Bristol draw at Cardiff, Basket weaving and the tactical mouse

Cardiff City 0 Bristol City 0

I'll get to the tactical mouse later

would this mouse play 4-4-2?

 

Bristol City started the day as a club in the swamp pit that is the bottom 3. That means that out of 24 clubs in this mediocre of mediocre Championships, 20  clubs have proved themselves to be better than them. Count them. 20.

Cardiff City is a side with Premiership players who the bookies felt were good enough to top the league.

When the dust settled, and the fat lady wept rather than sang, we saw that Bristol had totted up 6 strikes on target and the Cardiff City wonders zero. Yes count them. Zero. That would be, oh yes, none. Not a single strike against one of the worst teams in a miserable league. Their goalkeeper could have practiced his basket weaving undisturbed.

 

Is this the sort of mouse that plays 4-4-2?

Before we get to the tactical mouse let us use our logical powers. Best players in league cannot even challenge one of the worst. Something is wrong. Agreed?

And it has been wrong for a year. 4-4-2 can be crushed by the opposing team adding a 5^th player to midfield. Bristol played with the 5-3-2, meaning they would be difficult to break down but could power forward when in possession. It isn’t rocket science. This isn’t Pepe Guidiola thinking at its most revolutionary. This is a playground formation.

4-4-2 means we rarely kept the ball and couldn’t use it when we did. Pitiful.

Can you see this mouse playing 4-4-2 every week?

 

If the tactical mouse asked any Cardiff fan to be honest and they will admit that Bristol should have won, maybe by a hatful. For that we can thank Marshall (as usual!), the woodwork and the fact that this is one of the worst teams in the league. I was beginning to think that even without our defence Bristol would have spooned the ball over the bar rather than score.

Months ago it was time to thank Mr Slade for his efforts. It is now embarrassing. Within a few weeks it will be Christmas and the next manager will be facing the steepest of slopes.

The bookies thought we should win the league with these players. The Cardiff City board thought otherwise and kept on a manager who has no experience of championship soccer, no tactical nous and judging from the last few performances no capacity to inject vim into the team.

 

Ah yes tactical nous, not tactical mouse. That wouldn't be useful at all.

Definitely some tactical mouse