‘I can’t control if I’ll still have a job’
NEIL Harris has responded to suggestions his job is under pressure once again after Cardiff City’s defeat by Wycombe left them seven points adrift of the play-off spots.
Chairman Mehmet Dalman claimed upon the closure of the transfer window back in October that he would be disappointed if the Bluebirds were not in the top six by January.
And now, with the Wycombe result meaning Cardiff have lost four of their last five matches, pressure has piled on the shoulders of the manager once again.
Following a brief bright spell at the beginning of the month, Cardiff have really struggled either side of Christmas, leaving themselves with
an uphill task to force themselves into the play-off reckoning.
As always, the January transfer window could hold the key as City look to wheel and deal and adjust their squad. But when asked if Harris will be given the month to turn City’s fortunes around, he replied: “Are you asking me if I’m going to keep my job in January?
“That’s something I can’t control.
I can control team selection, tactics, trying to prepare the players correctly for games, trying to advise the transfer committee on transfers.
“I can’t change what’s been done in the past - I can only focus on what’s going to happen in this window. I love my job – it’s a privileged position at a great club and I’ll do it to the best of my ability every day until I’m told otherwise.”
After the defeat by Norwich City before Christmas, Harris said he’d been targeting points against Brentford, Wycombe and Rotherham.
City have, of course, lost two of the three so far, with the Rotherham clash looming on January 2.