Chris Kamara's Sun column today
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/sunsport_columnis%20ts/article465001.ece

My random thoughts in response:

Chris

I note your article regarding asking why Dave Jones is under pressure but not having answers.

While I have remained behind him until the last week, here's a few reasons why.49 points from our last 50 games in over a year - everyone remembers the blistering start to last season, few appreciate how bad it's been since which included the worst ever finish to a season in Cardiff City's history last term, form that has carried on so far this season. In football, you cannot on the past, especially when that past was one blistering patch of form out of context with anything else.

Just 1 home win in more than 8 months - is there any manager anywhere with a similar or worse record over this time who still has their job?

Revealing stats such as just once in over two years have Cardiff come from behind to win a game - and that was to bottom of the table Norwich this season.

Jones tells us he has provided City's best ever squad (a laughable claim to many of us) but, even so, persists with the same 11 or 12 every game, regardless of result or performance, with the same tactics and a highly dubious (non) use of substitutions.

Maybe City haven't spent as much as some sides in the Championship but I think he's spent a lot more than you realise but, above that and without question, City's playing budget is amongst the highest in the league.

We could have spent to replace Chopra - and how I wished we had - but Jones agreed to bring in Fowler and Hasslebaink on wages in excess of £2M. Capaldi came for free and is widely known to have tripled his wages from Plymouth.

He bombed players out of this club on a personal whim as he didn't rate and publicly chastised them (notably Chris Barker and Neil Alexander) but replaced them with more inferior players.

We're currently on our 4th keeper trying to replace Neil Alexander since March and the present one (Schmeicel) is simply a short-term loan.

The signings Jones has brought to the club, with a couple of exceptions only, have been poor.

This season, many would argue City's best two players have been certainly Joe Ledley and probably Paul Parry - both were here before Jones.

Recent cash signings cannot get in the side - examples, Willo Flood (on loan in Scotland), Warren Feeney (loan at Swansea), David Forde (3rd keeper), Peter Whittingham (on the bench occasionally), Jason Byrne (hardly good enough to get a game for the reserves, let alone the first team) - that's £850,000 worth of signatures wasting away! There's been a catalogue of horrendous free transfers and Bosmans too.

There are many obvious problem areas in the team - left back (Capaldi), central midfield (Rae and McPhail) and the failings of our legends (Hasslebaink and Fowler) and an overall effect of a side with no pace and a considerable lack of movement who cannot keep a clean sheet for love or money (largely as they have an inability to defend set pieces) but none are being addressed.

You ask "did Dave Jones moan"? He's dubbed Dave Moans around these parts which should tell you a lot.

For the past year, all we've heard is Jones moaning on carious topics, blaming anyone and anything (other than himself) for bad results, bad performances and more.

Where I will agree with you is that Cardiff are not a bad side but that's why the manager has to assume accountability and realise what he's providing simply is unacceptable. Maybe the fact Jones is your mate is tainting your view of the reality here?

This is a club where our passionate support has been remarkably patient throughout this sorry mess but seeing City fall by the week, draining our enthusiasm and even our support (dropping every game and several thousand gone already this season) has reached the point where if Jones won't or can't turn this around, then I am afraid he will have to be changed himself.

Nothing personal, that's how the game works as well you know.

Best Wishes, enjoy your column and your knowledge and love of football at this level.

Nigel Harris