Defeat for the City - Is Trollope on the Edge - Same old Cardiff

Another poor night for Cardiff City fans, back in the bottom three, beaten by fellow bottom dwellers Derby County in a shock defeat 2-0 and their manager Nigel Pearson was not even on the bench or in the ground following his suspension by his Derby bosses.

After that short-lived revival at Rotherham it was same old same old at the Cardiff City Stadium, fans booing, leaving and asking questions of manager Paul Trollope. Social media soon lit up with demands for Trollope to be shown the door with next to no support for him. I was not at the game but from what I was listening to on the radio, and what I am reading we were shocking against a team who had not won for six games.

Can there be an unwillingness to play for him among the players. Are his tactics so dire they are unplayable or something I don’t know? We are not winning games and as much as Trollope tries to be upbeat with post-match interviews, we need to turn it around.

What did our leader have to say about this performance?

"We were beaten by the better team tonight.

"Losing Rickie so early in the game was a huge blow to us, he's been the platform and the link of our lay. That was a bitter blow on top of the strikers we were already missing.

"Rickie had experienced a bit of tightness but we thought he'd be fine, and he started the game in a bright manner.

"It made it harder for us to build our attacks in the forward areas. We still felt that we were pretty solid despite Derby's possession in the first half.

"It was disappointing to concede the goal early in the second half, they had a lot of passes in the build-up and we could have put the pressure on earlier.

"The events of today maybe gave them a freshness, it was a difficult evening for us."

I am finding it impossible to stay positive about Trollope he may be a good coach on the training ground but as Head Coach/manager he as shown he is not up to the standard of Cardiff fans. I don’t think Rickie Lambert if he played the full 90 minutes would have been the saviour of the day. Depending on his injury, he could miss the trip to Burton.

Burton is another must win game as fellow bottom dwellers and if we can’t beat teams at this end of the league table what are our chances with teams at the top end of the table. After Burton, we have two home games against Bristol City and Sheff Wed both in the top ten in the league, both winning

A lot of Cardiff City fans a suggesting a possible replacement for Trollope should be Neil Warnock.

Vincent Tan needs to make the decision and his man at the club to put in a phone call to tell him he (Trollope) must go. We really need someone who knows about football and picking the right manager.