Cardiff City headlines as pundit slams 'such a poor decision' in Blackpool game and Bagan reveals spark behind form

These are your Cardiff City headlines on Sunday, February 20.

Quest pundit Jamie Mackie says not awarding Blackpool a penalty against Cardiff City was "such a poor decision" by the referee.

Josh Bowler was booked for simulation having gone down in the box under a challenge from Bluebirds' Ryan Wintle.

Running at pace, Bowler angled a run towards the Cardiff goal but he hit the deck when surrounded by men in blue.

Referee Darren Bond was having none of it and produced a yellow card for the dumbstruck Bowler.

"Josh Bowler, Blackpool, the Tangerines spitting feathers over this," said host Colin Murray on Quest. "He was given a booking for diving, look at the referee's position there Jamie."

"It's a great position, and I know everyone wants to cut out diving but it's such a poor decision from the ref," Mackie responded.

"Wintle goes in there and he pushes, you can see from this angle, Josh Bowler, a lad I know, who was a young lad at QPR, sold to Everton, he's really direct, he's got that running style, goes into the box like he's meant to do and he gets pushed, it's a penalty."

It was an adjudication that left the Seasiders' boss Neil Critchley fuming.

"It’s a decision that beggars belief to be honest with you,” Critchley said afterwards.

“I knew at the time it was a penalty. They knew, their staff knew, the players knew.

“Josh does what he does well, he drives into the box, cuts inside his man and it’s actually Ryan Wintle who comes into the back of him and there’s obvious contact.

“He’s about to shoot, so why would he go down in that situation? Why would he fall over? It’s a ridiculous decision.

“If you go 2-1 up with just over 20 minutes to go, goals change games and they have to come forward and it leaves more space.