MATCH THREAD: : " BARNSLEY v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

Team news!

The #Bluebirds unchanged from the start. @gavinwhyte8 returns to the matchday 18 on the subs bench.

Jazz Richards still not well.

Happy with that team and I see a positive result coming our way today...

Whisper it quietly to some on here but the manager and players know this is a game that can put us right back in the mix for a Play-off place and hopefully they will be more 'up' for it than some so-called supporters

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Anything less than a win means the worst winless run since Trollope so I hope Harris doesn’t equal it

Got a bad feeling about today

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Alex Smithies,Dion Sanderson, Sean Morrison,Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett,Leandro Bacuna
Will Vaulks, Joe Ralls,Junior Hoilett, Albert Adomah,Callum Paterson.

Subs: Neil Etheridge,Aden Flint,Brad Smith,Marlon Pack,Gavin Whyte,Josh Murphy,Robert Glatzel.

Decent work from Ralls, who picks up on the loose ball in the middle of the park before powering forward into the Barnsley half. He sprays it out to Hoilett, who wins a throw in an advanced position.

It’s launched in by Vaulks towads Morrison, who’s sandwiched between two defenders. Corner.

Ralls delivers low to Paterson at the near post, but his connection is poor and it’s well wide.

Adomah wins another corner on the right.

Curlsed into the near post by Ralls, but Morrison can’t keep his header down.

Woodrow fires wide from the edge of the box

Barnsley starting to press forward more

Ritzmaier just about glides past Sanderson on the byline before dinking a ball across goal.

Smithies claims it all day long.

Vaulks wins a freekick just inside the Barnsley half.

Sanderson launches it into the area towards Morrison, but Collins is there first to claim.

Bit of afters between the two there, with the Barnsley keeper keen to get on with things.

17mins gone, nothing really exciting from both clubs yet, both very ordinary

Cardiff now on the attack

Great stuff from Paterson. Does brilliantly to flick a high ball on from Smithies to Adomah, who wins another throw close to the corner flag.

Yet again, Vaulks launches it in, but can’t find a Cardiff head and Barnsley survive.

Smitthies been under No pressure at all so far from Barnsley

Preston winning. Vital we get 3 points

Brief break in play as Sollbauer stays down after a coming together with Paterson.

Doesn’t need any attention, though, and play soon gets back underway.

Do we have the guile to unlock them?

Ball comes into the Barnsley box and is claimed by Collins, but Morrison still manages to clatter into the Reds keeper, who subsequently takes out his own defender as a result.

Sollbauer is down and needs attention.

James Linnington has a stern chat with Morrison, but no card.

Didn’t look to be a massive amount in it for me.

Definite foul, mind.

Play back underway.

Sanderson clears for Cardiff

Sanderson, who is there first to meet a cross just ahead of Brown inside the six-yard box.

A decent cross in from Thomas would surely have been nodded in by the Barnsley man.

Cardiff survive, but the hosts regroup as Thomas cuts inside from the right to blaze wide.

Barnsley are coming back into this one.

Its all Barnsley now

Sounds ominous

I guess it counts as a chance.

Thomas meanders his way down the right and drills a ball in low.

Finds Chaplin, who’s flicks it in the right direction of the goal, but wouldn’t have hit the target even if there was a pair of posts next to the one occupied by Smithies.

Plenty of effort on show here, but a frustrating lack of quality from both teams.

Real lack of quality. We have lost the ball in dangerous places but they haven't been able to take advantage. So far their attack has looked as bad as ours. Talking of which Patterson has spent most of the game in petty fouls and squabbles....not much new there then very scrappy

No real urgency from either side.

At the moment Cardiff dont look like a club looking for the play offs.

A strong save from Collins at his near post as he palms a powerful effort behind from Adomah.

Sounds ominous

Sounded ominous to you at 8:14pm on Friday night...before a ball was even kicked!

I guess the question to be asked is 'Do you have the guile to say something positive today?'

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Sanderson, who is there first to meet a cross just ahead of Brown inside the six-yard box.

A decent cross in from Thomas would surely have been nodded in by the Barnsley man.

Cardiff survive, but the hosts regroup as Thomas cuts inside from the right to blaze wide.

Barnsley are coming back into this one.

I'm having a great game
City should sign me up

Sanderson, who is there first to meet a cross just ahead of Brown inside the six-yard box.

A decent cross in from Thomas would surely have been nodded in by the Barnsley man.

Cardiff survive, but the hosts regroup as Thomas cuts inside from the right to blaze wide.

Barnsley are coming back into this one.

I'm having a great game
City should sign me up

H/T 0-0

0-0 fair for either side