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Cardiff City 2009-2010 season

But he's generally been right to challenge the fickle nature of whining City fans. How many times have there been cries of "Jones out!" despite us punching well above our weight for years - we even got to the fucking FA cup final for the first time in 80-odd years for fuck's sake, and still they moaned.
 
I think that is very unfair on Jones. Are you one of those who thinks its his fault if we lose, but when we win "It was the players that won it"?

Sometimes its the players who win or lose the match by their level of effort.

Sometimes its the manager's one dimensional tactics. One plan stan. No ability to adapt during the game and change formation. Put 5 in the middle against us at any stage of the game and we're fucked. Some managers spot this and some managers don't (luckily for us).

I'm amazed we won on Saturday tbh because Dave Jones didn't have Bothroyd upon which his Plan A (target man footy) depends. Plus the 5 in the middle after the goal nearly got us.

Not that I want him out or anything. Consider what he has to work with we're doing exceptionally well.
 
But he's generally been right to challenge the fickle nature of whining City fans. How many times have there been cries of "Jones out!" despite us punching well above our weight for years - we even got to the fucking FA cup final for the first time in 80-odd years for fuck's sake, and still they moaned.

I have never been part of the, "Jones Out", mob, yet I can fully understand their frustrations. And yes the FA Cup final was a brilliant achievement but lets not forget we beat Barnsley in the semi finals, hardly world beaters. City, alongside Pompey, were lucky with the draw that season.

Sometimes its the players who win or lose the match by their level of effort.

Sometimes its the manager's one dimensional tactics. One plan stan. No ability to adapt during the game and change formation. Put 5 in the middle against us at any stage of the game and we're fucked. Some managers spot this and some managers don't (luckily for us).

I'm amazed we won on Saturday tbh because Dave Jones didn't have Bothroyd upon which his Plan A (target man footy) depends. Plus the 5 in the middle after the goal nearly got us.

Not that I want him out or anything. Consider what he has to work with we're doing exceptionally well.

My thoughts exactly.
 
Sometimes its the players who win or lose the match by their level of effort.

Sometimes its the manager's one dimensional tactics. One plan stan. No ability to adapt during the game and change formation. Put 5 in the middle against us at any stage of the game and we're fucked. Some managers spot this and some managers don't (luckily for us).

I'm amazed we won on Saturday tbh because Dave Jones didn't have Bothroyd upon which his Plan A (target man footy) depends. Plus the 5 in the middle after the goal nearly got us.

Not that I want him out or anything. Consider what he has to work with we're doing exceptionally well.
A reminder: We're fourth in the league with one of the most cash-strapped squads that has been hit hard with injuries.

Sometimes I feel like posting up pictures from Barnet away and Northampton Town as a reminder of where we were and the kind of managers we've usually had.

That is all.
 
Better than Warnock?:D

Warnock was a master at motivation and pulling people together when the going gets tough. Tactically he'd often persist with playing players out of position, and it would often take him 3-4 games to realise mistakes that were bleedin obvious to everyone else. I think it was pig-headed stubbornness and refusal to believe that he ever gets things wrong.

Overall though, for spells we did play some fantastic football under him, in fact some of the best I've ever seen at Palace, but we also played some pretty ugly one-dimensional stuff at times too. He knew when the ugly "grind out a result" stuff was needed, and I'm fairly certain we'd be much higher up the league now if he'd stayed. :( He always got 110% effort out of the players, and you have to admire him for that.
 
Thank fuck for that what a fucking brilliant result bring on the Jacks

Please please please please please City, come on you fucking beauties

Didn't feel like this trudging out of the Walker's only two weeks ago. Great run since then, chwarae teg to the boys
 
FUCK that was intense, another brilliant start followed by a collapse - followed by grinding out a result. Went through euphoria, confidence, anger, disappointment, frustration, fear, hope, relief and elation

Great atmosphere, crowd really got behind the boys when the going got tough.
 
I aint gonna sleep much tonight, I am hyper after that. It had everything, some brilliant football in spells, all in the first half from us, and a run from matthews that had his shot hit the target would have been goal of the decade, nay century.

The crowd were awesome, thiught at half time it was the best atmosphere I had ever known, and by the end if was spine tingling. The 5 minutes of injury time saw everybody in the stadium on their feet roaring the team on, the players seemed to rise to it, gritty backs to the wall stuff, and thye stayed out on the field for age after and applauded all areas of the ground. It had a cup upset feel to it, we certainky seem to have more balls than 12 months ago.

MoM, Gabor again, took one for the team, Quinn had his best game in a city shirt. Great stuff just great, even if it frayed the nerves somewhat. I don't know how I am going to survive the rest of the season, thank god they are not all at home so I dont have to sit thru them all!!
 
I seriously can't believe people left early.

I've never seen a home crowd on their feet for so long.

There was this sing them home thing that came from nowhere. At one stage it felt almost like "if I stop singing they'll score against us so I can't no matter what" as if I personally held the result in my voice along with everyone else.

All the boys did us proud on a wet cold night. Hailstones at one stage ffs!
I agree with stadium Ali, they were all MoM for hanging in there to the grim end.
 
And here's me deciding not to go in order to save a few bob for Saturday. :rolleyes:

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuunnlucky! :p :D

My mate didn't travel from London as he couldn't afford to make his cold any worse than it already is and get into trouble with work by taking sick.

Wise move as he would have gotten drenched and frozen.

But still...
 
What a belting result. The atmosphere sounded amazing!

ROLL

ON

SATURDAY.

Saturday scares me. Who will be able to play and what positions will they be in. We aren't going to have our best possible team. Our Delta Force. Our A Team.

But if our luck holds out that won't mattter. Our team selection has seemed almost irrelevant of late with us getting wins from all sorts of unlikely combinations.
 
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuunnlucky! :p :D

My mate didn't travel from London as he couldn't afford to make his cold any worse than it already is and get into trouble with work by taking sick.

Wise move as he would have gotten drenched and frozen.

But still...

:mad:

I'm not that gutted, happier that we managed to hold on for the 3 points, and that the atmosphere was supposedly pretty good. Can't bloody wait for Saturday mind. :)
 
It's my birthday Saturday. What better way to celebrate it than beating the Jacks?

Come on City! Don't let me down!
 
Saturday scares me. Who will be able to play and what positions will they be in. We aren't going to have our best possible team. Our Delta Force. Our A Team.

But if our luck holds out that won't mattter. Our team selection has seemed almost irrelevant of late with us getting wins from all sorts of unlikely combinations.

I was dead nervous before last nights result, but now I'm thinking bring them on.
 
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