{"id":28743,"date":"2018-05-11T11:14:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=28743"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:14:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:14:10","slug":"bluebirds-legend-phil-dwyer-doubts-clubs-long-term-premiership-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/05\/11\/bluebirds-legend-phil-dwyer-doubts-clubs-long-term-premiership-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend Dwyer has doubts about Bluebirds&#039; long-term hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28744 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3644-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28744 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3644-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nTHE record-holder for appearances for Cardiff City FC, Phil Dwyer, has said he doesn\u2019t hold out too much hope of the Bluebirds remaining in football\u2019s top flight, following their promotion on Sunday.<br \/>\nDwyer said he had heard that manager Neil Warnock did not believe he was ready for the &#8220;big clubs&#8221; of the Premier League, having had unsuccessful managerial spells at QPR and Crystal Palace.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cHe\u2019s a great manager for the lower leagues, he has been in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers, which didn\u2019t work out. But the supporters just love him.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a different league (the Premiership), a totally different league, if we really want to stay where we\u2019re going then we haven\u2019t got enough money. But we\u2019re there now and that\u2019s all the supporters want.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cTo stay in the Premiership, I don\u2019t think at the moment that we will, but you never know\u2026 you look around the ground today on promotion day and it\u2019s tremendous, they love it.\u201d<br \/>\nCardiff City took a goalless draw against Reading on Sunday to secure their place in the top division for the first time since 2013\/14.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was a good result, it\u2019s tremendous what we\u2019ve done,\u201d said Dwyer.<br \/>\n\u201cThey (Reading FC) came for a point, we wanted a point. 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