Gonna be another toughie, but hey, our confidence should be bubbling nicely. To be honest I'd be surprised to see us get anything out of this but of the two teams, the pressure is marginally more off us. Got a bit of time for Cardiff, so I'll be happy to see them go up, but not at the expense of giving us a stuffing.
Rouamba is a defensive midfielder and Lennon is an under 18 player but apart from that it looks a decent team.
Realistically there's no way anyone can be dropped and I'd be amazed if anyone is. The interesting bit is who is on the bench. We all welcomed the number of subs getting raised from 5 to 7 so that one or two youngsters could be introduced in this way, so I don't really understand the case for not doing so.
So we understand, but I was stuck for another CB if I was to avoid weakening tomorrow's u21 team. We do have a "spare" u21 CB in Osborne but he is being used at RB as we don't have a specialist RB in the u21s. Interesting that we have three specialist left-backs (Wiggins, Evina, and Fox) and the promising Holmes-Dennis to join the u21s next season, but only Solly at RB (assuming Wilson is used at RM). I wasn't sure if Rouamba is qualified to play League games yet. I didn't bar myself from selecting u18s as they don't have a midweek game.
Assuming everyone is fit, I would bet either Harriott or Hughes will be rested. Perhaps even both. The u21s have a vital and difficult game tomorrow. No point in them making the long trip to Cardiff and back just to sit on the bench, and even sillier to play them. That would be a nice experience for them, but would be forgotten a week later. Whereas everyone in the club would be kicking themselves for a season if we let slip the u21 title just to give a couple of youngsters a joyride to Cardiff.
I'd reckon we could steal three points here today. They were not that prolific against Nottingham Forrest, until they went down to 10 men and they got into the game. Long as we keep a tight game and don't give the ball away too cheaply, we can definitely hit them on set pieces.
This we are quite good at. This we are lousy at. It is the reason we are not comfortably in the play-offs. Better now that Hughes (and to some extent Fuller, when playing) are in the team. For all their positives, Stephens and Pritchard give the ball away cheaply. Morrison and Cort are stalwart at defending but then hoof the ball into the opposing half. Hamer invariably kicks long to Kermorgant. Sometimes it pays off, but usually we lose possession. I am surprised about this with Damian Mathew as coach. At Chelsea he was the master of midfield triangles and patient build up, and I understood that's how he got our juniors to play.
apparently, the game will be streamed here - http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=200101&part=sports
what permutation of results do we need for us to be safe by the end of play today? - anyone know this off the top of their head?
we win, barnsley and wolves lose/draw or if one of those win blackburn/peterborough lose. If we draw barnsley need to lose.
I'd just tell the team to not let Kim Bo-Kyung have the ball. I think the majority expect a win for Cardiff. Guarantee though that the first chance you get you'll hear the nerves. You may aswell go all out. Alot of teams that have come to Cardiff have sat back and just let us play. Brighton and Leicester actually attacked and were way better than us. Anyway, good luck. Rudy Gestede is like a better version of Ibrahimovic. I'll be with my Dad whos not into drinking, I won't invade the pitch. By the sounds of it, everyone else will be on the pitch if we win.
Not really most Cardiff fans just want that one more point so we can finally know we made it for certain. jck
Evening all I'm taking a break from some crucial, top-level essay-writing to listen to this and provide updates. Charlton: Hamer, Solly, Wiggins, Morrison, Dervite, Jackson, Hughes, Pritchard, Harriott, Fuller, Kermorgant Subs: Button, Taylor, Gower, Wilson, Green, Kerkar, Obika. We're unchanged from Saturday.
We're going for it then - good to hear. Can't get the live stream going, so I'm doing BBC text and radio.
