30/08/08 - Cardiff City Match Thread

[Linz]

A category C match so tickets are a tenner all round.

Should be a decent enough crowd

 

[BuryStEdmundsBlade]

I've got to go to a wedding reception saturday evening hence why I can't make the game.

 

[rachyblade]

They took a few knocks last night too, 3 injuries in the first half, two of them centre backs.

 

[MAQ]

They took a few knocks last night too, 3 injuries in the first half, two of them centre backs.

yeah i noticed that too, although will it weaken them or will it make them more determined?

cant really see anything other than a win TBH, but who knows.

If its a ull house and the atmosphere is there BDTBL will be a dounting place for any visiting team

 

[beightonblade]

Sorry to piss on the chips ! but i've got a feeling the Blades will lose.

Hope i'm wrong.

 

[Come from away]

Sorry to piss on the chips ! but i've got a feeling the Blades will lose.

Hope i'm wrong.

When hope balances conviction, how can you lose?

 

[Samantha]

Sorry to piss on the chips ! but i've got a feeling the Blades will lose.

Hope i'm wrong.

Good to see you as positive as ever, BB

 

[Sensiblade]

From th BBC

Sheffield United could have James Beattie back on the bench but Keith Gillespie (ankle) and Lee Hendrie (foot) will not feature.

Chris Morgan could play after recovering from concussion.

Cardiff City manager Dave Jones is facing an injury crisis before the Championship game.

Ricardo Scimeca, Gavin Rae and Tony Capaldi, while Darcy Blake, Mark Kennedy and Kevin McNaughton face late fitness tests.

 

[shorehamview]

.........Tony Capaldi........Darcy Blake........

Sounds like a gangster and a ballet dancer. One will shoot you, and the other will dance beautifully. In funny shoes.

 

[Linz]

http://www.sheff-utd.co.uk/0809/prediction/

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[BuryStEdmundsBlade]

Good luck today Blades.

 

[Bladesman]

2-0 win I reckon for us.

 

[BuryStEdmundsBlade]

Beattie's on the bench.

United: Kenny, Halford, Naysmith, Kilgallon, Henderson, Sun, Speed, Tonge, Sharp, Quinn, Ehiogu. Subs: Cotterill, Morgan, Beattie, Webber, Spring.

Cardiff: Heaton, McNaughton, Purse, Whittingham, Bothroyd, McPhail, Parry, R. Johnson, Comminges, Ledley, McCormack. Subs: Enkelman, Gyepes, E. Johnson, Thompson, Blake.

 

[Bladesman]

Ref killed the game today.

The game was there to be won.

 

[stinkyblade]

Strange refereeing at times today. Thought we just shaded it but neither side created anything that threatening. Think we should have had a penalty when Relish was shoved from behind. Still 5th in the table with bottom to come

 

[Tinoblade]

Ref was poor today!

Not a bad performance neither was it brilliant

But i will take a draw against cardiff it isnt a terrible result, which most people sat near me thought

 

[keenzy]

TBH i thought we were pretty average today.

The back 4 looked well again and speed, but other than that not much.

I didn't think it was a penalty and knew for a fact we wouldn't get it. Relish, at over 6ft went down like a sack of spuds. He hasn't done much all season. I though we bought him to hold the ball up but he hasn't done that. Even the Huddersfield defence took the ball off him with ease in the air. He's been a poor signing so far but i hope he proves me wrong or its hulse part 2!

Tonge put the effort in the first half but again not the player we want. We need a player to make things happen and he hasn't been doing it. Bring Spring in.

Halford dosen't attack enough to be a winger and when cotterill came on his crosses were crap. Our forwards were around the penalty area and the midfield breaking to the edge of the box and cotterill put it in no mans land between them!


The ref was bloody awful, 2 times he waved advantage instead of giving us free kicks on the edge of their box. the ball went backwards and nothing came about.

An average performance, didnt really attack them enough and tried to break them down. Hope we can pick up against derby but i can see a loss there.

