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BREAKING SABRI LAMOUCHI: ' THURSDAY 6TH APRIL 2023 '

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:28 am

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Thursday 6th April 2023




Sabri Lamouchi Cardiff City: Played 10 Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 6



INJURIES:

Callum Robinson will not be with us. Kion Etete as well. Callum O’Dowda will try to do the session today. He is a big doubt.

Perry Ng trained yesterday and will train today. This is the squad for Blackpool.

Lamouchi



Callum Robinson - how long?

I’m worried and afraid until the end of the season. We have a lot of games in April and in one month it will be finished. If you are out for one month you need a month to come back.

He is trying his best to come back as soon as possible, but it will probably not be enough.

Lamouchi








Sabri Lamouchi on Connor Wickham:

‘It was absolutely stupid. Even if it is his birthday after the derby, to put this on Instagram… I spoke with him, he was absolutely devastated and sorry. He asked to apologise to the players, fans and club. This was a big mistake. I can’t say it’s nothing.’






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International break to talk about contracts?


Honestly I try to do my best with the young ones and the future talent. But about the first team we have to focus on our game because we are not where we want to be and to be out on this situation we have to fight and focus on that and only that.

Lamouchi
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:29 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


"We have a big squad and full of talent and i have got to know our players inside out, i now know everything about them."
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:29 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


Connor Wickham issue. What do you make of it?

Look, first of all it was absolutely stupid. Even if it is his birthday after the derby. To put this on Instagram… I spoke with him. He was absolutely devastated and sorry.

He asked to apologise to the players, the fans, the club. I said to him we have a lot of problems to manage, so I don’t need more problems to create more tension, because we have only one goal - for me - to save the club and to play in the Championship next season. Because the club deserves it.

We are where we are for many reasons, many mistakes, this was a big mistake. The club will make a sanction - or not - it’s for the club to decide. It was the wrong timing. It was absolutely stupid and he knows that.

I can’t say it’s nothing. It was wrong, absolutely bad and in a bad moment.

You need to find the balance between legal and illegal. Our situation, it’s stupid.

Illegal and the club would take a radical decision. You don’t have any chance and you have to pay the consequence - but this is not the case.

He apologised to the club, fans and in the locker room to me and the staff. It was a terrible weekend. But probably more with the scenario with Swansea rather than these stupid things.

Lamouchi
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:30 am

Fri Apr 7 – Blackpool v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support ( )

Mon Apr 10 – Sunderland (H)

Sat Apr 15 – Sheffield United (A)

Wed Apr 19 – Watford (A)

Sat Apr 22 – Stoke City (H)


Tues 25th April Rotherham United v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support ( )


Sat Apr 29 – Huddersfield Town (H)



Sat May 6 – Burnley (A)
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:31 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:



Callum Robinson - how long?


I’m worried and afraid until the end of the season. We have a lot of games in April and in one month it will be finished. If you are out for one month you need a month to come back.

He is trying his best to come back as soon as possible, but it will probably not be enough.

Lamouchi
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:33 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


Six-pointer?



It’s three points, but I can understand the importance of the game. With a positive result, it would be fantastic for us. If they get a result it will be fantastic for them but not a disaster for us.

Lamouchi
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:33 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


Were you surprised a player Connor Wickham was doing what he was doing?



Of course. He is not so young, he is a mature player.

Our business is a different world. Unfortunately the mentality changes, social media is not what it was like 20 years ago.

It is a dangerous image for themselves and for the club. But to make a career without any mistakes is also difficult.

Absolutely (he will be available this weekend)

Lamouchi
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:37 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


Difficult to get over the defeat in the derby?




I try to come back in training with positivity. We were 2-0 down and came back in the game and created a lot in the second half. The scenario was so cruel.

The attitude and performance was good. We fought and we never gave up. This was the ingredient for the end of the season.

We must be positive to move on and look forward to another game, another story, another battle, Blackpool. It will be another tough game for us.

Lamouchi
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Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:37 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


Reading docked six points, only one point above you, they in the fight now?




Like I told you a couple of weeks before. In this mix, in this battle for safety, will be between five or six teams. So it will be a big battle until the end.

Lamouchi
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Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:38 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


How much of the next eight games is a test of your managerial skill?




Even before! I have managed 10 games, when you didn’t choose any players, you come in in a difficult situation, I am absolutely positive about the quality of the squad. They have shown us the attitude and performance to be safe. But we need more killer, we need to show more character and personality.

I need to take care of more, but it’s exactly the same. With eight games to manage, eight games to try to win. It’s a lot of sessions, but not too much because we don’t have much time in between games, we don’t have a big squad.

We just have to be positive and try game after game.

Lamouchi
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:38 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


Plenty in Swansea performance to please you?




Of course. I prefer to lose 2-0 or 3-0 and then it’s clear you were out of it and they were much better than us. But it wasn’t like that.

We started very bad. We gave them two goals. Then emotionally, the crowd, the fans, the atmosphere was the best for me. We came down to 2-2 a few minutes before the end. I showed the desire to win, but I need to show the desire to not lose.

But they know, the players, they know our mistakes, they know what we have to do. We know everything.

