' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:41 pm
Cardiff City Vs Wolves Preview
By Wolves Fan
http://www.wolvesblog.com/9675/cardiff- ... -preview-4
Monday 12th December 2016
It’s hard to say whether we’ve really progressed since Paul Lambert took over.
But I do know I feel an awful lot better with him in the dugout than Walter Zenga.
And anyone who might accuse the Scot of lacking his predecessor’s passion obviously didn’t witness our head coach leaping over the advertising hoardings to retrieve the ball on Saturday as Wolves hunted an equaliser.
He cares alright and I reckon once he’s able to get some of his own bodies into the side come January, we’ll see an upturn in fortunes.
In the here and now, this is a big game. We’re not quite at the point of calling it a relegation six pointer, but it’s one we could do with winning or at the very least, not losing.
Cardiff City
It says a lot about Neil Warnock that my immediate thought upon hearing of his appointment at Cardiff was ‘they definitely won’t go down now’.
He’s not many people’s favourite character but you can’t question his credentials at Championship level. Not just his promotions with Sheffield United and QPR but also the rabbit he pulled out of the hat at Rotherham last season.
You need only look at how they were doing before he went there and subsequently after he left to realise the impact he made. Astonishing really.
Cardiff were in similar strife and he’s started digging them out. Three wins, three draws and three defeats might not seem remarkable, but that’s midtable form from a team who were anything but back in October.
They’re still in the bottom three heading into this game, but a win would take them above Wolves and possibly a few others.
Scoring too few and conceding too many is not an ideal combination and the statistics show them to be among the weakest in the division on both fronts.
The free transfer additions of forwards Ricky Lambert and Junior Hoilett and big Sol Bamba at the back have helped, but the latter is suspended for this one after getting sent off at Ipswich at the weekend.
Wolves
I think Fulham exposed our biggest frailty at the weekend, which is the center of midfield.
We’ve got problems at the back for sure (big problems), but we’re not strong enough in the middle of the pitch and that’s leaving the defence vulnerable.
Conor Coady was the weak link for me. His obvious deficiencies with the ball mean he has to cover the ground and make tackles to justify his selection and he didn’t do enough against Fulham. That said, he won’t encounter better technical opposition this season.
I think Oniangue would be the obvious replacement, but I’m not sure he’s up to speed just yet. Playing both Saiss and Price is another interesting idea but one I’m not convinced Lambert would entertain.
Stearman should return in my opinion and I’d also be tempted to make a change at full back, possibly bringing in Silvio or Cameron Borthwick-Jackson. The above would be my preferred eleven.
Predictions
This one looks tougher than the league table suggests. They’ve got some good Championship performers in their group and a manager who can get the best out of them.
They don’t score many goals, which bodes well for our leaky defence and I just wonder whether the absence of Sol Bamba might tip the scales in our favour?
Whoever Paul Lambert plays up front has a big responsibility. We can’t afford our strikers to go on being so wasteful.
I’m playing it safe with a 1-1, which wouldn’t be a terrible outcome.
Up The Wolves!
By Wolves Fan
http://www.wolvesblog.com/9675/cardiff- ... -preview-4
Monday 12th December 2016
It’s hard to say whether we’ve really progressed since Paul Lambert took over.
But I do know I feel an awful lot better with him in the dugout than Walter Zenga.
And anyone who might accuse the Scot of lacking his predecessor’s passion obviously didn’t witness our head coach leaping over the advertising hoardings to retrieve the ball on Saturday as Wolves hunted an equaliser.
He cares alright and I reckon once he’s able to get some of his own bodies into the side come January, we’ll see an upturn in fortunes.
In the here and now, this is a big game. We’re not quite at the point of calling it a relegation six pointer, but it’s one we could do with winning or at the very least, not losing.
Cardiff City
It says a lot about Neil Warnock that my immediate thought upon hearing of his appointment at Cardiff was ‘they definitely won’t go down now’.
He’s not many people’s favourite character but you can’t question his credentials at Championship level. Not just his promotions with Sheffield United and QPR but also the rabbit he pulled out of the hat at Rotherham last season.
You need only look at how they were doing before he went there and subsequently after he left to realise the impact he made. Astonishing really.
Cardiff were in similar strife and he’s started digging them out. Three wins, three draws and three defeats might not seem remarkable, but that’s midtable form from a team who were anything but back in October.
They’re still in the bottom three heading into this game, but a win would take them above Wolves and possibly a few others.
Scoring too few and conceding too many is not an ideal combination and the statistics show them to be among the weakest in the division on both fronts.
The free transfer additions of forwards Ricky Lambert and Junior Hoilett and big Sol Bamba at the back have helped, but the latter is suspended for this one after getting sent off at Ipswich at the weekend.
Wolves
I think Fulham exposed our biggest frailty at the weekend, which is the center of midfield.
We’ve got problems at the back for sure (big problems), but we’re not strong enough in the middle of the pitch and that’s leaving the defence vulnerable.
Conor Coady was the weak link for me. His obvious deficiencies with the ball mean he has to cover the ground and make tackles to justify his selection and he didn’t do enough against Fulham. That said, he won’t encounter better technical opposition this season.
I think Oniangue would be the obvious replacement, but I’m not sure he’s up to speed just yet. Playing both Saiss and Price is another interesting idea but one I’m not convinced Lambert would entertain.
Stearman should return in my opinion and I’d also be tempted to make a change at full back, possibly bringing in Silvio or Cameron Borthwick-Jackson. The above would be my preferred eleven.
Predictions
This one looks tougher than the league table suggests. They’ve got some good Championship performers in their group and a manager who can get the best out of them.
They don’t score many goals, which bodes well for our leaky defence and I just wonder whether the absence of Sol Bamba might tip the scales in our favour?
Whoever Paul Lambert plays up front has a big responsibility. We can’t afford our strikers to go on being so wasteful.
I’m playing it safe with a 1-1, which wouldn’t be a terrible outcome.
Up The Wolves!
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Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:48 pm
2-1 city 
up the bluebirds !
up the bluebirds !
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:48 pm
mallo wrote:2-1 city
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:57 pm
Two questions
1- Whatever happened to Joe Mason ?
2- Should I boo Dave Edwards ?
1- Whatever happened to Joe Mason ?
2- Should I boo Dave Edwards ?
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:15 pm
What happened to Newport boy Lee Evans?
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:34 pm
3-1 City. 
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:27 am
llan bluebird wrote:Two questions
1- Whatever happened to Joe Mason ?
2- Should I boo Dave Edwards ?
1-Hernia op
2-Be a sport
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:26 am
Nice write up, can you come on here every week to give the away team run down?
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:48 am
This is a game we could and really should win.
Warnock has made us a lot harder to beat and we are now competitive in all matches and have a chance to pick up points in every game we play.
I think it's going to be close but I would settle for any sort of win..2-1 would be my guess
Warnock has made us a lot harder to beat and we are now competitive in all matches and have a chance to pick up points in every game we play.
I think it's going to be close but I would settle for any sort of win..2-1 would be my guess
Re: ' WOLVES FAN ON CARDIFF CITY V WOLVES '
Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:59 am
oohahhPaulMillar wrote:This is a game we could and really should win.
Warnock has made us a lot harder to beat and we are now competitive in all matches and have a chance to pick up points in every game we play.
I think it's going to be close but I would settle for any sort of win..2-1 would be my guess
Yes for me this should be 3pts