Neil Warnock will be hoping that his players can replicate Craig Bellamy's passion for the club on the pitch today in the clubs last match before Christmas.
By Jack Vittles
It's a damning statistic that 93 per cent of clubs relegated from the Championship in the last 10 years tucked into their Christmas turkey while in the bottom six. The time for Cardiff to move away from the foot of the table has come.
The visit of Paul Heckingbottom's side gives them the chance to make it back-to-back league victories for the first time since March, and Warnock thinks his side will be buoyed by the comeback win against Wolves on Tuesday night.
"The Wolves result has given us all a lift. There's a lot more positivity about the place.
"I think Barnsley are as good an away side as there is in this league. It's one of my old clubs, but then with me that's every other week isn't it?"
The Bluebirds boss has fond memories of his time with Barnsley.
"I loved it up there. It's a great club, real hard-working people. I see a lot of similarities in that sense with the Cardiff fans."
Saturday will mark Warnock's 11th match in charge of Cardiff City, the same number of matches Paul Trollope lasted in the dugout, and he says he has now had time to work with all the players. Despite that, he admits he is hoping the transfer window can help him to form a clearer view of his own team.
"I think I've finally assessed all the lads here now. I know who I want to keep and who I'll be less sorry to see go. I want to have a clearer idea of things by the middle of January. I want less foggy areas, at the moment it's quite misty."
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