Cardiff (H) - Sat 6th Feb 15:00 - Matchday thread

[ohhhshauntaylor]

Henri Lansbury oh ffs 

[Red Army 87]

Lansbury just summed up our season

[MarcusX]

8 minutes ago, WECANDO said:

Great break but Semenyo falls over again in the penalty area. Doh!

To be fair the pass was behind him, because it probably wasnt for him. But someone should have communicated!

[slartibartfast]

Just now, westonred said:

Bet you still laughed

er.... you don't know me !

[2015]

No worries lads, Taylor Moore is coming on to save the day

[Bas's perfect hattrick]

Gilmartin:  "He's [Holden] missing a left-sided player"

Who's fault is that then?!

[Ivorguy]

Any evidence coaches changed anything at halftime?

[Prinny]

Lansbury,  i laughed out loud there

[Sheltons Army]

3 minutes ago, lenred said:

TBF I've looked at the games remaining and can see us conservatively getting 15-18 points at least.  Never nailed obviously but think we should be fine this season.  But avoiding relegation wasnt the aim was it.  We sacked our last manager (rightly imo) for not hitting top 6.  

I wouldn’t fancy starting next season as we are under the current regime

[ohhhshauntaylor]

Tripe change. 

[Spoons]

 No subs...... More injuries 

[lenred]

1 minute ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

Before today you would have said 3 points from today 

Wouldve hoped definitely (and at the odds we were I put some money on us) but probably if really pushed I wouldve gone for a draw today. 

[JamesBCFC]

Just now, LondonBristolian said:

The problem is we're so slow to make changes. There's research and analysis - think I read it in Simon Kuper's Soccernomics but I forget if he did the actual study or someone else - that shows that teams that are losing that make changes by 55 minutes are far more likely to get a result than teams that wait any longer than that. It's rare that we make changes before it is too late to influence a game.

When you've got one shot on target at home against a substitute golalkeeper, you really need to be in the 5% of games that make a change at half time. 

I understand what you're saying LB, but the reality is that in the vast, vast majority of games (certainly pre covid, of course things will be different with the extra subs allowed), subs made at half time were almost exclusively because of an injury, whether match ending or just precautionary measures.

There of course are times where it does happen, but they are maybe 1 time in 10.

So to then extrapolate that Holden is happy with the performance because no subs were made at half time is like me saying that because I rolled a 1 on a die, I will always roll a 1.

[Lew-T]

Kalas and Mawson all over the place.

[Banjo Red]

5 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

We're not going down ffs

We aren't going up either another wasted season.

[Robin101]

1 minute ago, cidercity1987 said:

Its rapidly turning me off, I might become a more general football fan when crowds return and go around the country visiting different clubs

I can’t help but feel this whole season is pointless. It’s odd - being so distanced from it I can almost see it how a non-sports fan sees it, just blokes kicking a ball around - who cares. 

It’s not really what football is about is it. I feel for Holden (to a small extent) because the football IS crap but also everything just looks so lifeless with no fans.

[Red Army 87]

Massengo off

[Alex_BCFC]

1 minute ago, Galway Red said:

To be fair to PNE they've lost some of their best players in the transfer window

Teams go through good and bad patches in such a tight league. We won’t be going down. I predicted 18th at start of season and I think might still be right.

[lenred]

Just now, Sheltons Army said:

I wouldn’t fancy starting next season as we are under the current regime

Not sure how we can tbh - we will just continue to slide I would imagine......but then we all know that what we think as fans doesnt really mean much.

[MarcusX]

7 minutes ago, Robin101 said:

Brownhill? Webster? Let’s not pretend it’s always been this bad. This is far worse than any time under LJ in my opinion.

Simple case of be careful what you wish for.

[ohhhshauntaylor]

Downsy’s OTT announcements really boil my pi$$ when I’m there, even more so when no one is there. 

[petehinton]

Massengo our best player by a distance so takes him off. Class

[Jerseybean]

Just now, 2015 said:

No worries lads, Taylor Moore is coming on to save the day

And he is looking a bit heavier these days......

Lansbury stays on (on a yellow card and hasn’t played much) and HNM (our best player today ) is taken off - discuss. 

[Alex_BCFC]

1 minute ago, Banjo Red said:

We aren't going up either another wasted season.

It’s not really. I would hate for us to go up this year and to have missed out. Roll on when things are proper again. 

[ohhhshauntaylor]

Bakinson or Vyner will be on for Lansbury in 10 mins. 
 

visionary this guy. 

[Silvio Dante]

In the absence of throwing on four strikers, we are now playing three strikers and three number 10s.

The gap between back and front is gonna be huge.

[Fordy62]

Are we still two down?

[Wrongagain]

Subs any better than the starters? Doubt it, but all we can do is hope

[myol'man]

1 minute ago, Alex_BCFC said:

Teams go through good and bad patches in such a tight league. We won’t be going down. I predicted 18th at start of season and I think might still be right.

18th from 9th would be sacking form

[Wade Wilson]

These subs. . .