Cardiff City vs Ipswich Town Preview & Matchday Thread

[Shed on tour]

Free porn at the hotel?

Ive seen enough pricks and c***s for one night Marko.

To make matters worse I think you will still continue to see them for quite a while yet.

[arana peligrosa]

Score came as no surprise, expected a Welsh victory and was not disappointed. Took in some game report from Those Were The Days and although we got back in it with the Celina effort, than can be no disputing the opposition victory. No shame in losing to a club side that may well occupy the promotion berths at end of season but would appear we were at a disadvantage from the start such were the managers choice of starting players and deployment.

Won't change a damn thing however as the owner will be somewhere with his head in his as* (anywhere other than keeping eye on how the club is "progressing") oblivious to the requirements of change within this club set-up.

Today (or possibly tomorrow) is the five year anniversary of McCarthy's tenure at this club. Now would seem as good an opportunity as ever to do the honorable thing and walk away. Realize you can do no more and take it elsewhere - the majority would appear to concur in unison.

[marko69]

......, expected a Welsh victory and was not disappointed.

You're not disappointed? You the odd one out here?

Actually, you're probably in the majority at not being disappointed. Probably many "Mickouters" wanted to see defeat......., more nails in the coffin etc.

Or are you not disappointed because your expectations were correct? AHHHHH! Right!!

[pathay]

Just got back from the match and the cat is safe tonight because Warnock once again called it right. You had most of the possession and played some good looking tip, tap stuff which broke down too often in the area and if it wasn't for your keeper it could have more. Warnock has put together a squad which are doing the stuff that the Championship is all about. Money isn't always the answer and tonight's Cardiff team was made up of shrewd buys and freebies. Goalkeeper ( Made a few mistakes tonight) £300000, Patterson £300000, Manga has been with us a number of years and cost us £2mil, Morrison has been with us a couple of years (Undisclosed) Bamba Free, Holliet Free, Menzay Lang Free, Tomlin £2mil, Raulls was a youth product, Pettier Free, Bogle Free,. Warnock has also reduced our wage bill by off loading players who were on high wages. He's been a god send to us but he has also said that if he gets us promoted this year that's his lot and he will not manage us in the Premiership.

[marko69]

....but he has also said that if he gets us promoted this year that's his lot and he will not manage us in the Premiership.

Don't think he'd even get the chance to decide that, Pathay.

[hallamblue]

Just got back from the match and the cat is safe tonight because Warnock once again called it right. You had most of the possession and played some good looking tip, tap stuff which broke down too often in the area and if it wasn't for your keeper it could have more. Warnock has put together a squad which are doing the stuff that the Championship is all about. Money isn't always the answer and tonight's Cardiff team was made up of shrewd buys and freebies. Goalkeeper ( Made a few mistakes tonight) £300000, Patterson £300000, Manga has been with us a number of years and cost us £2mil, Morrison has been with us a couple of years (Undisclosed) Bamba Free, Holliet Free, Menzay Lang Free, Tomlin £2mil, Raulls was a youth product, Pettier Free, Bogle Free,. Warnock has also reduced our wage bill by off loading players who were on high wages. He's been a god send to us but he has also said that if he gets us promoted this year that's his lot and he will not manage us in the Premiership.

By comparison McCarthy had spent just £2m in the 5 yrs on the whole squad, he’s been with us. There’s simply no comparison and it shows !!

Some would say well done for working under such constraints. Others might say he should be demanding more from Evans. But what it doesn’t excuse is his total lack of tactical nounce.

[marko69]

Early morning incident in Cardiff Starbucks

Latte.
Would you like one or two shots?
That meant to be funny?
I'm sorry, Sir?
You taking the pi$$?
I really don't understand!
(Door opens)
TAXI for IPSWICH??
That's me. Shove yer (air quotes) "SHOTS" up yer arse!

[herforder]

Early morning incident in Cardiff Starbucks

Latte.
Would you like one or two shots?
That meant to be funny?
I'm sorry, Sir?
You taking the pi$$?
I really don't understand!
(Door opens)
TAXI for IPSWICH??
That's me. Shove yer (air quotes) "SHOTS" up yer arse!

Or......you’d better stick to a single shot, sir. It’s going to take around 84 minutes.

[Quasar]

Embarrasing.

