Cardiff Post-Match thoughts.....retire to a safe distance

[the_idiotb_stardson]

That was a shocker.

Two things really worry me.

Why does a 17 year old kid know morw about team formation, shape and pressing than all the rest of the squad and management team. Time after time, Gray pressed their defender and was incredulous when no one else had supported and filled in the hole he had left. He had done his job and was let down by his team mates.

Next thing, about 70 minutes in, 5 or 6 Millers players shouting at each other. It was so obvious they didnt't have a clue were they were supposed to be playing.

[Brin]

That was a shocker.

Two things really worry me.

Why does a 17 year old kid know morw about team formation, shape and pressing than all the rest of the squad and management team. Time after time, Gray pressed their defender and was incredulous when no one else had supported and filled in the hole he had left. He had done his job and was let down by his team mates.

Next thing, about 70 minutes in, 5 or 6 Millers players shouting at each other. It was so obvious they didnt't have a clue were they were supposed to be playing.

To answer your Gray question it's because he's been brought through the excellent coaching academy at Leeds United. Yes I too saw Gray time and again run into space never to receive the ball and like you say, no one filled the gap he left. McWilliams, hero to villain in a space of a week for one.

[GlennMiller]

Simply came up against a class outfit who were both technically and physically superior. We looked better against 11 men but the amount of space we gave their ten men was incomprehensible.

Cardiff were 50% quicker to every ball and we gifted them goals from our inability to move the ball swiftly.

One positive, I thought Cover looked very good.

We won't come up against that quality for the rest of the season and I'm confident we will avoid relegation as long as we keep Martha and McWlliams away from the playing surface!

[avondalemiller]

Well well well. Were Cardiff that good or did we make them look good?

I said before KO that Willock and Tanner will have a birthday today with out set up, and boy did they cause havoc.
If Gray had popped that chance in just before H/T things might have been different?
They showed us how to play "give and go" and made us look static, but i think we helped with that.

MH kept them locked in the dressing room for ages, the MOM never came up to the lounge, King Ronnie did the presentations instead.

If we'd drawn against Exeter and Cardiff some would have been happy, but now we're 1 point and +1 goal better off, but todays performance was poor.........UTM.

[mellowmiller]

That was so disappointing.
We knew Cardiff would be technically superior so I was hoping for a battling performance where we would challenge for every ball and harass them into making mistakes.
What we got was a shambles with no apparent game plan and we actually got worse when they went down to 10 men. Men against boys.
It's true that this game won't define our season but I just hope it doesn't leave too many scars because the lack of shape, effort and commitment was simply unacceptable.
Losing to the champions elect should not be surprising but losing in such an inept manner is unacceptable.
Lots of work to do to put things right for the next game.....and please, please, please stop persisting with this bloody stupid defensive formation!!

[Shark27]

Unfortunately, and I hate to say it, this game shows that MH has to go. Once they were down to ten men we should have gone for it.

[Tigerish]

For months I've been saying that the dumplings in the dugout are taking us down.
I'm still right.
Can anyone seriously disagree with me after that apology of a performance?
Sideways passing, powderpuff tackling, players too frightened to express themselves. Wings totally exposed to counter attacks.
This lies at Hamshaw 's door and he really has to go.
His signings are not going to get us out of this mire. Trust me
Mr Stewart, you saw that abject display against ten men. What did you think?
This manager is taking us down in our centenary year.

[Old_time_miller]

Goal 1. Terrible lack of organisation, play reading and positional sense to allow freedom to cross and pass. Baptiste.
Anyone else in the box watching?
Goal 2. Dawson, yet again out in no mans land then stops. Dead easy to score. Blames defender for not playing keeper on goal line.
Goal 3. Dawson, again, dumped on his arris trying with legs akimbo to stop a ball.
Still, it saves the cleaner serious washing of his kit by being dive shy. Can this guy actually dive? An age thing? Bruises easily? Can?t think fast enough?
Goal 2 really killed the game. Time for Mr. Cann.

[Timbertop]

If the (alleged) new owners turned up today a new manager will be their immediate priority.

[Ronners]

I've not looked what anyone else has posted before posting my view. Sometimes you just have to put your hands up and say we were beaten by the better team. In the championship, we were regularly beaten by the better team, but I thought Cardiff were outstanding today. From the word go they were always in control, their movement both in attack and defence gave them spaces to get in behind in attack, and made it difficult for us to get in good areas when trying to attack. We can talk long and hard about how bad we played, but sometimes you just have to put your hands up and say we were beaten by the better team. All in all I can't think of anything positive to say about our performance today, but I personally think that was way more down to how Cardiff played than how we did, they are by some distance the best team I have seen at ours this season and played for over an hour with a man less, we move on to the next game. UTM