" UPDATE ON 8 CARDIFF CITY PLAYERS "

" UPDATE ON 8 CARDIFF CITY PLAYERS "

Thursday 19th March 2015

Mason and Dikgacoi to see reserve team action

Both are a long way from first team football but are in training and are set to have a run out for the U21's tomorrow.

Cardiff have eight senior players out injured. They are listed below.

Also unavailable are Kadeem Harris - suspended. And Matt Connolly has mysteriously been loaned to Watford. He played against Bournemouth for Cardiff on Tuesday in place of the injured Lee Peltier but we have loaned him out? Bizarre.

David Marshall (groin): Rated 50-50 again. Won't be risked until he is 100% ready.

Lee Peltier (hamstring): Rated 40% at best to be ready against Birmingham. The match will come too quickly for him.

Anthony Pilkington (hamstring): Has suffered a couple of setbacks in training and is still a few weeks away.

Conor McAleny (hamstring): Highly unlikely to be back on Saturday, but should be available after the international break.

Nicky Maynard (knee): Still some way off returning to the Cardiff squad.

Joe Mason (hamstring): Will play at under-21 level on Friday. He'll be given 45 minutes or so, a first outing in four months, but don't expect him back in the first team for a while.

Kagisho Dikgacoi (muscle problems): Is to join Mason in the under-21 team to play at Brentford. Has played only three times since last May - and is a long way from full match fitness. He has been in full training and it is hoped he will get through half a game on Friday. Like Mason, he won't be back at first team level for some time yet.

Ben Turner (ankle): Certain to be out for some time yet. Making progress, but may miss the rest of this season.

Anyone got any news on malone ?

I thought we terminated maynards contract?

Malone has been on bench last two!

Nicky Maynard's knee injury doesn't stop him driving his VERY expensive Bentley to the CCS for every home game does it !!!

Are all those injurys slades fault as well ?

This is rubbish Peltier and Malone are fit

Scott Malone is likely to step into Connolly's shoes on Saturday with Fabio switching to the other side of defence.