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Let's face it….this game didn't really live up to it's billing. The visitors, ex Premier League and managed by one of the division's best managers, were quite frankly….crap. An expectant crowd waiting for the Bellamy and Bothroyd show instead got a solo performance by new boy Andy Keogh. No big deal everyone said, we've got strength in depth now with plenty of options. No Plan B, this is Plan D

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So by all accounts Saturday's performance on the south coast was a stroll in the Fratton Park. The pre match build up talked of two clubs with financial difficulties and the fact that this was a repeat of the 2008 FA Cup Final. Personally, I thought what better time to play Portsmouth. They may still be a big club with a threadbare squad, but they're there for the taking. And take we did. I

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After a hiatus, what better time to resurrect a Cardiff City blog than now. The arrival of Craig Bellamy has no doubt created a buzz around the club, on and off the pitch, so without getting too carried away, Cardiff City are going places. His arrival at the CCS is undoubtedly one of the transfer coups of the year, even topping Calamity James's move to Bristol City. If I'm honest I never ever

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I am now convinced that City have to be the most inconsistent Championship team of the season. Fellow fans of other Championship clubs who avidly follow this league, must be pondering our mercurial results along with the poor bedraggled and bemused Cardiff fans who now have to put up with this detritus every week. You simply do not know what to expect when the team steps foot on the pitch

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When the final whistle went, I didn't have my head my hands like those around me, I wasn't looking on in abject despair. I was quietly laughing, chuckling away to the boys, thinking 'they've only gone and done it again'. Forget McIntyre or Brydon. This was the biggest belly laugh this Christmas.Mind you the signs were there and slowly building up during the game. Misses in the first half, Chopra

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So yesterdays game against Leicester was postponed because it was 'a bit cold', and the pitch at our state of the art new stadium was frozen. Add this debacle to recent others and your nothing short of a Carry On film (Carry On Cardiff City, if you like) with Ridsdale as Sid James, the biggest joker of the lot.We've already had the embarrassment with the 777 ball shirt sponsorship where seemingly

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Let's hope so. Didn't go to the game personally (I found something less boring to do instead) but by all accounts it was an 'ugly win'.Our next 3 games involve top 6 opposition and are basically massive games. Next up is West Brom tonight. I think we can really get something out of this game. If the Jacks can win there then why can't we.Middlesbrough away on Sunday is also a crucial game with the

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Things are so atrocious I simply cannot be motivated (just like the players) to type many words into my computer, apart from WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON ?We're all saying the same thing (Rae is crap, Ledley needs to move on, Bothroyd's lazy) so something needs to be done about it. Something's gotta give. The creaking ship must creak no more., and I for one am starting to agree with the 'DJ out'

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The maquettes are in, and its now down to 'us' to decide. I like Done's and Andrews' ideas, and if I were to stick my neck out I'd say Done wins it for me. I like the context of Trixie the cat, and along with Roger Andrews' statue, they both have character with their faces having expression. I'm afraid Field's idea wouldn't look out of place on the back cover of the Mail on Sunday magazine. There

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Poor Solomon. His contribution Saturday lunchtime was nothing short of calamitous. The poor lad is going to take a lot of stick over his performance at the Liberty and will no doubt see himself slip down the midfield pecking order. I sat and watched from the comfort of my armchair as he lost possession a few times, and then began giving the ball to Swansea as if he was on their side. Some Swansea

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So he's lost out on the South Wales footballing bragging rights (for the time being), and the Bluebirds have been beaten in what turned out to be mixed affair at the Liberty, but at least Dave Jones goes home down the M4 not totally empty handed. He's picked up another Championship manager of the month award. Taking 10 out of a possible 12 in October, he's got one over on the sharply dressed

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Pre match mood : Fairly confident. Had the QPR game in the back of my mind Prediction : 0-0 First half : Took us some time to find a rhythm and get in the game. Forest started brighter, and with a 5 man midfield it was going to be difficult to dominate. The TV cameras had obviously given Ledley something to play for. Let's make it clear, IT WAS NOT A STONEWALL PENALTY BILLY DAVIES. Matthews

