Slowly But Surely

For Cardiff City, any point is a decent one at the moment. We need to fight for every point we can get at this point in time, and the 450 hardy souls who travelled to Huddersfield saw a glimmer of the fighting spirit we need to steer us out of trouble.
You can't help but be underwhelmed with our lack of attacking intent recently, and that didn't change on Saturday, but the main thing is that we got something out of the game. It was never going to be easy. Many pundits said that city were going to have to scrap for the points, and at times the bluebirds did that.
There are still a few dreamers who think the play-off are not out of reach. For them, this is surely two points dropped. But for people like me who are far more concerned about survival this season, it is a fairly good point. We went to a tough place to go and grafted for the point. It wasn't pretty, but it was effective.
However, the stats don't lie, and they're not pretty. We have become accustomed to being dominated in terms of possession, and today was no different. It went 61-39 in Huddersfield's favour. It's something that we are seeing to often under Russell Slade. We have the players to go out and dominate teams, but we're to scared that we'll lose. We need to be brave and see if we can control a game.
The draw also means that we have only won once in 13 attempts. That's not acceptable for a team that were dubbed "the best squad the best squad the championship has ever seen." In fact, it's relegation form. That needs to change quickly.
A win could come at Wigan on Tuesday, and I believe if we took 3 points at the DW Stadium, it would almost guarantee safety. However, that won't be an easy game. I was watching Wigan Warriors (rugby league team) play last night at the DW stadium, and let's just say the pitch was not in the best condition. In fact, it was nothing sort of atrocious. It will be difficult to play any type of passing football, but then again, I hardly think we will be using that tactic on Tuesday!
Wigan are in huge relegation trouble and very low on confidence. They looked very poor in a 0-3 home loss to Charlton on Friday, and I would be very disappointed if we failed to take 3 points on Tuesday. They are managed by ex bluebird boss Malky Mackay. Forget all the controversy over his texts to Iain Moody, I will forever be thankful to him for what he did for the club.
I would swap Craig Noone for exciting prospect Kadeem Harris on Tuesday night. Noone has been abject this season, and looks like he desperately needs a rest. Other than that, I would name an unchanged side for the Wigan game. I think we will stop the rot here and claim a 0-2 win.
I don't think we will go down this season, but I'm adamant that Russell Slade has to go at the end of the season, wherever we finish. The football is poor and we are not picking up enough wins. Let's hope both of those things can change on Tuesday.