Neil Harris' transfer update, giving Leeds United a leg up and the 'good' Cardiff City dilemmas he's got on his plate - Wales Online
By Tom Coleman
19 DEC 2019
Neil Harris says there are more things he's pleased with than things he is not after a solid start to his Cardiff City tenure.
The Bluebirds came back from 3-0 down to grab a draw against Leeds United last weekend and Harris says he is looking at where they fell short at Elland Road in order to learn from his mistakes.
Ahead of the match against Preston on Saturday, the boss said: "I look at it as where we fell short for a period. Every game I analyse personally, analyse the stats. Go through certain elements of the game as you know, to look at where we fall short.
"Did we give Leeds a leg up? Yes. Brentford the same. Leeds was perhaps a little tactical and we always look at ourselves first. Brentford might have been more mental and personality wise.
"But then you say, how can we do better. Did we deserve anything at Brentford? Debatable. Did we deserve anything at Leeds, probably not.
"But there’s so much more I’m pleased with than things I’m not pleased with.
"They’re not battles I can win over night but I’m really pleased with my group. They got a lot of praise and rightly so."
Harris delivered the latest team news, with a crisis at centre-back a very real possibility after Sean Morrison's red card appeal was rejected and Aden Flint struggling with injury. "I’m really disappointed," he added.
"Firstly, at the time I didn’t think it was a red card. I do understand the modern game and the need for us to protect players because of the game now. But the more I watched it, the more I was convinced it wasn’t a red card. There’s a genuine attempt for the ball. No one the pitch could believe it was red card."
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