Originally Posted by
Grangenders
This fixture has always meant more to them and it always will.
Each year we hear how in the build up to the game, the whole of Swansea is talking about it. Gary Monk yesterday said that after the game the city centre would be lively.
In Cardiff, nobody (other than City fans) is talking about the game the week before. If we win, the City centre is no more lively than any other normal evening.
Add to this the general resentment in parts of Wales towards Cardiff because ‘we have everything’. More Jacks will work in Cardiff than vice versa, leading to more one way ‘banter’ and therefore feelings of resentment.
Historically we have been the bigger club through attendances and results, although this gap has narrowed. In other derbies it means more to Sunderland fans than Newcastle, it means more to Birmingham fans than Villa. The bigger clubs have bigger ambitions than simply beating a local rival.