23 Aug 2015 00:50:55
Pathetic. To put it lightly, the meager performance today was horrific. Tactically inept and disfunctional. Not a single shot on target and completely and utterly dominated by an average Cardiff, let alone Championship, team. Just bitterly disappointing and an indicative end to a difficult week.
I was baffled by Kenny's decision to leave Dicko out of the starting XI. Dicko or Afobe on their own just simply doesn't work. They need to play alongside each other. One star performer in Edwards, in the sense that he showed his typical resilience and tenacity. Also, why wait for us to go 2-0 down before changing; was he waiting to concede? Today was a travesty and no two ways about it - a previously pointless cup game against Barnet suddenly has major onus. 3 consecutive defeats and Kenny will have some serious questions to answer.
However, there was one positive not on the pitch but in the stands; Steve Morgan attended the game (and was presumably horrified). Kenny rotated the team (which with a busy schedule is understandable). But it's very clear that the back-up brigade are simply not up to the task. In order to compete, we need greater depth. For a return of £140m, spend £20m and bring in some serious quality. Look at miserly Burnley; £8m on Andre Gray. They are not play-off contenders no doubt. But the message is clear despite earlier beliefs; this squad is far from ready and as shown at Selhurst Park, is still hurting from the loss of Sako. Yet to see a convincing 90 minute display so far. It's now over to you Kenny.
23 Aug 2015 09:26:46
Agree completely. KJ needed to make just one change and that was to put Ikeme back in. Instead he makes four really strange changes which affected the whole balance and confidence of the team. QPR was a defeat we should have avoided and Cardiff was just embarrassing. Dicko is not going to stay at a club where he is watching from the bench and James Henry likewise. KJ needs a good look at himself for yesterday's defeat. Barnet is looking like a potential banana skin!
On another note - congratulations to Sako for scoring on his debut.