Harris:Lack of home fans why we have done so bad/Tonight awa

My View: The stats we put out before, showed Harris did nearly as bad at home when fans were in attendance, as we are doing now and away Harris has done quite good.

Harris has made excuse after excuse every week, prob more than five of our previous managers put together




Neil Harris Tells Cardiff City They Have To Stop The Rot At Wycombe

"Lets stop the rot, at home its lack of fans why we have done so bad, so we are away and we have a good away record."


Posted on 29th December 2020



By David Williams



Cardiff City will be happy to be playing away from their home stadium tonight after slumping to a fifth defeat in the Welsh capital against Brentford last weekend.

That’s one more defeat than they suffered at Cardiff City Stadium in each of the past two seasons and they have picked up a mere 14 points from a possible 33 on home turf.


It is a different story on the road, with five wins and three draws earning them 15 points from a possible 30 and they will be hoping for three more against bottom of the table Wycombe Wanderers after dropping to 12th following the defeat on Saturday.

While the other two play-off semi-finalists who didn’t get promoted, arch-rivals Swansea City and Brentford, are currently in second and fourth respectively, the Bluebirds are flying well below expectation and the pressure is mounting once again on manager Neil Harris.

A run of four wins in 10 days, the last two at Watford and Stoke, gave both the club and the manager a pre-Christmas boost, but three defeats in their last four, conceding nine goals, has left them down on their luck once again.


“We have to respond against Wycombe and Rotherham this week because we want to build some momentum and consistency,” admitted Harris after the 3-2 reverse to Brentford.

“Individual errors keep costing us and we have let in too many goals in. It’s not just about the back four and keeper. We’ve turned the ball over too often high up the pitch.


“It is not the same individuals making the same errors – it is about us as a team. You can’t legislate for throwing away goals.”

Harris is still having to play without three key players in leading goalscorer Kieffer Moore, last season’s player of the year, Lee Tomlin, and his only recognised right back, Jordi Osei-Tutu. And he is still missing the roar of the Bluebirds fans to give his side a much needed boost.

“The lack of fans is among the reasons for our poor home form."

"As a player I hated playing at Cardiff City because you knew you were going to get a rough welcome,” added Harris.


“The home fans weren’t going to invite your granny around for a cup of tea. We played very well when we came back in August, but the lack of fans has definitely affected us.

“We can t use that as an excuse, though, and we’ve had a good away record. Fans aren’t going to be back any time soon so we have to make sure we are harder to beat at home.”

"Tonight I have told the players we have to stop the rot."

The last time Cardiff played Wycombe – back in 2003 – Gareth Ainsworth, now the Wanderers manager, was in the Bluebirds line-up.

Now, the former Preston, Lincoln and QPR midfielder, who played only nine games for Cardiff, is hoping he can lift his club off the bottom of the Championship table before the turn of the year, starting with a win against his former club.

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why does he say things like this ?
doesnt he realise that people can check this stuff out ?

we won 3 out of ten home league games under him with fans..3 out of 12 if you include FA cup games..
7 out of 16 without fans...

why does he say things like this ?
doesnt he realise that people can check this stuff out ?

we won 3 out of ten home league games under him with fans..3 out of 12 if you include FA cup games..
7 out of 16 without fans...

It’s also the same for everyone else (which tbf he has admitted before) so why mention it???

I’m not sure he realises what he’s saying sometimes. A bit worrying when you consider he’s supposed to be paying attention to minute detail in his role as Manager.

why does he say things like this ?
doesnt he realise that people can check this stuff out ?

we won 3 out of ten home league games under him with fans..3 out of 12 if you include FA cup games..
7 out of 16 without fans...

It’s also the same for everyone else (which tbf he has admitted before) so why mention it???

he seems to repeat what other managers say whether it applies to us or not.... our home form under him was poor with fans... and better away when our opponents had more fans than us... so i struggle to see what point he thinks he is making.

Reply FB:

Paul Aimes:


Almost every team is in the same boat so lack of fans is no excuse

Neil'The Excuse'Harris really isn't doing himself any favours with this constant stream of absolute shite. If he put as much effort into setting his team up properly and adjusting during games when required we would be top of the league now. I for one have had just about as much as I can take of him!! Harris out!!!

This is the excuse to beat all excuses.

Why can’t he just come out and say he’s out of his depth and pray for Dalman to give him his P45 and severance cheque.

Hoping he looses so they sack him. Nice guy don’t get me wrong, I just think he’s out of his depth.

Bring in the foreign manager.

Its nothing to do with the fans and everything to do with the way he sets the team up to play. So easy for away teams to just sit in knowing we won't threaten until a set piece then hit us on the counter.

Its nothing to do with the fans and everything to do with the way he sets the team up to play. So easy for away teams to just sit in knowing we won't threaten until a set piece then hit us on the counter.

Thomas totally agree

A must win game for Neil Harris tonight, players need to play for the shirt

They should beat Wycombe - playing at 50% !!!