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What was soul destroying today was seeing a Cardiff team with at least five homegrown 18-23 year olds and them looking a more fluid, stronger side.

You cannot tell me that some of these wasters like Walsh should be in ahead of Nelson or Richards?

If we’re that brilliant a club, why haven’t we got talent coming through or when we have, why aren’t we giving it a proper chance.

We created chances today but without any natural finishers up top (as everyone could see coming a mile off) we’re going to struggle for consistent results and limp to 6th or 7th in a poor league.

Frankly, transition or no transition, that isn’t good enough. With another 40m parachute payment, it would be another inadequate season.

I remember someone on here saying we can’t attract players at this level. Nonsense. Early signs would suggest recruitment so far has been questionable again. Keeper aside, very few are looking like they’re going to set the world apart. It was never going to be easy to do this reset, but there are some really average players signed and seemingly with a lack of overall balance. Quantity over quantity seems to be reigning again.

Why on earth Naismith and Walsh were re-signed I will never know.

Injuries continue and we have a manager who doesn’t know his best team or set up. Goodness knows why he’s compromising what made him successful at previous clubs. I suspect he may not be a strong enough character and is jumping to the noise and influence around him, particularly those who like to be overly involved and either don’t have or no longer have the tools to do so.

Who is actually in charge of football strategy at the club? Are the board going to be strong enough to address the elephant in the room or are they in denial that there is an issue. We have needed a wise, experienced, strategic and forward-thinking Director of Football role for years. We were lucky with NJ - he was a strong character that pulled the playing side of things by the scruff of the neck. He’s a rarity though and we need someone to have oversight of the many roles and to bring some sort of vision, strategy and cohesion to football matters.