You should have had all three points, there is literally no argument to say otherwise. Just like us, you need someone to step-up and get 8/9 goals. I didn't see that in either set of players unfortunately. The problem I see with Cardiff, and the reason I see them ending up lower than us, is that I think we have more end product quality across the midfield. It helped us last season at home, but I didn't see that from Cardiff today. Josh Murphy was MOTM, but he was probably the most guilty player in terms of delivering awful crosses when well placed. He basically got MOTM for being fouled a lot and looking more dangerous than he actually was. Otherwise, I think the overall ability of the player groups is quite similar. Championship quality.
Yep, can't argue with any of that, last season we had goals across the side, all positions chipped in. Our best two goals were scored by our center backs, we won't have that luxury this year. Anyway, cheers all I'll pop back through for the return game, thanks for the chat and best of luck.
So, no ban - reckon the FA probably thought his performance on Saturday was punishment enough..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45247739
If they were going to pull Kenedy up they would have to look at Arter as well,guess they said it evened out so leave it.
I believe that initially the decision was taken to issue a three-game ban. However, after reviewing his performance on Saturday, our next three opponents issued an appeal on the grounds that this would constitute an unfair advantage for Newcastle...
How on earth has there "seen" this incident but not managed to send him off. Lucky boy Kenedy, think he owe's everyone a performance (and at least 2 goals for the one he's missed) vs City now.
In fairness the FA probably have looked at how the referee performed and figured they would lose a defence by Kenedy that the referee had seen it and had decided the appropriate punishment was just a free kick. #pawsonwasabsolutegarbage
