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- TDA
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TDA Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:47 am
First topic message reminder :
Anyone feeling more positive.............?
I realise I have put this up before we have confirmation of anything.............(potential
)
New signing Scott Malone from Millwall is expected to feature v Fulham :thumbright:
Russell Slade has a strong squad to pick from and virtually a fully fit team.
Manga is away now for 4 weeks in the African Cup.
Anthony Pilkington is hoping to claim a place on the bench after recovering from his recent injury.
Latest News
Possible Lineups
Cardiff City
1 Marshall
2 Brayford
5 Manga
36 Morrison
12 John
18 Adeyemi
7 Whittingham
17 Gunnarsson
11 Noone
10 Le Fondre
9 Jones
Fulham
40 Bettinelli
37 Grimmer
6 Bodurov
4 Hutchinson
3 Stafylidis
8 Parker
12 S Fofana
21 Christensen
16 Woodrow
44 McCormack
20 Rodallega
Preview
Last May saw both Cardiff City and Fulham relegated from the Premier League after dismal campaigns in the top-flight.
This Saturday, the two meet in the Championship at Cardiff City Stadium with both sides having made a right pig’s ear of their return to the second tier of English football.
After a shocking Christmas period, the Bluebirds welcome the Cottagers to the Welsh capital in 12th place with their opponents this weekend down in 17th, albeit just three points behind.
It’s hard to say who has had a worse six months or so out of the two clubs. Here, we compare how the underperforming sides have fared since relegation both on and off the pitch.
What's the current situation?
The two clubs go into this weekend's fixture in mid-table obscurity. With the squads available to either manager, it's undoubtedly a massive disappointment.
Both sides have had shocking Christmas periods, Fulham's 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday the only bright spot. Cardiff haven't won in the league since November 29 and shipped 13 goals in December as Watford, Brentford and Bournemouth handed them defeats.
How did we get here?
Just two points separated Cardiff and Fulham at the end of the 2013/14 Premier League season. Sadly, they finished six and four points adrift of survival respectively as the Bluebirds saw their dream return to the top-flight end in tears.
After taking over from the sacked Malky Mackay, former Manchester United hitman Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had little impact as manager as his side finished bottom of the pile.
A 4-0 away defeat to Sunderland was one of the final straws, with relegation confirmed in another reversal in the north east to Newcastle United.
Fulham fared little better, with well respected German boss Felix Magath failing to turn it around after a disastrous short-term spell in charge from Rene Meulensteen. Magath’s appointment made it three managers in one season for the Cottagers after Martin Jol had begun the campaign in charge.
Form - Last 6 Games
Cardiff
Cardiff City 2 - 4 Watford 28/12/2014
Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Cardiff City 26/12/2014
Cardiff City 2 - 3 Brentford 20/12/2014
Bournemouth 5 - 3 Cardiff City 13/12/2014
Cardiff City 0 - 0 Rotherham United 06/12/2014
Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff City 29/11/2014
Fulham
Fulham 0 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 29/12/2014
Bournemouth 2 - 0 Fulham 26/12/2014
Fulham 4 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday 20/12/2014
Leeds United 0 - 1 Fulham 13/12/2014
Fulham 0 - 5 Watford 05/12/2014
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 2 Fulham 29/11/2014
The Stats
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Cardiff
Cardiff have won 45%, drawn 15% and lost 40% of their last 20 home games.
In their last 20 home games against teams positioned in the bottom half of the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 6 and lost 4 of these matches.
In their last 20 home games against teams positioned below them in the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 9 and lost 1 of these matches.
Fulham
Fulham have won 20%, drawn 20% and lost 60% of their last 20 away games.
In their last 20 away games against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 17 of these matches.
In their last 20 away games against teams positioned above them in the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 4 and lost 14 of these matches.
Last 5 meetings
11 Aug 1998 Fulham v Cardiff City L 2-1 Worthington Cup
18 Aug 1998 Cardiff City v Fulham L 1-2 Worthington Cup
28 Sep 2013 Fulham v Cardiff City W 1-2 Premier League
08 Mar 2014 Cardiff City v Fulham W 3-1 Premier League
30 Aug 2014 Fulham v Cardiff City D 1-1 League Championship
Anyone feeling more positive.............?
I realise I have put this up before we have confirmation of anything.............(potential
)New signing Scott Malone from Millwall is expected to feature v Fulham :thumbright:
Russell Slade has a strong squad to pick from and virtually a fully fit team.
Manga is away now for 4 weeks in the African Cup.
Anthony Pilkington is hoping to claim a place on the bench after recovering from his recent injury.
Latest News
Possible Lineups
Cardiff City
1 Marshall
2 Brayford
5 Manga
36 Morrison
12 John
18 Adeyemi
7 Whittingham
17 Gunnarsson
11 Noone
10 Le Fondre
9 Jones
Fulham
40 Bettinelli
37 Grimmer
6 Bodurov
4 Hutchinson
3 Stafylidis
8 Parker
12 S Fofana
21 Christensen
16 Woodrow
44 McCormack
20 Rodallega
Preview
Last May saw both Cardiff City and Fulham relegated from the Premier League after dismal campaigns in the top-flight.
This Saturday, the two meet in the Championship at Cardiff City Stadium with both sides having made a right pig’s ear of their return to the second tier of English football.
After a shocking Christmas period, the Bluebirds welcome the Cottagers to the Welsh capital in 12th place with their opponents this weekend down in 17th, albeit just three points behind.
