v Cardiff City (a) 04/10/2022

[Upside Down]

Midweek away at Cardiff is a bit of a shiiter if you're travelling down but I suppose that is what you get when you have a World Cup in the middle of the season. 

I'm optimistically going for a solid 3-0 win for the mighty Rovers.

 

What say you BRFCS?

[Oldgregg86]

Think we might get our first draw of the season here 1-1

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 02/10/2022 at 06:37, Oldgregg86 said:

Think we might get our first draw of the season here 1-1

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Yes, we are due a draw.

[jim mk2]

We were dire at Luton and we were dire for most of the match yesterday so is there any reason to expect anything different at Cardiff?  The slow, laborious build-up and unnecessary passing from the back which has cost us so many goals is reminiscent of Mowbray and will lead in the end to the same results

Cardiff 3 Rovers 0

And that's being optimistic

 

 

[rigger]

  On 02/10/2022 at 02:51, Upside Down said:

Midweek away at Cardiff is a bit of a shiiter if you're travelling down but I suppose that is what you get when you have a World Cup in the middle of the season. 

I'm optimistically going for a solid 3-0 win for the mighty Rovers.

 

What say you BRFCS?

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I was going by train and coming back on Wednesday, but the strike has put the kibosh on that.

[chaddyrovers]

I would be making 1 change and that would be Brittain in for Gallagher. Move Hedges to the right side of the front 3. 

I believe Cardiff played 4-4-2 formation yesterday looking at their team that played. 

[1864roverite]

Tough game to call but aren’t they all?

1-1 

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 02/10/2022 at 09:22, jim mk2 said:

We were dire at Luton and we were dire for most of the match yesterday so is there any reason to expect anything different at Cardiff?  The slow, laborious build-up and unnecessary passing from the back which has cost us so many goals is reminiscent of Mowbray and will lead in the end to the same results

Cardiff 3 Rovers 0

And that's being optimistic

 

 

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Nothing about this post is optimistic.

[BankEnd Rover]

Would like to see Markanday & A Wharton start for this one. 

[Atko's Engine]

  On 02/10/2022 at 09:22, jim mk2 said:

We were dire at Luton and we were dire for most of the match yesterday so is there any reason to expect anything different at Cardiff?  The slow, laborious build-up and unnecessary passing from the back which has cost us so many goals is reminiscent of Mowbray and will lead in the end to the same results

Cardiff 3 Rovers 0

And that's being optimistic

 

 

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You're entitled to your opinion of course, but to me this is just unnecessarily pessimistic. I'm not saying you won't be right as any result is possible, but going into games with this kind of attitude is crazy.

I guess some people just like to focus on & magnify the negatives, whilst overlooking the positives and therefore have a skewed view that is out of context with reality.

Another way of looking at it is that we've won 6 matches to Cardiff's 3, having lost the same number of games, & start the game in 6th compared to their 18th. But I'm not using those few cherry-picked stats to support a pessimistic 3-0 away win, because reality is far more nuanced than that.

I agree with a post above that this looks likely to be our first draw. A defeat would be disappointing but not disastrous, a win would be excellent. 

[JacknOry]

we win then lose, so i guess its the latter.

[M_B]

Got the feeling that we might just click into gear on  Tuesday, and it seems strange saying it from our  position in the table, looking at it, you'd think we already had. 

I don't really like predicting Rovers to win, but I can just imagine us having too much for them on the break, 0-2.

[chaddyrovers]

going for 3 nil win here

[bluebruce]

  On 02/10/2022 at 17:48, chaddyrovers said:

going for 3 nil win here

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Nah I don't think Cardiff will win by that much.

[davulsukur]

Blackburn Rovers - WLWL 

It's like we've got a professional qualification in it. 

Win yesterday, so loss on Tuesday. 

Edited October 2, 2022 by davulsukur

[chaddyrovers]

  On 02/10/2022 at 19:22, bluebruce said:

Nah I don't think Cardiff will win by that much.

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Clearly, I was backing Rovers here! 

[Aqualung]

Well I'll fork out another tenner to see them on rovers tv. I just hope I'm not bored to death as I was first half on Saturday. 

Anything but a defeat will do for me. 

[jim mk2]

  On 02/10/2022 at 20:15, chaddyrovers said:

Clearly, I was backing Rovers here! 

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Clearly there’s been a humour bypass here

[chaddyrovers]

  On 02/10/2022 at 20:59, jim mk2 said:

Clearly there’s been a humour bypass here

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nothing humour about the comment

[bluebruce]

  On 02/10/2022 at 21:05, chaddyrovers said:

nothing humour about the comment

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He means that my comment was a joke. The day I see you predict a Rovers loss, let alone 3-0, I will pinch myself to check I'm awake.

[rigger]

  On 02/10/2022 at 20:59, jim mk2 said:

Clearly there’s been a humour bypass here

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I don't know about bypassed, it has been totally amputated.

[windymiller7]

  On 02/10/2022 at 20:46, Aqualung said:

Well I'll fork out another tenner to see them on rovers tv. I just hope I'm not bored to death as I was first half on Saturday. 

Anything but a defeat will do for me. 

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It's the main game on Sky if you have it - or a mate/relative that does.

[smiller14]

I genuinely have no idea. I was concerned about Saturday's match and didn't see us winning, so happy to see us win (despite it not being a vintage performance).

Cardiff are a funny side. Looked good at times under Morison, consensus seems to be he deserved more time. There doesn't appear to be any imminent plans to replace him either. They seemed to give the Dingles a good game on the weekend, but this one should be there for the taking really if (and that's a big 'if') we turn up.

I predict a dour 1-1 draw to break the run of no draws but to reinforce the infuriating inconsistency we demonstrate.

As a Cardiff resident I'll be there, feel free to give me a message if you want pub recommendations. As a quick rule of thumb, I'd avoid pubs in the vicinity of the ground - Canton can be quite rough, and the non-rough pubs in Leckwith aren't the best. City centre is your best bet - can then get a taxi to the ground or a train to Grangetown/Ninian Park - or it's a 30-40 mins walk. 

[Admiral Nelsen]

Having won against Millwall, I think we should be looking at a seven point week with two games against teams with no manager in situ. 

 

I'd just make the one chance and bring Brittain in. Not straightforward to decide who for though. 

[BankEnd Rover]

My team would be the below

Kaminski

Hyam, Ayala, Wharton

Brittain, A Wharton, Travis, Pickering

Markanday/Szmodics, Hedges, Diaz