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Prediction : 1-0Thumbs up : The boy Whittingham. He's become a real match winner now. He hasn't scored so many since the under 8s. He's ghosting in and popping up all over the place. The way City are attacking at present and the way defenders are getting dragged out of position with our myriad of attacking options, clearly suits him.Thumbs down : Defending. Hudson's back header was poor to let in

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Pre match mood - Assured that 3 points were on the cards. Even the light rain couldn't dampen spirits.Prediction - 3-0First half - Started very lively, and the perfect start came in the 5th minute when Gerrard headed in from close range. City found their stride and played some lovely football, the ball fizzing around on the wet surface. Bothroyd had decided to take part tonight and was soon

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Pre match mood : Really upbeat, 3 points in the bag Prediction : 2-0 First half : Palace were certainly the better team in the first 15. They looked quick and sharp. After Hudson's blunder I really thought Palace could capitalise on this and have us in real trouble. But we looked threatening going forward also and I never for a minute thought we weren't going to score. Chopra's first touch had

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If Chris Burke is driving around in one of these, then we are paying him too much money. This is supercar territory of around 75-80k. A good player though he is, I didn't picture him driving an overrated Audi. I would've thought he was more of an SUV man myself.The love affair between footballers and cars has always fascinated me. I think you can tell a lot by the cars players choose. Sportscars

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Prediction : 1-1Thumbs up : Continuing the goalfest (10 in 2 games). First win at Watford in 39 years. Bothroyd ending his barren spell. McCormack on the pitch albeit for a minute or so, and chomping at the bit to be playing. I was on a stag do in Amsterdam so this result made the taste of victory even sweeter Saturday night.Thumbs down : Nothing related to the performance. I hope the

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Pre match mood : To be honest I was dreading it. I was expectiing a limo wreck of a game....Derby scoring first and then City panicking and chasing the game Prediction : 1-1 First half : Very sound. Fairly solid at the back, never really troubled. It was good to see Bothroyd up for it for a change. He was chasing down defenders, applying pressure from the off Second half : The goals just kept

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Prediction : 0-0Thumbs up : N/AThumbs down : Another poor performance. Discipline. 4 yellows and 1 red, but saying that Mr Oliver clearly has a different agenda if he's booking Hudson in the 3rd minute. Misfiring strikers. Decisions not going our way. It's easy to make excuses when the team is not playing well.In Conclusion : This result only heaps more pressure on Tuesday's home game with Derby.

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....what happened out there on the pitch today. I've cogitated and deliberated at length about whether to fill this space with a damming critique of today's game, but you know what...I'm fed up with saying the same things over and over again. I got quite a fair bit off my chest summarising the Newcastle game and I don't want to simply regurgitate the same old same old. All 11 of them plus subs

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Prediction : 1-1Thumbs up : Back on track. Bouncebackability. Couldn't be a better time to play Reading away due to their dismal home record. Up to 4th and mini rut over.Thumbs down : McFailure again. This guy is a fecking walking disaster zone. His sending off just made the last 15 minutes even more difficult for his team mates. Come January, ship him out Paul Parry style. He's not even a squad

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Absolutely awful away kit : What were they thinking? Basics : Couldn't get them right. Passing, crossing. It's back to the training ground. Chant of the day : "You're supposed to be in jail" aimed at Newcastle prison fodder Joey Barton. Deteriorating : Ledley's form. There was a moment in today's game where he rashly just booted the ball into touch making a clearance. It was if he was saying

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Ridsdale meets some Cardiff fans with news from his Far East trip Ledley goes on a French city break and injures his hand in a slip Continued talk of Cousin coming to bolster the striking line There is no need for his Premier greed, he's a total waste of time Darcy's gone for some Argyle fun to get his game on track A young Pole left most bereft, has anyone seen Erwin Sak Rae is summoned to the

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Well...what a surprise. The transfer window slams shut and Ledley remains at Cardiff City for the forseeable future. All the talk of the smaller Premiership clubs coming in for him, came to nothing. Wolves looked the most interested party with Mick McCarthy being a 'fan', but no bid was tabled. Ridsdale has put the closed sign up, switched his ansaphone on and popped off to see his Malaysian

