McNaughton speaks about Pompey and FA Cup final...
Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:29 pm
Kevin McNaughton is one of three likely starters against Portssmouth tomorrow who played at Wembley in the 2008 FA Cup Final between the teams.
Portsmouth won the cup final 1 - 0 and even though City won at Fratton Park at the start of this season McNaughton wants to beat them some more.
"There is always a score to settle with Portsmouth," said McNaughton.
But now the focus is on league action and the realism that cardiff are just five games from promotion to the Premier league.
"In some ways Saturday's game is more important for us." he continued. "It took a while for me to watch that FA Cup final again because it did hurt a lot. I thought they were there for the taking but we didn't have enough on the day.
"So there is a bit more incentive on the game on Saturday.
"But while cup finals were great for us, it was just a bonus to get there.
"In terms in pushing this club onwards it would be an unbelievable step for this club to get into the Premier League.
"So it would be great to secure a victory to keep our run going and keep our spirits up for the QPR game."
Cardiff will keep second place if they pick up three points against a Pompey side looking to recover from a 3 - 0 home defeat by Coventry City in midweek.
Portsmouth won the cup final 1 - 0 and even though City won at Fratton Park at the start of this season McNaughton wants to beat them some more.
"There is always a score to settle with Portsmouth," said McNaughton.
But now the focus is on league action and the realism that cardiff are just five games from promotion to the Premier league.
"In some ways Saturday's game is more important for us." he continued. "It took a while for me to watch that FA Cup final again because it did hurt a lot. I thought they were there for the taking but we didn't have enough on the day.
"So there is a bit more incentive on the game on Saturday.
"But while cup finals were great for us, it was just a bonus to get there.
"In terms in pushing this club onwards it would be an unbelievable step for this club to get into the Premier League.
"So it would be great to secure a victory to keep our run going and keep our spirits up for the QPR game."
Cardiff will keep second place if they pick up three points against a Pompey side looking to recover from a 3 - 0 home defeat by Coventry City in midweek.
Re: McNaughton speaks about Pompey and FA Cup final...
Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:33 pm
Nugent will be Portsmouth lone striker tomorrow. For the FA cup game he was on the bench. Frightening to think the team we played against at Wembley compared to tomorrow.
Re: McNaughton speaks about Pompey and FA Cup final...
Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:42 pm
their team was very good tbh. ours wasn't too bad but did we stand much of a chance? not really ! but we gave it a good go and i always believed to this day that if we had a good striker for that game(not taking anything away from JFH) we may have been able to sneak it. 