Renewed interest could prove to be Cardiff’s secret weapon
Enthusiasm is a given. You expect that those involved with your football club will be enthusiastic about their task because working in football is the dream for most fans. We would all give anything for a bit of that. The reality though is often very different. In my experience, sometimes the more you see and […]
Roathboy x Mehmet Dalman
To fill the void where speculation was flourishing, I managed to briefly speak to Mehmet Dalman a few days ago. There was a deal in principle with a manager that turned out to be Erol Bulut, but the situation was at a sensitive stage. Thankfully, Cardiff have now secured their primary target and he will […]
Are Cardiff about to miss another managerial open goal?
This time last year, Rob Edwards was briefly celebrating winning the League Two championship with his swashbuckling Forest Green Rovers side. I say briefly because four days later, he had been poached by Watford, who were plotting a swift return to the Premier League. Edwards, a former Welsh international, was one of the hottest prospects […]
Wanted – A manager for a deeply damaged, dysfunctional football club
At this stage, does it even matter who manages Cardiff? The turnover is so high that anyone joining is merely passing through and has very little chance to make any real impact. That is the general consensus anyway, but I would argue that the opposite is actually true. Everyone knows that the club is a […]
Appraising Cardiff’s squad – The table doesn’t lie, but it doesn’t always tell the full story
Is Cardiff’s squad as bad as some seem to think? After a summer of massive upheaval, it was always going to be a season of transition, but no one expected this. What should have been a matter of weeks turned into months, with four different managers utilised, various systems used and every conceivable combination tried. […]
The pick of the 2023 freebies
As Cardiff approach another summer with one arm tied behind their backs, they’re left once again with no option but to operate in the super-competitive free agent and loan markets. Last year, Steve Morison had a plan and executed it. This year, Cardiff don’t yet have a manager beyond tomorrow, so any potential plans remain […]
Mission nearly complete. Time for planning to commence
Cardiff are nearly home and dry. Even by the Championship’s wild and crazy standards, a six-point cushion with two to play should be enough to maintain Cardiff’s second tier status. They may even be safe by the time they next take the field on Sunday, should Saturday’s results go their way. It’s a huge weight […]
Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Japhet Matondo are the next in line
Cardiff could be forgiven for having a full-blown existential crisis with regards to their academy. Having seen Charlie Crew and Gabriele Biancheri picked off by Leeds and Manchester United respectively, the acceptance is that they won’t be the last. Lewys Benjamin was all set to join the exodus, but reported complications relating to his Manchester […]
The Joel Bagan Conundrum
Is Joel Bagan good enough to play for Cardiff City? This is the sort of question that will illicit very definite answers, one way or the other, and there will be a lot that will feed into that opinion. He will be cut some slack in some quarters for being an academy graduate because people […]
Roathboy x Noel Mooney
The FAW were always stuffy and behind the times when I was growing up, which was reflected on the pitch. That couldn’t be further from the case now, with Welsh football riding the crest of a wave, on and off the pitch. These are unprecedented times and Noel Mooney is at the forefront, across all […]