Just our luck!
Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:05 pm
Normally a good fixture to get but Barnsley's top scorer is back, possibly Mido and 4 good new signings. They will be out to prove a point to the home supporters and will be fired up. On the other hand they have had little time to blend. I think we should attack them from the start and not sit back. The further we are in their half the better. I don't want us to sit back and attack on the counter. Even though Nugent played well I would put Connelly at centre back to add strength here, put the Gunner at right back and Mutch in centre midfield in a 442 formation. Do you agree? 
Re: Just our luck!
Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:41 pm
Brezza wrote:Normally a good fixture to get but Barnsley's top scorer is back, possibly Mido and 4 good new signings. They will be out to prove a point to the home supporters and will be fired up. On the other hand they have had little time to blend. I think we should attack them from the start and not sit back. The further we are in their half the better. I don't want us to sit back and attack on the counter. Even though Nugent played well I would put Connelly at centre back to add strength here, put the Gunner at right back and Mutch in centre midfield in a 442 formation. Do you agree?
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Re: Just our luck!
Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:58 pm
Thank you for taking your time with your detailed thoughts!!!! 
Re: Just our luck!
Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:13 pm
Sometimes bringing too many players can upset the balance of a team. More often or not the debutant scores against us for a crap team. Hopefully tomorrow barnsley will be shit and our class will prevail.
Re: Just our luck!
Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:30 pm
TEAM NEWS
Barnsley could give debuts to all three new loan signings Emile Sinclair, Jonathan Greening and Akos Buzsaky.
Striker Mido is hoping to return to the side, but midfielder David Perkins is still out with a hamstring strain.
Cardiff will be without a trio of defenders with Andrew Taylor (calf), Ben Turner (hamstring) and Kevin McNaughton (thigh) all sidelined.
Loan signing Simon Lappin could make his debut but winger Kerim Frei has been recalled by Fulham.
Barnsley could give debuts to all three new loan signings Emile Sinclair, Jonathan Greening and Akos Buzsaky.
Striker Mido is hoping to return to the side, but midfielder David Perkins is still out with a hamstring strain.
Cardiff will be without a trio of defenders with Andrew Taylor (calf), Ben Turner (hamstring) and Kevin McNaughton (thigh) all sidelined.
Loan signing Simon Lappin could make his debut but winger Kerim Frei has been recalled by Fulham.
Re: Just our luck!
Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:02 pm
Brezza wrote:Thank you for taking your time with your detailed thoughts!!!!
Re: Just our luck!
Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:14 pm
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Cardiff have a 50% winning league record against Barnsley, having prevailed in 20 of their 40 meetings.
• The Tykes have only managed to win one of their last six home league games against Cardiff, and are in danger of making it three successive defeats against them at the Oakwell.
• Cardiff put six goals past their South Yorkshire opponents in last season's league clashes.
Barnsley
• Barnsley are two places and three points above the relegation zone, after a six-match winless sequence (D2, L4), and a run of one victory in 10 Championship outings.
• They have their lowest points at this stage of the season in six years, and are one league goal shy of conceding 100 under Keith Hill.
• Luke Steele is set to make his 150th league appearance in a Barnsley goalkeepers' jersey.
Cardiff City
• Cardiff, one place and two points behind leaders Crystal Palace, are chasing an 12th league win of the season and a third in a row.
• They boast the second best attack in the Championship, and in Barnsley, face the club with the second poorest.
• Yet to drop a point at home, the Bluebirds have lost five times on the road, including the last three, and have picked up 20 fewer points on their travels than at the City of Cardiff Stadium - the widest such discrepancy in the division.
Head-to-head
• Cardiff have a 50% winning league record against Barnsley, having prevailed in 20 of their 40 meetings.
• The Tykes have only managed to win one of their last six home league games against Cardiff, and are in danger of making it three successive defeats against them at the Oakwell.
• Cardiff put six goals past their South Yorkshire opponents in last season's league clashes.
Barnsley
• Barnsley are two places and three points above the relegation zone, after a six-match winless sequence (D2, L4), and a run of one victory in 10 Championship outings.
• They have their lowest points at this stage of the season in six years, and are one league goal shy of conceding 100 under Keith Hill.
• Luke Steele is set to make his 150th league appearance in a Barnsley goalkeepers' jersey.
Cardiff City
• Cardiff, one place and two points behind leaders Crystal Palace, are chasing an 12th league win of the season and a third in a row.
• They boast the second best attack in the Championship, and in Barnsley, face the club with the second poorest.
• Yet to drop a point at home, the Bluebirds have lost five times on the road, including the last three, and have picked up 20 fewer points on their travels than at the City of Cardiff Stadium - the widest such discrepancy in the division.