WE HAVE ONLY OURSELVES TO BLAME AND NOT JUST

My View/Opinion

By Annis Abraham

http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=172123

” WE HAVE ONLY OURSELVES TO BLAME AND NOT JUST ”

We have only ourselves to blame and not just for todays loss,but for many previous games where like today we just sat back and did nothing for the majority of the game.

For me our fans did not deserve this and I hope many players are shipped out this Summer including Russell Slade.

For me City stood off in the first half and allowed Sheffield Wednesday to attack,that was not what I was expecting from a team that needed to win.

Sheffield Wednesday deserved today’s win and Slade should look at his tactics.

Cardiff fans had sung their hearts out.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 3 CARDIFF CITY 0

Crowd 31,843
Away Support 1,010 incl 50 comps
Marshall, Peltier, Malone, Connolly, Morrison, Dikgacoi, O’Keefe, Whittingham, Noone, Zohore, Pilkington.

Subs: Moore, Turner, Manga, Gunnarsson, Harris, Lawrence, Ameobi.
Over 1,000 Cardiff fans had followed the Bluebirds today and they knew nothing less than a victory today and it would be goodbye to our play-off hopes once and for all.
So it was simple, a win for City and we were still in with a chance,a draw or win for Wednesday and they were guaranteed the play-offs.
Sheffield Wednesday attacked City from the start and City laid back.

Pilkington got injured early on and after dragging around for 9minutes came off in the 20th minute to be replaced by Sammy Ameobi.

Wednesday continued to press forward and with Marshall beaten,thankfully hit the post.

Game got a bit fiesty with both teams going in hard,O’Keefe booked.

After 40 mins, it had mainly been Wednesday,but had had a few chances.
To be fair Ameobi had played well, Zohore quite.

Half-time Sheff Wed 0 Cardiff City 0

City started to play a bit better.

61st min Morrison went off injured and was replaced by Manga.

64th min Sheff Wed scored,but in all honesty they deserved it 1-0.

74th min and a hollower by David Marshall made it 2-0 Wednesday.

This finally hurt the City faithful and their heads went down knowing it was all over.

94th min,Wednesday scored a 3rd to make matters even worse.

Wednesday have deservedly beaten us today.

Full-time Sheff Wed 3 Cardiff City 0
Up next Birmingham City home next Saturday 12.30pm.