Rather than fear the worst, expect the unexpected from Cardiff this season
Its nigh on impossible to predict the Championship ahead of a new season. You can expect the recently relegated Premier League teams to be there or there abouts, but there are no guarantees. The three coming up are likely to struggle, but you never know. The previous season can act as a guide, but as […]
Roathboy x Gavin Chesterfield
Cardiff’s academy may have lost a couple of their prized possessions recently, but it at least proves that the system works. Gavin Chesterfield has overseen the academy for almost a year now, so it was great to speak to him recently and find out more about the general health of the club’s youth set-up. You […]
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 […]