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Omer Riza: Everyone is talking about Cardiff City job audition and it's 'like a pressure cooker ready to explode'
Omer Riza has lifted the lid on the stresses that come with being interim manager of Cardiff City and likened the club to being like a "pressure cooker" after going four games without a win.
The home defeat by QPR on Wednesday night was a huge disappointment after drawing one and losing two of their three previous games. QPR came into the clash bottom of the table, but a Zan Celar double ensured City's winless run continued.
Riza's record in the Bluebirds hot-seat now reads four wins, three draws and four losses, but this latest one has left fans more disappointed than others, no doubt.
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"We wouldn't have scored until the cows came home," Riza said after the match. "We created a lot of chances, a lot of opportunities, we tried to apply pressure, just lacked that last bit to break them down and score. We had a few opportunities to score. Against the run of play, he swivels and scores. I think he mis-hits it and scores. We are 1-0 down, which is probably harsh, but then we are chasing the game. It's a game we need to win. It didn't help because now we need to score two goals.
"Half time we make adjustments and the belief is there to go on and win the game but it didn't come. The second goal comes from a run against play and the game is finished 2-0. They come away from the game with three points and we come away highly frustrated.
"Disappointed, but we had 70% possession, created 25, 26 chances. Just wasn't good enough in those final moments.
"They put their bodies on the line, blocked, cleared. Were our balls decisive enough? Did we deliver the ball into good enough areas? We have come off our quality in possession. We have come off our quality in possession, our boys who make a difference in those areas, they are a little bit lacking in those areas, final pass being nicked, whether they should drive at someone or take a touch. That's something we can take back and work on. The quality side, the players just need to step up in terms of focus or delivery in terms of what they need to do."
Clearly, being interim manager under constant scrutiny brings seismic pressure and Riza is only human and feels that.
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Given the "mess" he took over, as he puts it, he feels he needs to win every game in order to get the job on a permanent basis, but City have now not win since that dramatic turnaround win at home to Norwich City, a run of results which sees them just one point above the bottom three again.
Speaking about the precarious nature of his position, Riza said: "Everyone is talking about the audition at the end of the day. You have got to make your mind up on the audition.
"Everyone thinks I've got to win every game. I'm not going to come away from that. That's how I'm feeling. It's stressful. But it's part and parcel of being a manager and take responsibility and I've done that. I won't shirk that responsibility. I've worked really hard to get to this point in my career. It's a brilliant challenge and it shows that I am ready.
"I am just trying to steer it into a direction that makes all of us happy, going home, the fans, the players, the club, the staff, I'm managing all of that at the moment, because it was a right mess.
"Now we are in a position where now the boys are trying, fighting, working hard. They didn't give up today, they worked the whole 95 minutes. I'm not going to sit here and hammer the players. We beat ourselves. We will fix that. It's not like we've been dominated today.
"The players are disappointed. They sat in the dressing room and they were quiet. They were angry at each other. Sometimes it just doesn't happen. This game was not a game we've lost because we weren't good enough. We didn't do things the way we needed to, to score the goals.
"I want to protect the boys and the staff, because it's a tough position that we are in. And it's a lot of pressure. It's like a big pressure cooker ready to explode. We have to remain focused and take this into the next game."
Riza once again was unable to give any sort of update on timescale for when he, or City fans, will find out about the manager's position. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
"It's going to be the same answer," he added. "It's down to the board now to make a decision moving forwards. I'm continuing with the job, working hard. You lot are probably bored but I'm not going to give you any different answers.
"I'm not going to change. I'm going to make sure the team is in a good place, working hard, playing good football and winning games."
But he admitted the instability surrounding the position might just be playing a part in the club's recent dip in form.
"There might be a hang-up in the respect of instability, uncertainty," he said. "I've spoken to the players and told them whether it's me or someone else, you are here to do your job, perform and enjoy. I honestly don't think the performance was that bad. We didn't score. We worked the ball to certain areas, created enough opportunities, put the ball in areas to cause problems, we just lacked on that final point.
"We created enough opportunities to create problems. It's not like we were poor. We lost this game because we weren't able to hurt the opposition the way we needed to.
"There are definitely things we need to work on. Lack of quality in certain moments of the game. But we didn't lose because the opposition were better than us. We lost because we didn't hurt the opposition the way we needed to. These are the things the boys have to work on and take into the next game. We dominated that game today, those final moments were telling. We are definitely not going to give up, we will keep working and getting better."
