EROL BULUT: "HARD TO HIDE TRUE FEELINGS"

Deep Breath . . . Erol Bulut Admits He’s Having To Hide His True Feelings About Cardiff City
By Graham Thomas
© 2024 Dai Sport

Erol Bulut admitted he had to his hold his true feelings in check after Cardiff City fell to a humbling, utterly one-sided defeat to Leeds United.

The Bluebirds lost 3-0, but the scoreline could easily have been twice as damaging and Bulut’s recent record at home now shows just four points gathered from seven matches.

What appeared to trouble Bulut – who is out of contract at the end of the season – was not so much the gulf in class but his players’ lack of desire to narrow that gap through hard work and determination.



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“You can lose a game but you have to fight and today was not that case,” said Bulut.

“If I told you how I feel on the inside, it would not be good. I need to be calm.

“We have a quality, better team in front of us but we have to at least show more fighting spirit.

“We were not aggressive enough and not speedy enough. Shadow marking will not help us. We all have to go together and press with speed and aggression. The first half was not that case. We were far away from the opponent.

“There were too many individual mistakes. If you make mistakes, quality opponents punish you and we got punished like that.”

“The lack of desire does not seem to be there at the moment with my players.”


The Championship is often trumpeted as a competitive dog-eat-dog, every hound has his day kind of place, but this was not a match with which to burnish that myth.

In fact, such was Leeds’ utter dominance, it was hard to believe Cardiff occupy the same planet, never mind a shared place in the top half of the division and common dreams of promotion.

This was a third successive 3-0 win for manager Daniel Farke’s team in all competitions and the margin could have been more.

Patrick Bamford and Dan James scored the first-half goals, giving Leeds a cushion so comfortable they could afford to lazily recline and were more in danger of nodding off than suffering a Cardiff fightback.

The second-half was something of a sleepwalk and when Crysencio Summerville had a chance to make it 3-0 from the penalty spot 12 minutes from the end, the Dutchman dozily struck the ball against the foot of the post.

It mattered little, though, since a rapid counterattack in the 88th minute ended with a patient finale to the move and a well-struck finish from Georginio Rutter.

Yet this was a Leeds team that had lost their three previous away matches, casting significant doubts over their ability to chase down Leicester and Ipswich for the automatic promotion places or even hold their place among the play-off places.

Cardiff also harbour hopes of a top-six finish, but they have not won at home in the league for four matches and defeats in that sequence to Leicester and Birmingham City, as well as Leeds, suggest a team heading in the wrong direction.

“This was our most mature performance of the season,” said Farke.

“It’s a third clean sheet in a row which is a really good start to the new year. We kept them totally quiet and dominated them in a fantastic matter. We should have scored a few more but the win was never in doubt.

Cardiff have now won only one of their last six home games and appear in need of a strong January transfer window to revive their fortunes.

When asked about incoming players, Bulut sounded less optimistic than a month ago, suggesting the club have decided not to spend much money.

“[i]I don’t know how the transfer window will go for us,” he added.

“We have many names on the list – striker, winger, midfielder, centre-back. But finances, I don’t know where we are.

“I try to make my best for Cardiff until the end of the season. I’m always positive but it doesn’t only make changes when I’m positive. I hope the following days, until the end of the window, we can finalise some transfers.”

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Quite a depressing read that. The euphoria of early season has dissipated into a painful struggle and an empty void where there was once great hope and excitement for the future.

Fair play Erol Bulut is very honest and it is a worry:


Bulut needs these Six New players he was promised by Dalman and Tan.



Erol Bulut:

“You can lose a game but you have to fight and today was not that case,” said Bulut.

“If I told you how I feel on the inside, it would not be good. I need to be calm.

“We have a quality, better team in front of us but we have to at least show more fighting spirit.

“We were not aggressive enough and not speedy enough. Shadow marking will not help us. We all have to go together and press with speed and aggression. The first half was not that case. We were far away from the opponent.

“There were too many individual mistakes. If you make mistakes, quality opponents punish you and we got punished like that.”

