Cardiff City vs Hull City Match Preview

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Im gonna take a vote........... whos for shooting erik?
seriously though........ your cup isnt just half empty.. it has evaporated.
nothing like faith in our team is there?
and that is nothing like faith.

Nevermind his cup being half-empty, Erik smashed his cup yonks ago. You'd think he was a Leeds fan the way he carries on. :bandit:


Invariably, when Erik predicts us to get hammered we win. Keep it going Erik <ok>

Now that is a very good point - WELL MADE.!!! <ok>


Morning guys, first shell shocked Bluebird to post here.

We were hoping for a Brucie Bonus on Saturday but after last night really don't know how we will perform Saturday. I will save my prediction for our own Prediction League later this week. At the moment all I have to stand on is that we are unbeaten and have won all 7 home games so far this season. The run will stop sometime, just hope it is not this week - or next with Boro visiting us on the 17th.

You mullered us at our place last season so hope Malky has done his homework to stop that happening again. Surely our defence won't be as generous again on Saturday?

How many Hull fans will make the marathon trip? There are normally 1800 to 2000 seats available for away fans but we rarely see that number taken up. Whoever comes have a safe journey.

Yes. ive a car full coming down friday morning and staying near to Cardiff Bay until sunday. Looking forward to a good game and a 0 - 0 score would not surprise me at all. In fact i would take that now if offered it and save us all the time and trouble, not to mention expense of it all. Lol. Good luck after saturday. :biggrin:

PS. Who gave your defense the night off @ Charlton by the way ? Bet Malky was not a happy camper after the game. Lol. <ok>

City don't do draws.

So far this season very true. But the law of averages has this one down for a certain draw and a possible 0 - 0.


I am usually really confident no matter who we play, there is a part of me that thinks we will get something. However, our last two performances have not been anywhere near to quality we are capable of and IF we don't improve on saturday a team like Cardiff with a lot more cutting edge may well give us a good hiding. But to me it all depends on how we play, and you never ever know how City are going to turn up and play. But you know you have to be positive, 2-1 to the city boys.

Lesta were confident pre-Crystal Palace home game and look what happened,, 1-2 loss.!!!! I will stick with 0-0 but a Hull win and i shall go large @ the KFC afterwards. :biggrin:
 
Selection problems for Steve Bruce, I suspect.

Starting point will be Alex Bruce. If he is out then Faye will no doubt take over from McShane and either he or Chessy will move across to take the left cb role.
If Bruce is available it will be interesting to see if Bruce senior regards Maccas faux pas on Tuesday enough to warrant him being replaced by Faye. Personally, I would like Faye to come in and counter the threat of Helgusson in the same way as he comfortably handled Kevin Davies.

Another decision to be made will be Rosenior. He has carried an injury for the last couple of games but played really well at left wing back. Will he rest him to give him more time to recover, bringing Brady in as a replacement, or will he regard his experience against Noone as vital?

Another choice would, although less likely, be Oilyvagina. Players returning to former clubs have a habit of upsetting the Apple cart somewhat, but unless there is an injury problem, I cannot see Bruce dropping either captain Koren or bang on form Evans for the big Nigerian.

This will be a very tough game and I think it will hinge on how well we deal with Cardiff's 2 main playmakers; Wittingham and Noone.
 
Cardiff City
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A very, very good start to the campaign for the 'Red Dragons' with a new playing style after newly injected funds and a controversial colour swap for for the home and away strips. Their form has taken a knock lately and they've dropped from top spot to land in 3rd place, level on points with The Tigers. There is certainly danger amongst the Cardiff ranks, in the form of Whittingham, Maynard, Mason, Helguson, Bellamy, Noone etc etc and City will need to be in tip top condition to keep them at bay. The new style Cardiff has seen them become regular scorers and the defence is usually rather solid. Their most recent result being a thrilling 5-4 loss at the hands of Charlton in which they began a late comeback at 5-2 down showing the character within the squad. There is danger at most areas of their squad and if City are to get a result, there is no room for error or individual mistakes.

Hull City
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Another great result on Tuesday night as the Tigers brushed Wolves aside with a 2-1 victory at the Circle. Steve Bruce's side looks to be full of enthusiasm, belief, chemistry and togetherness which is starting to make The Tigers look likely candidates for the Play Offs should form continue. The partnership of Simpson and Aluko is looking as dangerous as ever and with the new addition of Robbie Brady, the midfield looks capable of picking apart any defence. A few niggling injuries to the likes of Rosenior, Bruce and Elmohamady look to cause a problem within City's ranks, but the loan market is in fact still open. With 5 wins out of 6 games, City look to be making a full assault on the top 2 positions as they look to solidify a Play-Off spot at least. There is much room for optimism being a Hull supporter, and quite rightly so!

Super Tiger's Prediction
Level on points, both scoring lots of goals, both beginning to have reasonably reliable defences (Charlton game excluded) and a usual happy hunting ground for the Tigers, it's probably the hardest to call so far. Both teams on their day can completely dispose of their opposition but Caridff's defence took a paggering on Tuesday and should be low on morale whereas Aluko/Simpson should be buzzing from two top class finishes. I'm reluctantly predicting a 1-2 win for Hull!

Top Scorers

Cardiff City
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Peter Whittingham - 7 goals
Heidar Helguson - 6 goals
Craig Noone - 4 goals
Aron Gunnarsson - 4 goals
Matthew Connolly - 3 goals

Hull City
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Sone Aluko - 6 goals
Jay Simpson - 6 goals
Aaron McLean - 3 goals
Abdoulaye Faye - 3 goals
Nick Proschwitz - 2 goals

Is it me or is the Aluko picture the wrong way round?
 
Im gonna take a vote........... whos for shooting erik?

seriously though........ your cup isnt just half empty.. it has evaporated.
nothing like faith in our team is there?

and that is nothing like faith

Rather like the club I love, I've never even had a cup <cry>

Remember this, Erik? <whistle>

Remember every prediction I've ever made?

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Seriously though, I'm just a pretty dour person :(
 
I'd be happy with a draw from this. Cardiff score for fun, we now play with an open defence (as in, more spread out, meaning more gaps a good attacking team like Cardiff will exploit) added to the fact we don't seem to perform as well away from home and the possibility of key players being injured. I can see Cardiff winning, but hopefully we can sneak a draw and keep the great run going.
 
Im confident of 3 points... HOWEVER the Bluebirds arent the only ones that hemorage goals
 
I said first goal was key, I fear the worst now

I've got a feeling we've come from behind to win more often than we've scored the first goal of the game this season. There was some odd stat about it a few weeks ago.

Someone is having a laugh though, of the 12 teams in the top half of the live table there's only 4 winning, and 2 of those are teams moving up from the bottom half. Leeds are also losing to Watford.