Save your tears for onion chopping
By: Martyn | May 3rd, 2009
What a rotten way to end the season. What a rotten end to our near-century spell at Ninian Park. The nonagenarian did not deserve to be deprived of a glorious play-off semi-final for us fans to offer our final goodbyes and celebrations. I feel like I should be -
But in reality, it’s this dictionary definition that sums up today.
Yeah yeah, revel in it, Jacks and Lilywhites.
As I noted in my post last week (and in the comment section, Toby pointed out a similar occurrence during Dave Jones’ time as Wolverhampton Wanderers manager), there are just too many players in the first team who realised that Cardiff City Football Club gaining promotion was of no benefit to their careers, bank balances or family lives whatsoever.
As for the game itself, errors, a lack of urgency, defensive mistakes (chiefly from Purse and Heaton), anonymity in centre midfield/up-front/on the flanks, poor set-piece distribution and plain lethargy saw us blow it. Spectacularly, when you consider that automatic promotion was still likely just over a week ago. The 6-0 defeat at Preston North End not only started the disastrous spell, but also proved to be the deadliest knife in our corpse as we finished LEVEL on goal difference with the Lancashire side and would have gone up if only we had lost that game 5-0 or 6-1. McCormack’s 2 missed penalties in our last 4 games proved costly. But then so did lots of other stuff. Need I remind you of the amount of last minute equalizers we conceded this season?
So you know, a bit of this in relation to continued unwavering support of my local football club, a bit of this because in the grand scheme of life (and football) a lot worse things can and could have happened, and weeeeeell, a little bit of this because there is some repressed emotion in me waiting and wanting to escape.
But ultimately, if the word ‘collapse’ became anthropomorphic and wound up in a karaoke bar singing this little Pet Shop Boys number, I’d have to answer yes.
Thanks Dave, thanks boys. Oh, and enjoy the beach Jay.
Category: Cardiff City News
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I’m quite dissapointed to be honest, summer of speculation for Joe Ledley’s starting team come August in 3,2,1…
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if only Eddie started things would have been different
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Toby… too true, too true! We won’t beat it, so let’s join it: Any idea how many pounds or euros Mick will have to spend? I imagine you’ll be *bidding* “£7m” for Ledley. Along with Stoke, Brum, Everton, and Barcelona. I’m sure he’d kick one of Xavi or Iniesta out of that side.
And Striking 21… for all the gallows humour we use to *appreciate* Eddie (yes, he is one of the worst strikers we’ve had down here in recent times), him starting may actually have helped our cause yesterday. The cod-USA chanting always seems to inspire him and seeing as it was his final game for the club before returning to Fulham, he may actually have given it a go. Even if he can’t shoot, pass, control, be in the right position, so on and so on. And it wouldn’t ultimately have mattered in terms of going up, save for giving us fans 2 (not 3) more days out.
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haha im a preston fan, i work at pne to on match days and all you cardiff fans were singing “we are going up” well your NOT us and wednesday spoilt your fun and i am buzzing not too see you specimins go in the play offs….
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It’ll be rumoured at 7 million at first, rise to anything up to 10 million at the peak of summer and finally be settled on 5 million, before signing a new contract with yourselves.
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Toby – that sounds about right. Mind you, he has a lot worth staying for in the Championship. Trips to *big clubs* Leeds and Newcastle United, for two. Titter.
Scott – Specimens??? For a start, spell it right. What was the attendance at that game? 13k? What a fickle bunch of supporters you have. All several of them. Your team has woeful (and non-passionate) away support too, you tend to bring down no more than 100 fans. On account of this and your unattractive style of play, you’re not fit to represent the top 20 club sides in the Severn Bridge-sharing countries.
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