“ The problem is still there “

I was at last nights Cardiff City 1 Reading 1

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For me the problem is still there, I was hoping after the WBA home game Harris had got Cardiff playing for 90mins.

Once again last night we gave away an early goal in the first-half and there for were chasing the game for long periods.
It has become a common occurrence and Harris has to deal with this ASAP.

Giving away early goals then kills the atmosphere immediately and of course giving these early goals away means for long periods of the games we are then trying to break down the other teams defences which is even more difficult for us as we have not got the best strikers and still never solved that in the January transfer.

On the plus side last night , Harris teams never give up and we fought and fought last night, deserved the equaliser and in my opinion over all were very unlucky not to lose.


2pts dropped in my opinion / but encouraging second-half



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We are proving tough to beat, only three teams have lost fewer games than us. Sloppy defending is turning too many potential wins into draws. At the moment we look exactly as our league position suggests, an average mid table side.

I thought we started quite brightly, then we were opened up and conceded the goal, and we were on the back foot for the remainder of the half. The two substitutions, brought energy to the team, and possibly we should have won.
I presume, you meant we were unlucky not to win not lose.

We are proving tough to beat, only three teams have lost fewer games than us. Sloppy defending is turning too many potential wins into draws. At the moment we look exactly as our league position suggests, an average mid table side.

Steve,
I think your spot on

These games could of been won, yes we are very hard to beat, but sloppy defending is costing us wins.

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I thought we started quite brightly, then we were opened up and conceded the goal, and we were on the back foot for the remainder of the half. The two substitutions, brought energy to the team, and possibly we should have won.
I presume, you meant we were unlucky not to win not lose.

That’s the point all our hard work we give away to early on in games by being opened up and bang 1nil down, we are then continually chasing games.

I keep saying time and time again that Tomlin should be a substitute. He barely does anything in the first half of games. People over look how many times he gives the ball away because they are struck by a back heel every so often. He performs after 60 minutes every game. People shoot me down for it as they have a different opinion which is fine
We all have different views.

Has tomlin saved us a few times this season? Yes, he has. But I don't want to be saved... I want to be ahead, I want to be 1 or 2 goals ahead at half time.
All Tomlins goals come after 60 minutes. We get overrun the first half every time.
We like to see flair players but we got promoted with gunnar bryson and ralls in the middle. They were full of energy, pressed high and that creates it's own chances without having a flair player in the squad.

I am starting to wonder if actually the system and line up Harris picked for West Brom might actually be the correct one. Patterson as a second striker behind Glatzel. Enables Pato to be the out ball and aerial target freeing up Glatzel to play more in the shoulder. Then bring tomlin on in the second half for whichever of them isn’t quite doing it. Enables tomlin to have a free role for the last half hour when the game is more stretched. I reckon opposition coaches have realised tomlin is our only creative spark so focus on him from the off. Having said that when I saw the lineup yesterday I thought that was perfect with Paterson as the battering ram to free up tomlin so I guess the point is that I ain’t got a clue!

Very disappointing to lose the goal like we did from our own corner but I think there are more promising signs than negative. He's made us tough to beat, now he needs to find a way of turning draws into wins.

I am starting to wonder if actually the system and line up Harris picked for West Brom might actually be the correct one. Patterson as a second striker behind Glatzel. Enables Pato to be the out ball and aerial target freeing up Glatzel to play more in the shoulder. Then bring tomlin on in the second half for whichever of them isn’t quite doing it. Enables tomlin to have a free role for the last half hour when the game is more stretched. I reckon opposition coaches have realised tomlin is our only creative spark so focus on him from the off. Having said that when I saw the lineup yesterday I thought that was perfect with Paterson as the battering ram to free up tomlin so I guess the point is that I ain’t got a clue!

Correct. You have to win the battle before being able to play. Tomlin is a luxury that we carry in a game just In hope that he can come up with something special to win the game. He has the ability to do that, no one doubts that, but hoping for those moments at the expense of what? That we get overrun for 60 minutes and maybe a few goals behind.

Difference between good teams and average teams is good teams still win with average performances.
We just can’t put consistent 90 min performances together.
Can’t remember a home performance this season that had the wow factor.
We seem very solid but uninspired/ uninspiring

Yep first goal bennet and morrison made no attempt what so ever to close down the cross morrison actually just stood there

Yep first goal bennet and morrison made no attempt what so ever to close down the cross morrison actually just stood there

From the Ninian stand Holliet followed his runner BUT STOPPED WHEN HE GIT TO 18 YARD BOX, his runner carried on and SCORED, do agree the cross should not come in

Yep first goal bennet and morrison made no attempt what so ever to close down the cross morrison actually just stood there

From the Ninian stand Holliet followed his runner BUT STOPPED WHEN HE GIT TO 18 YARD BOX, his runner carried on and SCORED, do agree the cross should not come in

Same as pack at start loose ball if he bust a guy may have stopped it happening

Had enough chances to win it in 2nd half but you’re right we can’t only play for 45 minutes.

The lack of pace in the team is patent. Only Bacuna has any; he did really well and hope he gets a start next Saturday.

Somethings got to be done about the static Bennett/ Hoilett pairing. It’s pathetic. Hoilett in particular is a spent force.

At the end of the day we’re difficult to beat but have no quality or cutting edge to win these tight games.

Our last 4 league goals have all come from set pieces. Our last goal from open play was v Barnsley 2 months ago.

Yep first goal bennet and morrison made no attempt what so ever to close down the cross morrison actually just stood there

From the Ninian stand Holliet followed his runner BUT STOPPED WHEN HE GIT TO 18 YARD BOX, his runner carried on and SCORED, do agree the cross should not come in

Bennett or Pack should have picked up the runner when he came off Hoilett, Nelson wasn't close enough to the goal scorer when the ball was then delivered and left him with a free header. It wasn't the lad who ran off Junior that scored, he crossed it.

Seems to me lately that every match our players don’t switch on until around 15/20mins and sometimes later, could this be something to do with the warm up routine?

I said under NW the lads put too much into the warm up and came out at a disadvantage compared to other teams, maybe this needs to be looked into as well as the 90 min performance

We are proving to be a side tough to beat. A side willing to battle. Conceding early will always cause problems. It seems like we are slow out of the blocks. We need 90 minutes of focus, cohesion and passion NOT the current 40-60 minutes.

Yep first goal bennet and morrison made no attempt what so ever to close down the cross morrison actually just stood there

From the Ninian stand Holliet followed his runner BUT STOPPED WHEN HE GIT TO 18 YARD BOX, his runner carried on and SCORED, do agree the cross should not come in

Bennett or Pack should have picked up the runner when he came off Hoilett, Nelson wasn't close enough to the goal scorer when the ball was then delivered and left him with a free header. It wasn't the lad who ran off Junior that scored, he crossed it.

Thats how I saw it! Only needed Nelson or other defender to make a challenge any challenge would have stopped him and they were within feet of him do poor again..