[Bluemike]

Every single Town game I attend I try to find a positive or two to take from it, even in the darkest times I like to find something to cling to but last night was so bad from start to finish that I can't find One single plus from the drab, inept performance we dished up last night. Nothing in football is guaranteed, nobody makes me give up my time to go and watch the team, nobody but me is responsible for me spending my money going up and down the country week after week, that is my choice, I am not entitled to expect us to win every week, that just doesn not happen, what I do expect is to be treated with respect and not to have the p*ss taken out of me by people who suddenly seenm to not give a toss again. Sitting in the Sandmartin Pub prior to the game enjoying a couple of beers and a carvery whilst laughing and joking with fellow fans turned out to be the highlight of what for me, and many others was an absolute joke of an evening, embarrassing doesn't come close and I don't just mean the performance on the pitch. An hour before kick off and we get the team sheet, my first emotion was something of disbelief, I had to look at it for a few minutes to take it in, no Webster, Waghorn, McGoldrick or Spence, replaced instead with Downes, Bru, Iorfa & Celina. I uttered something along the lines of "WTF is MM doin g, we are going to get stuffed" I have no problem at all with Downes and Skuse as players but in the same team along with Kevin Bru ?? Seriously ?? Three defensive/ holding Centre Midfielders in the same team, the only flair coming from Celina and Ward who it has to be said is bloody rank average at best, he cannot create a ripple in a bath, Garner up top on his own against big defenders, it didn't look good at all. Then at the back Tommy Smith in for Webster who we were told needs game time to get up to full match fitness and by his own admission is raring to go and play games again ??? The creme de la creme was Dominic Iorfa back in at RB in place of the steady Spence who yes had a bad game recenlty but by and large is light years ahead of Iorfa. I was already wondering why I had made the near 500 mile round trip.

The game itself was hardly a classic and it was not long before my worst fears were realised as cardiff went into an early lead, we had barely made a pass or ventured forward when Hoillett gave them the lead, the wide man had already had one half chance which he had wasted but this time he was not to be denied, Mendez-Laing was given time and space to work the ball out to Hoillett who was in acres of space, exactly where the f*ck Iorfa was god only knows but he was nowhere to be seen, floundering about all over the place as Hoillett rammed the ball home, we gifted it to them on a plate, simple doesn't come close. At this point I really did fear the worst, a hammering already looked on the cards such had been our tepid start to the game. Five minutes after the opening goal it was nearly two, and but for a great save from Bart it would have been, Bogle firing towards goal but Bart making one of his customary super saves to keep us in it. Thankfully we did start to get on the ball a fair bit and tried to get into the game, the Fifteen minutes leading up to HT was our best spell of the match and gave hope to at least making a game of it. Celina wasted a freekick in a good position before sending over a good delivery for garner to flick on, arriving at the back post was Tommy Smith who really had to score, but no he contrived to somehow put it past the post with the goal at his mercy, pretty much anyone else and it would have been 1-1 for sure. It was turning into a bit of end to end battle as HT approached, the impressive Mendez-Lang sent a shot crashing into the side netting before some Celina magic carved open the Cardiff defence to set up Downes with a chance at the far post that he really had to score from, incredibly he hesitated just long enough to allow a defender to get back and block his shot, if Smith's was a sitter god knows what this was, despite the line up and the poor opening 30 minutes we could so easily have been ahead, albeit much against the run of play but the Two chances were Golden to say the least. There was still time for Garner to try his luck with a header which was not far off the mark but again another chance goes begging and we were to pay dearly for the misses.

