CF64 BLUE wrote:I'll be glad that after Sunday there'll be no more must win games as relegation will then be signed sealed and delivered for us.
Too many times this season "must win" games have come and gone and we've all held our breath and hoped for the elusive win just to be disappointed time and again.
We will lose Sunday and be on our way down..Sunderland will then avoid the drop.
CF3Bluebird wrote:The optimism seems to be growing which slightly concerns me, we always get let down especially at home at Carl says! But i am definitely I'm glad we are playing away in the next 2, especially after what we did in the FA CUP in the North east etc..
I do get the impression teams no longer fear coming to Cardiff, which is a real shame, that was always our strongest asset, not billionaire owners, foreign managers or million pound flops! It was and should be, all about THE Atmosphere & The Fans!
Still, if we are still in with a shout come 3pm on last game and needing points against Chelsea at home, I'd take that situation right now. Stay Positive fellas, there's gunna be twists and turns yet, 6 pts either way they come in next 3 would be a really top shift by the boys and probably just enough
CF64 BLUE wrote:I'll be glad that after Sunday there'll be no more must win games as relegation will then be signed sealed and delivered for us.
Too many times this season "must win" games have come and gone and we've all held our breath and hoped for the elusive win just to be disappointed time and again.
We will lose Sunday and be on our way down..Sunderland will then avoid the drop.
carlccfc wrote:Weds April 23rd 2014
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CARDIFF CITY
Shoot.co.uk
Beat Sunderland on Sunday.
For a side that has enjoyed such little previous major success since its existence, recent times on the field have provided countless memories for Cardiff City supporters.
Promotion to the Premier League 12 months ago topped off a five-year-spell which saw the Bluebirds reach three different showpiece finals at Wembley, including a League Cup and FA Cup run which many rank among their finest moments of following the Welsh club.
Now, in the words of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at least, Cardiff face another cup final – only this time it’s three points at stake, rather than a trophy.
Premier League survival and the £40m windfall with which it brings is the reward for the winner at the Stadium of Light on Sunday lunchtime. Victory doesn’t guarantee City will stay up as such, but with just three games remaining following the clash, it will almost certainly make one of the three relegation spots all-but redundant at the Black Cats’ expense.
The problem facing Solskjaer is the recent success rate in so called ‘must-win games’ so far this season. Since the 2-0 defeat at home to West Ham United in January – the Norwegian’s first league game in charge –
Cardiff have failed to overcome Aston Villa, Hull City, Crystal Palace and Stoke City in the Welsh capital.
If Cardiff are to come away from the North East with a positive result this weekend, then it is imperative that Solskjaer sets out his team in the right manner from the start. After three months at the helm and 17 games, the former Molde manager finally stuck with an unchanged side for the visit of Stoke last weekend.
The great irony of this, of course, is that just two changes were made to the side which picked up a point in the 1-1 draw to the one put together by former boss Malky Mackay. Manchester United recruit Fabio da Silva – who actually put in a performance which resembled that of a professional footballer at long last in his more familiar left-back position – and Norwegian starlet Mats Moller Daehli were the two new faces to a strikingly familiar looking XI.
The debate regarding whether the club made the correct choice in replacing Mackay at the end of last year will continue to rumble on, but surely ripping apart the team week by week, just to essentially settle with the same side with which was left behind, makes the whole decision redundant?
Of course, if Solskjaer can keep the Bluebirds up then none of this will matter. The task is simple: Beat Sunderland on Sunday, take at least a point from St James’ Park the following weekend and hope for the best elsewhere.
Updated Rivals
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Norwich are not out of it yet, as many will have you believe. A trip to managerless Manchester United on Saturday no longer seems a straight-forward defeat for Neil Adams’ side, while a home clash against Arsenal on the final day also offers an opportunity to pick up some points should the Gunners have fourth-place wrapped up.
Fulham, too, take on a sliding Hull side at Craven Cottage next, and round-off their season with games against Stoke and Palace.
What is for certain is that we are set for another huge weekend of Premier League action as the season edges closer to its climax. Nothing will be officially decided this weekend, but Cardiff “will prepare as if it’s the last game [they] will ever play,” in the words of Solskjaer.
Cardiff have had bad experiences in recent cup finals, but this is one game that simply can’t be lost.
Pontyclun Blue wrote:CF64 BLUE wrote:I'll be glad that after Sunday there'll be no more must win games as relegation will then be signed sealed and delivered for us.
Too many times this season "must win" games have come and gone and we've all held our breath and hoped for the elusive win just to be disappointed time and again.
We will lose Sunday and be on our way down..Sunderland will then avoid the drop.
You are a happy chap
CardiffBatman888 wrote:Pontyclun Blue wrote:CF64 BLUE wrote:I'll be glad that after Sunday there'll be no more must win games as relegation will then be signed sealed and delivered for us.
Too many times this season "must win" games have come and gone and we've all held our breath and hoped for the elusive win just to be disappointed time and again.
We will lose Sunday and be on our way down..Sunderland will then avoid the drop.
You are a happy chap
Its true what polo is saying though. We have been looking forward to games, saying must win against teams like palace (H), west brom (a), Hull (h) Villa (h).
Pontyclun Blue wrote:CF64 BLUE wrote:I'll be glad that after Sunday there'll be no more must win games as relegation will then be signed sealed and delivered for us.
Too many times this season "must win" games have come and gone and we've all held our breath and hoped for the elusive win just to be disappointed time and again.
We will lose Sunday and be on our way down..Sunderland will then avoid the drop.
You are a happy chap
CenterOf wrote:So if you interoperate the rhetoric in the article, which contains false facts and no real hindsight in neither material or (as usual)
future vision (4 players where changed Carl), i guess this is the annual weekly set up to slate and vote the manager out if we loose thread. It really is all down to the players to do the job they are asked.
carlccfc wrote:CenterOf wrote:So if you interoperate the rhetoric in the article, which contains false facts and no real hindsight in neither material or (as usual)
future vision (4 players where changed Carl), i guess this is the annual weekly set up to slate and vote the manager out if we loose thread. It really is all down to the players to do the job they are asked.
Good effort but read it again, I did not wrote the article and I clearly posted where the writing originated from and that is shoot.co.uk.
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