Sunday 17th October, ko 12 noon
Live on Sky Sports Football
Match Officials:
Referee: James Linington
Assistants: Rob Smith & Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Darren Drysdale
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Sunday 17th October, ko 12 noon
Live on Sky Sports Football
Match Officials:
Referee: James Linington
Assistants: Rob Smith & Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Darren Drysdale
This isn't going to be fun
46 minutes of them passing it around in front of our 9 man defence
34 minutes of time wasting
5 minutes of long throws
5 minutes of waiting for Kieffer to come on for a 'disappointing' James Collins
Hopefully not 3 hours of them then celebrating with their rather strange fans
Not looking forward to this one bit. Would take a boring 0-0 now
Get into them, feck them up!
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...ebird-21835809
James Linington has been appointed the referee for Sunday's derby clash.
The official has never taken charge of a South Wales derby, however he has been the man in the middle for both sides on many occasions.
For Cardiff, their record is outstanding with Linington in charge, winning a staggering 16 of the 19 games in which he has been the whistleman.
The Bluebirds have won each of their last previous seven matches with the official in charge, the latest of which was the 3-1 win over Millwall earlier this season.
In contrast, the Swans have won only four of their last 11 matches with the referee in charge.
The most recent match in which Linington officiated the Swans saw Bournemouth earn all the points in a 3-0 victory on the south coast earlier in the campaign.
Rob Smith and Nigel Lugg will be the assistants for the clash while Darren Drysdale will be the fourth official.
It'll be Sods Law. We're doomed! :hehe:
Sam Bowen's not in the Wales u21 squad tonight. Is he injured?
My preferred team:
Smithies
Sang
McGuinness
Flint (or Morrison if fit)
Bagan
Pack
Ralls
Bowen (if fit)
Giles
Moore
Harris
Realistically though I foresee Mick returning to 5 at the back to try and soak up their passing. 3-0 Jacks, goodbye Mick.
I'd go with that. Didn't Sang have a toe injury though, so maybe Ng instead?
It'll be at least 4 centre backs though I reckon.
No Chance
This is No Risk Mick we are talking about here. His first priority will be not to lose the game whichich will be his un doing
Smithies
McGuiness at RB
The magician at LB
Nelson Flint Morrison at centre halves
(I fully expect the 5 centre halves 3 holding midfielders against one Swansea striker)
The dynamic midfield of Bacuna, Ralls and Pack
Giles playing on the wrong side
Collins will come in for Kief as Mick will say he was fresher after a grueling trip away for Moore
One thing about our Mick is he's pretty predictable. This is the side he thinks has least chance of losing not most chance of winning
I like Mick would take a draw but that side will lose even to a very ordinary Swansea side
Hopefully Mick can build on the fairly encouraging display against Reading and realise the 5 had maybe reached the end of its usefulness
Doubt it though. He'll revert to type, the defence will definitely have at least 4 centre backs
Huge boost for Swansea ahead of Sunday's clash with Cardiff as Ryan Bennett, Olivier Ntcham and Michael Obafemi have all returned to training.
:frown:
Absolutely dreading this one. You just know he's going to revert to five at the back.
Team for Sunday.
Phillips and Smithies.
Nelson, Morrison, Brown, Flint, Pack
Bacuna, Ralls, Bagan
Collins.
He’s decided to go for 2 keepers and 5 Centre Backs as he wants all out attack
crumbs, is this tomorrow..?
the least build up to any derby match I can recall, not feeling positive either.. 2-1 to the inbreds..
If we win this it's a total fluke.
3-0
Mick McCarthy won his first South Wales derby game when Aden Flint headed the winner at The Liberty back in March. If McCarthy's side fall to a sixth straight League defeat on Sunday then this game is likely to be the last derby he presides over.
"I’ve had a few derbies in my life," McCarthy said. "They are always intense, high profile and I love that about them.
"If you can win them then they are brilliant. If you get beat in them it leaves you pretty low, even more so the fans, because it's important for them.
"Players and managers come and go but fans are always there. They like the bragging rights from the derby games."
When asked he he felt under pressure McCarthy said:
"When that question is asked, it’s always about the job. That's the meaning behind, 'are you feeling under pressure?'
"I fully understand that if you lose games you lose your job. That’s not what creates the pressure for me. What creates the pressure is the game against Swansea, to try and win it.
"I’m under pressure to get a performance and a result, if we do, that'll be brilliant, because that's what I want. If we don’t, I fully understand the rules of the game.
"I try not to let that pressure and all that noise behind me affect what I'm doing for the Swansea game."
MM comments about staying compact don't fill me with too much optimism.
Playing to limit the opposition again rather than to our strengths, whatever they are outside of set pieces.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Not many nerves and very low key, will probably kick in at kick off tomorrow.
MATCH STATS
- Swansea City have lost consecutive home league matches against rivals Cardiff City once before, losing in the 1957-58 and 1958-59 seasons to the Bluebirds.
- There has only been four goals scored in the last four league meetings between Swansea and Cardiff, with Cardiff’s only goal in this run their winning goal from Aden Flint in the last game between the teams.
- Since the start of last season, Swansea City have kept 26 Championship clean sheets, the most of any side (excluding play-offs), with the Swans leading the way for clean sheets this season too (six).
- Cardiff City have lost their last five league matches, last losing six on the bounce in November 1985 under Alan Durban.
- Cardiff striker Kieffer Moore hasn’t scored in any of his last nine Championship appearances, his longest run without a goal since a 13-game stretch between May 2018 and October 2019 at Barnsley and Wigan – the Welshman ended this run with a goal against Swansea in November 2019, though it was in a 2-1 defeat. There hasn’t been a Welsh scorer in a league match between Cardiff and Swansea since February 2011, a Craig Bellamy winner for Cardiff at Liberty Stadium.
Surely to goodness MM wont play 5 centre backs again....or will he?
Morrison, our captain, should be first name on team sheet, but his performances this season have been well below par. Will he come back in?
Quite honestly I haven't a clue. What i do want is for our strikers to press the Swansea defence, something we will not be able to do unless we play 3 forwards, probably Moore, Giles and Bacuna.
In midfield Pack and Ralls are nailed on, with probably Bowen joining them.
Score prediction
0-0
Here we go ffs
Well it didn’t work against West Brom…
****ing hell. Not sure I can be bothered to watch this.
Bye Bye Mick
Still convinced he wants the pay off.
Was going to drink coke today. Think ill start on the double vodkas to ease the pain.