PUNDIT VIEW ON CARDIFF CITY AT READING

Pundit on what 'surprised' him about Cardiff City at Reading as he tells them to 'go back to the drawing board'
By Paul Clarke

The Bluebirds were well beaten by the Royals at the Madejski Stadium


Cardiff City have been described as "a little bit nice" after their disappointing 3-0 defeat to Reading on Sunday.

It was a frustrating afternoon for Neil Warnock's men in Berkshire, who after a decent start were second best in most departments against the Royals.


Warnock came out in his post-match press conference and criticised the way his side defended at the Madejski Stadium, saying it would have to improve over the coming weeks.

Sky Sports pundit Keith Andrews believed it was a very un-Warnock-like performance from the Bluebirds - and was surprised by one particular element of their play.

He said: "Energy levels is an absolute minimum and I thought that was really lacking in the second half, and that surprised me.

"A very un-Warnock-like performance, a very unlike Cardiff performance that we’ve seen over the last two years, certainly in the promotion season, and I just hope for their sakes it’s just one of those one-off games where they’ve struggled to get it going.

"Defensively - nowhere near. They’ve been so, so solid. Defensively, far too many gaps that Reading took advantage of."


Asked what he had learned about the Bluebirds against the Royals, Andrews added that they needed to get back to basics and play to their well-defined strengths.

He said: “Maybe opposition will pay them more respect than they did two years ago, even as they got the real momentum going on a promotion charge. So they’re going to have to adapt. They’re going to have to learn that they have to play in different ways. But I felt they were a little bit nice today. They need to go back to the drawing board and be ugly, aggressive.

“They have the components to make a promotion charge, there’s no doubt about that, but I would not like to see them go too far away from what they do very, very effectively.”

Pundit on what 'surprised' him about Cardiff City at Reading as he tells them to 'go back to the drawing board'
By Paul Clarke

The Bluebirds were well beaten by the Royals at the Madejski Stadium


Cardiff City have been described as "a little bit nice" after their disappointing 3-0 defeat to Reading on Sunday.

It was a frustrating afternoon for Neil Warnock's men in Berkshire, who after a decent start were second best in most departments against the Royals.


Warnock came out in his post-match press conference and criticised the way his side defended at the Madejski Stadium, saying it would have to improve over the coming weeks.

Sky Sports pundit Keith Andrews believed it was a very un-Warnock-like performance from the Bluebirds - and was surprised by one particular element of their play.

He said: "Energy levels is an absolute minimum and I thought that was really lacking in the second half, and that surprised me.

"A very un-Warnock-like performance, a very unlike Cardiff performance that we’ve seen over the last two years, certainly in the promotion season, and I just hope for their sakes it’s just one of those one-off games where they’ve struggled to get it going.

"Defensively - nowhere near. They’ve been so, so solid. Defensively, far too many gaps that Reading took advantage of."


Asked what he had learned about the Bluebirds against the Royals, Andrews added that they needed to get back to basics and play to their well-defined strengths.

He said: “Maybe opposition will pay them more respect than they did two years ago, even as they got the real momentum going on a promotion charge. So they’re going to have to adapt. They’re going to have to learn that they have to play in different ways. But I felt they were a little bit nice today. They need to go back to the drawing board and be ugly, aggressive.

“They have the components to make a promotion charge, there’s no doubt about that, but I would not like to see them go too far away from what they do very, very effectively.”

Imho he is absolutely spot on,never thought I'd see a Warnock side be quoted as a little bit nice c'mon neil,it's the same as before,us against the world,lay into the players,even his comments lately seem a little bit nice or maybe he has lost the fire in his belly "get into em,f@ck em up!" As the saying goes.

Pundit on what 'surprised' him about Cardiff City at Reading as he tells them to 'go back to the drawing board'
By Paul Clarke

The Bluebirds were well beaten by the Royals at the Madejski Stadium


Cardiff City have been described as "a little bit nice" after their disappointing 3-0 defeat to Reading on Sunday.

It was a frustrating afternoon for Neil Warnock's men in Berkshire, who after a decent start were second best in most departments against the Royals.


Warnock came out in his post-match press conference and criticised the way his side defended at the Madejski Stadium, saying it would have to improve over the coming weeks.

Sky Sports pundit Keith Andrews believed it was a very un-Warnock-like performance from the Bluebirds - and was surprised by one particular element of their play.

He said: "Energy levels is an absolute minimum and I thought that was really lacking in the second half, and that surprised me.

"A very un-Warnock-like performance, a very unlike Cardiff performance that we’ve seen over the last two years, certainly in the promotion season, and I just hope for their sakes it’s just one of those one-off games where they’ve struggled to get it going.

"Defensively - nowhere near. They’ve been so, so solid. Defensively, far too many gaps that Reading took advantage of."


Asked what he had learned about the Bluebirds against the Royals, Andrews added that they needed to get back to basics and play to their well-defined strengths.

He said: “Maybe opposition will pay them more respect than they did two years ago, even as they got the real momentum going on a promotion charge. So they’re going to have to adapt. They’re going to have to learn that they have to play in different ways. But I felt they were a little bit nice today. They need to go back to the drawing board and be ugly, aggressive.

“They have the components to make a promotion charge, there’s no doubt about that, but I would not like to see them go too far away from what they do very, very effectively.”

Imho he is absolutely spot on,never thought I'd see a Warnock side be quoted as a little bit nice c'mon neil,it's the same as before,us against the world,lay into the players,even his comments lately seem a little bit nice or maybe he has lost the fire in his belly "get into em,f@ck em up!" As the saying goes.

I agree I felt the same during the game, we used to hunt in packs and attack the ball, now we are letting them play with it, we do need work work together as a team, Warnock will sort it out!!!

Keith Andrews always seems to talk sense, a great pundit for sky that probably goes under the radar because he does the championship

Keith Andrews always seems to talk sense, a great pundit for sky that probably goes under the radar because he does the championship

Agree with that.

Think he's spot on here as well.

Keith Andrews always seems to talk sense, a great pundit for sky that probably goes under the radar because he does the championship

Nah