Monday 6 April 2015

City Shambolic As Bolton Batter The Bluebirds

At the start of today I genuinely thought that City would be extending our good run of late with a comfortable home win against Bolton Wanderers, a team that really struggle away from the Macron Stadium. How wrong could I be!
Cardiff started the game well in the South Wales sunshine and attacked from the off. We had a lot of possession, but as it has been for most of this campaign, we didn't threaten and created very few chances. We should have capitalized on our 10 minute purple patch in the first half. The reason we are where we are is because we don't create chances and kick teams whilst they are down.
Despite our early pressure, Bolton grew more confident and attacked our goal with threat.
I thought the first half was fairly even, and I still thought that City had the ability to come out in the second half and take the game by the scruff of the neck.
Bolton started the second half very well and I thought they looked the most likely out of the two sides to get the first goal. city just didn't heed the warning sign and a wonder hit from Eidar GudJohnsen gave Bolton a 0-1 lead.
Bolton then doubled the lead on the break with an arrowed shot from Wales international Craig Davies, who was fantastic throughout. And the job was complete when Davies added a wonderful curling effort to give Bolton a wonderful 0-3 win.
My Verdict 
Before I start going into the negatives of Cardiff's shambolic performance, I have to say that Bolton fully deserved what they got. They came with a plan and implemented it too perfection. Players such as Barry Bannan and Adam Bogdan are quality players who have premier league experience. They all grafted hard and worked for their teammates.
However, at times City were there own worst enemy, and it was by far the worst performance of the season. We are talking about a 0-3 home defeat to a team that hadn't won away from home in 8 games. City didn't create enough chances throughout the game and it came back to bite them.
Bolton didn't have tons of chances either, bit when they had a sight of goal, they were clinical. Even a player like Emile Heskey, who is not the most glamorous striker, is a real handful and can do just as good a job as a player like Eoin Doyle.
Before the game I thought that City were turning a corner and were starting g to show that they could be a decent team next season, but today just showed that we have plenty of work to do before I can say that we can aim for a high position next year. I think it will be another season of mid table mediocrity next time around.
I guess another important question is if I want Russell Slade to be our manager next year. The answer is no, not really. I have always thought that Slade was a bit out of his depth, and results like this go a long way to proving that.
That being said, results have improved over the past few weeks, and it would be nice to have a bit of stability at the club for once!
Next up is Leeds away. I'm predicting a 1-1 draw.

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