' MATCH THREAD: CARDIFF CITY v ROTHERHAM ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v ROTHERHAM
Championship
Saturday 18 February, 15:00
Cardiff City Stadium

" GREAT VALUE TO WATCH CARDIFF CITY THIS SATURDAY "

" AFTER ANOTHER TWO GREAT WINS, LETS GET AT LEAST 18,000 FANS "

CARDIFF CITY FC

McGregor, Connolly, Morrison, Bamba, Richars, Ralls, Gunnarson, Harris, Noone, Zohore, Healey.


Subs: Murphy, Bennett, John, Halford, Whittingham, Hoilett, Pilkington

This Saturday 3pm

Another 3 pts for the Bluebirds! Don't miss City v Rotherham on Sat from £18 Adt/£5 U16. Buy in person, online or on 08453451400.


Cardiff City sent out over 60,000 emails today to Cardiff City Fans


Cardiff manager Neil Warnock is set to be without striker Rickie Lambert against his former club Rotherham as the Bluebirds seek a third straight win after away victories over Leeds and Derby.

Lambert is struggling with a back injury and Warnock revealed the former Liverpool and West Brom player will see a specialist next week.

Warnock is hoping for better news from Greg Halford and Sean Morrison, who picked up knocks in the thrilling 4-3 win at Derby.





" UPDATED DAILY "

Rickie Lambert and Bruno Manga are out injured.

Kenneth Zohore will start again.

17/02/17

Warnock issues on fitness update

NEIL WARNOCK:


“One or two lads. Greg Halford and Sean Morrison picked up knocks. When you’re doing quite well everyone wants to play.
“Rickie Lambert is struggling, he’s seeing a specialist with his back next Tuesday.
“He went up to Derby but wasn’t fit enough to make the bench. It’s frustrating for both of us because Rickie needs to play to keep his fitness up.
“He hasn’t been able to train or do anything. It’s not looking good at the moment.”



A raft of hamstring injuries is not helping Rotherham.

Aymen Belaid, Darnell Fisher and deadline-day signing Carlton Morris are the men afflicted.




Both on loan at Rotherham ' Tom Adeyemi and Semi Ajayi '

Neither play will be eligible for the Millers when they travel to Cardiff on Saturday, with loan players banned from featuring against their parent clubs.


Latest News


Cardiff City fans can pay on the day



Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

1 McGregor
16 Connolly
4 Morrison
14 Bamba
6 Richards
8 Ralls
15 Halford
11 Noone
17 Gunnarsson
24 K Harris
26 Zohore


Rotherham

18 O'Donnell
2 Kelly
15 Ajayi
6 Wood
30 Purrington
11 Taylor
24 Adeyemi
4 Vaulks
22 Newell
39 Yates
9 D Ward


The Opposition



Rotherham

Full name: Rotherham United Football Club
Nickname :The Millers
Founded: 27 May 1925; 91 years ago
Ground: New York Stadium
Capacity: 12,021
Chairman: Tony Stewart
Interim Manager: Paul Warne
League: Championship


Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, that competes in The Football League Championship, the second tier in the English football league system.

Founded in 1925 as a merger between Rotherham Town (1899) and Rotherham County (1870), the club's colours were initially yellow and black, but later evolved into the more traditional red and white. Rotherham United play their home games at New York Stadium, a 12,000 capacity all-seater stadium, having previously played since its foundation at Millmoor for 101 years. Joining the football league back in 1925, Rotherham spent the first 25 years of their time in Division Three North the lowest level of the Football league finally gaining promotion to Division Two at the end of the 1950–51 season.

The Millers featured in the inaugural League Cup final in 1961, and won the 1996 Football League Trophy. They have also achieved two separate back to back promotions in 1999–2001 under Ronnie Moore and 2012–2014 under Steve Evan


2016/17 Results

Cardiff

TUE 14 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Derby County 3 - 4 Cardiff City
SAT 11 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Leeds United 0 - 2 Cardiff City
SAT 4 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 0 - 1 Norwich City
TUE 31 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 2 - 0 Preston North End


Rotherham

SAT 11 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Rotherham United 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
SAT 4 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Bristol City 1 - 0 Rotherham United
TUE 31 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Rotherham United
SAT 28 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Rotherham United 0 - 1 Barnsley


Recent meetings

2015/2016 Sat 23 Jan Cardiff City 2 - 2 Rotherham United League
2015/2016 Sat 19 Sep Rotherham United 2 - 1 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Tue 03 Mar Rotherham United 1 - 3 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Sat 06 Dec Cardiff City 0 - 0 Rotherham United League


Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 11/20
Draw 16/5
Rotherham 11/2


Tickets


Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated in the Grandstand, next to Corporate Entrance 2.

