Bulut avoids media after Cardiff's worst start for 35 years

Cardiff City head Erol Bulut refused to behaviour interviews aft Saturday's conclusion astatine Derby County consigned nan Championship's bottommost nine to their worst commencement to a play for 35 years.

The 1-0 nonaccomplishment was Cardiff's 4th from 5 convention games, successful which they person collected conscionable 1 constituent and scored a azygous goal.

With a extremity quality of minus 10 astatine nan ft of nan table, this nan Bluebirds' worst commencement to a run since 1989-90 successful nan Third Division erstwhile they besides picked up conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 5 fixtures.

Bulut was banned from nan touchline astatine Derby pursuing his reddish paper astatine Swansea City past month.

Although that suspension did not preclude him from doing interviews astatine Pride Park, Bulut handed his media duties complete to adjunct coach Omer Riza.

“When you talk astir concern, evidently we’ve mislaid games and we’ve picked up 1 constituent truthful it’s not wherever we want to be," Riza told BBC Sport Wales.

"We want to beryllium winning games and getting momentum. The only measurement you get those things is if you triumph and execute well. We’ve performed good successful patches but it’s not enough."

This disappointing commencement to Bulut's 2nd play comes aft nan erstwhile Turkey Under-21 world had overseen a large betterment successful his first campaign.

Before Bulut's arrival, Cardiff had endured 2 successive battles to debar relegation but, pinch nan erstwhile Fenerbahce leader astatine nan helm, they vanished a comfortable 12th successful nan Championship table.

In doing so, Bulut became nan first Bluebirds leader to past a full play since Neil Warnock oversaw nan 2018-19 term, which ended pinch relegation from nan Premier League.

This season, however, has seen nan Bluebirds revert to nan benignant of results and performances which saw them struggle successful erstwhile campaigns.