Despite our exciting signings, some fools think they are better off away from Wales' capital city, who are they?
DANIELE ARRIGONI View attachment 139765
Italian right-back Daniele Arrigoni has left us to join Manchester City for a fee of £16.5m
Arrigoni joined us from Charlton for £1m back in 2017 and made 9 league appearances for us, all of them coming last season, a season which was cruelly culled by injury
DONIS AVDIJAJ View attachment 1064980
Donis has finally gone! The Albanian international, who's scored 11 goals in 18 games for his country, has joined Championship club Everton for a fee of £11.5m
Avdijaj, who enjoyed a wonderful debut season in English football, started kicking up a fuss and couldn't re-capture his form, scoring 21 goals in 60 games for the club
MIKKEL DUELUND View attachment 1064989
This sale hurt me if I'm honest, I love Mikkel, the fans love Mikkel and he loves us too, but, if you love something, you've got to let it go, and I have, to Crystal Palace for £10m
Mikkel joined us in 2015 for £600,000 and went on to make 164 league appearances for us, winning the Championship, the Europa League, the European Super Cup and two FA Cups with us
JHONNY TORRICO View attachment 139757
We brought Jhonny in from Tahuichi Agiulera in his native Bolivia for £5,000 in 2017, he never made an apperance for the club and has been moved onfor £3.7m
Jhonny never made an appearance for us but made plenty at Halmstads BK, where he made 92 league appearances over 4 years
RHYS COOK View attachment 1064998
Rhys came through our academy and showed plenty of early promise and made 17 league appearaces for us but scored some key goals in cup competitions, winning the Europa League with us in 2020
With Rhys, it is another case of "If you love something, you've got to let it go", just keeping him here was stinting his development and bad for the national team so I've moved him on to Reading for £2m
OLGER GAMBOA View attachment 139755
Olger is one of the many players we couldn't get a work permit for when we first signed them and his development worsened as a result
The Costa Rican never made an appearance for us and has been sold to Huddersfield for £1.8m
AUGUST View attachment 139492
League football is back as I enter my eighth season at the helm of Cardiff City, the World Cup is over after Brazil beat Argentina 2-1 after extra time in Gunagzhou
EUROPEAN SUPER CUP
Mancheter United 0-2 Cardiff City View attachment 139491
Meret, Gunter, Smalling, Jair, Nakagawa, Zielinski (Martinez 65), Brown, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid (Ferreira 73), G.Boyle
A very good performance in Nice as we come away with a good win and a second Eurpean Super Cup
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Burnley 0-0 Cardiff City View attachment 139490
Meret, Gunter, Jair, Smalling, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver (James 45), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Ferreira 69)
A very uninspiring way to begin our league campaign as we are somehow held to a draw by Burnley, we really should have scored in this one and I'm not sure how we failed to do so
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Cardiff City 1-1 Newcastle United View attachment 139488
Meret, Gunter, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Zielinski, Brown (Martinez 79), Green, Pritchard (James 68), Angerschmid, Diba
Another game we should have won, we should have been about 3 goals up by the time Ayoze Perez grabbed Newcastle's opener and that threw us off our game, we failed to create anything for a while as we regained our composure and had to rely on a moment of magic from Marco Angerschmid to get us the draw
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool 3-3 Cardiff City View attachment 139485
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Zielinski (Martinez 79), Brown, Green, Oliver (James 79), Angerschmid, Diba
What a game! This game was full of twists and turns (as the scoreline suggests). Andre Green turned in a magnificent performance as he drove us on throughout the game, securing us the point with his hat-trick. He's the one who set the ball rolling with a wonderful free-kick as we cruised to a 2-1 lead at half-time, only for it to be squandered immediately and for Liverpool to lead 3-2 15 minutes into the half. It took another late moment of magic from one of our wingers to salvage a point as Andre Green bagged another for himself
TOP SCORER: ANDRE GREEN (3 GOALS)
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Two tough fixtures this month as we look to build form heading into the Euro Qualifiers
EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION C GROUP 4 Wales 2-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina View attachment 139476
Morris, Yorwerth, J.Williams, Walsh, Grant, Cook, Ramsey (King 18), Huws, G.Williams, Bale (Evans 66), Roberts
We used a new formation to utilise the ageing Gareth Bale and it worked wonders as we produced a confident performance at home to Bosnia. We played a 3-6-1 formation with Bale in the hole behind Tyler Roberts and it worked very well. Unfortunately Aaron Ramsey was forced off with injury and will be out for 4 months
EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION C GROUP 4 Denmark 0-0 Wales View attachment 139474
Morris (Ward 72), Yorwerth, J.Williams, Walsh, Grant (Huws 67), Cook, King (Evans 67), Allen, G.Williams, Bale, Roberts
Our toughest match in a pretty tough European League group as we visit the Danes, we payed incredibly well defensively, not allowing the Danes many chances as we kept the ball away from them, with us recording 59% possession
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 139471
