MATCH THREAD ' CARDIFF CITY v COLCHESTER ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY V COLCHESTER
FA Cup Third Round
Friday 2 January, 19:45
Cardiff City Stadium

TEAM NEWS - Moore, Brayford, Turner, Connolly, John, Whittingham, Adeyemi, Ralls, Harris, Noone, Macheda.

subs: Wilson, Fabio, Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Kim, Le Fondre, Jones.

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About 3,000 tickets have been sold,with the Canton Stand closed and Upper Ninian Stand closed.

A crowd of 4,500 is expected,one of the lowest crowds for Cardiff for many a year.

Many City fans are boycotting it,in protest over Tan and the Rebrand

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Cardiff City's home FA Cup third round tie against Colchester United will be broadcast live on BBC Two Wales.

Russell Slade's side will host the League One strugglers on Friday, 2 January with the game kicking off at 19.45 GMT.


RUSSEL SLADE : CHANGES TO BE MADE

Cardiff boss Russell Slade is set to make a number of changes to his starting XI for the FA Cup third-round tie against League One Colchester.

Goalkeeper Simon Moore, midfielder Joe Ralls and defender Matt Connolly are all in line to start.

Gabon defender Bruno Manga may make his final City appearance before flying out to the Africa Cup of Nations.

Colchester will be without striker Rhys Healey, who is ineligible by the terms of his loan deal from the Bluebirds.


“There are a few carrying knocks, so we’ll be resting those, meaning there’ll be a few changes for the game. It will be a great opportunity for others to come in and stake a claim, which is what we’re demanding.



“We need a win after a few disappointing results. That’s what will make everybody feel a little bit better, and if our next opponents are Colchester, and that happens to be in the F.A. Cup, then that’s the next opportunity for us.



“When results haven’t been going your way, you have to regroup; you have to reflect, analyse. Certainly, you get together again as a unit, then go about your business trying to put things right in terms of preparation for the next game. Things can change very quickly.”



The Colchester visit will provide Cardiff City’s first test of 2015, and the turn of the year brings with it the January transfer window. Russell confirmed that plans were well in motion with regards to bringing players in and moving some on over the coming month.

Colchester, managed by Tony Humes, beat Gosport Borough and Peterborough United to reach the third round.

Slade said the draw gives his Championship side an opportunity to progress in the competition.
"You always want to playing against one of the top Premier League teams," said Slade.
"But this gives us a real opportunity to progress.
"You can get real momentum out of a cup run and if we can get that I think it will be great for the football club."

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

Colchester
1 Walker S
20 Clohessy
13 Gorkss
18 Eastman
3 Gordon
24 Moncur
41 Hewitt
38 Fox
28 Szmodics
11 Sears
21 Massey


Cardiff City
Cardiff's third defeat in five games against Watford on Sunday prompted a furious response from some of the Championship club's fans, who called for manager Russell Slade to be sacked after Watford scored their fourth.
The Bluebirds' last win came against Watford in November, when a Le Fondre goal secured their only away triumph of the season so far.

Form - Last 6 Games

Cardiff
Cardiff 2 - 4 Watford
Charlton 1 - 1 Cardiff
Cardiff 2 - 3 Brentford
Bournemouth 5 - 3 Cardiff
Cardiff 0 - 0 Rotherham
Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff


Watford
Crawley 0 - 0 Colchester
Colchester 1 - 2 Gillingham
Yeovil 0 - 1 Colchester
Colchester 1 - 4 Rochdale
Colchester 1 - 0 Peterborough
MK Dons 6 - 0 Colchester


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.

Colchester
Colchester have won 25%, drawn 25% and lost 50% of their last 20 away games.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Colchester have won 0, drawn 7 and lost 13 of these matches.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned above them in the table, Colchester have won 2, drawn 7 and lost 11 of these


Last 5 meetings

2007/2008 Sat 15 Mar Colchester U. 1 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2007/2008 Sat 08 Dec Cardiff City 4 - 1 Colchester U. Championship
2006/2007 Sat 02 Dec Cardiff City 0 - 0 Colchester U. Championship
2006/2007 Sat 04 Nov Colchester U. 3 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2005/2006 Wed 24 Aug Colchester U. 0 - 2 Cardiff City League Cup

Match Odds

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Cardiff 2/5
Draw 15/4
Colchester 6/1

