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Post by stevek192 on Aug 11, 2016 7:00:06 GMT
For DC to turn around the one downside of his time as Manager as a complete and utter failure- an atrocrocious record in all cup competitions. OK people can throw back that this failure may be part of the reason why we have gained two promotions but what better time to turn the tide than to take away from Bristol City the chance to play Chelsea!
I may be wrong but I cannot recall DC masterminding any good results against superior opposition during his tenure and I put this down to the way we play and allow the opposition to have too much of the ball in their own half and doing this their superior quality enables them to retain possession for long periods of the game and actually ends up with us defending very deep.
Tonight for me has now become a very important game for us with the result having such a bearing on our neighbours- what bigger incentive could there be then the chance to play at Chelsea in two weeks time and in doing so send City off to a big match in......Scunthorpe. Cardiff IMO are not the force they were a couple of years ago and although they must be respected as a Championship club I feel that DC almost gives the opposition the game in these matches and almost instils fear into the players with the way we set up.
For me it is the one area where I have concerns about DC's ability to take us further than a mid table League 1 side and before anyone says I am being unfair in that I am talking about beating teams from higher League positions - it may be difficult and asking too much but teams like Oxford, Bradford City have done it fairly regularly and many other lower clubs have beaten teams from higher divisions. IMO it is down to fear of losing by a big margin by taking a risk and changing the "normal" system. Better quality teams love time on the ball and we give teams that in abundance.
Tonight is DC's chance to prove me totally wrong and go out and hassle Cardiff from the kick off and stop them playing football from the back. Fortune favours the brave or so I have been told so ;lets not fear Cardiff Darrell and give it a real go rather than the usual cup game that sees us hugely outclassed. I know people won't like this criticism of DC but am I right or wrong? Is there a weakness in DC's armour or does he also have the ability to pull off Cup shocks in our favour? Is tonights game just a nothing cup game? I think not!!
What is peoples opinion on this?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 7:05:26 GMT
I agree completely.
We are guaranteed to "respect" Cardiff and play a slow tempo game to try and contain them.
Feck that! We should do what lower level teams would do to us. Get amongst them, make them make mistakes and be brave. Go forwards, attack them and niggle away.
Use the crowd and put them on the back foot. Clever fouling and manipulate the officials.
I don't want to see a similar friendly type performance like when we hosted Villa.
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 11, 2016 7:24:57 GMT
Not sure DC did a lot worong in the cups last season, I doubt losing to Southend away in the JPT was down to tactics and the Chesham game was just a farce?
Now we've pulled Wael's Chelsea out of the bag there'll be increased pressure on DC to pull off a famous result tonight, it'll be interesting to see what team he puts out.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Aug 11, 2016 7:39:47 GMT
Good point, Topper. Wael would love to take us to Stamford Bridge. I think there will be a lot of motivation for us to win tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 7:42:05 GMT
To be honest, I'd prefer the 3 points on Sunday.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 8:08:21 GMT
To be honest, I'd prefer the 3 points on Sunday. It's not a choice though is it? What about 1 game at a time? Sunday is nothing today, otherwise you can start predicting the whole season. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 8:09:16 GMT
To be honest, I'd prefer the 3 points on Sunday. It's not a choice though is it? What about 1 game at a time? Sunday is nothing today, otherwise you can start predicting the whole season. Totally agree. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 8:11:08 GMT
To be honest, I'd prefer the 3 points on Sunday. It's not a choice though is it? What about 1 game at a time? Sunday is nothing today, otherwise you can start predicting the whole season. Don't get your point. I'd be more happy if we lost today and won Sunday, rather than the other way around. Of course, winning both would be best. |
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Post by rocknrollaayatollah on Aug 11, 2016 8:53:46 GMT
