Match Day Thread Cardiff City v Bristol City

England call up for you class keeper.

 

Top clubs may be licking their proverbial lips at his performance against Barnsley because 2 of his saves were top drawer. I will stick my neck out and say he is the best I have seen in quite a while and we should all be thrilled that he is plying his trade at Ashton Gate. Enough said!

 

They are the first top end side we have played since Charlton and are a far better squad than Charlton
Reality check this weekend they will be far to strong for us.

They have goals in their team where we don’t.
Fammy last game suspended, Wieman the only potential for goals up top.

Taylor and Mo scoring goals in league one.

 

It's in the stars that Flint will score, however football in the Championship is mad.
Wouldn't be at all surprised if we get a decent result.

 

Sounds to me that you are covering yourself nicely for a rant after RP......as if you would!!

 

Come on 1For.
That's what you do every time City get a point with your 'another point to stay in the Championship' deflecting heat on LJ after another dire performance.
Kettle Black.......

Results say, in the Prem in the main are fairly predictable but I think results in the Championship consistently are anything but predictable.
That's why I genuinely think anything could happen next Sunday.

As for a 'rant' after the result next Sunday, I will say what I see.
It may well be a little early but I wonder if City are starting to stagnate, might be wrong, but not even you won't argue that LJ hasn't had unbelievable backing.
I will continue to put my view across on this platform.
As you will

 

I've got no problem RP, with you putting your point across mate, as far as LJ is concerned it will always differ from mine, as you dislike the guy and I support his attitude and effort to the club as an up and coming young manager..
As you say, this championship is very unpredictable, which to me makes it more interesting and more of a test.
I know we all want to get into the prem as it's the ultimate goal, but life won't be easy there as Norwich are showing after more or less running away with the championship last season.
It's all about competing at a good standard. Yes, every club has to deal with injuries etc and trying to put together a decent run.....not many clubs have managed to achieve that as yet, hence why we are still in a very good position......most clubs in this division has had decent backing, so I'm not buying that...
We have a young team, a young manager and at last a club that seems fairly settled, competing in one of the best leagues in the world.......like I said...does it for me!!

 

Sparkey - don't tell anyone else on here, just between me and you.

We have some this side of the bridge bemoaning our 'injury crisis'.
I think it's a pathetic argument as all clubs have injuries or suspensions.
Happen to think that our beloved LJ has had so much financial backing and so many to choose from we should just get on with it.
Is it true, but don't tell our lot, that you have 2 of your best players not playing this w/e ?

Oh sorry, no need to answer I've just read Wiz's post above.

 

He has just got on with it, and we are still 6th!! What is your point Redprintt?

 

All teams get injuries - that's why clubs have squads. It's a non stop roundabout of injury/recovery/fitness/ and eventually match fitness.

I don't think either we or you have got a monopoly on this issue, but it's true to say that with Bamba (all season) and now Morrison being out at the back, and Glatzel (hamstring) and Ward (Red card mist) both out up front for your game, we have our problems.

Hamstrings seem to have been a problem for us this season for some reason. Etheridge, Hoilett, Mendez Laing and Pack have all missed games through them and we've suffered, though now thankfully they're all back.

In the middle of the park we never seemed to be over-blessed with options this season, though your old friend Tomlin could make it after his hip problem this past couple of weeks. Joe Ralls is at the top of his game holding it together, though he was carrying some sort of injury throughout the second half of our win against Brum on Saturday - if he's missing next weekend, we have a real problem.

Our secret weapon here could be Paterson either up front or midfield. He hasn't been able to get much game time and he's champing at the bit.

Let's see how it goes - this is all about who else each side has in their squads to step up to the plate.

 

Sparky, thanks for your considered reply. Your first paragraph says it all.
Our lot, silly sausages, bemoan we are unique with injury and suspensions.

 

We made the point how well we’ve done despite our injuries, incase you haven’t noticed even if as you are suggesting Cardiff’s injuries have been as bad as ours , they are actually below us at present, so by definition they haven’t done as well as us .

plus of course they have parachute payments so have much more money at their disposal than we do, but don’t let the facts get in the way.

 

Yeah, but now Redprintt will respond with "all the trillions LJ's had to spend" compared to all the other clubs..... Stoke & Middlesbrough, I'm sure they've spent more than us over the years, but they're not in the top 6.....wow has the world gone mad!!!

 

And of course Cardiff themselves who were in the PL last season so obviously have had more money at their disposal along with parachute payments this .

 

I personally don’t claim we have a monopoly on injuries - all clubs have them as Sparky correctly says.
I can’t comment on Cardiff’s injuries because I’m not familiar with their squad apart from our ex-players.
We however, have had Kalas, DaSilva, Afobe, Smith, Nagy and now Brownhill, our captain, injured, with Diedhiou banned. ALL of those are first-team players - possibly with the exception of Smith who is in his second season in the treatment room. That’s half our first-choice squad. I hear what RP is saying, that all teams suffer injuries and we should have adequate cover, but I would suggest that no team in any league (possibly with the exception of Man C) have the depth and quality available to cover every position with players of equal quality.
We’ve been playing with second-choice players who would normally be on the bench - and we’ve done well to still be top 6.