Alternatively, you can call the Stadium Ticket Office on 0845 345 1400. The Ticket Office is open from 9am to 5:30pm on Monday to Friday, and 9am to 3pm on non match-day Saturdays.

The easiest way is to book online - http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity


Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

4-1 City

4-1 City

I wish, the fact that we put 4 past derby means more than likely this will be a 1 nil and scrappy match at that, hope i'm proven wrong and we see city come to life in front of their own crowd.

They can somehow manage to turn it on away so please do it at home City where I can actually witness it

0-1 Rotherham, back to earth with a bump.

City 3 Rotherham 1

This sort of game has regularly been City's downfall,really need Warnock and the boys not to take nothing for granted.
2-1 to the Bloobirds
PS come fans get down there you know it makes sense!!!!

I'd like to think 4/5 nil and do our goal dif some good but the banana skin factor means I'll stick to a streaky 1-0.

A win any score , and I'll be happy .

2-0

3-2 Cardiff.

City 1 Rotherham 2,got a bad feeling about this one.

0-1. Because.

2-1 home win.

Surely ajayi and adeyemi can't play so I'm going for a comfortable 2-0 win!

3-0

4-1 c" mon city

1-1

First game in a while we are expected to win

2-0 although it will not be all that entertaining.

3-0 bound to happen sooner or later.

Rotherham are dead and buried, but will still put up a fight, i think they will score but we win 2-1

" GREAT VALUE TO WATCH CARDIFF CITY THIS SATURDAY "

" AFTER ANOTHER TWO GREAT WINS, LETS GET AT LEAST 18,000 FANS "

CARDIFF CITY FC

This Saturday 3pm

Another 3 pts for the Bluebirds! Don't miss City v Rotherham on Sat from £18 Adt/£5 U16. Buy in person, online or on 08453451400.


Cardiff City sent out over 60,000 emails today to Cardiff City Fans

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

B Murphy ‏@BMurphy1981
Warnock & the players deserve a 20,000+ crowd this saturday. Get behind the boys #CCFC

Both on loan at Rotherham ' Tom Adeyemi and Semi Ajayi '

Neither play will be eligible for the Millers when they travel to Cardiff on Saturday, with loan players banned from featuring against their parent clubs.

It would be typical after having won 2 games which we couldn't see any points coming from that we slip up against Rotherham but if we do win this say 3 or 4 nil at home the team will get so much confidence and gain momentum that although I don't think they'll make the playoffs - we could potentially come close if we go on a winning run!

Rotherham forced into changes for Cardiff trip


Rotherham Star

Friday 17th February 2017

ROTHERHAM United will be forced to do a body count before they launch back into Championship battle at Cardiff City tomorrow.

Striker Danny Ward (calf) is 50-50 while long-term absentees Aimen Belaid and Darnell Fisher may only be fit enough for bench places.

Injured skipper Lee Frecklington is expected to miss the trip.

Jon Taylor will play after recovering from a knock but there will be at least two changes because Cardiff loan pair Tom Adeyemi and Semi Ajayi can't play against their parent club.

Ajayi's absence means new centre-half Joel Ekstrand will be pushing for a debut.

Assessing the challenge, interim boss Paul Warne said he and the players had to be ready for a physical test against an improving Cardiff side.

“They are in a good vein of form. They're a big, strong team and they've got pace up front,” he said. “Cardiff know how we play and I know they'll be diligent on all our set pieces.

“They'll be hard to beat but we need to get our away form going and I hope our lads can take something from the last 135 minutes – the second half against Blackburn and the performance the other night against Huddersfield.

“We're low on numbers but we'll do what we always do and set the team up to try and win.”

