Reply With Quote[QUOTE=Michael Morris;5487345]Saturday February 10th, ko 3:00pm
Match Officials:
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Assistant Referee: Daniel Leach
Assistant Referee: Blake Antrobus
Fourth Official: Ed Duckworth
Any relation to Jack & Vera ?
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Saturday February 10th, ko 3:00pm
Match Officials:
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Assistant Referee: Daniel Leach
Assistant Referee: Blake Antrobus
Fourth Official: Ed Duckworth
[QUOTE=Michael Morris;5487345]Saturday February 10th, ko 3:00pm
Match Officials:
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Assistant Referee: Daniel Leach
Assistant Referee: Blake Antrobus
Fourth Official: Ed Duckworth
Any relation to Jack & Vera ?
56 years to the day since Brian Clark made his home debut in a 2-0 win over Preston (10 February 1968), scoring in 9 minutes - John Toshack scored the other after 88. Also the first game I attended.
Cardiff team was
Davies, Derrett, Ferguson, Clarke, Murray, Harris, Jones, Clark, Toshack, King, Lea
It’s an omen, I tell you, an omen
This will be the 103rd fixture between Cardiff City and Preston. When we play Bristol City later in the season they'll move to 102 fixtures between us. Overall we've managed 40 wins to their 37, scoring 135 goals, conceding 177.
Our home record against Preston is reasonable. While we have 24 wins, 15 draws and 12 defeats (24 home wins is the most against any side, but due to the amount of times we have played them), our home win percentage is ranked 24th of the 50 sides we have played at least 50 times. It may also be no surprise, again due to the number of fixtures between the two, that we have scored more at home to Preston than any other side, but also conceded more to them at home than anyone else.
In Cardiff there have been a total of 137 goals scored in 51 matches. In Preston that reads 175 goals in 51 games.
While Preston's goalscoring exploits at Deepdale are well known, they've only scored 3 or more in 7 away games. They have managed 3 or more in 20 home games against us...
Our biggest win against Preston is a 6-2 win at Deepdale, and two 4-0 home successes, once under the reign of Jimmy Scoular and the other under the management of Mick McCarthy. They've also won 4-0 twice in Cardiff, most recently in 2000.
Len Ashurst is the only Cardiff manager with a 100% home record against Preston from more than 1 match. Jimmy Scoular won 6 out of the 8 home games he managed against them. The boring tit award goes to Steve Morison for helping to provide two successive 0-0 draws in the league, two of the most mindnumbingly boring football matches I have ever suffered.
So two undefeated games, although they were no score draws, are boring are they. Not conceding in two games is brilliant form. So called fans knocking our beloved club whose management can do no wrong are ‘fans ‘ we don’t need!!!!Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
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Oh yes they were. I came away from both thinking what a waste of a couple of hours. Both games were stinkers. I have seen some good 0-0s, but not those.
borrow b oddies shovel hes not using it todayI’ve been hacked by dml
Eric is using itborrow b oddies shovel hes not using it today
Alnwick
Ng - Goutas - Phillips - McGuinness - Collins
Siopis - Turnbull
Ramsey - Colwill
Diedhiou
Subs: Horvath - Romeo - Wilson-Esbrand - Ralls - Wintle - Bowler - Grant - Etete - Meite/Tanner
I don't think we will see Turnbull, Ramsey and colwill starting all at the same time. Although if you're right, i'll give you the biggest thumbs up
I don't think we'll see them either.I don't think we will see Turnbull, Ramsey and colwill starting all at the same time. Although if you're right, i'll give you the biggest thumbs up
I don't think Bulut will start with three at the back.
But I would like to see a shape and selection that puts our best players on the pitch together - even if that means Siopis has to run around screening the defence like more of a madman than usual.
When it comes to our best players I would like to include Ralls and Grant - but I'm told playing with 13 is frowned upon.
I keep seeing these kind of teams on Twitter, maybe I haven’t seen enough of Turnbull to judge but my gut is it will be two of Siopis/Ralls/Wintle and then one of Ramsey/Colwill/Turnbull unless there is a change of shape.I don't think we will see Turnbull, Ramsey and colwill starting all at the same time. Although if you're right, i'll give you the biggest thumbs up
what a strange idea...
- 3 cbs? and people are already bitching about how defensive we are? (rightly so..we are signed up for a hiding!)
- Siopis? literally garbage cant pass and doesnt know where the ball is at his own feet! also doesnt actually get stuck in anymore just flaps around
- No wide midfield/wingers? we do need radical change but would the team jell well with such a new shape?
- Diedhiou ? Not including the 15 minute cameo..he hasnt scored in his last 18 matches..we already have Meite as the token useless "attacker" thanks
that said..would love to see colwil and ramsey in that position
Siopis is 'literally' 'a loving and caring individual who puts the needs of others before their own'.
Three at the back with wingbacks doesn't necessarily make us more defensive. It can and should be more attacking (if the wing backs are up to it). I am not sure about Ng and Collins as wing-backs (more convinced by the grainy YouTubes of Wilson-Esbrand) so that is where the questions in that line up lie for me.
Diedhiou will either be an effective target No9 (his Bristol and Turkish incarnation) or he won't. If he has lost that ability I wouldn't be confident with Etete in that role.
Siopis needs to find a better lawyer if thats the only excuse to play him LOLSiopis is 'literally' 'a loving and caring individual who puts the needs of others before their own'.
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I showed up about a year later. Dave Carver and Gary Bell were in place by then. Of this group, I didn't know Derrett and Ferguson.
How many training days would they have has this week? Anyone know? No midweek game so hopefully more sessions, and a chance to get more fresh legs onto the pitch.
We weren't awful v Watford but we are a little stale and out of ideas, I can see why he started the players he did Saturday (blind loyalty maybe) but we need a few changes come Saturday.
Q and a on Wales online site and he seems to be indicating we wont see the full value of the new signings yet
Injuries wise Ng ok as is ralls although they are checking tomorrow but odowda and Robinson still out and maybe an injury for McGuiness which they are checking
Horvath visa sorted and Phillips had an issue in the week but seems okay
Think that was it ??
Cheers I'll have a look for the video on the club website, now the transfer market is closed I'll try and avoid WOL as much as possible.
Steve Derrett, 99 Harris Avenue, Rumney & Bobby Ferguson.
Know Steve well, tells the story of when he played for Wales against Italy, swapped shirts at the end of the game, his was soaked in sweat, the Italian’s was dry as a bone and he had a vest on as well.
Surprised that McGuinness doubtful as he looked 100% in the training video. Think Bulut wants Phillips in team for passing ability.
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