***OFFICIAL M'boro VS Cardiff Thread***

[Tans TacheNational Legend]

A change of hands needed on match day thread. so therefore i put myself forward..... (this could go terribly wrong)

City will want to bounce back from their defeat against Norwich when they hit the road and face Middlesbrough on Tuesday night.

Middlesbrough extended their unbeaten home run to 10 games courtesy of a Lee Tomlin brace when they beat Huddersfield 2-0 on Saturday.

Possible Lineups

Cardiff City
33 Moore S
2 Brayford
36 Morrison
6 Turner B
4 Malone
18 Adeyemi
17 Gunnarsson
7 Whittingham
11 Noone
9 Jones
10 Le Fondre

Middlesbrough
13 Konstantopoulos
26 Kalas
6 Gibson
4 Ayala
3 Friend
27 Adomah
7 Leadbitter
18 Whitehead
20 Reach
21 Vossen
23 Bamford



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

Middlesbrough

Sat 20/12/14 CHA Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
Fri 26/12/14 CHA Middlesbrough 3 - 0 Nottingham Forestn
Sun 28/12/14 CHA Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
Sat 03/01/15 FAC Barnsley 0 - 2 Middlesbrough
Sat 10/01/15 CHA Reading 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
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So what do you reckon the score will be.....??? Ill say 2-1 win Cardiff Revell & Jones

[CyncoedslumdogNational Legend]

2-1 win? You really must stop this day time drinking Tache.

[Tans TacheNational Legend]

Im trying to be positive..... i didnt really want to say we are gonna get stuffed 8-0....

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

First rule of launching match day thread......never predict a defeat!

However, relieved of that burden, I can, hand on heart, say that I expect City to lose this one 0 - 1. Dogged defensive display, 30% possession, no hope of a goal from open play and last minute winner by Adomah.

[maisie'sdadVice Captain]

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

Known as boro they were founded 139 years ago in 1876. They played at ayresome park for 92 years before moving to the riverside which has a capacity of 34,742 in 1996.
It is curious that the early Middlesbrough was blue and white before switching to red and white with the crest being a lion.
For the dedicated fan kick-off is at 1945 and it is expected to be a cold, but sunny day with temperatures around freezing.

[RhysGlobal Superstar]

Thanks Dave - a lovely bit of history there. Almost a 'classics fm' take on the prematch thread.

Right team, almost unchanged from Saturday with the exception of Harris in for Le Fondre.

I would like to see Gunnars dropped and Joe Ralls given a go.

The best we can hope for is a draw as far as I can tell

[Cleve van LeefCaptain of Country]

Will it be déjà vu tonight?

Ole was sacked after the back to back defeats by Norwich & Boro.

for Slade.

[CyncoedslumdogNational Legend]

Bump.
Two Middlesborough threads started here Rhys - merge?

[MessiSquad Player]

Boro is a much better team these days.
They will outplay Cardiff tonight unfortunately.
Slades tactics will be the same.

[maisie'sdadVice Captain]

thanks rhys. used to do a similar pre-match thread elsewhere, but in greater depth. mrs been unwell so have been rather busy. i gave up trying to load-up a picture of the riverside. everyone i wanted must have had a copyright. said something like oh dear and went to bed at midnight.
not wishing to tread on toes, only did it as i thought arkay or whoever had forgotten we had a match tonight.
merge it if you wish

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

Here you go Dave, Taff Embankment, Riverside.........  

[maisie'sdadVice Captain]

not intended. thought someone had forgotten. off you go tt

[Tyrion TannisterGlobal Superstar]

I dont want to jinx anything, but I just discovered how to successfully merge topic - it only took me a year. Im now feeling optimistic about the result as well

Oh, and team should be -

Moore
Brayford, Morrison, Connolly, Malone
Noone, Gunnarrson, Adeyemi, Ralls, Harris
Revell

Probably the toughest midfield trio we can assemble right now. Nothing glamorous about it - outmuscle their midfield to support our defence, then get the ball out to the wings and get into the box.

[CyncoedslumdogNational Legend]

A busy day all round today.
The U21 won at QPR 2-0 this afternoon - Danny Johnson (again) and Tom O'Sullivan.
The U18 play at Burnley tonight in the 4th round of the FA Youth Cup.
The third team are at Middlesborough as we know.

[glasgowronnieCaptain of Country]

Sorry not feeling it tonight, think this will be a 2-0 defeat for Cardiff

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