The second half really had to be seen to be believed, less than a minute in and it is 0-2 and game over, quite WTF Iorfa was doing AGAIN god only knows but he was in a different county as Mendez-Laing strode forward to tee up Bogle to rifle home the second, don't get me wrong it wasn't just Iorfa but OMG his positional play is a joke, add to that nobody else seemed interested in putting in a block or a tackle, any HT team talk went out the window at that point. As you would expect it was all cardiff now with Bogle, Tomlin and Mendez-Laing all trying their luck, it looked a matter of time before they increased their lead further. Town were crying out for change, for a Didsy & Waghorn double change, Two goals down we had to do something, go for it FFS Mick, so what happened next beggars belief, instead of a striker we saw the introduction of Callum Connolly, a defender to shore up the Two goal defeat I guess, Downes who it has to be said had been far from the worst player on the pitch was the man to make way, the 300+ Town fans just stood stunned and looked around at each other in total disbelief, not Connolly's fault but just not what was needed at all. The bemusement gre even further when with Fifteen minutes to go we were treated to another striker, but no Waghorn, instead we got the prolific Freddie Sears, the saviour was on. Finally with the game ebbing away Waghorn was brought on but rather than give it a massive go for 10 minutes Mick takes off Garner, for me every substitution was rank bad and wrong, it seemed every decsion MM had made all day was an incorrect one. Half chances were coming at either end but to be honest I had lost the will to live by now, I do remember a Cardiff striker missing a great chance to make it Three before finally we got a goal, Waghorn tried his luch but the ball was charged down and fell kindly for Celina who made no mistake as he stroked home his Fifth of the season. Could the unthinkable happen ? LOL not a chance, we could not even be given 4 minutes of injury time to dream as no sooner had we scored we let them walk through us at will, Bart pulled off a good stop but the ball fell to Ward who fired home, the defence was all at sea, more bloody holes in it than a tramps vest.

OK Cardiff are having a good season but let's at least put up a fight and at least look as though we care, too many players scared to take responsibility, always looking for a safe or sideways pass, scared to get their head down and run at Cardiff's defence, too many individual errors at key times, players unable to the basic things that a less than average player should be able to do, it really was bad from start to finish, in fact most of it was unacceptable, Mick made a comment in his interview after the game that the fans could be mistaken for thinking at times the team didn't care if they won or not, well bloody right Mick, and unfortunately it looked like you didnt give a damn either with that bloody line up and woeful tactics.

Bart (7) Iorfa (3) Chambers (6) Smith (5) Knudsen (6) Bru (5) Skuse (6) Downes (6) Ward (4) Celina (7) Garner (5)

SUBS :- Connolly (4) Sears (5) Waghorn (5)

I crossed the great divide last night, when I feel I am having the p*ss taken out of me then enough is enough, I will support anyone as long as I believe they warrant it but I am now of the opinion we must change things, Mick has to be replaced and sooner rather than later because there are just too many things not stacking up, has he lost it, I really don't know but maybe even he is now finding the pressure too much. Recent games have seen us starting to resort to the negative football of last season, but i was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt that it was just a blip in the second half against Norwich and against Sheff Utd but it doesn't look like it is, hoofball was the order of the day last night again, how can Garner playing up front on his own be expected to win balls against big towering CB's ? At Burton we were second best for Seventy minutes to a p*ss poor team who will go down, we then get the abuse aimed at the fans by MM, swearing and telling us he will do the opposite to what we call for, add to that a team selection like that last night followed by substitutions that made no sense whatsoever, on top of all this we have the obvious off the pitch issues with Celina that just add fuel to any fires that may be alight, the whole thing is turning into a sorry mess,
sorry Mick but my patience has evaporated too now I am afraid, yhes I will be at Hull, Yes I will be at Villa and yes I will probably be at every game after that too but I now hope somewhere down the line, in the not too distant future you won't be, enough is enough.

[Shed on tour]

Every single Town game I attend I try to find a positive or two to take from it, even in the darkest times I like to find something to cling to but last night was so bad from start to finish that I can't find One single plus from the drab, inept performance we dished up last night. Nothing in football is guaranteed, nobody makes me give up my time to go and watch the team, nobody but me is responsible for me spending my money going up and down the country week after week, that is my choice, I am not entitled to expect us to win every week, that just doesn not happen, what I do expect is to be treated with respect and not to have the p*ss taken out of me by people who suddenly seenm to not give a toss again. Sitting in the Sandmartin Pub prior to the game enjoying a couple of beers and a carvery whilst laughing and joking with fellow fans turned out to be the highlight of what for me, and many others was an absolute joke of an evening, embarrassing doesn't come close and I don't just mean the performance on the pitch. An hour before kick off and we get the team sheet, my first emotion was something of disbelief, I had to look at it for a few minutes to take it in, no Webster, Waghorn, McGoldrick or Spence, replaced instead with Downes, Bru, Iorfa & Celina. I uttered something along the lines of "WTF is MM doin g, we are going to get stuffed" I have no problem at all with Downes and Skuse as players but in the same team along with Kevin Bru ?? Seriously ?? Three defensive/ holding Centre Midfielders in the same team, the only flair coming from Celina and Ward who it has to be said is bloody rank average at best, he cannot create a ripple in a bath, Garner up top on his own against big defenders, it didn't look good at all. Then at the back Tommy Smith in for Webster who we were told needs game time to get up to full match fitness and by his own admission is raring to go and play games again ??? The creme de la creme was Dominic Iorfa back in at RB in place of the steady Spence who yes had a bad game recenlty but by and large is light years ahead of Iorfa. I was already wondering why I had made the near 500 mile round trip.

