Put simply, Cardiff City are standing at the foothills of the most daunting mountain they have faced in some time.
The next days, weeks and months are of huge importance if the club is to achieve some semblance of stability and signs of meaningful progress, both on and off the pitch, after four years of perennial decline. Because it's only heading one way at the moment.
The positive thing is, after Sabri Lamouchi came in and saved the club last season, they still have a chance to put things right while having maintained their status as a Championship club. All of the huge decisions would have been decidedly harder if they had to be made in League One, that much is obvious.
