Cardiff City boss Mark Hudson says his side are working hard on the training ground to try and find the 'killer instinct' needed to turn games into points, and insists his team are close to rectifying their problems in front of goal.
Mark Hudson: “I can assure you we are scoring in training and this squad can at least reach the top 8.”
Wednesday 28th December 2022
The Bluebirds are currently the lowest scorers in the Championship, and drew a blank once again in the 0-0 draw with Queens Park Rangers on Boxing Day, meaning they have now failed to score in 10 league games this season.
Hudson has won just 2 of his last 11 games, but feels this is a big squad full of quality and does not need strengthening.
It's clearly a central issue to Cardiff's struggles, although their run of three games unbeaten since returning from the recent World Cup break, has clearly been taken as something of a positive by the City boss.
"I am Always positive . I'm always looking up. It is so tight and it is a couple of wins away from being seventh, eighth, we've just got to find that killer instinct and when we do, I am looking to finish at least that.”
"We're two wins away from being seventh or maybe eighth, so it's something we'll continue to do. We'll continue to be positive. The platform we've given ourselves in the last three, we've got to continue that."
"You've got to recreate the moments of where it is you're going to get your chances, and putting the players in positions to be under stress in that situation," Hudson said.
"The training level's been very good. The work we put in is to recreate those moments. It is repetition. That's part and parcel of it. Then when you're in the game, you've got to realise you've been in that moment over and over again and remain calm. You've got to find that killer instinct."
“In training I see the quality and we are scoring goals, this squad is good enough and big enough to climb up.”
Isaak Davies 28 appearances/ 2 goals for the Bluebirds:
"There always is plenty of expectations with Isaak, He's homegrown and he's a great lad. He's exciting and I suppose he's got that little edge where he's explosive as a player. Of course there's expectation. But I will say that he's been out for six months. Maybe longer.
"So it's going to take time. I'll go back to what I said before, but I don't want to risk players or put players into a position where they get injured or their form's not great. They've got to find their rhythm. I think we've done that with the players. You've seen everyone that's come back they look ready. That's what we'll do with Isaak at the moment."
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