Play off Cardiff v Leicester

[Hilts]

I’m just looking at the team:

Did we have Burke and Whitts out wide and McPhail and Ledley in midfield, as that is putting a big defensive load on Ledley (or someone!) if that was the formation?

I think that was it.

Loads of games our central midfield was dominated.

But we could hit it long to Bothroyd who was different class.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

I think that was it.

Loads of games our central midfield was dominated.

But we could hit it long to Bothroyd who was different class.

That was generally it. Rarely did we play without a target man.

In Craig Bellamy's first game, at home to Doncaster, Chopra went off injured in the first half. McCormack was on the bench but had dropped right down the pecking order, so Jones decided to bring on Chris Burke and dropped Whitts to a deep, central defensive midfield position.

Until the substitution, Donny had run us ragged with their 5 in midfield. After the enforced change, we took control of the game and won very easily. What looked like a useful formation that deserved a run of games didn't last long as Jones went back to 4-4-2.