' Peter Whittingham '

I never thought I would say this, but this is when not only do we need our team to give 100% out there, but we need Peter Whittingham to be at his very best and show the class that he does have.


Peter Whittingham hopeful of "biggest achievement" with Cardiff by staying in the Premier League
By ANDREW BALDOCK,

Saturday 26th April 2014

Peter Whittingham believes it will be "the biggest achievement" of his seven-year stint with Cardiff if the Bluebirds secure Barclays Premier League survival this season.

Whittingham and company face Premier League bottom club Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday, with three points their sole objective.

If other results work for them, a win in the north east could see Cardiff climb out of the danger zone prior to their final two fixtures against Newcastle and Chelsea.


MARTIN KEOWN:" If Sunderland beat Cardiff then Gus Poyet can pull off the great escape. "


Peter Whittingham.

'It's huge. It's one of the biggest games since I've been here,' said midfielder Whittingham, who joined Cardiff from Aston Villa in 2007.
'Along with the cup finals and the play-off finals, it is right up there with those. If we can escape relegation it will be the biggest achievement since I've been here.
'It's always going to be a big game when you know you have to win. The atmosphere is going to be brilliant, it is going to be awesome.
'It's all well and good taking points here and there, but now it is all about winning at Sunderland. It's something we are going to try our best to do.
'We will keep going until it's mathematically impossible for us to stay up. We have to do that. But it would be horrible to lose at Sunderland, and we are not thinking about it.'

While Sunderland breathed life into their own survival bid recently by drawing against Manchester City and then beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Cardiff also took four points from a possible six.


Bluebird: Whittingham has been a Cardiff player since 2007

Their 1-0 away victory over Southampton was followed by a 1-1 draw against in-form Stoke, when Whittingham's second-half penalty secured a share of the spoils.
'We will take confidence from our last two games,' Whittingham added. "The team performances have been very good. We've done really well, and it's about taking that on.
'Everyone is raring to go. We know what the job in hand is. We know everything that is going to happen, and now it's about going out and doing it on the pitch.
'Sunderland have done really well in their last two games. They've picked up points when no-one thought they would, but we've been doing really well also.
'If everyone wants to talk about Sunderland, that's fine by us. We will go under the radar and do what we do.
'It is about us now. If we play well, if we play to our strengths and how we have been lately, then we will be okay.
'We are full of confidence. The team structure has been better, we've been harder to break down recently, harder to play against. It's harder for teams to get in behind us, and that has been massive.'


Whittingham is set to be a key part of Cardiff's Premier League run-in, although it has not all been plain sailing this season in terms of pinning down a regular first team place.

'The worst thing for a footballer is when you are not playing. It's painful, a horrible experience,' he said.
'With the boys we have here, with that quality, there are always going to be times you are not going to find yourself in and around the side. You can only work hard and try to get back in.

'The manager (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) has been good with me and told me to bide my time and that I would get my chance. I feel like I've bided my time, and now I just want to be playing football.
'I am not thinking about the future. It's all about the next three games. After that you might sit down and think, but now it's all about the Sunderland game.'


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Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Come on Whitts - we know you can do it.

Make yourself a real Cardiff City legend.

Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Eikrem strikes better set pieces from what I've seen of Whittingham. Unless Whittingham has been worse at it since I started watching Cardiff (when Ole took over)

On his day Whitts is as good as any playmaker in the premier league, lets just hope it's his day tomorrow..

Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Eikrem strikes better set pieces from what I've seen of Whittingham. Unless Whittingham has been worse at it since I started watching Cardiff (when Ole took over)

Sorry my friend but so far Eikrem has not shown that he is better than Whittingham at all.

Of course he only signed in January and has had limited opportunities in a struggling team, has had to fit into a new style of play and settle in a new country so I would certainly not write him off yet but I also would not want to play him in a game as crucial to our season as tomorrow's game.

Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Eikrem strikes better set pieces from what I've seen of Whittingham. Unless Whittingham has been worse at it since I started watching Cardiff (when Ole took over)

No disrespect to Eikrem on this but he is nowhere near Whittingham in terms of set pieces. When he weren't in the squad you could tell it was the place we were lacking. After the way he played against Stoke there can be no argument not to start Whitts. MOTM for me, just pinching Daehli

Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Eikrem strikes better set pieces from what I've seen of Whittingham. Unless Whittingham has been worse at it since I started watching Cardiff (when Ole took over)

Not a chance. When he hits a free kick properly there's no stopping it.

Whitts and Campbell to score tomorrow. City to win 2-1

Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Eikrem strikes better set pieces from what I've seen of Whittingham. Unless Whittingham has been worse at it since I started watching Cardiff (when Ole took over)

To be fair Whitts' free kicks this year have been the worst I have seen them since he's joined us but believe me when I say he can be absolutely lethal from Set pieces he has dug us out of many, many holes down the years, confidence plays a massive part though.

