FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 WATFORD. Match thread

Match facts

• This is the first meeting between Cardiff and Watford at the Cardiff City Stadium since February 2019 in the Premier League, a 5-1 win for the Hornets.
• Watford are looking to win three consecutive away league matches against Cardiff for the first time since September 2007.
• Cardiff are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches – all under Mick McCarthy – their best run since a 13-game stretch between January and April 2018 during their last Championship promotion-winning season.
• Only Norwich City (33) have won more Championship points since Xisco Muñoz’s first game in charge on Boxing Day than Watford (32).
• Cardiff’s Mick McCarthy last faced Watford in 2014-15 with Ipswich, completing a league double over the Hornets.

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Originally Posted by Freitag 4.17

https://youtu.be/vREeKzAz5Pk

:hehe:

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Sounds like if Mark E Smith was the lead singer of Bronski Beat

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Originally Posted by Freitag 4.17

Watford's matchday thread is a thing to behold, fair play.

http://wfcforums.com/index.php?threa...03-2021.58179/

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In fairness a decent lot, certainly a bit nervous about City.

we need a very good performance, will we get one?

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Originally Posted by tforturton

Interesting point about Moore and Wilson being one booking short of a match ban. Is that right?

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No
5 bookings wavered this year, has to be 10 before suspension at 37 games played.

Just watching Swansea game. Wind is going to have a big influence on our match. We will need to get our crosses right though.

Do we want to win today? Or let Watford win and dent the jacks hopes of promotion? :shrug:

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Originally Posted by goats

Do we want to win today? Or let Watford win and dent the jacks hopes of promotion? :shrug:

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No way do I want anything other than a Bluebirds win.

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Originally Posted by goats

Do we want to win today? Or let Watford win and dent the jacks hopes of promotion? :shrug:

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If there’s any justice Brentford will pick up the second spot and then if Swansea go up via play offs then they deserve it.

They don’t look promotional material but they’re getting the wins.

Ng and Brown start, otherwise an unchanged team, Watters on the bench.

Cardiff City: Phillips; Morrison, Flint, Nelson; Ng, Vaulks, Ralls, Brown; Wilson; Murphy, Moore.

Subs: Smithies, Sang, Bacuna, Pack, Williams, Hoilett, Ojo, Watters, Harris.

Watford: Bachmann; Femenia, Troost-Ekong, Sierralta, Masina; Hughes, Chalobah, Zinckernagel; Sarr, Pedro, Sema.

Subs: Foster, Ngakia, Lazaar, Wilmot, Cathcart, Sanchez, Hungbo, Gray, Success.

Bit surprised Ralls starts. Team looked better when Pack came on.

Glad Ng is back, I think he was badly missed, would prefer Pack to Ralls though, he’s more likely to find Murphy with accuracy than Ralls. I’m still of the opinion that Murphy can shine with the right service.

Ralls is a strange one, looked rusty and poor against Huddersfield

Hopefully the break will have helped some of our tired players

Interesting to see how brown performs, seems more of a CB to me, we need that width from that side, I'd have liked Hoilett but let's wait and see, great to see him get a chance at the same time.

City 1 up
Watford equalise straight away

Brilliant cross, forced the defender.

1 - 0 14 mins
1 - 1 15 mins

FFS

A bit sloppy that. Oh well. You can see that Watford have some quality.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

A bit sloppy that. Oh well. You can see that Watford have some quality.

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Cracking goal theirs mind

B'mouth 1-1

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Originally Posted by superfeathers

Cracking goal theirs mind

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It was. I thought he'd lost his chance, but he did very well. For an own goal, ours wasn't too shabby. Lethal ball in from Murphy.

Stroud proving he's being the typical biased knob

I forgot how shit Stroud is

Ref’s turned up in the right kit. No attempt to hide his partially.