It’s hard to say who has had a worse six months or so out of the two clubs. Here, we compare how the underperforming sides have fared since relegation both on and off the pitch.
What's the current situation?
The two clubs go into this weekend's fixture in mid-table obscurity. With the squads available to either manager, it's undoubtedly a massive disappointment.
Both sides have had shocking Christmas periods, Fulham's 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday the only bright spot. Cardiff haven't won in the league since November 29 and shipped 13 goals in December as Watford, Brentford and Bournemouth handed them defeats.
How did we get here?
Just two points separated Cardiff and Fulham at the end of the 2013/14 Premier League season. Sadly, they finished six and four points adrift of survival respectively as the Bluebirds saw their dream return to the top-flight end in tears.
After taking over from the sacked Malky Mackay, former Manchester United hitman Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had little impact as manager as his side finished bottom of the pile.
A 4-0 away defeat to Sunderland was one of the final straws, with relegation confirmed in another reversal in the north east to Newcastle United.
Fulham fared little better, with well respected German boss Felix Magath failing to turn it around after a disastrous short-term spell in charge from Rene Meulensteen. Magath’s appointment made it three managers in one season for the Cottagers after Martin Jol had begun the campaign in charge.
Form - Last 6 Games
Cardiff
Cardiff City 2 - 4 Watford 28/12/2014
Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Cardiff City 26/12/2014
Cardiff City 2 - 3 Brentford 20/12/2014
Bournemouth 5 - 3 Cardiff City 13/12/2014
Cardiff City 0 - 0 Rotherham United 06/12/2014
Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff City 29/11/2014
Fulham
Fulham 0 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 29/12/2014
Bournemouth 2 - 0 Fulham 26/12/2014
Fulham 4 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday 20/12/2014
Leeds United 0 - 1 Fulham 13/12/2014
Fulham 0 - 5 Watford 05/12/2014
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 2 Fulham 29/11/2014
The Stats
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Cardiff
Cardiff have won 45%, drawn 15% and lost 40% of their last 20 home games.
In their last 20 home games against teams positioned in the bottom half of the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 6 and lost 4 of these matches.
In their last 20 home games against teams positioned below them in the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 9 and lost 1 of these matches.
Fulham
Fulham have won 20%, drawn 20% and lost 60% of their last 20 away games.
In their last 20 away games against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 17 of these matches.
In their last 20 away games against teams positioned above them in the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 4 and lost 14 of these matches.
Last 5 meetings
11 Aug 1998 Fulham v Cardiff City L 2-1 Worthington Cup
18 Aug 1998 Cardiff City v Fulham L 1-2 Worthington Cup
28 Sep 2013 Fulham v Cardiff City W 1-2 Premier League
08 Mar 2014 Cardiff City v Fulham W 3-1 Premier League
30 Aug 2014 Fulham v Cardiff City D 1-1 League Championship
Last edited by TDA on Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:55 pm; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : sorry TDA i edited your post to add stats etc)
- Cyncoedslumdog
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Cyncoedslumdog Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:56 am
Not long home from the game.
An enjoyable afternoon because of the blue euphoria and the win but the performance was underwhelming! The goal was scrappy and apart from that, neither team looked particularly as if they were capable of scoring.
I was surprised to see Kenwyne off at half time because he won almost every ball in the air but Le Fondre stayed on all game, worked hard, but really didn't look as if he had a goal in him.
Moore looked a very capable deputy for (soon to be departed? ) Marshall & Malone looked a competent replica of John & Fabio.
Noone worked hard but looked a shadow of his former self and Whitts took set pieces competently.
Despite this, today wasn't about the performance - it was about the blue and the fact that we rounded it off with a win.
An enjoyable afternoon because of the blue euphoria and the win but the performance was underwhelming! The goal was scrappy and apart from that, neither team looked particularly as if they were capable of scoring.
I was surprised to see Kenwyne off at half time because he won almost every ball in the air but Le Fondre stayed on all game, worked hard, but really didn't look as if he had a goal in him.
Moore looked a very capable deputy for (soon to be departed? ) Marshall & Malone looked a competent replica of John & Fabio.
Noone worked hard but looked a shadow of his former self and Whitts took set pieces competently.
Despite this, today wasn't about the performance - it was about the blue and the fact that we rounded it off with a win.
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maisie'sdad Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:18 am
understand that there are no prizes for coming second, it is all about winning the performance does not matter.
kenwyne got injured just before the break, that is why he did not go up for the ball in the box shortly afterwards
kenwyne got injured just before the break, that is why he did not go up for the ball in the box shortly afterwards
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*** G L O V E S *** Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:25 am
Cyncoedslumdog wrote:Not long home from the game.
An enjoyable afternoon because of the blue euphoria and the win but the performance was underwhelming! The goal was scrappy and apart from that, neither team looked particularly as if they were capable of scoring.
I was surprised to see Kenwyne off at half time because he won almost every ball in the air but Le Fondre stayed on all game, worked hard, but really didn't look as if he had a goal in him.
Moore looked a very capable deputy for (soon to be departed? ) Marshall & Malone looked a competent replica of John & Fabio.
Noone worked hard but looked a shadow of his former self and Whitts took set pieces competently.
Despite this, today wasn't about the performance - it was about the blue and the fact that we rounded it off with a win.
He was carrying a hip injury
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maisie'sdad Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:18 am
he took a knock just before the break, saw it happen right below me
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