The game itself was hardly a classic and it was not long before my worst fears were realised as cardiff went into an early lead, we had barely made a pass or ventured forward when Hoillett gave them the lead, the wide man had already had one half chance which he had wasted but this time he was not to be denied, Mendez-Laing was given time and space to work the ball out to Hoillett who was in acres of space, exactly where the f*ck Iorfa was god only knows but he was nowhere to be seen, floundering about all over the place as Hoillett rammed the ball home, we gifted it to them on a plate, simple doesn't come close. At this point I really did fear the worst, a hammering already looked on the cards such had been our tepid start to the game. Five minutes after the opening goal it was nearly two, and but for a great save from Bart it would have been, Bogle firing towards goal but Bart making one of his customary super saves to keep us in it. Thankfully we did start to get on the ball a fair bit and tried to get into the game, the Fifteen minutes leading up to HT was our best spell of the match and gave hope to at least making a game of it. Celina wasted a freekick in a good position before sending over a good delivery for garner to flick on, arriving at the back post was Tommy Smith who really had to score, but no he contrived to somehow put it past the post with the goal at his mercy, pretty much anyone else and it would have been 1-1 for sure. It was turning into a bit of end to end battle as HT approached, the impressive Mendez-Lang sent a shot crashing into the side netting before some Celina magic carved open the Cardiff defence to set up Downes with a chance at the far post that he really had to score from, incredibly he hesitated just long enough to allow a defender to get back and block his shot, if Smith's was a sitter god knows what this was, despite the line up and the poor opening 30 minutes we could so easily have been ahead, albeit much against the run of play but the Two chances were Golden to say the least. There was still time for Garner to try his luck with a header which was not far off the mark but again another chance goes begging and we were to pay dearly for the misses.

The second half really had to be seen to be believed, less than a minute in and it is 0-2 and game over, quite WTF Iorfa was doing AGAIN god only knows but he was in a different county as Mendez-Laing strode forward to tee up Bogle to rifle home the second, don't get me wrong it wasn't just Iorfa but OMG his positional play is a joke, add to that nobody else seemed interested in putting in a block or a tackle, any HT team talk went out the window at that point. As you would expect it was all cardiff now with Bogle, Tomlin and Mendez-Laing all trying their luck, it looked a matter of time before they increased their lead further. Town were crying out for change, for a Didsy & Waghorn double change, Two goals down we had to do something, go for it FFS Mick, so what happened next beggars belief, instead of a striker we saw the introduction of Callum Connolly, a defender to shore up the Two goal defeat I guess, Downes who it has to be said had been far from the worst player on the pitch was the man to make way, the 300+ Town fans just stood stunned and looked around at each other in total disbelief, not Connolly's fault but just not what was needed at all. The bemusement gre even further when with Fifteen minutes to go we were treated to another striker, but no Waghorn, instead we got the prolific Freddie Sears, the saviour was on. Finally with the game ebbing away Waghorn was brought on but rather than give it a massive go for 10 minutes Mick takes off Garner, for me every substitution was rank bad and wrong, it seemed every decsion MM had made all day was an incorrect one. Half chances were coming at either end but to be honest I had lost the will to live by now, I do remember a Cardiff striker missing a great chance to make it Three before finally we got a goal, Waghorn tried his luch but the ball was charged down and fell kindly for Celina who made no mistake as he stroked home his Fifth of the season. Could the unthinkable happen ? LOL not a chance, we could not even be given 4 minutes of injury time to dream as no sooner had we scored we let them walk through us at will, Bart pulled off a good stop but the ball fell to Ward who fired home, the defence was all at sea, more bloody holes in it than a tramps vest.

