Another truly memorable home game in a season of much boredom at Cardiff City Stadium

[Loramski]

https://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

What did change the game on Saturday? You say you're not sure what happened and neither am I. There was an incident around 65 minutes where Southampton were messing around with it very deep and Diedhiou flew in with a slide tackle then won a corner and gestured to the crowd to make some noise. It seemed to galvanise everyone but, obviously, it would be too simplistic to call it a turning point.

Maybe Diedhiou was feeling that Southampton were starting to tire or settling for the 1-0 and that was the time to get at them. He was, for once, a handful. Meite had been pretty ineffective at centre forward but seemed to have the same idea and started bombing up the right and unsettling Walker-Peters. No great science or end product but the intent was there and it helped to push them back a bit (which helped Conte too).

The pair of them were great with Ashford too. Must be a bit weird for senior pros when youngsters come in and grab the headlines but both players were very encouraging and supportive during the game and Diedhiou spoke well of him in a good interview afterwards. I said about Alan Lee on here that I had respect for him even though I'd seen him play and I feel the same about Diedhiou now.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/vide...2-00ce65baacfc

[the other bob wilson]

What did change the game on Saturday? You say you're not sure what happened and neither am I. There was an incident around 65 minutes where Southampton were messing around with it very deep and Diedhiou flew in with a slide tackle then won a corner and gestured to the crowd to make some noise. It seemed to galvanise everyone but, obviously, it would be too simplistic to call it a turning point.

Maybe Diedhiou was feeling that Southampton were starting to tire or settling for the 1-0 and that was the time to get at them. He was, for once, a handful. Meite had been pretty ineffective at centre forward but seemed to have the same idea and started bombing up the right and unsettling Walker-Peters. No great science or end product but the intent was there and it helped to push them back a bit (which helped Conte too).

The pair of them were great with Ashford too. Must be a bit weird for senior pros when youngsters come in and grab the headlines but both players were very encouraging and supportive during the game and Diedhiou spoke well of him in a good interview afterwards. I said about Alan Lee on here that I had respect for him even though I'd seen him play and I feel the same about Diedhiou now.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/vide...2-00ce65baacfc

If we’re saying one incident prompted a transformation, then that one with Diedhiou is as likely as any to be it. The Diedhiou who played for forty minutes or so on Saturday was different to the one we’d seen previously and I didn’t think he had it in him to gain a corner in such circumstances.

However, if I had to guess as to what happened, I’d opt for a combination of maybe three things. I thought City were like a team that had either been read a riot act about the second half performance against Millwall (and much of the previous home game against Hull) being unacceptable or they’d realised it themselves and had decided they owed the manager and supporters something. Secondly, Southampton were no longer opening us up at will like they had been in the first half and a feeling that we could make them pay for all of those missed chances gradually took hold.

Thirdly, for some in the squad there was the chance of finally getting something out of a Russell Martin side. I had no problem with him giving it large after his wins over us with Swansea, but I was not impressed when he did the same after the game at Southampton in December and maybe a few in the City side remembered that? Throw in a welcome dose of youthful enthusiasm as well and possibly that may explain it.