Half time team talk inspires Bluebirds
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<p><strong>Neil Warnock</strong> had to have words with his side at half time after Sean Morrison's o.g. saw the home side a goal down.</p>
<p>Whatever was said made the difference as City came level to take the game to extra time before getting a winning goal from Greg Halford.</p>
<p><span>"I thought we started the game well but then we were sloppy until half-time," said Warnock.</span><br /><br /><span>"We had to say a few words at half-time, you could say it was a bit harsh.</span><br /><br /><span>"But in the second half, and in extra-time, I thought we were super.</span><br /><br /><span>"I was pleased with us fitness-wise and we created some good chances.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="C:WindowsTempphpD6DC.tmp" src="http://pictures.footymad.net/upload/120/910314-4.jpg" alt="C:WindowsTempphpD6DC.tmp" width="500" height="308" /><br /><br /><span>"Our attitude was good and we changed a few things.</span></p>
<p><span><span>"We pushed Tommo (Lee Tomlin) a bit further central in the second half and it worked well," said Warnock.</span><br /><br /><span>"It's been another good session, Tommo got more time as did one or two of the others.</span><br /><br /><span>"We persevered and I was delighted really."</span></span></p>
<p>Pompey boss <strong>Kenny Jackett</strong> acknowledged his side were beaten by the better team</p>
<p><span>‘I felt we gave Cardiff some problems. </span></p>
<p><span>‘We played good football at times, particularly early in the game in the first half. There were some good moves, better than Saturday, which I was pleased with. </span></p>
<p><span>‘In the end they kept at it and kept at it, got on top of us, we blocked and battled and defended our own box very, very well. </span></p>
<p><span>‘There were a couple of great saves by the goalkeeper (Luke McGee) and in the end they just had a little bit too much for us, particularly from the bench with the widemen coming on. </span></p>
<p><span>‘We just couldn’t quite hold out. I felt we showed fantastic character and attitude and when we needed to hang in and defend we did that as well. </span></p>
<p><span>‘There are times you need to do that and try to aspire to more. But in the end Cardiff had a bit too much.’</span></p>