A solid start as we sit top of the table after 2 games
SEPTEMBER View attachment 139284
An ok beginning to the season but we're going to have to improve on it if we want to progress
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Stoke City 3-1 Cardiff City View attachment 139283
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Zielinski (Martinez 63), Brown, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 72), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Not the ideal start to the month as we register our first loss of the season. We deserved a victory here but just couldn't put the ball in the back of the net. Stoke were clinical but unfortunately Greig Boyle is yet to put his shooting boots on this season. Gareth Pritchard bagged his first for the club
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Cardiff City 1-0 West Ham United View attachment 139280
Meret, Jair, Ilic, Burke, Krejci, Brown, Nakagawa, Zielinski, Martinez, Oliver (Pritchard 69), G.Boyle
We went with our slightly unconventional 5-4-1 (With a sweeper and wing backs!). We dominated possession and didn't allow West Ham many chances which lead to a well deserved victory
LEAGUE CUP THIRD ROUND
Swansea City 0-2 Cardiff City View attachment 139279
Meret, Jair, Ilic (Grant 74), Burke, Krejci, Brown, Nakagawa, Zielinski, Martinez, Oliver (Ferreira 74), G.Boyle
My 400th game in management and of course it's away to Swansea! We dominated again as our 5-4-1 worked wonders once more. Two quickfire second half goals killed Swansea's resolve and it was a wonderful win
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-1 Leeds United View attachment 139278
Meret, Jair, Ilic, Burke, Krejci, Brown, Nakagawa, Zielinski (Pritchard 69), Martinez, Oliver, G.Boyle
An unfortunate slip up for our 5-4-1 as Leeds nick three points despite having just 5 shots and just 2 on target
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 139277
A slightly worse month with 2 losses but the same amount of points as we got in our unbeaten August
OCTOBER View attachment 138887
A fairly uninspiring beginning to the league campaign so far, hopefully we can improve
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Manchester City 2-1 Cardiff City View attachment 138897
Meret, Krejci, Jair 90+3, Burke, Nakagawa, Martinez (Zielinski 61), Brown, Green, Oliver (Ferreira 73), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Man City started like a house on fire which wasn't great for us as they raced into a 1-0 lead. We equalised unfairly just before half-time and I thought we could kick on., which we did, we just couldn't put it in the back of the net
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Fulham 0-2 Cardiff City View attachment 138895
Meret, Krejci, Ilic, Burke, Nakagawa, Brown (Zielinski 66), Martinez, Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A brilliant performance away at Fulham where we could have won 5-0. Great to see Greig Boyle find the net and brilliant to see Oliver's replacement, Gareth Pritchard, put in a Man of the Match performance
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Cardiff City 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur View attachment 138896
Meret, Krejci, Burke, Ilic, Nakagawa, Zielinski (Rossiter 79), Martinez, Green (Claudon 79), Oliver, Ferreira (Pritchard 69), G.Boyle
Spurs' early goal threatened to destroy our chances of two wins on the bounce but it served as a rallying cry as we pushed forward, equalising around half an hour later through Dragan Ilic's first goal for the club. Jeison Murillo's own goal meant that we lead from half-time and we continued to push on in the second half, scoring 2 more to confirm the victory
LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND
Leeds United 1-2 Cardiff City View attachment 138904
Meret, Krejci, Smalling (Tausendpfund 67), Burke, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, P.Boyle, Pritchard, Green (Angerschmid 67), G.Boyle
Two early goals killed Leeds' chances of winning and, despite the goal, we were in total control from then on
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Cardiff City 2-0 Wolevrhampton Wanderers View attachment 138901
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown (Zielinski 76), Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid (Pritchard 76), G.Boyle
Another professional display as we put Wolves to the sword, former Bluebird Adam Forshaw was sent off for Wolves
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 138899
An impressive October sees us shoot up the league table
TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (10 GOALS)
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Some tough games in the European League as we attempt to improve our World Ranking before the draw for the EURO 2024 Qualifiers
EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION C GROUP 4 Wales 1-2 Armenia View attachment 138892
Morris, Yorwerth, Barlow (N.Taylor 52), Walsh, Grant (Gunter 52), Owens (Cook 9), Allen, Huws, G.Williams, Bale, Roberts
I'll never know how we didn't win this, Tyler Roberts missed a hatful of chances as we tried (and failed) to make it 2 wins from 3 in the European League. Rhys Cook scored his first for Wales as he came on to replace injured debutant Richard Owens, who suffered a pulled hamstring just 9 minutes into his Wales debut
EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION C GROUP 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-0 Wales View attachment 138889
Morris, Jordan Williams, Yorwerth, Walsh, Cook, Grant, N.Taylor, Allen, Huws (King 80), Bale (Jonny Williams 80), Roberts (Bradshaw 80)
A solid performance away to Bosnia in a game we had no right to win but almost did
