Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:55 pm
A look ahead to the Bluebirds’ clash with Brighton
By Dan Bevan
Wednesday 30th November 2016
This Saturday marks the first game in arguably the most important month of the season for Cardiff city.
November was a very tricky month in which the Bluebirds only took three points from a possible 12 – albeit in a month where they played Newcastle, Aston Villa and Huddersfield.
Cardiff start and end December with fixtures against Brighton who recently appointed former Cardiff head coach Paul Trollope to their vacant assistant manager’s position.
But the last time the two sides met Cardiff game out 4-1 winners in arguably the best performance in the Russell Slade era.
Brighton currently sit second in the Championship, just two points behind leaders Newcastle and are now on a 12-game unbeaten run in the league. Chris Hughton’s side will be by far the hardest test of the month for Cardiff.
In between the two Brighton matches Cardiff face Ipswich, Wolves, Barnsley and Brentford. Four games where Cardiff can pick points.
But before we can look towards these games we need to avoid defeat against Brighton. Failure to win against the Seagulls would leave Cardiff with three defeats in their last four games.
That’s nothing in comparison to the seven points Cardiff earned in their first three games since new manager Neil Warnock’s arrival.
December is so important because if Cardiff are still in the relegation zone at Christmas then it would make recruiting in January even harder.
After the defeat to Aston Villa Neil Warnock said that fans shouldn’t expect results to get better until he can get the players he wants in January.
This won’t give fans huge confidence, it may even be true but Cardiff must ensure they take points at home, regardless of the opposition – That doesn’t change this weekend against Brighton.