Kevin Ratcliffe: 'Ole Gunnar Solskjaer deserves a chance in the Championship'

Kevin Ratcliffe believes that Cardiff City should stand by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer despite his failure to keep them in the Premier League this season.

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter

Published: May 5 2014 | 08:22

Last updated: May 6 2014 | 03:14

Former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe believes that Cardiff City should stand by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the Championship.

The Welsh outfit were relegated from the Premier League following a 3-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday.

While Ratcliffe believes that Solskjaer was the wrong man to replace Malky Mackay, he has urged Cardiff to keep the ex-Manchester United star at the helm next season.

"Maybe they would have been better off employing a manager who knew the Premiership," BBC Sport quotes Ratcliffe as saying. "But you've got to give the man a chance for next year, it's no good chopping and changing managers."

Cardiff are at the bottom of the league table on 30 points ahead of their final game of the season against Chelsea on May 11.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Sunderland	15	9	4	2	25	11	14	31
2	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	15	10	3	2	19	7	12	31
3	Leeds United Leeds	15	8	5	2	24	9	15	29
4	Burnley	15	7	6	2	18	6	12	27
5	Watford	16	8	2	6	25	24	1	26
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	15	6	7	2	16	9	7	25
7	Middlesbrough	15	7	3	5	23	17	6	24
8	Millwall	15	6	5	4	18	13	5	23
9	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	15	6	4	5	19	17	2	22
10	Bristol City	15	5	7	3	20	19	1	22
11	Swansea City Swansea	15	5	4	6	11	10	1	19
12	Derby County Derby	15	5	4	6	19	19	0	19
13	Stoke City Stoke	15	5	4	6	18	19	-1	19
14	Norwich City Norwich	15	4	6	5	23	22	1	18
15	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	15	5	3	7	17	25	-8	18
16	Oxford United Oxford Utd	15	4	5	6	17	18	-1	17
17	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	16	4	5	7	17	28	-11	17
18	Coventry City Coventry	15	4	4	7	20	21	-1	16
19	Hull City	15	3	6	6	16	20	-4	15
20	Preston North End Preston	15	3	6	6	15	23	-8	15
21	Luton Town Luton	15	4	3	8	17	26	-9	15
22	Cardiff City Cardiff	15	4	3	8	14	23	-9	15
23	Portsmouth	15	2	6	7	16	28	-12	12
24	Queens Park Rangers QPR	15	1	7	7	12	25	-13	10