Have a look at these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwpRd_mnjIo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8D1DBKPgk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7_187eAdo

Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Eikrem strikes better set pieces from what I've seen of Whittingham. Unless Whittingham has been worse at it since I started watching Cardiff (when Ole took over)

Not a chance. When he hits a free kick properly there's no stopping it.

Beat me to it fella Agree 100% though

When Whitts takes a corner or free kick you expect something to happen-- Its all about pace and Trajectory


And he does what he wants

Our only real threat from free kicks and he is overdue one of his specials

Eikrem strikes better set pieces from what I've seen of Whittingham. Unless Whittingham has been worse at it since I started watching Cardiff (when Ole took over)

Sorry my friend but so far Eikrem has not shown that he is better than Whittingham at all.

Cardiff is not Eikrem's first club, and he's been a regular on the national side too. He may not have shown you that he is better than Whittingham, but you haven't seen any of his matches for Norway, Molde or Herenveen - have you?

That said, I see Whittingham has more potential I have yet to see from the other posts here.

Fun fact: it will not the be the first time Eikrem has scored a set piece against Sunderland:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLB46B9 ... bsQg8_tbOo

Has to start for me, can offer a lot more than some of our players but was without doubt deservedly dropped for a while.

Fun fact: it will not the be the first time Eikrem has scored a set piece against Sunderland:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLB46B9 ... bsQg8_tbOo

Peter is great, but the wast majority of cardiff fans haven`t realized what they have in Eikrem. Cant blame them though, most people dont know him, and dont want to find out about him either

I never thought I would say this, but this is when not only do we need our team to give 100% out there, but we need Peter Whittingham to be at his very best and show the class that he does have.


Peter Whittingham hopeful of "biggest achievement" with Cardiff by staying in the Premier League
By ANDREW BALDOCK,

Saturday 26th April 2014

Peter Whittingham believes it will be "the biggest achievement" of his seven-year stint with Cardiff if the Bluebirds secure Barclays Premier League survival this season.

Whittingham and company face Premier League bottom club Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday, with three points their sole objective.Whittingham to score a brace of free kicks in the second half.He has been getting closer lately.Come on Pete.You can do it.

If other results work for them, a win in the north east could see Cardiff climb out of the danger zone prior to their final two fixtures against Newcastle and Chelsea.


MARTIN KEOWN:" If Sunderland beat Cardiff then Gus Poyet can pull off the great escape. "


Peter Whittingham.

'It's huge. It's one of the biggest games since I've been here,' said midfielder Whittingham, who joined Cardiff from Aston Villa in 2007.
'Along with the cup finals and the play-off finals, it is right up there with those. If we can escape relegation it will be the biggest achievement since I've been here.
'It's always going to be a big game when you know you have to win. The atmosphere is going to be brilliant, it is going to be awesome.
'It's all well and good taking points here and there, but now it is all about winning at Sunderland. It's something we are going to try our best to do.
'We will keep going until it's mathematically impossible for us to stay up. We have to do that. But it would be horrible to lose at Sunderland, and we are not thinking about it.'

While Sunderland breathed life into their own survival bid recently by drawing against Manchester City and then beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Cardiff also took four points from a possible six.


Bluebird: Whittingham has been a Cardiff player since 2007

Their 1-0 away victory over Southampton was followed by a 1-1 draw against in-form Stoke, when Whittingham's second-half penalty secured a share of the spoils.
'We will take confidence from our last two games,' Whittingham added. "The team performances have been very good. We've done really well, and it's about taking that on.
'Everyone is raring to go. We know what the job in hand is. We know everything that is going to happen, and now it's about going out and doing it on the pitch.
'Sunderland have done really well in their last two games. They've picked up points when no-one thought they would, but we've been doing really well also.
'If everyone wants to talk about Sunderland, that's fine by us. We will go under the radar and do what we do.
'It is about us now. If we play well, if we play to our strengths and how we have been lately, then we will be okay.
'We are full of confidence. The team structure has been better, we've been harder to break down recently, harder to play against. It's harder for teams to get in behind us, and that has been massive.'


Whittingham is set to be a key part of Cardiff's Premier League run-in, although it has not all been plain sailing this season in terms of pinning down a regular first team place.

'The worst thing for a footballer is when you are not playing. It's painful, a horrible experience,' he said.
'With the boys we have here, with that quality, there are always going to be times you are not going to find yourself in and around the side. You can only work hard and try to get back in.

'The manager (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) has been good with me and told me to bide my time and that I would get my chance. I feel like I've bided my time, and now I just want to be playing football.
'I am not thinking about the future. It's all about the next three games. After that you might sit down and think, but now it's all about the Sunderland game.'


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