Jones fury at disharmony rumours

Last updated : 06 December 2010 By BBC Sport

Boss Dave Jones launched an unprompted tirade at rumours of splits in the Cardiff squad after the 1-1 home draw with Championship strugglers Preston."People are trying to destabilise this club by setting rumours off about fighting and arguing," said Jones.

"I promise everyone - and I don't lie - there is no trouble at this football club, we have a great bunch of players.

"[We need to] get rid of all the destabilisers around this place - and then watch us fly."

The Bluebirds had a terrible November - taking just four points from a potential 15 - and needed a last-minute equaliser from substitute Andy Keogh to secure a home draw with bottom-side Preston on Saturday.

Jay Bothroyd left the pitch in the eighth minute with a hamstring injury that he expects will keep him sidelined for about a week, the key striker joining first-choice keeper Tom Heaton on the injury list.

But, despite the poor run, Cardiff remain second in the division and Jones is angry that the club are not getting the positive reports he feels they deserve.

"Don't forget where we are," Jones told BBC Sport Wales.

"At the start of the current season if you'd said we would be second at this stage of the season tell me one person who wouldn't have taken it.

"Get real and realise where this football club is, get rid of your doom clouds because it becomes boring after a while.

"There must have been unbelievable players at this club in the past… this football club's come a long, long way.

"Whoever's making up these things that I fell out with this person and that person… there are arguments every day of the week, but they are petty things.

"Someone is trying to make up things that just aren't here.

"They're a great bunch of people, they work their socks off. They're good staff and we all get on well.

"Of course we have disagreements. That's part and parcel of being a footballer, or of any part of life.

"Whoever's trying to destabilise it just go away, go somewhere else, because what you're writing is total rubbish."

Jones acknowledged that the performance against Preston was below par, but said that his team had enjoyed the better of the game.

"We could have done better, but we were against a team fighting for their lives," said the Bluebirds boss.

"It was one-way traffic. We had 31 attempts [at goal], you would expect us to get one so [the draw was] deserved.

"We kept pummelling so 10 out of 10 for the players.

"Things weren't happening, they were getting frustrated, maybe because the crowd were edging them to get forward.

"The crowd are entitled to do whatever they want, they've paid their money, but the players have just got to stay focused on the job no matter what goes on around them - some got agitated."

Source: BBC Sport

Source: BBC Sport