{"id":2148,"date":"2014-02-25T09:07:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T09:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2014-02-25T09:07:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T09:07:22","slug":"cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2206\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12254997156_f995c81aa6_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2206\" alt=\"The pressure is on for the beleaguered Cardiff City manager to deliver\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12254997156_f995c81aa6_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2206\" alt=\"The pressure is on for the beleaguered Cardiff City manager to deliver\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12254997156_f995c81aa6_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The pressure is on for the beleaguered Cardiff manager to deliver. Image: Jon Candy<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBeleaguered Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u00a0has cancelled his team\u2019s Abu Dhabi trip to focus on picking up five vital wins from 11 remaining games.<br \/>\nHaving crashed out of both cup competitions, the former Manchester United man has privately expressed relief at being able to focus on the league campaign alone, but doubts have crept in.<br \/>\nIn what should have been the catalyst to an improving run of form against Hull City last weekend, the four-nil drubbing has only served to demonstrate just how big the task of keeping Cardiff City in the Premier League, and millions in revenue, really is.<br \/>\nSolskjaer\u00a0has targeted five wins in the final 11 games to give his struggling side any chance of a second season in football\u2019s top flight. Lumbered one spot from bottom with only Fulham below, Cardiff\u2019s 22-point haul tells their story.<br \/>\nUntil his very public sacking, former boss Malky Mackay had managed to amass 18 points, four being from both Manchester clubs,\u00a0 which sat the Bluebirds in 16<sup>th<\/sup> place and six points off the drop zone; all this despite off-field turmoil between manager and owner often descending into farce.<br \/>\nSolskjaer&#8217;s reign has seen just two occasions where his team have managed to collect any points; a win against a Norwich side struggling for goals, and plucky nil-nil with Villa where keeper Marshall was in scintillating form.<br \/>\nSince Christmas last year Cardiff have taken four points from a possible 24 and have leaked 18 goals in just eight matches. The cries of \u201cDon\u2019t sack Mackay\u201d may have had a blessing of foresight about them.<br \/>\nThe omens may not be too pleasing, but the bottom half of the table is separated by just ten points from bottom to tenth place. Just two wins, and some favourable results, would see the Bluebirds climb to relative comfort. The question is where the wins will come from.<br \/>\nSolskjaer\u00a0takes his team to White Hart Lane this Sunday (March 2) to face a Spurs team still reeling from a one-nil loss to Norwich, so he can expect little for his travels there.<br \/>\nThe following game at home to Fulham will be a must-win for Cardiff; playing a team who\u2019ve sieved a porous 59 goals so far is the best chance of bolting three points to the table.<br \/>\nThe month of March doesn\u2019t get any kinder to Cardiff fans who will be lucky to see any return from Everton away (March 15) or the home game against a Liverpool team with a 70 goals to their name. Suarez and Sturridge will be happy to pile more goals on to the 22 Cardiff have already shipped at home.<br \/>\nThe Bluebirds could mirror West Ham\u2019s Great Escape of 2007 when the East End club ensured survival with seven wins from the last nine; albeit with the slight help of one Carlos Tevez.<br \/>\nAn away win at West Brom, still winless under new boss Pepe Mel, is achievable on March 29.<br \/>\nThe Bluebirds then have a four game run of which each is winnable. Two wins on the bounce is possible with the following game being Crystal Palace at home. The next game at Southampton will prove a tricky fixture, but the home tie against Stoke could muster another three points, as could Sunderland away.<br \/>\nThe five games between the end of March and beginning of May will be absolutely vital to Solksjaer\u2019s men who play the teams around them in a series of six-pointers.<br \/>\nCardiff finish the season with a trip to Tyneside and a visit from Jose Mourinho\u2019s title-chasers. Solksjaer will hope his team are safe by then, but even with five wins their total points tally may not be enough to avoid the trapdoor.<br \/>\nFormer boss Mackay,\u00a0 will be watching closely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beleaguered Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u00a0has cancelled his team\u2019s Abu Dhabi trip to focus on picking up five vital wins from 11 remaining games. Having crashed out of both cup competitions, the former Manchester United man has privately expressed relief at being able to focus on the league campaign alone, but doubts have crept in. In what should have been the catalyst to an improving run of form against Hull City last weekend, the four-nil drubbing has only served to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":2206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,4],"tags":[185,186,1946,781,1947],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-bluebirds","tag-cardiff-city-fc","tag-ole-gunnar-solksjaer","tag-premier-league","tag-relegation-scrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Beleaguered Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u00a0has cancelled his team\u2019s Abu Dhabi trip to focus on picking up five vital wins from 11 remaining games. Having crashed out of both cup competitions, the former Manchester United man has privately expressed relief at being able to focus on the league campaign alone, but doubts have crept in. In what should have been the catalyst to an improving run of form against Hull City last weekend, the four-nil drubbing has only served to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-25T09:07:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/\",\"name\":\"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer - The Cardiffian\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-25T09:07:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\",\"name\":\"The Cardiffian\",\"description\":\"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\",\"name\":\"cathyduncan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cathyduncan\"},\"description\":\"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy\",\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer - The Cardiffian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer - The Cardiffian","og_description":"Beleaguered Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u00a0has cancelled his team\u2019s Abu Dhabi trip to focus on picking up five vital wins from 11 remaining games. Having crashed out of both cup competitions, the former Manchester United man has privately expressed relief at being able to focus on the league campaign alone, but doubts have crept in. In what should have been the catalyst to an improving run of form against Hull City last weekend, the four-nil drubbing has only served to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/","og_site_name":"The Cardiffian","article_published_time":"2014-02-25T09:07:22+00:00","author":"cathyduncan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cathyduncan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cathyduncan","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/","name":"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer - The Cardiffian","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2014-02-25T09:07:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/cardiff-city-have-to-win-five-says-solksjaer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cardiff Gunnar have to win five says Solskjaer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/","name":"The Cardiffian","description":"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1","name":"cathyduncan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cathyduncan"},"description":"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy","https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459","https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan"],"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}