' As a City fan you pick your Cardiff City XI '

" What your Cardiff City XI ? "


Friday 11th July 2014.

' Ex City Player Nathan Blake and Echo Reporter Name there Cardiff City XI '



' Nathan Blakey’s XI '

Marshall

Brayford, Hudson, Turner, Fabio

Noone, Dikgacoi, Mutch, Whittingham, Harris

Campbell



' Reporter Steve Tucker’s XI '

Marshall

Brayford, Cala, Turner, Fabio

Noone, Mutch, Dikgacoi, Daehli, Burgstaller

Guerra

Marshall
Brayford Cala Turner Fabio
Dikagoci
Noone Whitts Mutch Daehli
Guerra

I would play a sort of 3-4-3

Marshall

Brayford - Cala - Turner

Noone - Dikgacoi - Daehli - Burgstaller

Mutch

Guerra - Macheda


Fabio - would be the main sub to turn into a 4-4-2 when we have a two goal lead

Harris can't step Into this squad yet...

I agree with Tucker's 11, with a rotational striker dependant on form

Marshall

Fabio - Cala - Turner - John
Dikgacoi
Mutch - Whittingham
Noone - Guerra - Dhaeli

4-3-3 and 4-5-1

Well done Blakey, definitely put a player whose been injured since Jan in the squad and not even training with the first team in there over an experienced Austrian winger

And that is why Nathan Blake is not a manager.

And Where the Donald Duck is Ricky Scimeca ?

Marshall

Fabio - Cala - Turner - John
Dikgacoi
Mutch - Whittingham
Noone - Guerra - Dhaeli

4-3-3 and 4-5-1

This. I think Macheda will be better than Guerra though

Marshall

Fabio
Turner
Cala
Brayford

Daehli
Whittingham
Mutch
Noone

Campbell
Guerra

Marshall

Fabio
Turner
Cala
Brayford

Daehli
Whittingham
Mutch
Noone

Campbell
Guerra

Whittingham and Mutch together in midfield would be powder puff. Need a ball winner.

Marshall

Fabio
Turner
Cala
Brayford

Daehli
Whittingham
Mutch
Noone

Campbell
Guerra

Whittingham and Mutch together in midfield would be powder puff. Need a ball winner.

I would use a ball winner during the tough winter months in poor conditions and pitches when the games get more scrappy, but during the first couple of summer months, we have enough footballing ability and energy to outplay the opposition. Campbell can drift to the wing with Daehli tucking inside to make a 3 man centre midfield if we are under the cosh a little anyway.

Marshall

Brayford Cala Fonte Fabio

Dikgacoi

Noone Whittingham Daelhi

Guerra LeFondre.

4-1-3-2.

Marshall

Brayford Cala Fonte Fabio

Dikgacoi

Noone Whittingham Daelhi

Guerra LeFondre.

4-1-3-2.

We've managed to sign Fonte and keep Marshall?

Marshall

Brayford Cala Fonte Fabio

Dikgacoi

Noone Whittingham Daelhi

Guerra LeFondre.

4-1-3-2.

We've managed to sign Fonte and keep Marshall?

That's my wishful thinking TB.

Marshall

Brayford Cala Fonte Fabio

Dikgacoi

Noone Whittingham Daelhi

Guerra LeFondre.

4-1-3-2.

We've managed to sign Fonte and keep Marshall?

That's my wishful thinking TB.

Mine too.

Tonteg on a mad one again

I can see the team changing depending on who we play. Dikgacoi I think will be a key starter though and then others fit around him, daehli being a key player.

..................................................Marshal......................
.................................................. Hudson

Noone...........................................Mutch...................................Whitts

Campbell .......Guerra........Mason........Maynard............Macheda............ Le Fondre.......

..................................................Marshal......................
.................................................. Hudson

Noone...........................................Mutch...................................Whitts

Campbell .......Guerra........Mason........Maynard............Macheda............ Le Fondre.......

Stupid. As if Whitts could play wide in that formation.

..................................................Marshal......................
.................................................. Hudson

Noone...........................................Mutch...................................Whitts

Campbell .......Guerra........Mason........Maynard............Macheda............ Le Fondre.......

Stupid. As if Whitts could play wide in that formation.

Whitts can play where he wants

Marshall
Fabio Cala Turner John
Mutch Dickgacoi Whitts
Dæhli Geurra Noone

Mason would come on for Dæhli evry 60, Le Fondre super sub for Guerra.

If last season is anything to go by there won't be a 'Cardiff City 11!'.
Ole will change the team on a regular basis!

