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Cardiff City 2008-09

We've let in 11 goals in three games. Something is seriously fucked in our defence. Actually, with just two goals in three games our attack is fucked too.
 
Well.... i saw the odd flash of brilliance there, for the first half hour we were all over them, but why oh why cant we be consistent? I think they won just about every 50/50 ball today and when a pass went wrong very few bothered to chase after it. Burke only one REALLY putting any effort in. :rolleyes:

Should make Sheffield an intersting day out though :D

But perhaps just as disappointing... the END OF AN ERA CELEBRATIONS.. what an anti-climax.... two roman candles, a couple of giant party poppers, two camping stoves and 300 beach balls with a couple of scribbles on. Stewards wrere quite heavy handed with people trying to take souvenirs home .... best entertainment was an impromptu buring of a Swansea shirt outside. :hmm:

Not knowing if we would be back again for the paly offs made for a very odd atmosphere. We got to make the play offs so we can show them how to say good bye to the old girl properly... an old skool pitch invasion. :p
 
editor said:
It's all over for the Jacks though.
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a repeat of today's performance and it's all over for us too - most despondent I've felt all season - even if we were to fluke our way into the play-offs we would be crushed on current form... :(
 
Clint Iguana said:
Not knowing if we would be back again for the paly offs made for a very odd atmosphere. We got to make the play offs so we can show them how to say good bye to the old girl properly... an old skool pitch invasion. :p
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Innit. Those official celebrations were as bad as our on pitch performance. The players looked quite sheepish walking round the pitch. Knowing they were escaping the hair dryer treatment from DJ.

No way they'll stop a pitch invasion if we make the playoffs. I'd be gutted if we didn't, that was no way to say goodbye to Ninian. :(
 
Burnley have to beat Bristol c*ty as well to go above Cardiff. Fairly likely I'd say, given that the c*ty have been fucking shite since that mid season run they had but even so, it's another factor to take into account in Cardiff's possible doomsday scenario
 
Bottom line is we have to go to Sheffiled and come away with three points ..... If i can get up at five in the morning to travel up there, it is the least they can do for me. :rolleyes:

Could be an extremely long and depressing trip home, but might be one of the best ever! :confused:

having said that..... we should not complain about finishing higher in the league than we have since the great black pudding riots of ought six
 
1927 said:
The last game summed up supporting cardiff in a nutshell really.

Well beaten by a crap side who we should have battered. A city performance that flattered to deceive, the bob bankers got a soaking and Paul Parry was crap!!
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Seems I'm not the only one..

ccmb board said:
When I first started going to NP we were in the old 4th Division.
The football was generally poor but the fans made it special. That first season of mine we just missed out on the play-offs, lacking the quality to really do it.

Yesterday brought all those memories flooding back. Terrible passing, non existent marking, wasteful play etc. And to top it noff, we may miss out on the play-offs.

It's perfect – just like when I first fell in love with Ninian in the early 90s. Yesterday was a real treat. Take away with the big crowd and I may as well have been watching Eddie Newton & Co in the basement flattering to deceive.
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Is it too cynical to suggest that some players have realized that promotion for the team means unemployment for them?
 
1927 said:
Preston. GD would be identical, goals scored would be identical, but Preston have won the head to head battle 6-2.
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Is this definitely right? It makes sense to me, and I think it's what's happens in the World Cup group stage, but I can't find anything to confirm it on the Football League website, and according to Sporting Life "If two or more teams finish level on points, goal difference and goals scored at the end of the season and the championship, a promotion place, play-off place or relegation place is at stake they will then play off to decide who finishes higher."

A play-off for the play-offs at Villa Park or Old Trafford would be pretty amazing, but if it does come down to it, as a Preston fan I'm hoping that the head to head record rule stands!
 
Absolutely fantastic day yesterday, the Cardiff fans made us tractor boys very welcome and there was no animosity at all, superb result for us (sorry about that!) and it was an honour and a pleasure to be a part of the last ever league game at Ninian Park. As I was leaving the ground I gave the terrace a pat and said a silent goodbye.

Also if anyone saw a large banner with the words "KEEP STANDING" on it, I know the guys who made it.
 
phildwyer said:
Is it too cynical to suggest that some players have realized that promotion for the team means unemployment for them?
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I think it would be, yes. Promotion to the Premier League, regardless of whether you'll actually play in it, is a great thing to have on your CV. There are several players who seem to have made careers of playing for teams challenging for promotion from that division.
 
JTG said:
I think it would be, yes. Promotion to the Premier League, regardless of whether you'll actually play in it, is a great thing to have on your CV. There are several players who seem to have made careers of playing for teams challenging for promotion from that division.
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I suppose so. But from the way they're playing you'd think they were all facing the firing squad if we go up. Literally.
 
I can see where you're coming from (take a look at the third division league table between March and May 2000 to see my personal experience of an even more massive fuck up than Cardiff are attempting - Devon Loch had nothing on us), but I don't think it carries weight. Unless they're crooked I believe footballers do try to win by and large, even if some days they try harder than on others.
 
NoCoolNickname said:
Is this definitely right? It makes sense to me, and I think it's what's happens in the World Cup group stage, but I can't find anything to confirm it on the Football League website, and according to Sporting Life "If two or more teams finish level on points, goal difference and goals scored at the end of the season and the championship, a promotion place, play-off place or relegation place is at stake they will then play off to decide who finishes higher."

A play-off for the play-offs at Villa Park or Old Trafford would be pretty amazing, but if it does come down to it, as a Preston fan I'm hoping that the head to head record rule stands!
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Interesting, I know one season (I think it was last season infact) there was potential for a play-off to decide who got relegated from the Premier League, though of course it wasn't required in the end.
 
Still in two minds over whether I want to do Sheff now.

For:
  • Last league match of the season
  • Party atmosphere
  • Its still an important game
  • Its my beloved Cardiff
  • Would be a good place for a saturday night booze up the night before

Against:
  • South Yorkshire Police
  • Voucher match
  • South Yorkshire police getting all mardy in the press beforehand
  • Sheff Utd holigans might come looking for us Saturday night
  • We're playing like muppets right now
  • Distance
  • Expense - What with hopefully the playoffs coming up and a Final to pay for fingers crossed.
  • South Yorkshire police
  • If we missed out on the playoffs it would be the most depressing long drive home and I just couldn't face it
 
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