21-02-2015, 22:16
We started without tempo and sadly apart from Butterfield's probings no-one offered him any real support so we never got round them and put their goaly under pressure for 93 mins.
it was 2 cautious teams, Cardiff have brought more than their 560 fans for evening games in the past so a club that pulls 20,000 says it all how they feel currently about their squad and manager. Had we found another 10-15% we would have created more and probably nicked it. Thankfully Smithies played well tested him with crosses and Pelts floated free kicks, Huddy and Wm Wallace ( who got in some timely blocks and interceptions 2nd half) were solid and limited Jones who is one sizeable chunk of centre forward, their wide men looked handy but we coped and Whittingham played very deep so his left peg wasnt a threat too often.
Late subs (87 mins) were a waste of time, is that cos we still pay appearance money? Coady was anonymous we should have stuck Lolley or Bunn on earlier and shuffled the middle, Hogg rusty his passes astray and just cant drive forward, both JV and Wells offered little and I guess they tossed a coin to see who came off for Miller.
All round a disappointing afternoon, 2000 freebies in the top tier wont be rushing back, scraping 8000 on Tuesday evening if we're lucky.
Sadly it all comes from CP at the top, yes a point against a strong team on paper and considerable clout off the pitch is not to be sneered at but it was the manner of our tepid performance that was difficult to take and lead to the few boos at FT.
Me personally I'll hardly sleep till Tuesday now ....I'm buzzing !
it was 2 cautious teams, Cardiff have brought more than their 560 fans for evening games in the past so a club that pulls 20,000 says it all how they feel currently about their squad and manager. Had we found another 10-15% we would have created more and probably nicked it. Thankfully Smithies played well tested him with crosses and Pelts floated free kicks, Huddy and Wm Wallace ( who got in some timely blocks and interceptions 2nd half) were solid and limited Jones who is one sizeable chunk of centre forward, their wide men looked handy but we coped and Whittingham played very deep so his left peg wasnt a threat too often.
Late subs (87 mins) were a waste of time, is that cos we still pay appearance money? Coady was anonymous we should have stuck Lolley or Bunn on earlier and shuffled the middle, Hogg rusty his passes astray and just cant drive forward, both JV and Wells offered little and I guess they tossed a coin to see who came off for Miller.
All round a disappointing afternoon, 2000 freebies in the top tier wont be rushing back, scraping 8000 on Tuesday evening if we're lucky.
Sadly it all comes from CP at the top, yes a point against a strong team on paper and considerable clout off the pitch is not to be sneered at but it was the manner of our tepid performance that was difficult to take and lead to the few boos at FT.
Me personally I'll hardly sleep till Tuesday now ....I'm buzzing !