Cardiff City finds themselves in a challenging position in the Championship,the season has been marked by managerial changes, with Erol Bulut departing in September, leading to Omer Riza’s appointment as interim manager, a role he has since retained.
As the season progresses, Cardiff City will need to address these challenges to improve their standing and avoid relegation.
As the season progresses, Cardiff City will need to address these challenges to improve their standing and avoid relegation.
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00:00in the championship, and it's fair to say it's not been a great first part of the season
00:07for the Bluebirds. Struggling in the championship is what they are, down towards the bottom.
00:12Of course they have been in League One before, but that's not somewhere they'd like to go
00:15again any time soon, but that is unfortunately the real threat that they are faced with.
00:21And so, if we're looking back at their season, it's fair to say, as we've said there, they
00:24haven't done well. They've struggled for goals, they've struggled for conceding goals as well.
00:30But what has this all come down to, obviously? Cardiff were once a team in the Premier League
00:33who were doing really quite well, and obviously they didn't stay there very long, but since
00:39they went back down, they never really threatened too much to come back up, and all of a sudden
00:43now they're really struggling in the championship, and that's a real shame for such a well-supported
00:48club in South Wales as well. Obviously Swansea have perhaps been a bit more successful in
00:52recent times than them, but it's a real shame for Cardiff, and what can they do to improve
00:58that as well as looking back on what's gone wrong this season?
01:01Yeah, obviously, as you mentioned there, it's been a slow decline since they did come down
01:07from the Premier League. Obviously it was an amazing achievement to go up under Neil
01:11Warnock. It was absolutely fantastic to see, and Cardiff fans didn't really know how lucky
01:17they were to have Warnock with them and trying to steer them into more success. They had
01:25some fantastic cup runs as well in that time. They looked a fantastic side, and when a Welsh
01:32side goes up to the Premier League, it was a massive difference for Wales as a country.
01:36It shows how serious they are, and it shows how fantastic their clubs can be. Obviously
01:41Cardiff and Swansea were in the Premier League at the same time for a few years, which was
01:46fantastic for the nation. I mean, it's just been a very, very slow decline, and now it's
01:51sort of biting them. They are really looking bleak. They took so long to sort out the managerial
01:57situation, which actually led to a letter to the owners from the fans saying they weren't
02:02happy. They just felt like they were left in the dust. They didn't really know where
02:07to turn to, and that's such a shame to see, I think, for any club, any EFL outfit. At
02:12the end of the day, it's something that fans really dedicate their time and money to,
02:17and it's a shame to see. I think they are certainly in the midst of it now, and they
02:22really need to change things. Looking at the season so far, they've conceded only four
02:30clean sheets this season, which is absolutely shocking. Twentieth in the goals conceded
02:38table in the Championship. They've just proven that maybe they're not quite a Championship
02:42outfit so far. They just need to really hope that other clubs go down, really, around them.
02:51The owners have come out and said they are certainly in a relegation battle. A lot needs
02:55to change, I think, for Cardiff to remain in the Championship.