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Cardiff City are a basket case and Tan won't spend

Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:17 am

Sky Sports pundit Don Goodman:


"Cardiff City has been a bit of a basket case of a club. Not just this season, but across the past few years, too. If I'm honest with you, I'm not surprised it's been a struggle for them this season.

They had a solid campaign under Erol Bulut last year, but almost half of their 53 goals came from set-pieces. In my opinion, whilst they're a huge part of football, you can't rely on set-pieces to win games week-in-week-out. 16 goals from open play is a little better this season, but it's not enough in reality.

The Bluebirds have struggled at both ends of the pitch. Only three sides have scored fewer goals than them and only three teams have conceded more goals. This tells me the whole team needs strengthening.

Omer Riza did well, initially, when he came in but they then delayed appointing him permanently which showed a lack of faith and then, all of sudden, they were going nine games without a win and are back in the mire.

I think they need a lot of new blood. Whether Vincent Tan will actually back them, however, is a different story. I do fear for them."
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Re: Cardiff City are a basket case and Tan won't spend

Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:51 am

He is spot on and the problem is coming from the top.

Even if Tan does invest do we have the right people in place to make the best of it. I don't think so.

Re: Cardiff City are a basket case and Tan won't spend

Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:42 pm

Me neither he can keep his money and do 1 to little to late u ask me

Re: Cardiff City are a basket case and Tan won't spend

Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:24 pm

11 days in and still no movement in the window as of yet

Yes there was that supposed bid for the Peterborough fellow but it's starting to feel like the usual "we tried but couldn't get the deals done" scenario we get every year

Re: Cardiff City are a basket case and Tan won't spend

Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:02 pm

Honesty is the best policy ,just say they not spending no money least we haven’t got to keep looking with disappointment that we not signing players or linked to anybody we all now were we stand then