Full Draw

1 Arsenal v Hull City
2 Southampton v Ipswich Town
3 Stoke City v Wrexham
4 Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers
5 Dover Athletic v Crystal Palace
6 AFC Wimbledon v Liverpool
7 Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday
8 Aldershot/Rochdale v Nottingham Forest
9 West Bromwich Albion v Gateshead
10 Blyth Spartans v Birmingham City
11 Aston Villa v Blackpool
12 Rotherham United v AFC Bournemouth
13 Huddersfield Town v Reading
14 Oxford United/Tranmere Rovers v Swansea City
15 Cardiff City v Colchester United
16 Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic
17 Sunderland v Leeds United
18 Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur
19 Millwall v Bradford City
20 Derby County v Southport
21 Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion
22 Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers
23 Leicester City v Newcastle United
24 Scunthorpe United/Worcester City v Chesterfield
25 Everton v West Ham United
26 Cambridge United/Mansfield Town v Bury/Luton Town
27 Chelsea v Watford
28 Barnsley/Chester FC v Middlesbrough
29 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United
30 Accrington Stanley/Yeovil Town v Manchester United
31 Preston North End v Norwich City
32 Doncaster Rovers v Bristol City

Tickets

Tickets on sale:
http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity
0845 345 1400

General Price

Adults - £12
Concessions - £10
Kids - £5

The following areas of the stadium will be open for this fixture:
Lower Ninian Stand: Blocks: 112 – 116
New Law Grandstand:Blocks: 129 – 101
Peter’s Pies Family Stand:Blocks: 124 & 125

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I'd play a few of the development squad in this one give them a game half of tem are better than our starters anyway

Marshall

Barnum bobb
Oshijali
Turner
John

Harris
Wharton
Ralls
O'Sullivan

Johnson
Jones

Subs, Moore,Connolly,Kim, adeyemi,noone,Le Fondre, Macheda

City 3 Colchester 1 This type of team is more Slades type

Why shouldn't Colchester beat us. They can spend a few days planning their tactics. They know exactly how we are going to play. We all know exactly how we are going to play. We will continue pumping long diagonal balls up the field hoping that someone will be on the end of them. We will be over run in midfield, and if Colchester miss a few tackles it won't matter, all they need to do is wait for Noone to give them the ball. We have a lower league manager, a non league assistant, so looks like being a tight game with two evenly matched sides. Could be a draw.

1-1 draw for me and lose reply 3987 there.

Good time for Colchester to play us empty stadium city low on condifence club in turnmoil they got nothing to lose

Good time for Colchester to play us empty stadium city low on condifence club in turnmoil they got nothing to lose

Good time for Colchester to play us empty stadium city low on condifence club in turnmoil they got nothing to lose

City to win 3-0

On current form city to lose 6_3

Don't really care but think we will lose 1-2

On current form city to lose 6_3

3-1 Colchester . In front of 5.7k

if he plays his favourites 1-2 to colchester, if he plays the unwanted and our academy side 2-0 to us.

City 1-3 Colchester

In front of 3,125

I'd go for a draw or 1-0 win if it's a good day. I won't be there as I'm hoping to find a life away from Cardiff City Stadium after the events of recent weeks. Having said that, a boycott of this game is pointless. It would have always attracted a small crowd. If you guys want an effective protest against Tan or Slade or both, then either don't turn up or walk out of the ground at 19 minutes, 27 seconds of a league match on mass. This may get some real publicity. But this has to be ON MASS and not a token hundred fans from the Canton end to make an impact; or the powers that be will assume your feelings are very much in the minority ending up with 'egg on your faces'.

We will beat Colchester - thing is will he change the squad ?

It wont be a boycott but as on TV plus recent performance will be very poor attendance

Who cares!!!!....If you do care about and support Cardiff City then don't go....In fact you have no excuse to go....jeepers you've even got people on here picking the team they'd like to see.....one even uses the Slade 442 and uses players out of position......For the sake of your team please , please, don't go (or pop along and protest outside the ground peacefully. Rant over.

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Cardiff City's home FA Cup third round tie against Colchester United will be broadcast live on BBC Two Wales.

Russell Slade's side will host the League One strugglers on Friday, 2 January with the game kicking off at 19.45 GMT.

Colchester, managed by Tony Humes, beat Gosport Borough and Peterborough United to reach the third round.

Slade said the draw gives his Championship side an opportunity to progress in the competition.
"You always want to playing against one of the top Premier League teams," said Slade.
"But this gives us a real opportunity to progress.
"You can get real momentum out of a cup run and if we can get that I think it will be great for the football club."

City to win this 4nil

City 2 Colchester2 8,787

city 1-2 Colchester
got 20 on them at 13/2

Cardiff 2/5
Draw 15/4
Colchester 6/1

Ticket sales so far are only in there hundreds.

1-2 Colchester. 4,879

Who cares

The club is rotten to the core

Got TENNER on colchester 13/2 with paddypower if the price is rite you got to have a punt

I think we'll struggle to score and most of the 1st team players will be rested (ha ha)

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