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| Sat 16th February 2002. Wigan Ath 4 - 0 Cardiff City. Match report. | ||||
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Disaster as the JJB. 4 goals, all from badly defended corners. The first after only 75 seconds. We were beaten well and truly. From a City point of view there was very little to take from the game. The attention
tonight has turned to the future of Alan Cork. I've yet to see anyone defend
the manager after today's embarrassment.
Alan Cork has the most expensive City squad in history. He
has the best squad of players City has had for years and today the fans who
went to Wigan were singing "Cork Out" and even more alarming "Your'e not fit
to wear the shirt" to the players. Alan Cork has created what appears to be a far from
pleasant environment at Ninian Park. The "tommy burns" scenario, (remember
how Legg and Bowen were treated at Reading), with Nogan, McCulloch, Evans,
Thompson, Jordan and Brazier being made to train alone and not being fully
part of the squad. The spats with Graham Kavanagh that made the newspapers
even though they were denied by the club. City should and could have been in a far stronger position
in this division. Alan Cork as manager must take responsibility for not
getting the best from his players, for playing players out of position for
failing to read games where we have been turned over when other managers
changed things to outwit us. Because the top of the division is so tight we have not
lost any ground on the play off places. We are still 5 points behind 6th
place and only 8 points behind 3rd spot. Forget 1 and 2. Alan Cork can take us no further, he does not appear to
have the respect of his players and the time has come to try and salvage the
season and if we miss out this time give a new manager time to prepare fully
for next season. He continually blames the players for bad performances and
while, to a point he is right, there is also a responsibility from the
manager to take an active part in games and decisions made by him can change
the course of the game. Cork appears to have lost his rudder and he has no
control. It saddens me to ask for anyone to be sacked but for the
future of Cardiff City Football Club I believe that we need a change.
Alan Cork did well to get us promoted and that will sit
proudly on his CV. His man management abilities have let him down this time
and he is not yet a division 2 manager. I have very bad feelings for next week against Bury and
Cambridge, it's embarrassing being thumped at Wigan, to see our players fail
to perform at home to two of the worst teams in Division 2 will be too much
to bear. Go now Alan Cork and let someone new breath life back into
our season and our football club. |
Copyright Michael Morris 2002.