Uncle Slade and his big knockers, why City are like a hot young couple and Pullis needs to chuck in his missus and another fifteen million for Marshall

Forest 1 Cardiff 2

Another good performance, a couple more goals and we are suddenly 5^th.

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 ...



...but this is!

 

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.