Wanted to see Ruben start. Not sure about Meite up front. Wonder how far away O’Dowda is from starting.
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Wanted to see Ruben start. Not sure about Meite up front. Wonder how far away O’Dowda is from starting.
Good performance overall.
For large periods we had control, but also didn't look very threatening with it, but whatever sparked their resurgence after going a goal down was absolutely spot on.
This was there early on in the season, and what had me feeling upbeat about our season while watching us in Portugal, its nice to see it back, now we are safe he may have let the shackles off.
Team pretty well as expected. Pity Ralls not fit enough to start as we are a better side with him. Around about 30% chance of Ng getting a booking.
Siopis and Wintle together never ends well.
Surprised Diedhiou isn't starting having scored against Huddersfield.
Wintle the weak….a well….1-3Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Wintle was MOTM. I thought he played well on Wednesday too. Remember Bulut played him at 10 for a few games after Ramsey got injured? Not his position at all but he never stops running.
He's the pivot around which this team is built. Of course he's not the greatest player in the world but he has the best passing accuracy of any of the regular starters, creates by far the most chances and is 4th on the list of City players with the most goal involvements.
The Wintle-hating should stop.
Nobody hates him, they just don't rate him for a team with play-off ambitions. If he has the best passing accuracy that might be because he passes backwards a lot and everyone else in the team gives the ball away.
I didn't think Ipswich had anything to worry about with the 8 minutes injury time, but glad to be wrong. We did pretty well for twenty minutes, did our usual thing in the second half and then the heave-ho at the end. There apparently were 81 minutes between shots on target. Sometimes it all works out and nice that it did. I can't see that happening all the time though.
If people want to hop on the Keyser Soze express of ass-pumping optimism, then great, but I'll probably stay on the heritage railway of calm, where, just as before, we'll be shortly arriving in mid-table.
I was responding to Goats writing "Wintle the weak".
He was our captain today! That's an awful thing to write about any of the team, let alone the captain!
I understand that some of our fanbase don't rate Wintle but, to be honest, I don't rate their opinions. Perry Ng excepted, Wintle has played the most minutes of any City player over the last 3 seasons under a variety of managers so these professional football experts clearly have a higher opinion of Wintle than people with no professional football experience or expertise at all.
This is too good a start.....
well...WOL agrees....quote "Without putting the mockers on them, this start is arguably the best I've seen from Cardiff in six months."
Tactically compact. Good shape. Good technical two touch football. As expected for me.
Ipswich carry the added pressure that they need to push to hit the top two. As the game goes on they will over commit against our air-tight defence. I then expect them to be caught out on the counter attack once or twice. as they will have tired legs versus our stronger, fresher bench. Their leaking defence will be exposed.
2-0 to us is my prediction.
Enjoying this so far.
Get Grant off for O'Dowda and Diedhou on for Meite and we could smash this!
agree...Turnbull excellent...
He must have been absolutely unbelievable for the first 18 minutes then, that I missed.
Maybe later on but not yet.
Grant has caused them problems down the left and Meite has played the CF role pretty well, softening up their CBs.
So far Bulut has got it spot on and we could and maybe should be leading.
I take it back about Grant...just wish he had more end product....Meite playing too wide....he should be in the centre.
One of the best first halfs we've had...especially first 25 minutes.....good performances from many players...event Wintle..>
Hope we get something out of this game if just for the first half performance. Can't believe Ipswich won't out more pressure socond half.
We'll do well to see this out now.....
FFS
Get Bowler off for o'dowda.
Good first half, our passing has been much better than in recent months. Siopis has been excellent. Good half.
If we bring on Tanner or O Dowda wide, I’d like to see Grant moved to CF, so that we have pace up the middle.
Currently it is a diagonal ball wide over the top, but a ball through the middle on the ground (or over the top) becomes more viable in a way that Etete or Meite make that central route behind less viable.
Ipswich look as vulnerable on the counter as I expected. We now need to exploit that weakness and milk it for all it’s worth.
Good game
Decent showing from city with Turnbull my MOM so far
We need to stop getting stuck in the wide channels.
Enjoyed that half of football. Shame Ng couldn't get a better touch when the ball dropped to him
Dare I say regardless of the end result this has been quite an encouraging game. Just need that extra bit of quality in and around the box still.
Now watch Bulut bring on 3 defensive minded subs and lose 2-0.
Yeah been coming. That’s the quality we are missing.
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