Interim boss Mark Hudson has revealed conversations are ongoing about his long-term future as manager of Cardiff City, but admits his team desperately need a result against Rotherham United at the weekend.
Hudson's tenure started with a draw and two victories, a string of results which boosted his side up to 10th, and all looked rosy. However, after what Hudson described as "a tough seven days", the club have doubled their league position and now sit 20th in the table.
Fans are rightly asking about the stability of the club and the appointment of a permanent manager. Indeed, as Danny Gabbidon said last week, instability is not conducive to a successful environment.
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Hudson, though, says he is in dialogue with the club's hierarchy about his own position and hopes he gets the chance to continue on a longer-term basis.
“Those conversations are going on. We know where the week was in context, the results haven’t been good enough," interim boss Hudson said.
“We know where we are: we need a result, we need a reaction for us, for the fans, for the football club on Saturday. The conversations are ongoing and, obviously from my point of view, I want to be here as long as I can to help.”
It's all quiet on the Cardiff front regarding interviewing or even appointing a new manager from the outside, so it looks like it's Hudson's gig to lose.
It seems unlikely the Bluebirds will make much change before the World Cup break, which commences after Cardiff's game with Sheffield United on November 12, but Hudson knows his team needs a result heading into the Rotherham United game this weekend.
He added: “I think that’s the conversation but it’s down to us as a club, as a group, to show that reaction to a disappointing week, how we can learn and how we can build and stick together and grow.”
While on the surface three defeats on the spin looks a bad return, there have been mitigating circumstances.
The referees' body governing body PGMOL sent the club an apology over the appalling decision to disallow Callum Robinson's goal against Coventry City, a call which cost the Bluebirds a point, while Jack Simpson's red card at QPR, which proved very costly, was swiftly overturned.
Hudson wants to put all that behind him and earn a badly-needed three points against Rotherham United on Saturday.
"We know we have got to put that week behind us and learn from it," Hudson said. "There are lots of decisions from that week. We had an apology from the referees following the Coventry game, which just came through on Thursday, saying ‘Sorry, we made a mistake, it was onside.’ That’s difficult to take.
"Then we had a rescinded red card in the middle of the week. The whole context of the week has to be taken in, from the planning and stuff like that. It’s a game that’s at home and we focus on that."
One of the most striking things to come out of Russell Martin's press conference after Swansea City's derby win was the fact that he has faced three different managers in his first three derbies in charge of the Swans. Something, he said, which has helped them become so dominant.
Asked if there was merit in what Martin said about sticking with a plan, Hudson said: "I agree that is something you can build on. It makes people feel secure. It gives clarity to players and staff and everyone involved. But we are where we are.
"We have to show a reaction from the week that we have had and get a positive result on Saturday."
Hudson's Cardiff City host Rotherham United at 3pm on Saturday, October 29.
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