FT: CARDIFF CITY 4 - 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY. Match thread

[Shute]

We could batter them now. Come on City!

Clever boy

[Der Kaiser]

How did Nelson play?

[Maurice Swan]

Superb...has to stay ahead of Morrison.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Awful half an hour but after that we played some decent football. From the family stand it looked like Ward went over the top with his challenge. Deserved win in the end though had Birmingham taken their early chances, the game might have been out of sight.

3 points needed next week now!

[Heathblue]

How did Nelson play?

MOM

[life on mars]

MOM

I thought goats was MOM , his inspirational comments fired this one up

[Former Labour leader]

Really dont know what to make of that game. Freak or turning point?
All I can say we showed a bloody sight more bottle with 10 men than we had with 11 against Swansea.

[billy.ronson]

You don’t mess with Peltier

[Joe Gillis]

bamba on...

watched ralls all game been superb...

He was as clueless as the rest of them in the first half

[WJ99mobile]

eeehhh straight red...ward off....a bit harsh I thought. Yellow....

Definite red

[WJ99mobile]

Papering over the cracks and don’t understand how we won. More intelligent with 10 men than 11 shows what Warnock is slowly doing to us

[life on mars]

You don’t mess with Peltier

He's a beast, I wonder where he's ranked in the division of players not to mess with ??

[severncity]

After Ward was red carded we switched to 441 and the extra man in midfield made all of the difference

[goats]

I thought goats was MOM , his inspirational comments fired this one up

I’m glad people are noticing this, it seems to work a treat.....Neil was just on the blower in fact

[Michael Morris]

Curtis Nelson scores

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[Michael Morris]

Joe Rall's 1st goal

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[Michael Morris]

Ralls hat trick goal video and other snaps

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Xx7WBg...=17xc2vksok6uq

[stevo]

I'm still struggling to decide what to make of that game. Just weird.

[goats]

After Ward was red carded we switched to 441 and the extra man in midfield made all of the difference

Which is all we would have needed to do v the jacks, smother them. But no, just bent over instead.

[LeningradCowboy]

Nelson started slowly, but played well overall. I think he needs to retain his place in the team next week. Does that mean Flint misses out if Morrison is fit?

Bamba looked off the pace when he came on, which isn't surprising when he's been out for 8 months, but I wouldn't want him to start anytime soon.

[Don Corleone]

I'm still struggling to decide what to make of that game. Just weird.

I agree, hard to know what to make of it but it was entertaining. Terrible conditions, 6 goals, 2 penalties, 2 red cards and yet we still didn’t string many passes together. Worked their bloody socks off though...

[NYCBlue]

Papering over the cracks and don’t understand how we won. More intelligent with 10 men than 11 shows what Warnock is slowly doing to us

I'm inclined to agree.

[dml1954]

Papering over the cracks and don’t understand how we won. More intelligent with 10 men than 11 shows what Warnock is slowly doing to us

So who do you think decided the formation and tactics when we went down to 10 men ? The manager and coaches of course, who also decided how to change things around after the first twenty minutes, also who and when to bring on as subs (which directly lead to the third and fourth goals which sealed the game). We won because we were the better team over the last 65 minutes and scored more goals than the opposition. Simple really isn't it. Even their manager admitted it. Did you go to the match ? - if you did then you would have seen an exciting game with six goals, two red cards, two penalties and a City win - and yet apparently you are still not happy presumably because the performance and result doesn't fit in with your opinions against all things Warnock.

[NYCBlue]

So who do you think decided the formation and tactics when we went down to 10 men ? The manager and coaches of course, who also decided how to change things around after the first twenty minutes, also who and when to bring on as subs (which directly lead to the third and fourth goals which sealed the game). We won because we were the better team over the last 65 minutes and scored more goals than the opposition. Simple really isn't it. Even their manager admitted it. Did you go to the match ? - if you did then you would have seen an exciting game with six goals, two red cards, two penalties and a City win - and yet apparently you are still not happy presumably because the performance and result doesn't fit in with your opinions against all things Warnock.

Oh, look who's back. I see you finally pulled your head out of the sand. Where were you last weekend? Can you explain how the manager changed tactics after 20 minutes? Telepathty?

[dembethewarrior]

So who do you think decided the formation and tactics when we went down to 10 men ? The manager and coaches of course, who also decided how to change things around after the first twenty minutes, also who and when to bring on as subs (which directly lead to the third and fourth goals which sealed the game). We won because we were the better team over the last 65 minutes and scored more goals than the opposition. Simple really isn't it. Even their manager admitted it. Did you go to the match ? - if you did then you would have seen an exciting game with six goals, two red cards, two penalties and a City win - and yet apparently you are still not happy presumably because the performance and result doesn't fit in with your opinions against all things Warnock.

The same manager who could see we were overrun in midfield last week and admitted he got the formation wrong and STILL swapped a striker for a striker instead of bringing a midfielder on to help out...

Have a day off