season then he gets my support.

When the season is over will be the best time to reflect and I honestly believe most City fans will look for more answers than simply changing the manager. Our club have clearly been working on a project where the policy has been spend low and keep costs under control and hope for the best.

Right now that looks like a "Model" for failure, again, but I won't put that ALL at NW doors because to be where we are with 10 games to go he has worked a miracle on a par with what he achieved last year.

Survive or get relegated for me NW will remain, in my opinion, the best manager our club has had in the over 50 years I have supported the CITY.


:bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:27 am

What is concerning is the lack of composure and technical ability by many of our well-paid players ...... we just can't keep the ball long enough to put sides under pressure
Teams around us pass and keep the ball better than us.....we have got our points through battling performances and going to the end , it looks as though we are running out of steam coupled with some woeful defending these past two games

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:30 pm

It is frutrating when you see the team gving the ball away, but I don't think the players are that bad, its really surprising what a couple of real quality Premiership additions can make to an average team, especially in the attacking end of the pitch. What we have suffered from is lacking quality goal scorers, last night for instance Zohore didn't have the confidence to get a shot off, instead opting to make a pass that wasn't there. With the addition of a say a Troy Deeney and creative midfielder like Gylfi Sigurdson, the whole dynamic changes, confidence throughout the team increases to make passes. but, hey, we knew most of this before the season started.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:31 pm

dogfound wrote:
Bananas wrote:I'm not sure who Vince Ham is but I'm afraid to say that after the last two games it looks like we have had our chips. Awful team selection by Neil and everyone knows Morrison has disrupted the defence that performed well without him. Oh well, championship it is then :old: :ayatollah: :bluebird:



won 7..5 of those with Mozza in the team...go figure.


Warnock IN, Mozza IN. newbie imature toy throwers OUT.. ttexit


That's the stat that should be thrown about more.

Its like some mates dad said it was Morrison's fault, and everyone seems to be following like lemmings, the only evidence? Circumstance!!

Southampton and Bournemouth were poor in the two games we played them, where as we had a bit of passion about us,all the drive in the wake of the Sala tragedy helped us over the line.

Newspaper reports and poisonous stories painting the club and staff in a slightly darker shade have dimmed the light a bit. This is also fuelled by our own supporters, (we all have our part to play).

We have had the embarrassment of our own supporters calling "Warnock out", assisting the Daily Fail in dragging his name
(and the club's name) through the dirt.

Shame on you!!!

Our club have only delivered this year with passion and togetherness, and the crap I read on here only confirms that its the supporters who seem to be losing their nerve in this fight first!

The manager is still fighting, the club are still fighting, the players are still fighting, Vince and the drummers are still fighting, a lot of supporters are still fighting, but the Boo brigade and the Knee jerkers on here are too busy pointing fingers!

Yes we were crap last night, even worse on Friday, but were still in with a chance.

We need that passion and togetherness back.

If you cant handle it, then don't go! simple as that maybe supporting a struggling team isn't for you! you wanna win every week? go watch your Liverpools or Man cities, we are not them!

This season we are a struggling premier league team fighting for survival. get on board or shut your eyes for a couple of months, its gonna get bumpy!!!

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:48 pm

I know your considerd something of a celebrity on here but with all due respect your posting was nothing short of being utter delusional and with a big dose of utter complacency thrown in for good measure,to even try to define our season just on the last two games alone is utter nonsens,we have been totally underprepared for life inthe Premiership from day one,and then to go on to say our current squad are so resilient that all us fans have to do is wait for them to get their act together and everthing will just be peachy,how more delusional can you be,we have 10 or 11 games left to try and save our Premiership status and the only chance,beaing a remote chance at that is to sack Warnock and his team and try and get another coac in whoe are more equipped to handle things at Premiership level,at the end of the day it all boils down to is how determined and ambitious is Tan and Delmar to keep us in arguably the best league in world football

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:07 pm

I would guess the only way we stay up is buy getting the same number or one point more than Southampton. Given the respective clubs fixtures and our form in 2019 it is not looking likely. I can guarantee you that if we all get behind the boys and support them fanatically till the end of the season it will not make the slightest difference to whether we stay up or not. It's the team that needs to turn up not the fans and they have gone awol.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:12 pm

people saying sack warnock replace him with who ? who is out there who could do a better job with this team there is no one . lets face it we are a premier league team by name only not by quality we dont have nowhere near enough in the teamand lets face it we are punching well above our weight what cardiff fan honestly thought we would be 17th leading into march i can safely say i never i thought we would be well adrift .

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:21 pm

dogfound wrote:
Bananas wrote:I'm not sure who Vince Ham is but I'm afraid to say that after the last two games it looks like we have had our chips. Awful team selection by Neil and everyone knows Morrison has disrupted the defence that performed well without him. Oh well, championship it is then :old: :ayatollah: :bluebird:



won 7..5 of those with Mozza in the team...go figure.


Warnock IN, Mozza IN. newbie imature toy throwers OUT.. ttexit


Bananas knows all too well who Vince is (not the first time he's claimed not to) and everything he does is for effect...

#dramaqueeninayellowskin :lol:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:22 pm

castleblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:VINCE ALM:


Cardiff City Supporters Club


I know things have not been great last two games for us, and we are all feeling the pain and deflated over the last two results/performances. However this squad of players are a resilient bunch and will bounce back I am certain.

Our Togetherness has got this far. Squad, club, and supporters, yes we lack quality in certain areas, and strength in depth in other areas, but we don't lack fight, and hard work.

We all have different opinions of who should play, what formation, tactics etc. that is part of being a football fan and that should be accepted by all. However when on the pitch we need to accept whatever team, tactics, or formation Warnock has put out there and stick with it for the 90 odd minutes.

