Erol Bulut: “ Cardiff City last night ‘

EROL BULUT:


“If we had scored one of our chances in the first-half the result would be very different.”

"You could see in the first 45 minutes, you wouldn't say we played against Porto. I didn't see any difference between them and my team in terms of us creating a lot of chances," Bulut said.

"But we killed ourselves in the first half, it was painful. In the second half we had a chance with Rambo (Aaron Ramsey) but then they got the penalty. After 3-0 the morale of the players came down. They tried but we played against a team who is in the top 10 in Europe.

"The first half I was really glad how we played, how we created and how we managed the ball in defence. Small details, individual mistakes, but we still have two more friendly matches."


"How we managed it today, and against Braga, these chances against two big teams, starting like that today, I think we will have a good season."

Aaron Ramsey made his third debut for the club, of course, when he came on at half time - and almost scored with one of his first touches. He picked out a lovely through-ball for Grant, who returned the favour for him but Ramsey's low shot clattered into the post.

It would have been some moment, but it was at the very least more evidence, not that it was needed, of the real quality Ramsey can bring to this City side.

"He was not long away from the game," Bulut said of Ramsey. "The last game he played three and a half weeks ago against Turkey. He played two games and then had three weeks off, so he's not lost any conditioning.


The one criticism of Cardiff is that they were not clinical enough in the final moments. The final pass or shot was just not good enough and it's something they struggled with last season.

"This makes the difference between the top level and lower," Bulut said of City's end product. "They manage it from the first chance, which they scored, but before their first goal we already had four chances to score.

"If we scored one of our chances in the first half, the result would be very different.“

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He Said we have 2 more friendly matches ? I thought it was only Wycombe left

He Said we have 2 more friendly matches ? I thought it was only Wycombe left

So did I?


One behind closed doors maybe?

So far 8 friendlies we’ve had.

I think it's a fair assesment from bulut. The result certainly did flatter them, for me their keeper and some poor finishing was the biggest difference between the 2 teams.
I feel and hope this is going to be one of the fittest city teams we've seen for a long time, if not ever. Well happy with how preseason has gone, really excited for new season

He Said we have 2 more friendly matches ? I thought it was only Wycombe left

So did I?


One behind closed doors maybe?

So far 8 friendlies we’ve had.

its a strange one for sure unless something is going to be said tomorrow about it

Fair comments from Bulut and agree with all of that.

Also didn't know we had two friendlies left, one must be another behind closed doors game that won't be reported on.

The other is obviously the friendly at Wycombe next Saturday, for Joe Jacobson's testimonial.

Think it'll be an interesting couple of weeks leading up to the season starting, with players leaving and a few more coming in.

When asked if there would be more players through the door by the time Leeds United away rolls around on August 6, Bulut said: "Possible. I hope so. The positions I am going to keep to myself."