Sat Feb 21, 2026 3:59 pm
Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:05 pm
Sat Feb 21, 2026 5:30 pm
Sat Feb 21, 2026 6:26 pm
blemmy wrote:Lincoln made their game plan known in the run up to the match having apparently noted a weakness in our ability to defend set pieces. Why oh why then did we not play Fish from the start as Lincoln were right - our set piece aerial defending was awful!? Was Fish injured because if he was on the bench and BBM failed to use him either from the start or as soon as he saw how badly we were being annihilated in our box with headers, that was poor judgement in the extreme!! In any event, I sincerely hope Fish is in the team next game because having seen that game, if I was the Doncaster manager, I'd know what tactics I will be employing against Cardiff!!
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Sat Feb 21, 2026 9:29 pm
Sun Feb 22, 2026 12:11 pm
blemmy wrote:The point I'm trying to make is that unless Fish was injured, he should have started this game - for goodness sake Lincoln were shouting off days ago the game they were going to play. To be honest, the only person challenging their people in our box was Ruben Colwell ffs!! My missus would have been as effective - the Lincoln players who scored weren't even being challenged - free headers!! I can assure you based on that aerial defensive performance by us, Doncaster won't need Thierry Henri upfront - just one or two big lumps and someone to lump high balls in the box and they will score. We are too light weight in there without Will Fish and if he isn't in there against Doncaster, (injury excepted) I will eat my hat because BBM will have also seen what I and thousands of other Cardiff fans saw today.