FT: CARDIFF CITY 2 - 0 PORTSMOUTH. Match thread

Tuesday 22nd October, ko 7:45pm
Live on Sky Sports +

Match Officials:

Referee: Oliver Langford
Assistant Referee: Mark Stevens
Assistant Referee: Conor Brown
Fourth Official: Tom Reeves

Portsmouth recorded their first win of the season when they beat QPR at Loftus Rd on Saturday.

Cardiff and Pompey were level on points occupying 24th and 23rd places respectively before kick off on Saturday. Cardiff's 5 - 0 win though has seen City go above both QPR and Portsmouth. QPR are now bottom on 7 points while City are in 22nd place on 8 points, above Tuesday's visitors on GD thanks to the deluge of goals at CCS.

More of the same please.

Let’s make sure Robertson knows he made the right decision.

First time this season to play a team below us?

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Originally Posted by bobh

First time this season to play a team below us?

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Sunderland?

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Sunderland?

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:hehe:

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Sunderland?

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Sharp as a tack! :hehe:

To be fair it was an open goal, with Bournemouth, Brighton, Birmingham etc out of the way we’re even closer to the promotion places before a ball’s kicked:hehe:

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Originally Posted by splott parker

To be fair it was an open goal

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Kanga would probably miss it.

It’s going to be an anti climax. We all know it, unless you are new to all this.

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Originally Posted by Dave Blue

It’s going to be an anti climax. We all know it, unless you are new to all this.

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absolutely, we've improved every game under Riza so far, but there's no way we improve on a 5-0 drubbing.
teams will start to work out ways to nullify our newly discovered attack soon enough..
Portsmouth won on the weekend as well, think it could be a trickier game than people are expecting.

Once again the pessimist in me thinks there is no way we will win 2 games on the bounce.
Hoping for a win, but expecting a draw. 1-1

Three home games, three wins and not a goal conceded for our club & country. We’re doomed I tell you, doomed!!

I don't think City looked anything other than quite confident and capable on Saturday. Providing they carry this forward to tomorrow night I think we should be looking at another 3 points..

3-1 City.



The Riza rave rolls on.

easy win, we are are finally in form after a 10 year break. 10-0

I don't like this, everyone being confident of a win.
I don't like it at all

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I don't like this, everyone being confident of a win.
I don't like it at all

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You are not on your own.

As a hard nosed rationalist I am very nervous with all this tempting of fate!

Can we please get back to predicting doom, gloom and banana skins!

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Originally Posted by jon1959

You are not on your own.

As a hard nosed rationalist I am very nervous with all this tempting of fate!

Can we please get back to predicting doom, gloom and banana skins!

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I predicted 1-1
This is going to be difficult

Think it will be more millwall than Plymouth but I'd take that result.

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Originally Posted by Trigger

Think it will be more millwall than Plymouth but I'd take that result.

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Confidence should be high after the recent performances, it will be interesting to see if there are any changes to the starting lineup

I’d like to see Dalaand and Goutas at the back

Chambers looks more like a CDM or RB to me

I guess the most important thing is that we have options at the back and in Midfield

Just need that other forward in January

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Originally Posted by olderblue

Confidence should be high after the recent performances, it will be interesting to see if there are any changes to the starting lineup

I’d like to see Dalaand and Goutas at the back

Chambers looks more like a CDM or RB to me

I guess the most important thing is that we have options at the back and in Midfield

Just need that other forward in January

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Or Reindorf now?

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Originally Posted by Dorcus

Or Reindorf now?

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Well he has to be better than either of the current pair, for a start he’ll run looking for the ball
He’s got energy, enthusiasm and youth on his side

It must be disheartening for him to see a training cone and Meite in front of him in the pecking order

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Originally Posted by olderblue

Confidence should be high after the recent performances, it will be interesting to see if there are any changes to the starting lineup

I’d like to see Dalaand and Goutas at the back

Chambers looks more like a CDM or RB to me

I guess the most important thing is that we have options at the back and in Midfield

Just need that other forward in January

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we will have Davies and Etete back before then

looking at the stats from the QPR game, Portsmouth had very little of the ball, and very poor passing accuracy, and a high percentage of long balls.
QPR had more shots and more on target.

we've been quiet susceptible to long balls over the heads of our centre backs over the last few years.

they will be a very different type of challenge to Plymouth or the other sides we've faced recently

I do worry if we concede first, though Goutas has done well since returning to the starting line up, h does get drawn out of position at times. I just don't like the partnership with Chambers (that's mainly down to Chambers) I'd love to see Daland play on the left side and drop Chambers. A problem we have had all season is the space between midfield and defence, which I fear will be exploited by better teams. But if we play like we did on Saturday, we should win comfortably. If and should.

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Originally Posted by olderblue

Well he has to be better than either of the current pair, for a start he’ll run looking for the ball
He’s got energy, enthusiasm and youth on his side

It must be disheartening for him to see a training cone and Meite in front of him in the pecking order

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Agree 👍

Interesting to see how the team approaches it. Have to guard against complacency.

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Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland

Interesting to see how the team approaches it. Have to guard against complacency.

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Post of the month.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

we will have Davies and Etete back before then

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Davies, Kanga, Méïté and Etete have a combined total of 11 goals for City. Hardly a forward selection to put the fear of God into any opposition.

Unchanged team. I want Daland in the side but can’t really argue with that after Saturday.

Cardiff City XI: Alnwick; Ng, Chambers, Goutas, O'Dowda; Robertson, Turnbull; Tanner, Colwill, El Ghazi; Robinson.

Subs: Horvath, Daland, Fish, Bagan, Siopis, Rinomhota, Willock, Meite, Kanga.


Portsmouth XI: Schmid; Williams, Poole, McIntyre, Shaughnessy; Potts, Pack; Lang, Lane, Murphy; Sorenson.

Subs: Archer, Towler, Yengi, O'Mahony, Saydee, Dozzell, Devlin, Kamara, Ritchie.


Pack and Murphy return!

Still no Reindorf 🤬

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Originally Posted by Dorcus

Still no Reindorf 🤬

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He played last night for the under 21s, so he was never going to be included.
That's the dilemma I guess. He either continues to develop and play week in, week out for the under 21s or not get as much game time for the 1st team.

1-0!!!

83% possession :ayatollah:

2-0!!! Bugger me sideways!

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

2-0!!! Bugger me sideways!

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It's amazing what a bit of confidence can do! :ayatollah:

Happy for Robbo, he can be our next 20+ striker.