Marshall

Fabio
Turner
Cala
Brayford

Daehli
Whittingham
Mutch
Noone

Campbell
Guerra

Whittingham and Mutch together in midfield would be powder puff. Need a ball winner.

I would use a ball winner during the tough winter months in poor conditions and pitches when the games get more scrappy, but during the first couple of summer months, we have enough footballing ability and energy to outplay the opposition. Campbell can drift to the wing with Daehli tucking inside to make a 3 man centre midfield if we are under the cosh a little anyway.

4 foot 1 Daehli tucking in the middle? That will improve the strength in midfield.

No matter the weather you need someone in midfield who can win the ball.

Marshall

Fabio
Turner
Cala
Brayford

Daehli
Whittingham
Mutch
Noone

Campbell
Guerra

Whittingham and Mutch together in midfield would be powder puff. Need a ball winner.

I would use a ball winner during the tough winter months in poor conditions and pitches when the games get more scrappy, but during the first couple of summer months, we have enough footballing ability and energy to outplay the opposition. Campbell can drift to the wing with Daehli tucking inside to make a 3 man centre midfield if we are under the cosh a little anyway.

4 foot 1 Daehli tucking in the middle? That will improve the strength in midfield.

No matter the weather you need someone in midfield who can win the ball.

You don't really need strength during the early summer months. If you're superior footballers, you just need pace, energy and work rate. The Spanish in their prime have shown that for years (note I said in their prime, not this world cup).

Marshall

Brayford - Cala - Turner

Noone - Dikgacoi - Daehli - Burgstaller

Mutch

Guerra - Le Fondre

We need to break away from the 1 up front, we have enough quality up front to play 2 strickers, maybe a place for Whitts as Burgstaller is still a bit of an unknown.

Marshall

Fabio
Turner
Cala
Brayford

Daehli
Whittingham
Mutch
Noone

Campbell
Guerra

Whittingham and Mutch together in midfield would be powder puff. Need a ball winner.

I would use a ball winner during the tough winter months in poor conditions and pitches when the games get more scrappy, but during the first couple of summer months, we have enough footballing ability and energy to outplay the opposition. Campbell can drift to the wing with Daehli tucking inside to make a 3 man centre midfield if we are under the cosh a little anyway.

4 foot 1 Daehli tucking in the middle? That will improve the strength in midfield.

No matter the weather you need someone in midfield who can win the ball.

You don't really need strength during the early summer months. If you're superior footballers, you just need pace, energy and work rate. The Spanish in their prime have shown that for years (note I said in their prime, not this world cup).

Our players are not Spains. Every successful team at the World Cup has a defensive midfielder of some sort.

Still hard to say without seeing the new players and who is going to be staying and leaving.

Trying to be realistic, I'll go with:

------------------------------Marshall------------------------------
Brayford------------Cala-------------Turner--------------Fabio
-----------------------------Dikagacoi-----------------------------
-------------------Mutch----------------Whitts-------------------
---Noone------------------------------------------------Daehli---
----------------------------Guerra---------------------------------


Seeing as we've brought in 3 strikers on top of what we already have Im not sure if Ole will be looking to go with two up top and sacrifice a central midfielder or even three up top and sacrifice our wide men. Not an easy job but it's nice to have options.

And that is why Nathan Blake is not a manager.

I get the impression he is just being controversial. It's typical him to say some clownish stuff like that.

Marshall

Fabio
Turner
Cala
Brayford

Daehli
Whittingham
Mutch
Noone

Campbell
Guerra

Whittingham and Mutch together in midfield would be powder puff. Need a ball winner.

I would use a ball winner during the tough winter months in poor conditions and pitches when the games get more scrappy, but during the first couple of summer months, we have enough footballing ability and energy to outplay the opposition. Campbell can drift to the wing with Daehli tucking inside to make a 3 man centre midfield if we are under the cosh a little anyway.

4 foot 1 Daehli tucking in the middle? That will improve the strength in midfield.

No matter the weather you need someone in midfield who can win the ball.

You don't really need strength during the early summer months. If you're superior footballers, you just need pace, energy and work rate. The Spanish in their prime have shown that for years (note I said in their prime, not this world cup).

Our players are not Spains. Every successful team at the World Cup has a defensive midfielder of some sort.

Spain have Busquets holding?

I'd go 3-5-2


........Marshall..........


...Turner....fonte....cala........

Brayford......Dikgacoi.......Fabio..

.......daehli.........whitts........

........Guerra......macheda.........

Mutch and burgstaller can replace daehli or whitts and if u wanted to go 4-4-2 could take a cb off bring on a winger and drop the wing backs to full backs easily done and would give us a strong side going forward