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Prediction : 1-2Thumbs up : Not sure there is one. I suppose we've got our first defeat of the season out of the way and out of the system. Boro lost too !. Still 2ndThumbs down : Bothroyd limping off early. Let's hope it's not serious, but he has 2 weeks to shake it off. Complacency, finishing, defending. Being caught by a second sucker punch and not being able to get back into the game.In

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Pre Match Vibe : On top of the world. Nothing but a winPrediction : 2-0First half : 2-0 up. Looked like it was going to be one of those afternoons in the first half hour...especially as we were trying to walk the ball into the net. A goal was due, albeit an own one, then Chopra's strike and goal celebration were absolute top drawer. We were playing some terrific football, with Chops having a hand

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Prediction : 1-1Thumbs up : The continued excellent start by Chopra. First senior start for Adam 'Stan' MatthewsThumbs down : I suppose Capaldi being sent off, but it's academic as Kennedy should be returningIn Conclusion : Superb result. Fine away win. Banana skin avoided.

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The trip to Home Park could have been a potential banana skin in the waiting....remember last season. But we've come out of the blocks like Usain Bolt Berlin style, while Plymouth look more like Dwain Chambers chasing Jamaican shadows. Was a good time to play the Pilgrims and it's one banana skin well and truly thrown thrown in the trash. The weekend visit of the Wurzels looks very tasty indeed,

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Let's fast forward to July 2010. Sunderland have just finished a fairly respectable 15th in Steve Bruce's first season in charge. Michael Chopra has just bagged himself 28 goals to be the Championship's top scorer. Cue frantic speculation about Chopra's return to the north east after only one season."I love Sunderland", he quotes. "Don't get me wrong, I love Cardiff City just as much like, but my

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Prediction : 0-0Thumbs up : Marshall. Great saves, especially from Euell.Thumbs down : McCormack being stretchered off with a torn hamstring. He's gonna be missed.In Conclusion : One hard earned, battered and bruised point. Although Blackpool is one of those places where we should be coming away with 3 points.

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Pre Match Vibe : Confident, buoyant, slightly apprehensive (first day nerves)Prediction : 1-0First half : 3-0 up. What can you say. A bit sloppy first 10 minutes, but after we settled down some nice football was on showSecond half : Honestly thought we'd add another 2 or 3, but the numerous chances created just couldn't be converted. Foot was definitely off the gas as expected.Thumbs up : Chopra

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So the moment had come. The new era, the new stadium, and hopefully a new successful chapter in the CCFC story. I've driven past the stadium more times than I care to remember, from its ground-breaking to its final completion, but this was it. A watershed moment. The first chance to get inside and soak it up.My first concern was whether or not my stadium card was going to work or not. I had

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If your sat there wondering where some of the old Ninian Park seats are ending up, then wonder no more. The ones that haven't been snapped up by supporters or chucked in a Sloper Road skip have been bought up by Bangor City. They've bought a 1000 to be precise, along with 600 that were given to visiting Chasetown.Bangor City wants the seats to increase the capacity of their Farrar Road ground as

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So that's the defence sorted for the coming season then. Three signings in a week, with the additions of Mark Hudson, Anthony 'Gezza' Gerrard and Paul Quinn. It looks as if Mark Hudson will be the preferred partner for the giant Hungarian on account of his transfer value, but I think Gezza may turn out to be something of a bargain, especially if his he's given his chance, and I for one think he

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Could be one of the most bizarre Cardiff summer signings ever. The Mark Hudson deal is all but formalised. Sources close to Ridsdale have exclusively revealed that the chase for 'defender' Mark Hudson was all just some massive smokescreen to hide the fact that the man who's actually putting pen to paper is in fact the American songwriter and producer of the same name.His role at Cardiff City

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So obviously Roger doesn't want to ply his trade at the CCS next season, and Birmingham - like the Mounties - have got their man. Seeing that they've spent a fair amount already on their defence, I really hope Birmingham make a go at it this time, and I'll no doubt enjoy seeing Roger rubbing shoulders with Rooney and Drogba next season on MOTD. Makes me wonder though whether Ridsdale could've