But on the pitch, they need to control the situation. They need to do the right things at the right times. When you start the derby conceding a goal, it can be a long day.

But they surprised everyone, the fans, but not me, I knew. But to lose in this one is difficult.

I tried with some clips and some videos to show some positivity, but we cannot make the same mistakes. They know our situation and our problems, but I cannot complain about the players’ attitude or performance.

Lamouchi
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Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:39 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


International break to talk about contracts?



Honestly I try to do my best with the young ones and the future talent. But about the first team we have to focus on our game because we are not where we want to be and to be out on this situation we have to fight and focus on that and only that.

Lamouchi
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Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:39 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:


Bank holiday is packed…




Yes, this is the best scenario! But I don’t want to make a plan in my mind. I just want to focus game by game.

Of course, we have just two days to think about Sunderland. But we have time to do it. But with determination, character, personality, we will do it.

I think the players are ready for this big battle.

Lamouchi
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Re: SABRI LAMOUCHI:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:50 am

CARDIFF CITY 2 SWANSEA CITY 3 :cry: :cry:





SABRI LAMOUCHI:


“When you start and finish the game in this way, you’re sad and disappointed. We paid the price.”



"When you start the game this way and when you finish the game this way, you can be upset, disappointed, complain, maybe, because maybe we paid the price for some mistakes in the beginning, one or two goals, easy.“



"We can't concede this foul. We can't concede this goal in the last minute. So no complaints. Just a cruel scenario.

"Five goals in a derby is a lot of goals. Unfortunately it was not in our favour. We came back into the game with a fantastic goal from Jaden before the break. It was a chance to come back into the game with a different mentality and a different quality. We pressed them a little bit better. With no mistake at the beginning in the second.

"Kaba scored another goal and I was thinking it was an important goal, but we finished as you know. Over 95 minutes, we need to keep the ball, put the ball away, the small details. I said to the players before the game and at the end.

"I can't complain about the desire to come back into the game, but we need to play with the same mentality and desire to keep the result. Because one point is one point."



"It was the best atmosphere since my beginning," the Bluebirds boss added. "Unfortunately, a lot came and they are probably, like all of us, very disappointed, upset by the result and the scenario.”

"But they supported the players until the third goal. It was unbelievable from them."


"The atmosphere in the locker room is absolutely different than the opponent's locker room."
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Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:50 am

SABRI LAMOUCHI:
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Re: BREAKING SABRI LAMOUCHI: ' THURSDAY 6TH APRIL 2023 '

Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:13 am

INJURIES:

Callum Robinson will not be with us. Kion Etete as well. Callum O’Dowda will try to do the session today. He is a big doubt.

Perry Ng trained yesterday and will train today. This is the squad for Blackpool.

Lamouchi
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Re: BREAKING SABRI LAMOUCHI: ' THURSDAY 6TH APRIL 2023 '

Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:09 pm

Sabri Lamouchi on Connor Wickham:


‘It was absolutely stupid. Even if it is his birthday after the derby, to put this on Instagram… I spoke with him, he was absolutely devastated and sorry. He asked to apologise to the players, fans and club. This was a big mistake. I can’t say it’s nothing.’
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Re: BREAKING SABRI LAMOUCHI: ' THURSDAY 6TH APRIL 2023 '

Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:01 pm

Cardiff see Mark Harris, Connor Wickham, Gavin Whyte, Tom Sang, Joel Bagan, Eli King and Kieron Evans head out of contract in June. Harris this week said he had heard nothing regarding his future.

Sabri Lamouchi: “We can’t offer any contracts or discuss their futures as it depends on our league status for next season.”
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Re: BREAKING SABRI LAMOUCHI: ' THURSDAY 6TH APRIL 2023 '

Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:57 am

Sabri Lamouchi has confirmed that Cardiff will be without top scorer Callum Robinson, Kion Etete and Callum O’Dowda for the game.
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Re: BREAKING SABRI LAMOUCHI: ' THURSDAY 6TH APRIL 2023 '

Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:59 am

Cardiff City manager Sabri Lamouchi:

On Connor Wickham: “First of all it was absolutely stupid. Even if it is his birthday after the derby. To put this on Instagram… I spoke with him. He was absolutely devastated and sorry to the players and the fans.”


On the derby loss: “I try to come back in training with positivity. We were 2-0 down and came back in the game and created a lot in the second half. The scenario was so cruel.”

On Blackpool: “It’s three points, but I can understand the importance of the game. With a positive result, it would be fantastic for us.”


On the run-in and Reading’s point deduction: “In this battle for safety, it will be between five or six teams. So it will be a big battle until the end.”

“My squad is big and I am more than happy with it.”

“I am absolutely positive about the quality of the squad. They have shown us the attitude and performance to be safe. But we need more killer [instinct], we need to show more character and personality.”
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Re: BREAKING SABRI LAMOUCHI: ' THURSDAY 6TH APRIL 2023 '

Fri Apr 07, 2023 9:59 am

Sabri Lamouchi:


"We must be positive and look forward to another story and battle at Blackpool. It’ll be another tough game for us."
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