Cardiff City hero Danny Gabbidon insists Neil Warnock's return to Huddersfield Town shouldn't affect the Bluebirds' chances of Championship survival.
Warnock's return to the Terriers was confirmed this week, with the 74-year-old coming out of retirement to spearhead their bid to avoid the drop with 15 games left.
Cardiff's win over Birmingham City on Tuesday night halted a winless run of 14 games in all competitions, and leaves City two points ahead of Wigan Athletic in 22nd place, and four points ahead of Huddersfield and Blackpool.
All three sides still have a game in hand over the Bluebirds, and the sight of Warnock entering the fray will undoubtedly come as a concern to some Cardiff fans, a few of whom still believe City themselves should have turned to the Yorkshireman.
However, Gabbidon isn't convinced that Warnock's return to the John Smith's Stadium will have a negative impact on Cardiff's survival bid.
Speaking to the Elis James' Feast of Football podcast, he said: "Everybody's been talking about him going there and some Cardiff fans are saying 'well, we should have got him'.
"It wouldn't worry me. Just because of what he's done in the past doesn't mean he's going to do it again.
"He's not getting any younger and the game's changed as well. He's hasn't really as a manager. He still adopts and applies the same things and there's no guarantees that because of what he's done in the past, and a lot of that has been probably more promotions than saving people from relegation, that it's going to work.
"I wouldn't be worried. It's not about what other people do anyway. It's about what Cardiff do. They've got to concentrate on themselves. The league is so tight and congested, they only need to put together a run of four or five games and the league looks totally different.
"That has to be the aim for them now. The next block of three or four games, and getting as many points as possible, and then suddenly everything looks a lot rosier in the garden.
"So it doesn't worry me at all Neil going in there because he's got a big job on himself."
Cardiff continue their bid for survival at home to Reading on Friday evening.
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