Cardiff City: Neil Warnock named manager after Paul Trollope sacking
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Neil Warnock has been appointed manager of Cardiff City following Paul Trollope's sacking.
Trollope was dismissed on Tuesday after less than five months in charge, with Cardiff second bottom of the table after two wins from 11 games.
Former Sheffield United boss Warnock, 67, helped Rotherham avoid relegation from the Championship last season, but turned down the chance to stay.
He now hopes to rekindle ambitions of an eighth promotion as a manager.
Warnock told the Bluebirds website: "I enjoyed it at Rotherham last year and I've got seven promotions and, I can't tell a lie, I thought I was trying to get that eighth promotion.
"I decided to wait - I had talks with three or four clubs from the summer onwards and it never materialised and, although I was disappointed, I'm a big believer in fate and when this cropped up, I had one phone call from Mehmet [Dalman, Cardiff chairman] and it was straight away.
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"I always want to feel wanted and he told me straight away I was his number one target, the club's number one target, and that goes a long way I think."
Kevin Blackwell will be assistant and Ronnie Jepson first-team coach.
Existing staff members James Rowberry, Martyn Margetson and Lee Southernwood will continue as part of Warnock's back-room team.
Cardiff is Warnock's 15th club as a manager and he says experiences on past visits and the challenge of trying to revive their fortunes will inspire his efforts.
"I've always liked it here. I've always liked getting off the bus," he said.
"Everywhere I go I get stick, but at Cardiff… I get on quite well with the Cardiff lads. I'm sure the same people are there by the bus with their autograph books.
"I've always had good banter with the Cardiff people. They are my kind of crowd, blood and guts and all that, which I like.
"If I can get it right for them I know they will get behind me and that's what keeps me going at the moment.
"There's some mouth-watering games coming up too.
"When I looked at the fixture list, it was not one of trepidation, it was one of looking forward to it really because that's the way I am."
The Englishman spent eight seasons in charge of Sheffield United, has twice managed Crystal Palace and QPR, and was also boss of Leeds United.
Former Cardiff defender Danny Gabbidon, who played under Warnock at QPR, said before Warnock's appointment that he "could be a nice fit" to "get the team up and running quickly".
He added: "He's a very good man-manager. He's good at working on a tight budget and getting the right players in. He's also proven in that division."
Trollope's assistant, Lennie Lawrence, and conditioning coach Ryland Morgan have also left the Welsh club.
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Also why does Ryan Giggs get linked with every club with a managerial vacancy and all the pundits think he is entitled to a management job without interview or relevant experience?
On Adel Taarabt:
"I'll probably have had enough of him by Christmas, so hopefully he'll score ten or 15 goals by then and leave"
On Jamie Mackie:
"I was going to call him a sewer rat, but that's be insulting to sewer rats"
On David Elleray:
"...some bald-headed bloke standing 50 yards away."
Savvy appointment in my opinion.
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Regarding Ryan Giggs - I agree
In my 55 years of football watching 47 ex Man U players have gone into management (Including Bobby Charlton. Nobby Stiles, Bryan Robson Johnny Giles....) and only ONE has won ONE trophy and that was a last minute fluke.
Not to mention he has the morals of an alley cat.
he takes no rubbish from the players but when the owner sticks his nose in he walks.
However the one stumbling block could be Bale's wages, equivalent to the entire GDP of Cardiff itself.
As a Portsmouth supporter I went to the 2008 Cup Final at Wembley when we beat Cardiff 1-0 in a close game. To their great credit, the majority of their fans stayed on and watched the presentation of the cup to our boys and the celebrations on the pitch. Most supporters would have gone home.
All power to you guys.
totally agree about Giggs and the pundits. These are the same pundits you can see/hear on most BBC sport/football shows that are telling us Rooney's still worth his place in the England squad. conviniantly forgetting he hasn't starting for Man U for weeks..........does Jose know something they don't
He's had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra.
Actually he's quite a good manager but not sure his heart is really in it anymore.
He's a good fixer which might be ideal in this situation but he's not a long term solution.
He will sort Cardiff out .
"What proven track record?????"
He's won 7 promotions with 6 different clubs. He may not cut it in the Premier League, but not many managers in the lower leagues have a better record than his.