MATCH THREAD: “ BLACKPOOL v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

BLACKPOOL v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 8th November, 3pm
Sky Bet League One - Match 14
Bloomfield Road 


Cardiff’s Allocation 2,500

Update :

2,031 Cardiff have Sold up to today (7th November )


INJURY UPDATE:

BBM:


Ahead of Saturday's clash, Brian provided an injury update on his squad.

“We’ve not seen Will Fish this week in terms of training, he’s a doubt. I don’t think he will train today, but he may train tomorrow. In all likelihood, it’ll mean that he won’t be available for Saturday. “

“Since the game against Newport County, Will has had a knee problem and we’ve been monitoring him since then.

"Due to the nature of Dylan Lawlor’s issues, we’ve been quite stretched so Will has been the one who has played all the games, whereas we have rotated the other position at centre-back.”

“The international fixtures come at a good time for us to try and get everyone fit.”

“Will joins Perry Ng, who we’ll look to have back after the international fixtures and Chris Willock is in an identical timeline to Perry. Ollie Tanner is making good progress and Eli King is longer term.”








BBM:

"Chris Willock had a scan on his rec fem (top of thigh) and it's pretty positive news. But won’t be probably available for Blackpool, so it'll be after the international break.


Ollie Tanner Out till January

Eli King out for the season.

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About Blackpool

Blackpool are in their third successive season in League One, having been relegated from the Championship in 2023.

Last season they finished 9th.

They are currently 23rd.

Club Connections

Josh Bowler returned to Blackpool in the summer.

He had a loan with us in 2023/24.

The Opposition's Manager

Ian Evatt was appointed Blackpool manager last month.

He had a good start, winning his first match 2-1.

He previously managed Bolton, where he guided them to promotion from League Two and won the EFL Trophy.

He also got promoted from the National League as Barrow manager.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Ashley Fletcher scored 11 league goals last season.

Lee Evans is an experienced and high performing midfielder at this level.

Referee

Referee TBC.

Head To Head - last five meetings 

We are unbeaten in our last five against Blackpool, winning three of those.

The last match between the two was in April 2023 in the Championship, which we won 3-1 at Bloomfield Road.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Blackpool: Peacock-Farrell, Lyons, Horsfall, Casey, Ashworth, Brown, Bowler, Hamilton, Evans, Bloxham, Fletcher

Cardiff City: Trott, Ng, Lawlor, Fish, Bagan, Robertson, Turnbull, Colwill, Kellyman, Davies, Salech

Last Game

We come into this game off the back of two cup games. We lost 1-0 at Peterborough in the FA Cup on Saturday after winning 2-1 at Wrexham in the Carabao Cup the Tuesday before then. We lost 1-0 at Bolton in our last league game.

Blackpool's last game was also in the FA Cup, they won 1-0 at home to Scunthorpe on Saturday. They won their last league game, 2-1 at Peterborough.

Match Odds

Blackpool - 11/5
Cardiff City - 11/10
Draw - 2/1

Predictions

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I think the result of this game depends entirely on us. If the team that play brilliantly against Wrexham turns up we will win comfortably, but if the Bolton/Peterborough team play against Blackpool we will probably lose.

On our day we are capable of beating every team in this league but only if we play to our potential like we showed against Wrexham and earlier in the season.

Blackpool 0 Cardiff City 2

BBM:

"Chris Willock had a scan on his rec fem (top of thigh) and it's pretty positive news. But won’t be probably available for Blackpool, so it'll be after the international break.


Ollie Tanner Out till January

Eli King out for the season.

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I think the result of this game depends entirely on us. If the team that play brilliantly against Wrexham turns up we will win comfortably, but if the Bolton/Peterborough team play against Blackpool we will probably lose.

On our day we are capable of beating every team in this league but only if we play to our potential like we showed against Wrexham and earlier in the season.

Ian Evatt who played for Blackpool at Wembley in that play off final we lost will have his team well up for this fixture. Minimum requirement is to match the intensity and sheer will to win they will bring if we are to get a result there

LAST 10 GAMES:


WON 5 LOST 5




BBM:

“I think we’re improving all the time.”



“I have no regrets over the size of our squad.”


"We prepare exactly the same to give ourselves a chance to win the game.”






