{"id":3042,"date":"2014-03-11T14:24:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T14:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2014-03-11T14:24:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T14:24:43","slug":"turner-says-cardiff-can-beat-the-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/11\/turner-says-cardiff-can-beat-the-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Turner says Cardiff can beat the Premier League drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_3053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3053\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/benturner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3053\" alt=\"Central defender Ben Turner (centre) says Cardiff can stay up\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/benturner-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3053\" alt=\"Central defender Ben Turner (centre) says Cardiff can stay up\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/benturner-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Central defender Ben Turner (centre) says Cardiff can stay up<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCardiff City defender Ben Turner said he and his teammates believe they can stay in the Premier League next season.<br \/>\n\u201cEveryone at the club wants to remain a Premier League footballer and to do that we have to perform as a team on the pitch to get the points,\u201d\u2008the 25-year-old said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know that we can actually do it, we know that there\u2019s a good enough foundation within the team and the squad to get the points that we need.<br \/>\n\u201cBut it\u2019s about performing and we don\u2019t want to be coming off the pitch many times between now and the ends of the season having lost games and dropped points where we shouldn\u2019t have.\u201d<br \/>\nBluebirds fans are dreaming of a great espcae after a goal drought topping seven hours of Premier League football finally came to an end at the expense of a hapless Fulham side.<br \/>\nSuch is the nature of football, before Saturday\u2019s win, the daggers were out for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s men, who were seemingly destined for the drop into the Championship without so much as a modicum of fight left in them.<br \/>\nBut a decent performance, albeit with Lady Luck on form, and the terrace chatter has now turned to what fans will almost certainly refer to as The Greatest Escape, if Cardiff can manage it, of course.<br \/>\nIn what has been a season marred with off-field controversy and often erratic behaviour from club owner Vincent Tan, the chance to salvage something is still very much alive with the table as compact as it currently sits.<br \/>\nCardiff lie in the relegation zone on goal difference alone, just two wins from the safe and static West Ham in tenth place.<br \/>\nWhat is key about the next run of games is Cardiff play the teams around them in battles that will be worth six points to the winner. Each game is now crucial to what would be the most miraculous of escapes.<br \/>\nThe next two games will welcome both Merseyside clubs chasing Champions League spots and in scintillating form; don\u2019t expect more than a two-point haul.<br \/>\nHowever, Cardiff play fellow strugglers West Brom, still winless under Pepe Mel, at the end of March to begin a run which includes Crystal Palace, Southampton, Stoke and Sunderland.<br \/>\nAll winnable and against teams in similar league positions; three points would feel like six. Four wins in the next six would certainly gloss what has been a season to wish away for Bluebird fans.<br \/>\nIn what should have been a maiden season in the promised land of football\u2019s best league has been dogged by acrimony between owner and fans.<br \/>\nEven if Cardiff manage to perform an escape to Premier League safety, the deep-seated bad blood between Vincent Tan and the majority of Cardiff fans refuses to quell.<br \/>\nEven when the three points were in the bag last Saturday, thousands of the terrace faithful directed their chants towards Tan sitting in his executive box. 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