“The lack of desire does not seem to be there at the moment with my players.”

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Where was Robinson yesterday?

Do we have to sell before we can buy and that's pissing EB off?

Where was Robinson yesterday?

Do we have to sell before we can buy and that's pissing EB off?

Hopefully far far away from our team.

An honest statement from Bulut that all us fans support him with.

Yesterdays appointment was on a par to when the Jacks beat us 4-0 to claim the first duble. Then I was saying we need to clear out that squad and today I want to see most of this dross from last season moved out.

Summing up we are still a mess and yesterday was proof of that.

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Most fans agree the players need a kick up the arse
but how do we show our feelings i don't like booing but that seems the only way the players on the pitch can see and hear that the fans are not happy with the performance
lots of clubs fans do it and i always cringe when they do but i think it has the desired effect.

Where was Robinson yesterday?

Do we have to sell before we can buy and that's pissing EB off?

He was unwell apparently. Picked up a virus as did a couple of other players that played yesterday

Where was Robinson yesterday?

Do we have to sell before we can buy and that's pissing EB off?

He was unwell apparently. Picked up a virus as did a couple of other players that played yesterday

That'll be 2 things they picked up yesterday, the other being the ball from our net.

bluelover

The other players went down with a virus
"Fatigue"

Monty IMO the players are trying but they are just not at the level of some of our opponents.

The championship used to be a tight "anyone can beat anyone" league, but Covid and the response to Covid has made the haves and have nots much bigger, and with the top three teams not wasting their parachute payments it shows.

The Joe Ralls Warnock had compared to this Joe Ralls is huge and he still is our most effective midfielder. He is trying but his body can't do what it used to do. Wintle gives everything, never shirks, but is unable to pick a forward pass on a regular basis, its not his fault he is a L1 "6". Sio is realising this is a tough physical league and I think he has been bottomed by the intensity.

Bowler is a typical 2 tier winger, world-class one day looks like he has never played the game the next. Tanner is a low risk gamble and Grant give everything every game

I believe we were a mid L1 team last season playing in the championship and just got away with it.

We need to build and chopping and changing manager is not the answer. Whether Bulut stays or goes we still need championship level players. Pep or Klopp wouldn't get any more of a tune out of this lot than Bulut

I said in a different post that maybe the manager and players choose to stay in 3rd gear yesterday. Almost a pick your battles scenario...conserve your energy for our next opponent.
Awful I know coz we were home but I felt that helps explain the completely inept performance yesterday.

Clearly though on those comments that wasn't the case. Why can't he motivate these players??? What's the problem???

I just don't get it coz the team we put out should have been capable of competing...by all means lose to 190 million £'s worth of talent but bl00dy compete nonetheless!!!

Maybe Buluts English means he struggles to motivate (coz it's not the best). Other foreign managers seem to cope though.

I and I think the FANS EXPECT A BIG REACTION AGAINST PLYMOUTH NEXT SATURDAY THE TEAM AND MANAGER OWE US A PERFORMANCE RANT OVER

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Wintle and Ralls really need to start using common sense and stop coming short for corners for each other.
Also keeping the ball on the floor and putting players in danger where does common sense come in for players now? They scared of getting hooked by Bulut if they lump it forward?
He needs to take responsibility because there’s no way players are happy to constantly keep playing the way they do at home. At 2-0 down Leeds v Leicester there was no urgency just playing the same way when losing, you swear at home we are in the lead in games.
Warnocks comment he made before saying ‘You got to die to get 3 points’ watching us at home I don’t see that.
Before the third goal we took a short corner while being 2-0 down, the last two home games for me I just don’t recognise us at all, I do think Bulut deserves backing and a chance but I feel like it’s hard to see the way he wants us to play because it’s going massively away from the routes we know.

Some of these players have flattered to deceive under a few managers now. I don't think even Pep could make this side into anything other than a mid table outfit and lets not forget he's only had freebies and loans to improve the side.Wharever happens I can see a big clearout in the summer. I'm disappointed with the side at the moment but in general the direction of travel is right even if it's not quick enough for some on here.