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I must admit, I admire Birmingham's tenacity. They're like a dog with a bone when it comes to getting their man i.e Roger Johnson. Nothing's happened yet, and I don't think it will. Why would Big Rog want to go and sign for another Midlands yoyo club when he could plying his trade at the CCS next season. The structure of Birmingham's offer takes the Michael too. They want to pay 1 million up

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No, this is not another lame effort from ITV2, but news that The Riddler is in Gotham City...sorry New York City on a bit of a jolly with the intention of securing cash backing from American investors so that the Langston noose around Cardiff City's neck can finally be removed.What is also interesting is that whilst in NYC Ridsdale is meeting officials from the New York Mets. If your knowledge of

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The hunt is on for a sculptor to produce the long overdue statue of 1927 FA cup winning captain Fred Keenor. Fans have signed the petitions in their thousands (including myself) and a nice bronze statue of the Cardiffian would look dead posh outside the ground.One person however who will not be offering his sculpting services is my good self. I can barely knock up something recognisable from my

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Ross McCormack -The pint sized striker has apparently caught the eye of Birmingham manger Alex McLeish, but could cost around 4 million. But then again McCormack's supposedly happy in South Wales. Roger Johnson - another 'hands off Birmingham' bid has been turned down. This one in the region of 3.5 million.Two new names to slip onto the CCFC radar areDave Martin - Millwall left winger. He was a

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Another week, another raft of players linked with possible moves to the club.Victor Anichebe - 21 year old Nigerian born Everton striker. 22 appearances and 1 goal this season. Could be a season long loan linked in with Ledley going the other way permanently. If Ross stays, could end up as another Eddie Johnson.Miguel Angel Llera - 29 year old Spanish defender currently at MK Dons. 38

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Well, the King-Sturge-Cardiff-City-Flog-it-Cash-in-the-Attic-Car-Booty-Going-for-a-Song auction has ended, and after a quick scan of the lots, everything has gone. Even the rubbish bins were sold (presumably without their contents) I'm sure Ridsdale could've milked it a bit longer by turning the whole thing into a daytime BBC2 auction show hosted by perma-tanned mahogany legend David 'Dicko'

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After reading in the Guardian's excellent 'Seven Deadly Sins of Football' series that ex Bluebird Dazzling Darren Purse took helicopter lessons so that he could commute from Stratford-upon-Avon to South Wales (a story which completed slipped under my radar at the time), I inanely stumbled upon his website, and then just as inanely wondered how many other Cardiff City players had their own

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JUNICHI INAMOTO Who remembers the not so little Japanese international who came down to Cardiff on loan from West Brom in 2004Starting his career as a 16 year old with Gamba Osaka he became the first Japanese player to play in the Premiership when he joined Arsenal in July 2001. Things didn't go according to plan though. He thought a move to England's elite league would catapult him into the big

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After attending the 'Party in the Park' yesterday, I couldn't help but think that it was all a bit naff. I queued up for an hour, with rainclouds lurking overhead, and must've spent 15 minutes actually inside. It just seemed like the club couldn't cope with the numbers. The stewards looked lost until a certain ballsy female team leader took charge and got things moving. Once we got inside with

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Bad luck Preston...the dream is overJames Collins to City on a loan or permanent? Would be a great signing...pull all the stops outGood luck Purse. Wishing you every success at pastures new. If you do go to Sheffield Wednesday , remember to underhit a back pass so one of our boys can run on and score.Premier League clubs are having to form an orderly queue for Ledley's signature. Stoke, West Ham,

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Enckleman - has done OK in the games he's played in this season. Heaton, Taylor and the greek tragedy proved no better. Needs to improve his kicking.McNaughton - has had an outstanding season. His performance against Sheff Utd bordered on the heroic. I think he could attract interest from the Prem.Kennedy - I'm not a massive fan. Clearly doesn't get forward enough. Every time he ventures beyond

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Let's start with a joke....What's the difference between Dave Jones and an arsonist?An arsonist wouldn't throw away his last four matches !!All jokes aside, it'll be an interesting summer down Sloper Road way. There's going to be a lot of comings and goings over the next few months, but the most intriguing one will be the movements of Dave Jones himself. Opinion seems to be divided over his

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