The Millers go into the game, which pits them against former manager Neil Warnock, chasing a first away win of the season. They sit 14 points from the safety line with 14 matches to go.

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

RUFC - Ajayi Will Be Cheering Millers On


Cardiff City player Semi Ajayi on loan at Rotherham

Vital Rotherham United

Friday 17th February 2017


Rotherham United are going to be without, and in my opinion will sorely miss, Tom Adeyemi and Semi Ajayi tomorrow as they won't be able to play against their parent club Cardiff City.

Twenty-three year old defender, Ajayi, is disappointed not to be playing telling The Rotherham Advertiser, 'I've started to settle in here and got a good run of games under my belt.

'Any information the players need me and Tom know Cardiff really well and I'm pretty sure we'll be the first port of call.

'I can't play but I'll be cheering on the boys to win and if we can get a result and back to winning ways then great.'

Asked about his time, albeit only four games, with the Millers, Semi said, 'Woody (Richard Wood) is always talking and always keeping me on my toes. I can get him out of trouble and he is great in the air. We compliment each other well.

'Out of the four games I've played the Tuesday game (against Huddersfield) was probably our best performance over ninety minutes. We were disappointed not to come away with at least a point. Individually and collectively the back four were really good. We blocked it, we headed it and we cleared it. The team can be proud.'

Semi scored his first goal for the Millers in the game but admitted it was a little lucky. 'I'm not going to lie, my goal was lucky. The 'keeper parried it and it hit me but we'll take them. It was my first ever league goal but the three points would have been the icing on the cake.'

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

Rotherham manager Paul Warne takes his Rotherham United team to Cardiff where former Millers Player and recently Manager Neil Warnock is currently plying his trade.

Speaking to Radio Sheffield Warney said he didn't think Warnock did a bad job for the Millers last season (he kept them up with a couple of games to go!).

'I appreciate the unbelievable pressure he was under.

'In the first couple of games when he took over there didn't seem to be any change and I couldn't see us getting out of it. But he got the most out of the players like Grant Ward and Darbs (Matt Derbyshire) who he convinced was a left winger which Darbs didn't believe he was, He got stuff out of Besty (Leon Best) and Greg Halford. All the players performed very well for him regularly.

'I learnt a lot from him. I thought he was going to be a real hard task master but he wasn't he was more of a physiologist and they were laughing at his jokes, though I now know that I'm the manager that they have to. But he was really good for them and they wanted to do well for him but they were also a little bit fearful of him as well because they knew if they crossed him they probably wouldn't get back in the team again.

'What he did here was amazing.'

Warnock issues on fitness update

NEIL WARNOCK:


“One or two lads. Greg Halford and Sean Morrison picked up knocks. When you’re doing quite well everyone wants to play.
“Rickie Lambert is struggling, he’s seeing a specialist with his back next Tuesday.
“He went up to Derby but wasn’t fit enough to make the bench. It’s frustrating for both of us because Rickie needs to play to keep his fitness up.
“He hasn’t been able to train or do anything. It’s not looking good at the moment.”

4-2

Cardiff v Rotherham Sky preview

17/02/17


Cardiff manager Neil Warnock is set to be without striker Rickie Lambert against his former club Rotherham as the Bluebirds seek a third straight win after away victories over Leeds and Derby.

Lambert is struggling with a back injury and Warnock revealed the former Liverpool and West Brom player will see a specialist next week.

Warnock is hoping for better news from Greg Halford and Sean Morrison, who picked up knocks in the thrilling 4-3 win at Derby.

Cardiff duo Tom Adeyemi and Semi Ajayi are currently on loan at Rotherham but will not be eligible to face their parent club.

Joel Ekstrand is still awaiting his debut for bottom-of-the-table Rotherham and may come into contention after spending the Millers' last two matches on the bench.

The Swedish defender was not used again on Tuesday when Paul Warne's men - cast adrift by 12 points and facing near certain relegation already - led twice before suffering a hammer blow as in-form Huddersfield grabbed the winning goal deep into injury-time.

A raft of hamstring injuries is not helping Rotherham.

Aymen Belaid, Darnell Fisher and deadline-day signing Carlton Morris are the men afflicted.

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.