Right,
so it's a close call what's worse - my MDT record or Leeds Utd in the 3rd round of the FA Cup, but what the heck - might as well hex us in style against another beloved rival over many years....
Cardiff City are known as the Bluebirds, formerly the Red Dragons when that strange chap from the Far East owned them, formerly the Bluebirds.
God knows why, it's sheep central down there.
Cardiff is a prosperous part of Wales, which is on a par with describing Wortley as posher than Armley.
Cardiff's honours list:
Welsh Cup winners x 22
Pontythllwth cup winners x 3
Gwythnylllthinig league runners up 1932
Moving on - Cardiff are currently crap in the Championship (20th) having not won any of their last 5 games. Perfect form to beat us in the FA Cup sadly.
Famous fans include:
Guto Pryce (from Super Furry animals)
Neil Kinnock
Tom Jones
Ivor the engine
Alan Jones
Robert Jones (Builth Wells)
William Jones (B Company)
Dai Jones (C Company)
Dai Young (he did)
Douglas "Pwylgyngilgocherydrobwylantisiliogogogoch" Bader
Weather:
3 degrees and raining sheep, take a coat and your own drinking water if you don't want dysentry.
Prediction:
Leeds U18 B team sent out to lose 0-2 and send the Cardiff faithful screaming down to the pub to celebrate with the half a pint of Brains Bitter they can still afford.
Just bought my ticket for the replay. Surely we can't fâââ this up.
Come on Leeds, let's have a cup run...
Congrats Soopa it looked like another typical LUFC FA Cup 3rd Round performance until the treble substitution that injected some intensity into the tie.
Im more convinced now that we will be in the 5th draw and who knows maybe wrexham will still be in it to draw them.
Soopa is bringing us to Wemberlee lads you heard it here first........
Congrats Soopa. Replay is on 17th Jan, so you know
The replay is 17 18 January
Well that was close
I'm not sure who sanctioned the final contract on that **** of a CB in our defence but I sure hope they are paying his wages out of their own pockets.
Strujik looked out of sorts, maybe the Captain's armband had a detrimental effect on him?.
Aaronson looks a shadow of his pre world cup form and is not really contributing anything.
Feel sorry for Joffy, the system we play definately does not suit him. Assuming we are not going to change it maybe he needs to go out on loan to get more game time and goals.
Little Willy continues to impress and looks a real gem.
Assuming we can beat the sheep shaggers, then given that we are away (again) to either Borehamwood or Accrington, you can hear the TV executives busting a gut to show the tie because we all know what's coming next!!!
Why not START with Wober to give him a full game to get used to us!?
Why keep 4 at the back when chasing the game when Baardiff crossed the halfway line about 3 times all game!?
Better 2nd half but then it should be against a crap Championship team who can't score goals!!
We should have actually won very comfortably with easy missed chances by Gnonto, Strukijk, Joseph and Rodrigo pen and don't need a replay....
What does Greenwood bring to us? I know he's young but his touch is awful.... to totally contradict myself he did put in some good set pieces today but I think you need to have more to your game than that in the Prem
Soopa the miracle worker. We didn't lose.
Well it turns out my MDT and Leeds in the 3rd round are as bad as each other!!! đ
Stalemate means another go - copy and paste time....
I liked what I saw of Wober, looks a good acquisition. We definitely owned the second half. All the substitutions paid off. Roll on the rematch.
can't fault the effort in the 2nd half,we were unlucky not to win.still not good enough over 90 mins,we started brightly and gifted them a goal that gave them confidence
Wobber had a decent debut in midfield,he looks like he likes to get on the ball and likes a tackle.
So, so lucky. Blame Marsch entirely. Patterns of play are predictable and so easy to defend against
Get IN!!!!
Sonny Boy!
Nice, Rodrigo. Can't fault his goalscoring this season.
Thing is we've got the uncanny ability to make really shxte teams look quite good. I'm afraid some of our lads have put on their shoes on the wrong feet.
But at the same time others do find their teammates in blue on a regular basis.
