Malky's Influence

[Blue Prophet]

OK a draw was just about right, aithough without the enforced and worrying changes, it may have been different, Cardiff were disrupted by the changes and Leicester "won" the first half..........apart from the last ten minutes when Cardiff were effectively down to ten men, well Cardiff "won" the second half, but IMO MM's influence was their for all to see, has he picked up players who he knows will work and fight for the cause, or has he "just" got players to work and scrap? Whitts (who is a great player, at this level) seems to be fighting and scrapping a lot more than he ever did under DJ, spoke to a mate who is a big Coventry fan, and whilst he hasn't forgiven us for "stealing" (his words not mine) the Gunner from them, well he reckons that whilst he was strong at Coventry, that he never put himself about as much as he has done at Cardiff,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rudi, obviously crocked for the last ten or fifteen minutes, still tried to make a nuisance of himself............I was a big Bothroyd fan, but can you imagine him hobbling through the last quarter of an hour? Jay as good as he was was never the player to "take one for the team". Is it the players he has signed, or is it the managers influence that has made the difference?

As an aside, how come McNuggett didn't get MOM?............the only criticism of SuperKevs performance was that he got into scoring positions on several occasions, and didn't seem willing to have a go, and was desperate to lay the ball off to people, who perhaps weren't in such good positions as him, OK he is NOT a striker, but perhaps he should have a crack more often, after all no one is going to have a go at him for trying, considering the injuries today a good point, worried about Southampton in the week though, will we have a team?

 

[snlk/poksnbn]

I thought Kev was man of the match.

 

[Cardiff Dyskinesia]

I thought Kev deserved it, but Marshall pushed him with that 2nd half save alone. Had to leave a bit early, so who got it ? What did people think of Miller ?

 

[Swamp]

to be honest, on the touchline he is a rager, now thats a good thing. players like bothroyd and whittingham need a kick up the backside and thats certainly what MM is doing. the players put in a shift today against an excellent team, we were the better team in the second half, but who's to say we couldnt have won it if we'd not had 3 enforced substitutions to make? yes leicester should have scored at the end but its a point gained no doubt about it.

 

[SussexBlueBird]

Rumour from Malky's interview linking us with Macheda ???

 

[DaiJones]

They called Kev as Man of the Match from the text vote.

I thought Miller was poor today, he had a great chance to put Earnie and Whitts through and he fluffed both. He needs to start scoring.

 

[Goodbyen0t606]

Rumour from Malky's interview linking us with Macheda ???

Not convinced.
Did nothing on loan at Sampadoria .

"Macheda can also be clumsy, headstrong and seemingly clueless about the offside rule, however, and the flaws in his game continue to place a question mark over his immediate future at United."

But he may well be the best we could do.

 

[remote]

Concerned that Rudy had to hobble through 20 mins. Hope he hasn't done lasting damage. Ideally with a hamstring pull you should be straight off.