We all need to hold our nerve, and we all need to stick together. This can happen in the premier league, just stick with it my friends.

It will come down to who has the bottle and wants it the most.

Destiny is still in our own hands with 30 points to play for. Bring it on and embrace the moment.

C'mon you Bluebirds support the boys


There are few positives to take from these last two games as I believe both the performances and results have only highlighted we are outclassed, both on and off the field, everytime we play a team outside the bottom 5 or 6.

We have still managed to get a couple of unexpected results like Leicester away and Wolves at home but on the flip we have failed to beat 10 men Huddersfield and Newcastle and of course failed to beat Huddersfield at home.

I don't think anyone seriously thinks there are 30 points to play for because WE WILL be outclassed by Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd and the only thing we can hope for is not doing that much damage to any already bad goal difference. If nothing else our goal difference highlights that we are a bottom 3 team.

Burnley, Fulham and Brighton away and Palace at Home are more likely to be the games where we will collect points, but will we get enough :?

Without doubt NW has managed to get more from this squad than anyone really thought possible but as much as the limitations of our squad is being cruelly exposed so unfortunately are his own limitations. For everything he has done for our club he deserves the right to see this through, whatever the outcome, and it should be his decision on going forward. If he wants to have another season then he gets my support.

When the season is over will be the best time to reflect and I honestly believe most City fans will look for more answers than simply changing the manager. Our club have clearly been working on a project where the policy has been spend low and keep costs under control and hope for the best.

Right now that looks like a "Model" for failure, again, but I won't put that ALL at NW doors because to be where we are with 10 games to go he has worked a miracle on a par with what he achieved last year.

Survive or get relegated for me NW will remain, in my opinion, the best manager our club has had in the over 50 years I have supported the CITY.


:bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:


Spot on :thumbup:

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:45 pm

We knew when we were promoted that this season was going to be tough, and that Warnock would be working to a tight budget. I think if fans were honest, they did not expect us to be playing PL football this season given that we were Championship relegation material when Warnock first arrived.

We were bookies favourites to finish bottom, with some experts predicting a record low points total. Our fans were not bothered with these predictions, and many on this forum said that if we were still in with a chance of avoiding the drop after Xmas, that would be a decent position to be in. I think we all hoped that the Jan window would see us strengthen the team, and that we may get ourselves a decent striker who would score the goals that kept us up.

Things went against us, and even after breaking our transfer record, we all know that through no fault of the club our new striker sadly never got the chance to show his capabilities. Despite this, we are still in there fighting, and at the minute still outside the drop zone. Although it will be difficult, 17th place at the end of the season is not impossible.

Most of us have read this forum long enough to know that two defeats results in a handful of posters demanding that the manager be sacked, and that two wins will mean that we will not hear from those posters for a week or two, or until the next loss comes along.

I think most genuine fans will keep behind the team, and hopefully help them over the line. I have always said, that for some reason the fans I talk to in the pubs and in the street rarely share the views of fans on this forum. I think most of the club's constant critics are on here, and they are not a true reflection of the majority of City fans. Most people I talk to predicted the sort of season we are having, and knew this would be a tough struggle right to the end. Some fans on here have given up hope, but as long as we can stay in touch, anything is possible.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:50 pm

Been listening today to sky sports and great escapes.
Leicester
Portsmouth
Wba
Fulham

All were in a far worse position than us.
We are still in fighting with a chance so lets keep supporting and hope NW can sort them out.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:44 pm

There's positivity and then there's blind faith, we've been embarrassed by two beatable teams at home conceding eight and scoring one. We are going down

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:59 pm

BAMBA CREW wrote:There's positivity and then there's blind faith, we've been embarrassed by two beatable teams at home conceding eight and scoring one. We are going down


Have to disagree with you.

Everton and Watford are probably the two best sides outside of the top 6.

We have 25 points, 34-35 points may well be enough this season. With away games at Brighton, Fulham and Burnley to come and Palace at home. Chuck in Wolves Away and West Ham home is it really that incincievable that we could pick up 9-10 points out of that from the 18 on offer?

That would make the Liverpool, 2 Manchester and Chelsea games free hits.

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:03 pm

RV Casual wrote:
BAMBA CREW wrote:There's positivity and then there's blind faith, we've been embarrassed by two beatable teams at home conceding eight and scoring one. We are going down


Have to disagree with you.

Everton and Watford are probably the two best sides outside of the top 6.

We have 25 points, 34-35 points may well be enough this season. With away games at Brighton, Fulham and Burnley to come and Palace at home. Chuck in Wolves Away and West Ham home is it really that incincievable that we could pick up 9-10 points out of that from the 18 on offer?

That would make the Liverpool, 2 Manchester and Chelsea games free hits.


Fair points mate and I hope you're right

Re: Vince Alm: I know things have not been great last two ga

Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:09 pm

BAMBA CREW wrote:
RV Casual wrote:
BAMBA CREW wrote:There's positivity and then there's blind faith, we've been embarrassed by two beatable teams at home conceding eight and scoring one. We are going down


Have to disagree with you.

Everton and Watford are probably the two best sides outside of the top 6.

We have 25 points, 34-35 points may well be enough this season. With away games at Brighton, Fulham and Burnley to come and Palace at home. Chuck in Wolves Away and West Ham home is it really that incincievable that we could pick up 9-10 points out of that from the 18 on offer?

That would make the Liverpool, 2 Manchester and Chelsea games free hits.


Fair points mate and I hope you're right


Always look on the bright side of life :)

It's not over till its over butty, keep the faith mate