What happens when you off load to many players at once

What happens when you off load to many players at once

By Gary Field aka Castleblue

http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=177106#p1843512

If you look back at the last time Cardiff City made such a poor start at this level it did follow a summer where the club offloaded a number of players for “Financial” reasons. That summer saw the club offload Gabbidon, Thorne, Collins, Langley, Vidmar, McAnuff, Bullock, Robinson, Croft and of course just before the end of the previous season Kavanagh. During the summer we signed only 1 player for a fee, Darren Purse, but got Loovens, Koumas and Ricketts on loam with Scimecca and Thompson to follow in January.

We had a small squad that season with just over 20 players appearing in Championship matches, it looks like a similar number of players will appear this season with the squad having been cut to the bone by the summer of austerity. In my opinion our squad is too small to compete and we will struggle as the season goes on. Back in 2005-06 out of the last 7 games we only took 2 of the 21 points available and I think it will be the same this season.

We have quality in our squad and I don’t think we will get dragged into a relegation battle but neither will we trouble the top 6. The squad is way short of numbers to do that.