OK Cardiff are having a good season but let's at least put up a fight and at least look as though we care, too many players scared to take responsibility, always looking for a safe or sideways pass, scared to get their head down and run at Cardiff's defence, too many individual errors at key times, players unable to the basic things that a less than average player should be able to do, it really was bad from start to finish, in fact most of it was unacceptable, Mick made a comment in his interview after the game that the fans could be mistaken for thinking at times the team didn't care if they won or not, well bloody right Mick, and unfortunately it looked like you didnt give a damn either with that bloody line up and woeful tactics.

Bart (7) Iorfa (3) Chambers (6) Smith (5) Knudsen (6) Bru (5) Skuse (6) Downes (6) Ward (4) Celina (7) Garner (5)

SUBS :- Connolly (4) Sears (5) Waghorn (5)

I crossed the great divide last night, when I feel I am having the p*ss taken out of me then enough is enough, I will support anyone as long as I believe they warrant it but I am now of the opinion we must change things, Mick has to be replaced and sooner rather than later because there are just too many things not stacking up, has he lost it, I really don't know but maybe even he is now finding the pressure too much. Recent games have seen us starting to resort to the negative football of last season, but i was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt that it was just a blip in the second half against Norwich and against Sheff Utd but it doesn't look like it is, hoofball was the order of the day last night again, how can Garner playing up front on his own be expected to win balls against big towering CB's ? At Burton we were second best for Seventy minutes to a p*ss poor team who will go down, we then get the abuse aimed at the fans by MM, swearing and telling us he will do the opposite to what we call for, add to that a team selection like that last night followed by substitutions that made no sense whatsoever, on top of all this we have the obvious off the pitch issues with Celina that just add fuel to any fires that may be alight, the whole thing is turning into a sorry mess,
sorry Mick but my patience has evaporated too now I am afraid, yhes I will be at Hull, Yes I will be at Villa and yes I will probably be at every game after that too but I now hope somewhere down the line, in the not too distant future you won't be, enough is enough.

Mike
Thanks for the match report.
I was out for part of the evening, Chris picked me up at 9 o’clock and said “Town are losing”. My immediate reaction was so and tbh I really didn’t care. In my 45+ years of following Town I never ever thought I would feel like that.

[marko69]

I knuckled down and read that match report properly, eventually, but I must admit, the ripples in the bath, the tramps vest, and the prolific saviour, Freddie Sears had me laughing my a$$ off.
Apologies for that.

Proper heartfelt post, the growing discontent articulately written down. For fans like yourself, and no doubt countless others like yourself who pay week in, week out, I'm genuinely hoping the off the management are looked at and changes are not too far away. Thinking a defeat at Portman Road to Preston could see an end to it all.

A "3" for Iorfa? Think that's the lowest score of the season. He must've been really poor.

[marko69]

Or......you’d better stick to a single shot, sir. It’s going to take around 84 minutes.

[Bluemike]

I knuckled down and read that match report properly, eventually, but I must admit, the ripples in the bath, the tramps vest, and the prolific saviour, Freddie Sears had me laughing my a$$ off.
Apologies for that.

Proper heartfelt post, the growing discontent articulately written down. For fans like yourself, and no doubt countless others like yourself who pay week in, week out, I'm genuinely hoping the off the management are looked at and changes are not too far away. Thinking a defeat at Portman Road to Preston could see an end to it all.

A "3" for Iorfa? Think that's the lowest score of the season. He must've been really poor.

Marko, you know for me to turn it really must be bad, I don't dislike MM and up until recently I believed a lot of fans had jumped on him a bit to quickly, just my opinion, but I can't defend certain things and I am never afarid to say what I think and change my mind on stuff, I see it as I see it at every game I go to. Last night was a bloody tragedy to be honest, the worrying thing is I really am not sure he will go anywhere until May and that is a concern to me, I find it staggering the league table still looks like it does TBH, I suppose win one lose one keeps you up there but Preston is a big game and if it goes pear shaped the atmosphere will be bad.

[Watership Down]

I must admit when i looked at the lineup I thought the same as everyone else. I had predicted McGoldrick, Waghorn, Garner, and Celina as part of the starting lineup. Starting off on the backfoot is not the way to win games. Leaving a 7 goal player on the bench is a poor decision then to bring on Sears who hasn't scored was just what was needed. The ship is rudderless and the Captain is heading towards the iceberg, abandon hope all yee who are sailing in her.