Former Cardiff City striker Nathan Blake believes the sacking of yet another manager, Erol Bulut, has highlighted the failings of the club's hierarchy. Bulut departed on Sunday, six winless games into the 2024-25 season with one goal and one point at the foot of the Championship table in their worst league start for 94 years.

And so history repeats itself at Cardiff City. As was suggested in these columns last week this is a perilous time of year for Bluebirds bosses in the era of Vincent Tan. Yet the departure of Erol Bulut was probably inevitable given Saturday's desperately poor 2-0 Championship home defeat to Leeds United – the final act under the former Fenerbahce