Forest 1 Cardiff 2
Another good performance, a couple more goals and we are
suddenly 5th.
It is early days and the stats are funnily enough not brilliant:
we have won only two out of five games, but we drew the other three.
Fortunately there have been a lot of draws from the teams around us in the
championship which has played kindly for us.
There is a togetherness about this team. This is isn’t so
much the man and wife married for 60 years, this is the rampaging sexual hunger
of a pair of youngsters who have just met and cannot believe what fun it all
is.
This isn't how Cardiff City are playing ... |
Perhaps for the first time we are seeing Slade’s famous man
management. It could also be that we are seeing why Trollope has been made
assistant coach for the Wales team.
It doesn’t matter why. It is happening and like all good
recipes no one should touch it. If we are still in the top 6, still chalking up
the points and still scoring the goals come mid October then this must be the
coaching staff that will see us through to the end of the season.
Tan and the board were right to have stuck with Slade despite
the appalling soccer and dispiriting results at the Cardiff city stadium last
season.
Who's the main man? Answer ...it doesn't damned matter. Leave 'em to it |
Certainly the players are treating Slade like a big friendly
uncle and when Fabio gets his after match cuddle he appears to think Slade is
his dad. Long may Fabio get his after match cuddle! He is showing what happens
when his amazing skill and athleticism are pointed in the right direction. It shouldn’t
be forgotten that a few years ago he was in the Brazil squad and played in the Champion’s
League, now he is giving his all against the likes of Nottingham Forest and
Wolves in the Championship. We are lucky to have him.
Kudos also to Connolly, a talented guy, who has been bounced
around every position on the field apart from assistant referee. He appears to
be a natural leader, he was the guy who went over to Trollope to discuss some
problem against Notts Forest, maybe the right sided defence? Like Fabio he
comes with pedigree. A few years ago he was captain of the Arsenal reserve side,
maybe he should be our regular captain.
Marshall showed yet again why Tony Pullis would need to
offer 15 million plus his wife if he wants our keeper for West Brom. How many
points is Marshall worth to us across a season? It could be the difference
between being outside and inside the top six at the end of the season. He could
even mean a top two placement.
Is he worth ..5 million? Twenty Million? How much is possible promotion worth |
Then there is that damned enigma Kenwynne. If he played to his
best ability he would be strutting his stuff at a top side in Europe. This
season we have seen a man with a point to prove. He is collecting goals because
he is being brave, strong and determined. Some tv journalist described his goal
against Wolves as a goalkeeping fault. Twat. Kenwynne had to battle two hulking
championship defenders and then head the ball with pace at the goal from just
inside the penalty area. To make life hell for him the keeper was hammering towards
him with his gloved fist on a trajectory to bash the head of the amiable Kenwynne.
No sir. No goal keeping error, nor fluke. That was a striker who wanted the
goal above all else.
Really pleased to see Mason get a goal. I have been touting
him for a while and in some ways he can disappoint. He appears light weight; championship
defenders lug him too easily off the ball. Yet the kid bounces back up, time
after time he is hunting the through ball, making himself available, causing a nuisance
of himself in the area and turning and having a pop from any angle. Maybe Jones
needs a terrier like Mason and Mason needs the clout Kenwynne offers.
And the Slade knockers? As I said in the previous blog, this
is crazy. It is the same squad of players, give or take an Ameobi or two and
the same coaching staff yet the performance attitudes and results are polar
points apart from last season.
Explain that because I can’t.
An easier problem than working out the difference between City this season and last season. (BTW he has got his Derivations wrong near the M-squared). Still easier than why it works this season for City. |