Sat Sep 20 Cardiff City 1 Bradford City 3 Crowd 22,132 Away Support 2087


Tues Sep 23 League Cup 3rd Rd Burnley 1 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 6,010 Away Support 347



Sat Sep 27 Wigan Athletic 0 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 10,609 Away Support 2,311


Tue Sep 30 Cardiff City 0 Burton 1 Crowd 15,813 Away Support 158



Sat Oct 4 Cardiff City 4 Leyton Orient 3 Crowd 18,518 Away Support 1,033


Tue Oct 7 Vertu Trophy Cardiff City 0 Newport County 1 Crowd 8,505 (includes 1,761 away fans)



Sat Oct 18 Cardiff City 2 Reading 1 Crowd 20,363 Away Support 2,298



Sat Oct 25 Bolton Wanderers 1 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 22,587 Away Support 2,180


Tue Oct 28 League Cup 4th Rd Wrexham 1 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 10,563 Away Support 1,249


Sat Nov 1 FACUP 1st Rd Peterborough 1 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 4,270 Away Support 602

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FIXTURES:



Sat Nov 8 Blackpool v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support


Tue Nov 11 Vertu Trophy Cardiff City v Arsenal U21 7:45pm Crowd Away Support


Sat Nov 15 Huddersfield Town (H) PP




Sat Nov 22 Northampton Town v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support



Sat Nov 29 Cardiff City v Mansfield Town Crowd Away Support








Tue Dec 9 - Stevenage (A)

Sat Dec 13 - Doncaster Rovers (H)


Tuesday Dec 16 League Cup 5th Rd Cardiff City v Chelsea Crowd Away Support


Sat Dec 20 - Lincoln City (A)

Fri Dec 26 - Exeter City (H)

Mon Dec 29 - Stevenage (H)

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Need to bounce back from our last league game in this game.

Got a week to prepare for it and then a two week break from the league after.

Evatt has had a good start at Blackpool but we will be favourites to win.

Hopefully we get on the front foot early in this one

We seem to start games too slow and it just builds up the frustration in the team and then we get desperate and start making mistakes

1-1,we have a few players coming back from injuries,

We have a few players coming back from injuries so going 1-1

Blackpool 0 CARDIFF CITY 2 we need to get back on track

I believe we will win this one by 2 clear goals so 1-3 for me.

Blackpool take on Cardiff City at Bloomfield Road next weekend.
Blackpool will be without Lee Evans for their meeting with Cardiff City in League One next weekend.

The midfielder picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in the recent 2-1 victory away to Peterborough United, and will now serve a one-match ban.

A change of competition on Saturday meant the 31-year-old was able to feature in the 1-0 win over Scunthorpe United, as the Seasiders progressed to the second round of the FA Cup - courtesy of Ashley Fletcher’s first half goal.

Discussing how Evans’ upcoming suspension impacted his selection decisions, Blackpool boss Ian Evatt said: “Jordan (Brown) didn’t start the game because Lee is suspended next week. Other than George (Honeyman), he’s our only other midfield option so we had to look after him.

Update :

1,920 Cardiff have Sold up to today

Depends which Cardiff team turn up, bit like the French rugby teams from the 70s and 80s

Update :

1,920 Cardiff have Sold up to today

Im umming and arring about going up, its a pretty grim seaside town is Blackpool and as the great song goes, "Its a coastal town that they forgot to close down"

It's going to be a very tough game with another new manager. This will be their cup final and a potential statement game.

We will need to win the CM so please leave Turnbull on the bench. Happy with Wintle, Robertson Colwill or same as Wrexham with Wintle and the Colwill brothers. Even something left field like Osho playing 6 would be interesting. I'm a massive fan of Lawlor but I'd probably like Fish and Chambers at CB as we've missed his leadership. He is massively unlucky to not be playing from his recent games.

Update :

1,920 Cardiff have Sold up to today

Considering we've had loads of away games in a row, that's good support for another long journey with a few days left to sell some more tickets.

Great support as always, last week cost me a small fortune the wife is not happy but will be sneaking off again Saturday, fingers crossed for 3 points and another Wrexham like performance

It's going to be a very tough game with another new manager. This will be their cup final and a potential statement game.

We will need to win the CM so please leave Turnbull on the bench. Happy with Wintle, Robertson Colwill or same as Wrexham with Wintle and the Colwill brothers. Even something left field like Osho playing 6 would be interesting. I'm a massive fan of Lawlor but I'd probably like Fish and Chambers at CB as we've missed his leadership. He is massively unlucky to not be playing from his recent games.

It should' nt be a tough game for us they are bottom we are near top we have got to take advantage when playing weaker teams burton was a classic example murphy needs to .motivate like the wrexham game.

