Neil Warnock offered Sabri Lamouchi some sage advice over how he could make next season a success for Cardiff City if he stayed on as manager.
Lamouchi was brought in on a firefighting mission back in January on a contract until the end of the season. He is, however, set for talks regarding what the future holds.
Warnock is one of very few managers to get it right at Cardiff, knitting a club back together, making the fans, players and club as a whole feel more connected. But it is quite the conundrum why a club with such a big fan base, great facilities and a top-class stadium fails to consistently get it right.
Whether Lamouchi stays on next season or not is as yet up in the air, but there appears to be a willingness to at least have the conversation. With Cardiff still a club that Warnock cares deeply about, he, too, is happy they have avoided the drop.
When asked what advice he would give Lamouchi to make next season a success, he simply said: "Sign some good players!"
He also had a couple in mind, too.
Josh Koroma and Josh Ruffels have been crucial figures in Huddersfield's bid for survival. They are just one point away from securing their own status as a Championship club next season. But Koroma and Ruffels, as things stand, are out of contract. Warnock thinks Cardiff could do a lot worse than to snap them up.
"We have got two out of contract that would do them well!" he said of Koroma and Ruffels. "You have all these recruitment officers with videos, DVDs, on the computers, you've got to know the players. You've got to go out and see the players at grounds, you can't do it all on DVDs or on the computer. It's hard work, but it's your recruitment. I still think you can get your recruitment from people who are your contacts in the game."
Warnock was applauded by all four corners of the ground after his side's 2-1 win over Cardiff. He is clearly still loved in this corner of the world and it means an awful lot to him.
"It's quite emotional as a visiting manager to be clapped by all four sides," he said. "It was quite fractured when I was here [at Cardiff] and I think I actually put it back together, the club, and I think we should have stayed up, for the tragedy that happened. I'd never experienced anything like that in my career and I hope I never experience it again."
Warnock's time ended just three months into their Championship campaign following relegation from the Premier League. Cardiff have never really recovered. They are on their fifth manager since Warnock's exit and have spent the last two seasons staving off relegation.
Speaking about his departure from Cardiff, he added: "There were some idiots on the forums [when I was at Cardiff] wanting me out but it's better the devil you know. I thought, 'well, let's see who you get, shall we?' It was the same with [Arsene] Wenger at Arsenal.
"I wouldn't be getting jobs at 74 if there were a massive list of names you could reel off. No disrespect to Ronnie [Jepson] but I shouldn't be getting jobs at 74. It's not just a game of football, I think the whole club is concerned.
"But I'm glad I've done my bit [at Huddersfield]. I think it needed an old head and they'd tried a couple of youngsters, and it's tough for youngsters in this division."
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