For DC to turn around the one downside of his time as Manager as a complete and utter failure- an atrocrocious record in all cup competitions. OK people can throw back that this failure may be part of the reason why we have gained two promotions but what better time to turn the tide than to take away from Bristol City the chance to play Chelsea! I may be wrong but I cannot recall DC masterminding any good results against superior opposition during his tenure and I put this down to the way we play and allow the opposition to have too much of the ball in their own half and doing this their superior quality enables them to retain possession for long periods of the game and actually ends up with us defending very deep. Tonight for me has now become a very important game for us with the result having such a bearing on our neighbours- what bigger incentive could there be then the chance to play at Chelsea in two weeks time and in doing so send City off to a big match in......Scunthorpe. Cardiff IMO are not the force they were a couple of years ago and although they must be respected as a Championship club I feel that DC almost gives the opposition the game in these matches and almost instils fear into the players with the way we set up. For me it is the one area where I have concerns about DC's ability to take us further than a mid table League 1 side and before anyone says I am being unfair in that I am talking about beating teams from higher League positions - it may be difficult and asking too much but teams like Oxford, Bradford City have done it fairly regularly and many other lower clubs have beaten teams from higher divisions. IMO it is down to fear of losing by a big margin by taking a risk and changing the "normal" system. Better quality teams love time on the ball and we give teams that in abundance. Tonight is DC's chance to prove me totally wrong and go out and hassle Cardiff from the kick off and stop them playing football from the back. Fortune favours the brave or so I have been told so ;lets not fear Cardiff Darrell and give it a real go rather than the usual cup game that sees us hugely outclassed. I know people won't like this criticism of DC but am I right or wrong? Is there a weakness in DC's armour or does he also have the ability to pull off Cup shocks in our favour? Is tonights game just a nothing cup game? I think not!! What is peoples opinion on this? To get promotion you don't need to beat teams from higher divisions and in my opinion that is all that matters. Oxford may have done this but they only finished one place above us last season. So not being able to beat teams in higher divisions limits us to mid-table League 1? Hmmm. Surely Bradford should be Premier League by now. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 9:08:00 GMT
the op is just telling us yet again that he dosnt like the tactics dc uses in games but wants a different style that he prefers.
i thought the birmingham cup game last year was excellent and we gave it a real good go against a good side.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 9:18:30 GMT
For DC to turn around the one downside of his time as Manager One failure? You have obviously overlooked the fact that he took us out of the Football League. |
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Aug 11, 2016 9:25:14 GMT
Even in our own division we seemed to respect the 'better' opposition last season and had pretty average results against them.
The noise from the crowd is something you really need to get through a game like this but if we're sitting deep from the start the atmosphere will be pretty flat.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Aug 11, 2016 9:25:49 GMT
For DC to turn around the one downside of his time as Manager One failure? You have obviously overlooked the fact that he took us out of the Football League. Good to see you back on form. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 11:37:49 GMT
Good to see you back on form. Thank you Sir. |
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Post by wiaww on Aug 11, 2016 11:56:54 GMT
To be honest, I'd prefer the 3 points on Sunday. Would be happy with mid-table this season. Would love a cup run though... |
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Post by baggins on Aug 11, 2016 12:02:02 GMT
To be honest, I'd prefer the 3 points on Sunday. Would be happy with mid-table this season. Would love a cup run though... I'd be happy to stay up to be honest. |
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 11, 2016 12:16:03 GMT
Would be happy with mid-table this season. Would love a cup run though... I'd be happy to stay up to be honest. I'd would like you to be happy as well  |
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 11, 2016 13:03:10 GMT
For DC to turn around the one downside of his time as Manager One failure? You have obviously overlooked the fact that he took us out of the Football League. Why do you have such obvious hated for DC & MT, it really is bizarre, if you're just trying to be a WUM it's clearly no longer working as mostposters just ignore your posts now? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 13:06:26 GMT
Why do you have such obvious hated for DC & MT, it really is bizarre, if you're just trying to be a WUM it's clearly no longer working as mostposters just ignore your posts now? Oops sorry if I never told the truth in my post.Perhaps it was my worst ever nightmare. |
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Post by Centenary Gas on Aug 11, 2016 13:27:26 GMT
For DC to turn around the one downside of his time as Manager One failure? You have obviously overlooked the fact that he took us out of the Football League. Added bonus, it was the best thing that could of happened to us, and I for one enjoyed our one season in the Conference. If it had happened later on we might not have had DC to bring us back. |
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