All the words of Neil Warnock on the loss of Newcastle United to Cardiff City, the last transfer right back and Bobby Reid's playing time

Neil Warnock was reflexive mood after seeing Cardiff City's 3-0 defeat at Newcastle United sending them back into the relegation zone.

The boss of the Bluebirds was asked about the transfer news, why Harry Arter had missed the match, Bobby Decordova-Reid's playing time and the contract with Emiliano Sala.

Here is the full transcript of his press conference:

Here's what he said about Sean Morrison's bursting schedule and Cardiff captain's injury

Are you doing too much, Neil?

Warnock: "Yeah, I did not think it was a 3-0 match if I'm honest.

"I felt comfortable enough in fact, then all of a sudden we conceded a botched goal, which is a bad defense and the boy took advantage of it.

"I thought it was their best spell, in the first half, then we came out very positive in the second half, we just needed to be more clinical, we had so many chances to put a last bullet, one last go.

"And although they were brilliant Newcastle guys, we should not have let them become brilliant blocks, we should have taken the ball earlier.

"It's really the last third, they were better in the last third."

Bobby Reid makes a good impact, does he push to start more often?

Warnock: "I think it suited him today, the system.

"But I did not complain about Bobby and the opportunities he had.

"I always choose what I think is my best side if I'm honest and I do not think it will change."

What was the idea behind the departure of Nibade? Was he trained?

Warnock: "He had trained in. I wanted to start it rather than having it on the bench, it was so cold today.

"I thought there might be more problems coming out of the bench, maybe pulling a muscle or whatever, I asked him to give me an hour and he did that. "

You did not have a back cover right or center back, how is the transfer search for these posts?

Warnock: "We are looking, I thought I had a backlog last week but unfortunately it did not materialize.

"We have 10 days now, we can intensify that, because I think we need another advocate, let's hope it's a boy who can play multiple positions, some quite versatile." . "

Will it be difficult to find a player like this?

Warnock: "Not easy.

"You'd be surprised though, from the emails from all the agents and the text messages from the president to me this week, you might think that there were 150 boys who were good enough – all the backs playing around the world and the best thing since sliced ​​bread! "

What is the result in the battle of relegation?

Warnock: "It's a disappointment for us, we wanted to pressure and I felt that in the first half it was there.

"I thought Newcastle was nervous and I thought we grew up in football.

"But conceding a goal as stupid as this one was a blow.

"But we've been there before, we were in the top three early in the season and you can never write our guys.

"Nine of them that started today were in the league last year and I thought Rondon was the best player on the field today – and you get what you pay for, really."

Has Harry Arter been injured today?

Warnock: "Yes, he has refined his groin and we do not know what it is.

"It was one of them, although you wanted to play it with 10 days before the next match, you want to make sure you do not make things worse.

"We had discussed before the match, because he was going to be a substitute, but why risk him playing?" He was not sure that it was an old injury that "I'm not sure of." he had in the past or a new one.

"We've been thinking and waiting for a few tests on Monday. Hopefully everything will be fine for Arsenal."

Does this relegation fight last until the end of the season?

Warnock: "I think there are six or seven teams involved and it will go up and down.

"The teams will have winning streaks, and then run into a brick wall – that's the level of the competitor.

"We will always be the favorites (nobody to go down) and no one will expect us to bounce back, but we have shown during the season that we have recovered from adversity.

"The season has not been easy for me – we've been in front only for 94 minutes all season, that should not be allowed – it's a health risk!"

Is the Sala case made?

Warnock: "Yeah, it's not very far, they've finished their medical exam today, so we're waiting for the final confirmation when we go to Cardiff."

Did a Chinese club really come to Sala at the last minute?

Warnock: "I think so.

"But there is no comparison possible between Cardiff and Chinese clubs, is not it? It's not silly, it's a smart boy and I think Cardiff is more appetizing.

"I had a discussion with him on the training ground and I think he's looking forward to doing it, to be honest.

"My French also improves, with Sol behind me!"