TWO CHANGES: " CARDIFF CITY TEAM TODAY "

Two changes - @jnrhoilett & @JoeBennett27 come in!


Joe Bennett comes straight back into the side for Greg Cunningham. No surprise, really, as Neil Harris seems to be a big fan of Bennett.

Cunningham didn't have an amazing outing at Norwich, but enough to keep his spot, you'd have thought.

Junior Hoilett is the man entrusted to fill the right wing berth, shifting Harry Wilson back inside to that No.10 role where he can be so deadly.

Josh Murphy is restored to the bench, back to full health after his illness before Christmas, while Keenan Patten retains his spot among the replacements, with Sol Bamba the man to miss out, it seems.

It's slightly more attacking that the team which took the field against Norwich, with only two central midfielders selected in Will Vaulks and Joe Ralls, so Harris will hope for a better attacking display.

Having had a week off, Harris will hope this performance isn't as "leggy" as the tired one at Carrow Road.



STARTING 11

Alex Smithies
Leandro Bacuna
Sean Morrison
Curtis Nelson
Joe Bennett
Will Vaulks
Joe Ralls
Sheyi Ojo
Junior Hoilett
Harry Wilson
Robert Glatzel

SUBSTITUTES

Dillon Phillips
Greg Cunningham
Joel Bagan
Filip Benkovic
Marlon Pack
Keenan Patten
Gavin Whyte
Josh Murphy
Mark Harris

As strong as possible atm but I’m surprised that Cunningham didn’t keep his place.

Two changes - @jnrhoilett & @JoeBennett27 come in!

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We will get overrun in midfield. Why can't this joker see that? And why does he persist with Bennett when he's clearly out of form and a liability at the moment?

Good luck city today.
We're going to need it with this in charge.

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About as good an attacking team as he could put out.

I am glad Hoilett is back in. He holds the ball better and covers well, that will be needed as we'll be without the ball most of the game. Its the best we could have hoped for given our injuries.

As strong as possible atm but I’m surprised that Cunningham didn’t keep his place.

I can see Murphy off the bench.

For that reason I'm going for a clear 2 goal win

As strong as possible atm but I’m surprised that Cunningham didn’t keep his place.

I can see Murphy off the bench.

For that reason I'm going for a clear 2 goal win

Really? That Christmas port must be good. I just hope for a draw as we'll be over run in midfield. It all depends on how well we start (as ever).

Ojo isn't really a winger so he comes inside a lot. Junior knows he can't go on the outside so tucks in. Wilson works hard and is intelligent so he'll drop. Will and Joe are not Pirlo but highly mobile.

I don't think we'll get over run, we may be out passed/classed but this is it.

Not naturally Brentford type conditions, shame we are without Moore but Bobby G has to show up soon, today with potentially 3 "10's" behind him hopefully he'll get a pass in space.

Like the look of the team today. Although we’ve been in decent form I’m not sure which team is gonna show up

Cardiff City (4-2-3-1): Smithies; Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett; Ralls, Vaulks; Ojo, Wilson, Hoilett; Glatzel.

Subs: Phillips, Benkovic, Bagan, Cunningham, Pack, Patten, Whyte, Murphy, Harris.




Brentford (4-3-3):Brentford (4-3-3): Raya; Dalsgaard, Pinnock, Jansson, Henry; Janelt, Jensen, Marcondes; Mbeumo, Toney, Canos.

Subs: Daniels, Thompson, Dasilva, Forss, Fosu, Ghoddos, Sorensen, Stevens, Haygarth.

Joe Bennett comes straight back into the side for Greg Cunningham. No surprise, really, as Neil Harris seems to be a big fan of Bennett.

Cunningham didn't have an amazing outing at Norwich, but enough to keep his spot, you'd have thought.

Junior Hoilett is the man entrusted to fill the right wing berth, shifting Harry Wilson back inside to that No.10 role where he can be so deadly.

Josh Murphy is restored to the bench, back to full health after his illness before Christmas, while Keenan Patten retains his spot among the replacements, with Sol Bamba the man to miss out, it seems.

It's slightly more attacking that the team which took the field against Norwich, with only two central midfielders selected in Will Vaulks and Joe Ralls, so Harris will hope for a better attacking display.

Having had a week off, Harris will hope this performance isn't as "leggy" as the tired one at Carrow Road.

I thought the 2 changes were an attacking mindset from the off and a belief we are unbeatable