Cardiff Must Sell Salehch for Champions League Glory!
[Huw Evans Picture Agency] Former Cardiff City captain Jason Perry says he believes the Bluebirds are missing injured top goalscorer Yousef Salech. The striker sustained a neck injury in a collision with Stockport County's Brad Hill on 24 January and has not appeared on the pitch since. Perry believes City have missed their striker in recent weeks and especially in last night's 2-0 defeat at home to Wycombe.
"Wycombe deserved the three points, I thought they were very disciplined and clever, their game plan was executed well," Perry said. "Cardiff being without a striker like Salech does make me slightly concerned. "The sooner they can get him back the better, because at the moment they look like they're missing him.
" Despite an initial positive run after the striker's injury, Brian Barry-Murphy's side have stumbled of late, losing three of their past six league games. Omari Kellyman has been deployed as a false nine in recent weeks instead of a striker, which Perry believes has cost Cardiff. "I think teams are working out Cardiff with their false nine," said Perry.
"And for that reason they're coming here, holding and keeping their ground and then beating Cardiff on the break. " The Bluebirds have lost their grip on first place but are still in a strong position for automatic promotion as they sit 10 points clear of Bolton Wanderers in third. Perry has also questioned some of Barry-Murphy's decisions after he decided not to put on a central defender after Gabriel Osho's 43rd-minute red card.
"Wintle dropped into centre-half and I was trying to work out why, because you've got Callum Chambers who also plays there on the bench," said Perry "The second goal from Woodrow is because he's not positioned himself where a centre-half naturally would, so the ball is headed back across the six-yard box and I'm sure Chambers would have just headed it out. "For the first time I'm maybe disagreeing with the substitutions Barry-Murphy has made. But he's been on it with them so many times this seasons, so I think you just have to say well done to Wycombe.