Cardiff City at home match thread

[cityexile]

Deserves a 0-0. Both sides poor when they have half a chance, wet surface, poor atmosphere for Cardiff.

Good 10 minute spell early on but nothing since then really. One of those we have got used to conceding in then creating nothing.

[Ivorguy]

Sounds same, same old.  Is that correct?

[footie]

Jesus Christ this is boring, what has happened to us? 

[George Rs]

Robotic, slow and mind numbingly dull. Manning ball ladies and gents. 

[DaveF]

Good game to have on if you want a nap.

[JP Hampton]

5 minutes ago, Spike said:

No risk taking, means very little emotion, we're robotic, Cardiff are Robotic until they catch us with a bad pass. The football on display is the cause behind this. We're toothless on the ball, no players willing to take a pass and turn and run towards goal meaning it's that same old robotic passing patterns.
We started off stronger but Cardiff are now comfortable with our build-up passing and we're not mixing it up making it predictable and boring to watch. Our only real chances are coming from loose deflections/ passes that we're picking up on and attacking directly. If we can't adapt when our opponents figure us out and set up accordingly then we're going to have more QPR/Wednesday-like games, more frustrated fans and thus no real atmosphere.

From the opening 40 minutes this game rides on which team gets the lucky disposes and capitalises on it. 

Yep think that’s we’re getting and we’d better get used to it. Started well. Wells MOTM, but momentum has been lost over the 45 mins. 

[joe jordans teeth]

Like having your teeth pulled this game 

[westonred]

God this is awful again only one shot on target for each team

[MarcusX]

1 minute ago, DaveF said:

Good game to have on if you want a nap.

Unfortunately I’ve now got to get up and play, and yet I’d quite easily sleep right now 

 

Edited March 2 by MarcusX

[Abingdon Red]

I'd take wells off, put Sykes on the right and mehmeti on the left.

Really have no idea why Sykes is on the left, utterly baffling decision 

Edited March 2 by Abingdon Red

[Lew-T]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a severnside ‘derby’ so flat as this.

So poor all round. 

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[robinforlife2]

Just now, Abingdon Red said:

I'd take wells off, put Sykes on the right and mehmeti on the left

Wells has probably been our best outlet. I would take King off, and bring on Mehmeti and go two up top 

[CityCiderEd]

Insipid.......got to be the 'friendliest' derby I can remember.....

[ChippenhamRed]

1 minute ago, Barrs Court Red said:

Behave.  Up until the early naughties nothing had an edge like this one. The centre took on an almost oppressive air to it. 
 

Post rebrand, yeah, it’s certainly not what it was. 

You might be right. I was only a teenager then so don’t particularly remember anything prior to the 2003 play off games, which certainly were big - but then any play off game would be. I was in the home end for the first leg!

But certainly in more recent times, it doesn’t seem to match the hype. The games don’t sell out at either stadium. In reality, the Swansea game matters a lot more to them and a Rovers game would matter a lot more to us. If we were playing them today, the atmosphere would be a world apart from this.

[bexhill reds]

Just now, Abingdon Red said:

I'd take wells off, put Sykes on the right and mehmeti on the left

Have you watched Mehmeti at all this season, might as well play with 10.

[The Original OTIB]

3 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

Wouldn’t totally call it a turgid affair, but it really is rather dull. I’m getting more entertainment picking my nose on the sofa.

Plastic surgery brochure?

[Redrascal2]

3 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

It’s always been overhyped as a derby I think. The fact that the fixture almost never sells out tells you how much it really matters.

Well that certainly hasn't been the case in the past. There used to be a cracking atmosphere both home and away. And it meant a lot to players and supporters. But the effect of Manningball is like  an anaesthetic. No fire , no passion on the pitch.

[Davefevs]

Assuming we want to win, we are gonna have to press and not block. Goutas can be put under pressure. Just depends how brave we want to be. 

[JP Hampton]

2 minutes ago, Abingdon Red said:

I'd take wells off, put Sykes on the right and mehmeti on the left

Really?

[Dr Balls]

When you only play with one striker what does anyone expect? Minimal service and I don’t see us getting much joy from corners as they have Dickie tightly marked. Has 0-0 written all over it. Happy to be proven wrong but I doubt it!

[IAmNick]

3 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Good game to have on if you want a nap.

I'm there and considering it

[Randy Marsh II]

Bored of being bored. SOD would love this

[Bedred31]

Either side will nick this- hope to God it’s us. 97th minutes fine by me.

[old_eastender]

1 minute ago, robinforlife2 said:

Wells has probably been our best outlet. I would take King off, and bring on Mehmeti and go two up top 

I'd take Williams off and bring on Conway and go two up top. 

[robinforlife2]

Breaking News at Ashton Gate.

Cure for insomnia has been discovered. 

[JP Hampton]

Just now, Davefevs said:

Assuming we want to win, we are gonna have to press and not block. Goutas can be put under pressure. Just depends how brave we want to be. 

Brave And honest Dave don’t forget honest!

[westonred]

1 minute ago, Abingdon Red said:

I'd take wells off, put Sykes on the right and mehmeti on the left

Wells has been one of best players so far and for someone to want Memheti on the pitch is a laugh

[Ivorguy]

Just now, Redrascal2 said:

Well that certainly hasn't been the case in the past. There used to be a cracking atmosphere both home and away. And it meant a lot to players and supporters. But the effect of Manningball is like  an anaesthetic. No fire , no passion on the pitch.

But are the behaviours right?

[Gazred]

Two teams who look like they are going nowhere this season.

So flat again. Form has gone off a cliff since Southampton.

Can we please just put in one good half for a change.

[ChippenhamRed]

Robins TV calling Ng “N.G.”. Surely that’s not how you say it?!