For once I agree with Smurf that it's very obvious Pascal has not played at CB for a while.
Danish the less said about Firpo the better.
Having said that, on our other flank, Kristensen is hardly faring any better.
A quick goal could change the outcame, because this is a really poor Bardiff side. But the fact we concede 2 against a struggling team says it all really.
we look clueless.
time to cut our losses with Firpo & Llorente now,sell of release them,they make the players around them look sh1t.
could see this being a 3 or 4 goal defeat the way we are playing ..
why did we extend Llorente contract and then sign yet another left footed cb???
What a shambles of a game
We never play well against Cardiff, I always feel apprehensive before we play them.
Wober must come on for the second half. Ayling as well.
Struijk not looking good, but why, just why play Firpo?
It' turning into s a nightmare
Need to get Struijk off asap.
Well, well - all too predictable. Uphill struggle from now on. MOT
FFS, a really poor goal, let in by Struijk who had given the ball away earlier. You can't half tell he's not been playing CB all season.
Great MDT Soopa, I would send out our best available team, as we need the passing practice!
We also need to stuff these sheep sh@gging barstewards, I fookin' hate the scum!
4-1 to The Mighty Leeds, Gnoto, Rodrigo x 2 and Summerville with the goals.
Cuuuuuuuumonnnnnnnnnnnn U Mighty Fookin' Whites!
great MDT mate,good luck.
be interesting to see who plays.
I'd go for-
Robles
drammeh Strujic Koch Wobber
Gyabi Adam's
cry Greenwood Jack
Gelhardt.
..
Let's just get the ritual FA Cup humiliation out of the way and get back to the league!
Now on itv
Well stepped up mate
Personally,I'd like us to start with the same side that played against West Ham apart from Aaronson... I'd put him in the bench and play Harrison on the left wing.With Summerville on the right wing and Rodrigo up front with Gnonto behind him.... I think we've found Gnonto's best position and Harrison needs more game time to get back to his best... which he showed glimpses of against West Ham... and with Summerville on the left it maximises the service for Rodrigo up front... we need a settled attack and if they all click we could start scoring for fun and scaring the living daylights out of defences.... đ
Oh how I would like to see the following line up and Formation. Dream world I know.
Meslier
Dremah, Llorente, Wober, Hjelde,
Summerville, Adams, Gyabi, Gnonto
Gelthart, Greenwood
Thanks Soopa
I still remember 6th Jan 2002 at Ninian Park.
Smith sent off before HT when a booking was more appropriate.
Sam Hamman doing the "Ayatollah" at HT to get the crowd more hyped up.
I have hated them since.
If I was JM I would go for:-
Meslier
Rasmus Llorente Struijk Wober
Gyabi Greenwood
Jimmy Harrison Gnonto
Geldhart
Subs: Robles Drameh Firpo Ayling Adams Brendon Joseph Perkins Rodrigo
We have Villa next on 13th so no need to risk anyone, just game time for those that need minutes
Meslier
Llorente Strujik Wober
Drameh Gyabi Firpo
Summerville Greenwood Harrison
Geldhart
What's happened to Archie Gray!?
Is he fit?
Is he good enough?
Is he 14 yet?
Quality MDT Soopa and good luck for a prolonged run to Wemberlee....
Unbelievably, I agree with Lord Drizzlybum and would love a cup run for once.... it brings the city and club together and would be just plain fkn different!
We're not going down anyway purely because there are at least 5 clubs worse than us....
Wober HAS to play just to get him used to our style of play. I'd also play Drameh, Gyabi and Geldhart and we should easily still have enough against a crap Welsh side who will employ bullying tactics and the dark arts....
2-1 to us with a Geldhart brace....
Cracking MDT Soopa.
I'm on strike on Sunday, I'm not attending another cup game until we start to take them seriously ( unless it's a ground I've not been to and it suits me personally).
I really hope we give it a go. Sod the league, let's have a cup run.
Sheep botherers 1 Leeds 3
Come on Leeds