**Official Match day thread cardiff city v charlton athletic**

[maisie'sdadVice Captain]

At last a result to celebrate, but uncharacteristic mistakes at the back by Manga could have cost us dear



We entertain Charlton athletic on Saturday, a team known as the Addicks. My research tels me that Charlton's most common nickname is The Addicks. Among the theories on the origin of the Addicks name are that it was the south-east London pronunciation of either "haddock > ' addock" or "athletic". However, the most likely origin of name is from a local fishmonger, Arthur "Ikey" Bryan, who rewarded the team with meals of haddock and chips.
They are currently managed by Guy Luzon

We are managed by Russell Slade


TEAM NEWS
Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall is a doubt with a groin injury and could be replaced by Simon Moore.
Anthony Pilkington and Scott Malone are injured but Peter Whittingham is back from suspension.

Johann Gudmundsson and Chris Solly are expected to return from muscle strains for Charlton.
But captain Johnnie Jackson (leg) is still sidelined along with left-back Rhoys Wiggins (calf) and winger Franck Moussa (knee).

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

•The earlier meeting this season ended as a 1-1 draw at The Valley on Boxing Day.
•Cardiff have won only one of the last seven meetings. Their only win since 1985 was 2-0 at home in October 2008.
•Charlton have won two of the last four meetings at Cardiff, drawing one and losing one.

Cardiff
•Cardiff have won two of their last three games, after winning none of their previous eight games in all competitions.
•Cardiff have not won any of their last five home games in all competitions. Their last win at the Cardiff City Stadium was 1-0 in the Championship on 10 January.

Charlton
•Charlton have won four of their last five games, after winning none of their previous 14 in all competitions.
•Charlton have won only one of their last eight away games. Their only win on the road since early November was 3-0 at Wigan on 20 February.

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Whitts & Noone need to be rested. There is sufficient talent left in the squad to put out two or three good midfield combinations. Ralls deserves his place and Jones should certainly come in for Revell.

Will be interesting to see what happens with the bench. Will O'Keefe or Adeyemi make way for Whitts?

[Tyrion TannisterGlobal Superstar]

Kennedy also didn't exactly hide the fact he's feeling the force of a sudden run of games after sitting on the bench for so long at Everton - Charlton at home you would hope is a safe enough game to rest someone who is quickly becoming our star player.

Id put Adeyemi in alongside Ralls who deserves to keep his place.

[Arkay DubyaGlobal Superstar]

Minimal changes from the last squad as possible. Rest those who may need it but keep the core of a side that actually won.

Anybody know how Marshall is?

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Minimal changes from the last squad as possible. Rest those who may need it but keep the core of a side that actually won.

Anybody know how Marshall is?

Well into his 4th Tequila Sunrise............it's his birthday today!

[RhysGlobal Superstar]

Apparently Marshall is 50/50. Personally, I don't rate Moore as highly as others seem too and I worry that without Marshall, we won't get a result

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Will Slade have the bottle to stick with the formation that scored goals on Tuesday? I hope he does, as the same old we have seen up to now just isn't good enough. Dull draws and narrow losses don't impress the paying public.

Jones for Revell, but otherwise the same players to start. I would love to see Macheda get a goal, as I think he is yet another quality player struggling to come to terms with the way we play.

Sean Morrison says we can still make the playoffs, so on the assumption that there is more confidence about the team, I'll go 2 - 0 City......

[Tans TacheNational Legend]

2-1 cardiff

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Whitts & Jones in, Ralls & Revell out. Disappointed for Ralls, but hope that Whitts can really justify his place with a vintage performance.

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Cardiff City

33 Moore
16 Connolly
05 Ecuele Manga
36 Morrison
02 Peltier
15 McAleny
17 Gunnarsson
07 Whittingham
11 Noone
14 Macheda
09 Jones

Substitutes

03 Fabio
13 Doyle
21 Ralls
22 O'Keefe
29 Revell
30 Kennedy
42 Wilson

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Just realised Noone back in as well.....same as Whitts please!

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

66% possession after 22 minutes.  Should have 135% by half time at that rate.

[Arkay DubyaGlobal Superstar]

Sounds like it's all City at the moment.

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Plenty of possession, but only one shot on target yet.

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Well, that was disappointing all round............

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