 

[7UpJordan]

That was an awful referee, spoiling what was otherwise a good day. A book has a better spine than that referee.

My MOTM was Sun Jihai, it was never a dull moment everytime he was on the ball.

 

[butchaboy]

worst referee i have seen in a long long time

 

[Tinoblade]

TBH i thought we were pretty average today.

The back 4 looked well again and speed, but other than that not much.

I didn't think it was a penalty and knew for a fact we wouldn't get it. Relish, at over 6ft went down like a sack of spuds. He hasn't done much all season. I though we bought him to hold the ball up but he hasn't done that. Even the Huddersfield defence took the ball off him with ease in the air. He's been a poor signing so far but i hope he proves me wrong or its hulse part 2!

Tonge put the effort in the first half but again not the player we want. We need a player to make things happen and he hasn't been doing it. Bring Spring in.
Halford dosen't attack enough to be a winger and when cotterill came on his crosses were crap. Our forwards were around the penalty area and the midfield breaking to the edge of the box and cotterill put it in no mans land between them!


The ref was bloody awful, 2 times he waved advantage instead of giving us free kicks on the edge of their box. the ball went backwards and nothing came about.

An average performance, didnt really attack them enough and tried to break them down. Hope we can pick up against derby but i can see a loss there.

Did you go to hudders? Spring was shocking

 

[Bladesman]

Tonge and Henderson were both awful again today.

MOTM today was Speed for me.

Although the back 4 looked solid once again.

 

[Gazza1984]

I thought that the ref had a shocker and spoiled the game totally

Tonge seemed to be very poor again- at times he has that brilliant movement and looks as though he is about to create some magic and then it all fizzles out

and that header that Henderson missed- shocker

 

[keenzy]

Did you go to hudders? Spring was shocking

Also was tonge. Spring did well against vale and i think if he gets the opportunity to play in the first team he will want to keep his place in there.

 

[beightonblade]

Owd age pensioner Speed MOM.

Tonge and Henderson waste of a shirt rubbish absolute rubbish !

 

[keenzy]

BB i have to agree there

 

[Clayton]

tongue should have been brought off sooner, or not even played at all.

 

[happyhippy]

I actually thought the diving antics of both sides ruined it. I do think the ref actively helped by not intervening, but at times I thought I was watching auditions for the next 'Dying Swan' part at the National Ballet.

It was a very odd affair for me, as I was completely sober, so it wasn't normal. It all seemed very pedestrian.

It was one of the reasons (being pedestrian, not me being sober) why we were talking about bringing Cotterill on to become more aggressive, and we certainly did look more threatening. The 'ball in the guts moment' was funny, but ultimately frustrating.

They came for a draw, and got it.

 

[Foxy]

It was one of the reasons (being pedestrian, not me being sober) why we were talking about bringing Cotterill on to become more aggressive, and we certainly did look more threatening. The 'ball in the guts moment' was funny, but ultimately frustrating.

Sadly all I could think about in said situation was how frustratingly crap Cotts was at Huddersfield a few days earlier. Personally, I thought Halford caused more trouble with a few long throws than Cotts did with his crosses into nowhere (the majority were more like clearances!)

 

[jose_d_blade]

Halford held the ball well but looked terified to come with in 10 yards of there left back way too many times the ball was crossed from too deep with hope henderson gets it! attitude but when cotterill came on sun looked to be under presure. watching the blades yesterday reminded me of england when crouch plays too easy to punt it to the big guy and to be fair henderson won most of em. dont know why we dont try cotteril in toungs place in a free role couldnt be as bad and minght open up a few chances at least hell run at the defence and make em work. be worth tryng in a reserve game just to see what impact he could make

 

[Linz]

Apparently some trouble kicked off on Bramall Lane after the match but I have to admit, I didn't see anything.

Also a few Cardiff fans saying they were coined throughout the match. If this is indeed the case, the club ought to identify who these people are and ban them for life. We don't need their £10s thank you very much.