Thinking a goal will come if patient does'nt cut it for me,
get out there and get it take the game.e by the scruff of the neck and say we are going home with 3 points today and let's get back on top of the table and stop fannying about with it ,
to you, to me, to you and back.
Stick it in the net.

It's going to be a very tough game with another new manager. This will be their cup final and a potential statement game.

We will need to win the CM so please leave Turnbull on the bench. Happy with Wintle, Robertson Colwill or same as Wrexham with Wintle and the Colwill brothers. Even something left field like Osho playing 6 would be interesting. I'm a massive fan of Lawlor but I'd probably like Fish and Chambers at CB as we've missed his leadership. He is massively unlucky to not be playing from his recent games.

It should' nt be a tough game for us they are bottom we are near top we have got to take advantage when playing weaker teams burton was a classic example murphy needs to .motivate like the wrexham game.

Thinking a goal will come if patient does'nt cut it for me,
get out there and get it take the game.e by the scruff of the neck and say we are going home with 3 points today and let's get back on top of the table and stop fannying about with it ,
to you, to me, to you and back.
Stick it in the net.

I’m with you Monty,

The excuses are now they are very tough games???

We have a Championship Squad, full of quality and exactly what BBM Says he wants.

NO more excuses, BBM Says he has the tools now, let’s get back to Winning games regularly as we target and expect a Top 2 Finish.

We are in a league with many many Small Clubs and the gap is massive compared to the Championship.

Update :

1,920 Cardiff have Sold up to today

Considering we've had loads of away games in a row, that's good support for another long journey with a few days left to sell some more tickets.

Very good

SkyBetLeagueOne (Div 3) Form Table From The Last 6 Games :

Cardiff Currently 11th

Blackpool 20th

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SkyBetLeagueOne (Div 3) Form Table From The Last 6 Games :

Cardiff Currently 11th

Blackpool 20th

Table puts it into perspective, we are not dominating ,and inconsistent and that needs to tighten up,
another point if you have a bigger squad players who are inconsistent can be dropped and same or better players can be introduced,
but with a small best 11 we are looking to weaker players filling in from the bench for the better players having an off day.

Blackpool’s injury crisis has started to ease ahead of this weekend’s League One meeting with Cardiff City.
Blackpool welcomed two players back from injury in their FA Cup first round meeting with Scunthorpe United on Saturday afternoon.

Both George Honeyman and Hayden Coulson were introduced off the bench on the hour mark in the 1-0 victory over Bloomfield Road.

The former of the two had been out for over a month with a calf issue. In the league, the ex-Sunderland skipper had been a regular under former head coach Steve Bruce on the back of his summer move from Millwall.
Meanwhile, Coulson had also featured 12 times in the third tier before suffering a fractured arm in a game away to Stockport County.

The former Middlesbrough man could find himself back in a natural wing-back role under new boss Ian Evatt - who has moved away from the previously used 4-4-2 formation.

On the back of the Scunthorpe game, the 43-year-old admitted it was pleasing to have his first lot of returning players back on the pitch.

SkyBetLeagueOne (Div 3) Form Table From The Last 6 Games :

Cardiff Currently 11th

Blackpool 20th

Table puts it into perspective, we are not dominating ,and inconsistent and that needs to tighten up,
another point if you have a bigger squad players who are inconsistent can be dropped and same or better players can be introduced,
but with a small best 11 we are looking to weaker players filling in from the bench for the better players having an off day.

Exactly Monty,

This shows Cardiff are Def not dominating and 5 defeats in our last 10 games is not good at all.

I know it’s early, but have we been found out and can the Tinkering Stop?

SkyBetLeagueOne (Div 3) Form Table From The Last 6 Games :

Cardiff Currently 11th

Blackpool 20th

Table puts it into perspective, we are not dominating ,and inconsistent and that needs to tighten up,
another point if you have a bigger squad players who are inconsistent can be dropped and same or better players can be introduced,
but with a small best 11 we are looking to weaker players filling in from the bench for the better players having an off day.

Exactly Monty,

This shows Cardiff are Def not dominating and 5 defeats in our last 10 games is not good at all.

I know it’s early, but have we been found out and can the Tinkering Stop?

Loose this game and there will need to be a serious look at whats happening. This is not a given game, but we should be on top in this game and not just possession if we are serious about promotion.

They will up their game against us definitely and know we can be turned over

Evatt as got us playing better and with a few players back this weekend I think your not going get it easy