Source: Team_Talk
Magilton drinks in win over Cardiff
A first-half brace from Jay Simpson sent the Bluebirds spinning to their second successive Championship home defeat at their new stadium.[LNB]He latched on to a ball from Rowan Vine in the 18th minute to rifle home from close range and then repeated the dose five minutes before the interval.[LNB]Wayne Routledge switched play to the right to wrongfoot the home defence and Simpson raced in unmarked to shoot across David Marshall and into the far corner.[LNB]Magilton said: "We executed our plans to perfection which rarely happens although it helped that we never had a midweek match while I saw Cardiff go down to 10 men in their game and forced to work very hard in their match against Reading.[LNB]"Some of our play today was excellent, we were clinical and Jay Simpson scored two good goals to earn just reward for a great performance.[LNB]"I don't want to get too carried away but to come to Cardiff and win in such a manner was very pleasing.[LNB]"This is a difficult division to get out of and I am no different to all the other managers who believe they can make an impact."[LNB]Cardiff rarely played like a side challenging at the top and Michael Chopra and Jay Bothroyd rarely had a shot on goal.[LNB]If Vine had found the net on the hour instead of hitting the far post the result would have been much worse for Dave Jones' side.[LNB]"We never got going and looked slow and lack lustre," said Jones.[LNB]"When it is going wrong you have to stick at it and it took an 18-year-old in Josh Magennis to show the rest of the players the way.[LNB]"Perhaps some of them thought they only had to turn up but football has a habit of kicking you in the teeth.[LNB]"Our forwards were non-existent although Chris Burke did try but there were some who failed to put a decent shift in.[LNB]"I will forgive the players if their passing is off but I can't defend them for that performance because you cannot stroll around the pitch and all the hard work in midweek has been lost.[LNB]"The opening goal is always important and their first was offside but we shouldn't have stood still trying to play it.[LNB]"We never worked hard enough today and that is what has let us down."[LNB][LNB]
