Big News from the Bluebirds!

Big news at Cardiff city during the last 24 hours. Following a continued run of poor form, Paul Trollope was finally sacked about 24 hours ago. However, the board immediately appointed well known manager Neil Warnock as his replacement.

Make no mistake, this is a big appointment for the club. Although now approaching his 68th birthday, Neil Warnock can be seen as a manager who knows how to get teams to perform and how to get results. During his career, which includes a number of Premier League clubs such as Sheffield United and Queens Park Rangers, he has achieved promotion 7 times and in more recent years has saved clubs from imminent relegation, most recently last season with Rotherham United.

The fans can be genuinely excited about this appointment. It is something of a coup for the club, as undoubtedly Warnock would soon have been in great demand from a number of other clubs. The recent form of the team, which has resulted in six defeats in the last seven matches, finally made Paul Trollope's position untenable. It was a brave experiment for the club to appoint him following his success as a coach with a Welsh international team, but he clearly seemed out of his depth managing a Championship side. Despite an away win at Rotherham(the only team below Cardiff in the table), a poor home performance against Derby County 3 days later suggested that the players had become confused with what they were expected to do and what tactics they were expected to employ. Last Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Burton Albion was too much for many of the die hard fans who follow Cardiff to away games, and there were calls for him to be sacked. Thankfully the board has reacted quickly to the situation.

We now look forward to the Neil Warnock era at Cardiff city. To make things really interesting, the first Game that Warnock will be in charge for is the Severnside derby against Bristol City on Friday, 14 October. Coincidentally, this game will be shown live on sky TV here in the UK. Let's hope for a bumper crowd and the atmosphere.

Interesting Times at Cardiff City!

RESULTS

ROTHERHAM 1 CARDIFF 2

CARDIFF 0 DERBY 2

BURTON ALBION 2 CARDIFF 0