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Biggest game of the season Sludge and the attendance will reflect that. But it doesn't feel like it has the intensity of that kinda 2018-2013 period. Not for me anyway. Like I said, that 0-0 game at home stands out particularly for the poor atmosphereQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
One game closer to the sack and the cup final!Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Rare moment here, but I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Those Championship seasons produced some really intense derby games. It had been a while since we'd faced each other at that level and both clubs were always in the promotion frame. I recall the 2-1 win at the CCS when Chopra netted with the last kick. There hasn't been a bigger derby game with so much at stake as that game. Both sides were on the up, they won promotion before us, which hurt us. We won the first top flight derby.
Since then it's been one way traffic. We go into the derby expecting to lose, mainly as it is Swansea's cup final and means more to them than us. We've scored 1 goal in the last 8 derbies, losing 6 of the last 8 and conceding 15 goals.
The atmosphere at home has never matched the Chopra game, even during the match.
I remember going to meet friends in a pub on the outskirts of Cardiff in 2019 when we lost 1-0 there. None of us bothered watching the second half.
That first away trip into the Liberty was lively, thousands of them were outside waiting for the buses with flares (trousers and the fireball things), and a huge police presence to keep fans apart they were very excited.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
Quite different from the early 80s when there was free travel when you got off the train all you saw were Cardiff fans, things certainly changed over the decades.
It's definitely fading now, maybe a good win will bring some feeling back for us Cardiff fans.
Wintle already talking about Swansea and the derby. Shame on him. :hehe:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64977809
The difference is that it's the next two games and he talks about Rotherham a six-pointer first, then the next game which is a local derby. As you said about Swansea he was asked about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
It's important to us, mostly to shut their gobby fans up, but it's their whole season in two games for them, the Manager's sacking probably rides on them getting a win or a loss.
Yeah, somehow I thought there would be a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
:hehe::hehe::hehe:
Swansea love putting us to the sword
And it's easy to see why
Despite Cardiff being a lot bigger and its catchment area we have failed big time to put clear water between us and them
As for it being their game of the season it's also our game of the season , in terms of intensity and attendance
But Swansea fans are the same as us really . When the game is over the focus switches to the next game wether they are playing Rotherham or we are playing Coventry .
Thanks for that! I’ve just spent the last hour lying in bed listening to pink Floyd. Best laid plans and all that ����Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
https://twitter.com/secondtierpod/st...ZQyp-iO2wYo4KgQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
It matters more to them, that's obvious!
Bluebirds more likely to be playing Knewput before long.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
And you think that's a good thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
It didn't feel like a good thing yesterday afternoon and nobody around me in the Ninian Stand seemed to think it was a good thing either.
After repeatedly having our arse handed to us, I naively thought it might matter to us a bit, too...Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
I was pointing out that the thread is correct, it matters more to them, and there is a difference between them and us, which you didn't think there was.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
No, the only good thing to come out of it, is that Russell probably won't get the sack as he's now the messiah that can beat the mighty rivals.
When did I say that?Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Read back you implied there was no difference between us.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
if that doesn't bring a reaction next time nothing will, they need the same back next season!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
I implied that you and Bobsy were making a mountain of molehill with regard to Martin's press conference comments. No more, no less. As a club, and as a fanbase to a slightly lesser degree, I am certain that Swansea City care more about the South Wales derby than Cardiff City do. I don't know why that is, and I don't know why it is now the case when it didn't used to be, but I think it's definitely gone that way. Maybe it's misplaced arrogance of some sort or perhaps it's collective embarrassment, I don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Still, the biggest crowd by a distance last season was the Swansea game and the same is likely to be true this season, so perhaps this message board is not a true reflection of how the fanbase really feels.
I think you implied it wasn't much different, but that's subjective.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
The reason is, we are the Capital City and have had much greater funding as a City over the years, they also wanted to be the Capital of Wales, so there is a general hatred.
The other obvious reason is that they don't have any other rivals, other than perhaps Llanelli and Carmarthen on the other side of them, and they will never play them, we have had rivalries with Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, and Newport County in my lifetime, so it's very different really. They only hate us, we hate loads of teams.
I think all this business about funding is bollocks. I've never spoken to a single Swansea City fan who thinks along those lines. Indeed, I've never met a single Swansea fan who hates the city of Cardiff, but plenty can't stand Cardiff City.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
The sporting rivalries may be a factor, but the truth is the so-called rivalry between Cardiff and Newport lasted a couple of seasons in the Eighties when crowds were tiny, a rivalry with Bristol Rovers is fiction, while the rivalry with Bristol City has significantly diminished since the Seventies - Swansea have consistently been far bigger rivals since the Eighties. Indeed, the Bristol City game has rarely attracted an above-average crowd during the last couple of decades, while any game against Swansea normally attracts the biggest crowd of the season.
They could be ****ed next season if we go down.6 points down.Just like we were with Derby.