"When we play Sheffield Wednesday the message to the playe
Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:49 am
Neil Harris lays down the gauntlet to his Cardiff City side ahead of Sheffield Wednesday clash
The Bluebirds begin their Championship season against Garry Monk's side next month
Sheffield Wednesday news
Sunday 31st August 2020
Cardiff City boss Neil Harris is demanding his players maintain their upward momentum, starting at home to Sheffield Wednesday in their league opener next month.
The Bluebirds finished in the Championship play-off positions last term after an impressive sequence of results.
But they missed out on promotion to the Premier League, losing to eventual winners Fulham over two legs.
However, Cardiff's strong end to the campaign has seen the bookmakers install them as seventh favourites to go up behind Watford, Brentford, Norwich City, Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest and Stoke City.
Harris, whose side entertain the Owls in their Championship curtain-raiser on September 12, told the club's official website:
NEIL HARRIS:
"When we play Sheffield Wednesday the message to the players is that we had a fantastic post-lockdown, and from February onwards really.
"Let's carry our momentum on and use it with the quality that we've built in the side.
"Our rhythm has been broken slightly because of a couple of weeks off, but the players are fit.
"It's just about getting minutes in the legs at the moment, not so much about performance.
"We played 40 minutes last Saturday against ourselves, 50 minutes against Newport and 70 against Bristol Rovers, so we're really pleased with the minutes that we got in the group."
Strikes from Robert Glatzel and Aden Flint ensured Cardiff rounded off their mini pre-season schedule with a 2-1 victory at Bristol Rovers.
Nonetheless, Harris has warned his troops that Wednesday will pose a "stern test" on the opening day, despite the fact the South Yorkshire outfit will kick off the season on a minus 12-point deduction after breaking English Football League's spending rules.
"It is bizarre circumstances for them, starting on -12 but they have an experienced manager, who knows these parts very well from his time at Swansea," said Harris, who has bolstered his strikeforce by splashing out £2m to sign Kieffer Moore from cash-strapped Wigan Athletic.
"You don’t always know what to expect on opening day. Garry’s teams are always organised. They finished last season in a 3-5-2 formation and that will be interesting to see whether they stick to that.
"You look at the fixtures. You look at Sheffield Wednesday at home and Forest away and it goes on and on. You try and work out if it is a good start? Is it not? What’s Christmas like? What’s Easter like?
"Overall, you just think: ‘what a brilliant league. What a brilliant league. We’ve got a couple of weeks of pre-season first to look at ourselves."
The Bluebirds begin their Championship season against Garry Monk's side next month
Sheffield Wednesday news
Sunday 31st August 2020
Cardiff City boss Neil Harris is demanding his players maintain their upward momentum, starting at home to Sheffield Wednesday in their league opener next month.
The Bluebirds finished in the Championship play-off positions last term after an impressive sequence of results.
But they missed out on promotion to the Premier League, losing to eventual winners Fulham over two legs.
However, Cardiff's strong end to the campaign has seen the bookmakers install them as seventh favourites to go up behind Watford, Brentford, Norwich City, Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest and Stoke City.
Harris, whose side entertain the Owls in their Championship curtain-raiser on September 12, told the club's official website:
NEIL HARRIS:
"When we play Sheffield Wednesday the message to the players is that we had a fantastic post-lockdown, and from February onwards really.
"Let's carry our momentum on and use it with the quality that we've built in the side.
"Our rhythm has been broken slightly because of a couple of weeks off, but the players are fit.
"It's just about getting minutes in the legs at the moment, not so much about performance.
"We played 40 minutes last Saturday against ourselves, 50 minutes against Newport and 70 against Bristol Rovers, so we're really pleased with the minutes that we got in the group."
Strikes from Robert Glatzel and Aden Flint ensured Cardiff rounded off their mini pre-season schedule with a 2-1 victory at Bristol Rovers.
Nonetheless, Harris has warned his troops that Wednesday will pose a "stern test" on the opening day, despite the fact the South Yorkshire outfit will kick off the season on a minus 12-point deduction after breaking English Football League's spending rules.
"It is bizarre circumstances for them, starting on -12 but they have an experienced manager, who knows these parts very well from his time at Swansea," said Harris, who has bolstered his strikeforce by splashing out £2m to sign Kieffer Moore from cash-strapped Wigan Athletic.
"You don’t always know what to expect on opening day. Garry’s teams are always organised. They finished last season in a 3-5-2 formation and that will be interesting to see whether they stick to that.
"You look at the fixtures. You look at Sheffield Wednesday at home and Forest away and it goes on and on. You try and work out if it is a good start? Is it not? What’s Christmas like? What’s Easter like?
"Overall, you just think: ‘what a brilliant league. What a brilliant league. We’ve got a couple of weeks of pre-season first to look at ourselves."
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Re: "When we play Sheffield Wednesday the message to the pla
Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:23 pm
Start as we Aim to go On .... 
Re: "When we play Sheffield Wednesday the message to the pla
Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:44 pm
Focus on ourselves this season and aim for a points tally of minimum 85.
The winter period coming up to Christmas will be an awful slog, I think we will see some very fatigued teams, particularly with no fans to drive them on. There will be more shock results than ever next season. Hopefully the professionalism and depth of squad will see us through
The winter period coming up to Christmas will be an awful slog, I think we will see some very fatigued teams, particularly with no fans to drive them on. There will be more shock results than ever next season. Hopefully the professionalism and depth of squad will see us through