Appraising Cardiff’s squad – The table doesn’t lie, but it doesn’t always tell the full story
Is Cardiff’s squad as bad as some seem to think? After a summer of massive upheaval, it was always going to be a season of transition, but no one expected this. What should have been a matter of weeks turned into months, with four different managers utilised, various systems used and every conceivable combination tried. […]
The pick of the 2023 freebies
As Cardiff approach another summer with one arm tied behind their backs, they’re left once again with no option but to operate in the super-competitive free agent and loan markets. Last year, Steve Morison had a plan and executed it. This year, Cardiff don’t yet have a manager beyond tomorrow, so any potential plans remain […]
Mission nearly complete. Time for planning to commence
Cardiff are nearly home and dry. Even by the Championship’s wild and crazy standards, a six-point cushion with two to play should be enough to maintain Cardiff’s second tier status. They may even be safe by the time they next take the field on Sunday, should Saturday’s results go their way. It’s a huge weight […]
Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Japhet Matondo are the next in line
Cardiff could be forgiven for having a full-blown existential crisis with regards to their academy. Having seen Charlie Crew and Gabriele Biancheri picked off by Leeds and Manchester United respectively, the acceptance is that they won’t be the last. Lewys Benjamin was all set to join the exodus, but reported complications relating to his Manchester […]
The Joel Bagan Conundrum
Is Joel Bagan good enough to play for Cardiff City? This is the sort of question that will illicit very definite answers, one way or the other, and there will be a lot that will feed into that opinion. He will be cut some slack in some quarters for being an academy graduate because people […]
Roathboy x Noel Mooney
The FAW were always stuffy and behind the times when I was growing up, which was reflected on the pitch. That couldn’t be further from the case now, with Welsh football riding the crest of a wave, on and off the pitch. These are unprecedented times and Noel Mooney is at the forefront, across all […]
A new kind of pain, but at least Cardiff put up a fight
Don’t get me wrong, the South Wales derby remains Swansea’s easiest game of the season, but maybe there are signs that Cardiff are finally ready to put up a fight. The team on Saturday was largely as expected, although the selection of both Sory Kaba and Sheyi Ojo did make me wince a little. Nothing […]
Roathboy x Kenneth Zohore
In many respects, Kenneth Zohore was one of the most influential players Cardiff have had in recent years and he left a Kenneth Zohore shaped hole in the side when he left. Having left West Brom in January, he’s now back in his native Denmark and took the time out to speak to me recently. […]
Roathboy x Ryan Wintle
It’s been a tumultuous season, but it feels like Cardiff are finally turning a corner, so it was great to have the chance to speak to Ryan Wintle about it all and his Cardiff career as a whole. Is it true that you only joined Cardiff to be closer to Perry Ng? Haha! That’s probably […]
Cardiff and the never-ending pre-season
Last season, on the 9th April, Cardiff won at Reading to mathematically secure their Championship safety. It was a few days after a home trouncing by Swansea, which had shredded already frayed nerves and a load was lifted from everybody’s shoulders. Cardiff would certainly take that sort of breathing space again this season. From that […]