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Derby County 2-0 Cardiff City View attachment 138563
Meret, Krejci, Ilic, Burke, Nakagawa, Brown (Zielinski 62), Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 62), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
I've never beaten Derby despite dominating almost every time I face them, it makes next to no sense
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Cardiff City 4-1 Leicester City View attachment 138562
Meret, Gunter, Jair, Burke, Nakagawa, Brown (Zielinski 72), Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 56), Angerschmid (P.Boyle 56), G.Boyle
A dominant performance that was unsettled slightly by Leicester's goal 20 minutes from time. Fortunately Paddy Boyle bagged a late brace to ease my nerves and to step up his European Golden boy campaign
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Cardiff City 2-2 Southampton View attachment 138564
Meret, Gunter, Jair, Burke, Ganea, Brown (Felgate 65), Grant, Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid, Ferreira (Diba 57)
A match decided by the few minutes either side of half-time. Southampton took an undeserved lead heading into the break but luckily we came out all guns blazing and equalised, before conceding again. Fortunately David Brown scored to make it 2-2 to an end a whirlwind opening 6 minutes to the second half. Not much happened after that
LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Cardiff City View attachment 138565
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid (P.Boyle 72), G.Boyle
We took an early lead and everything looked promising as we created chances galore, racking up 24 shots, only for Spurs to score their only shots on target and dump us out of the League Cup
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 138566
4 points from 3 winnable games isn't really good enough
TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE + MARCO ANGERSCHMID (10 GOALS)
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Two decent results in our European league games should see us secure a spot in at least Pot 3 for the forthcoming Euro 2024 Qualifiers
EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION C GROUP 4 Wales 1-0 Denmark View attachment 138568
Morris, J.Williams, Grant, Walsh, Taylor (Davives 57), D.Thompson, King, Allen, G.Williams (Huws 45), Bale, Thomas (Sampson 52) A good victory over Denmark as we experiment with different tactics ahead of our European Championship Qualification campaign. Danny Sampson bagged his first goal for his country
EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION C GROUP 4 Armenia 1-3 Wales View attachment 138569
Morris, Pugh (McCoubrey 74), Grant, J.Williams, Davies, Bale, Allen (Sheehan 70), Huws, G.Williams (D.Thompson 74), Thomas, Sampson
Payback! We performed well with Sampson earning a start alongside 2 goal hero Jamie Thomas. We started and finished well as we scored two late goals to break Armenian hearts and send the many travelling fans into raptures
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 138567
A pretty decent performance in a fairly tough group as we register three victories, two draws and one defeat
DECEMBER View attachment 138465
A pretty tough month featuring games against Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, 1 win from those will do me nicely
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Aston Villa 0-0 Cardiff City View attachment 138464
Meret, Krejci, Ilic, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown (Zielinski 66), Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 59), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A pretty lacklustre performance but we still should have won, with Villa offering nothing during the game, there's a reason they're bottom
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Cardiff City 2-1 Watford View attachment 138463
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Watford were fairly impressive but weren't solid enough to take any points back to Vicarage Road. Oliver produced the kind of performance that places his estimated value at £34.5m as he ran the show, winning us a tight encounter
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea 0-2 Cardiff City View attachment 138461
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, P.Boyle, Oliver (Pritchard 65), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
What a performance! We limited Chelsea as we dominated possession, scoring 2 as our German wing wizard ran riot tearing his compatriot, Joshua Kimmich, to shreds as he bagged a brace
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Cardiff City 1-0 Arsenal View attachment 138459
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, P.Boyle, Oliver (Pritchard 64), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Block 64)
Even better! Despite the scoreline, we dominated Arsenal and deserved more as we limited them to 5 shots with just 1 on target (compared to our 31 shots and 13 on target). David Brown was an unlikely source to break the deadlock but I'm glad he did as we gain a richly deserved three points
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Manchester United 3-1 Cardiff City View attachment 138458
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, Green (P.Boyle 64), Oliver (Pritchard 64), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
United are just too strong. They are incredible and it scares me, in these matches they're the Empire and we're the Rebels, with Greig Boyle being our Luke Skywalker. United beat us but it was closer than you might expect with their array of talent so hopefully next time it can be more "Forest moon of Endor" and less "Battle of Hoth". I can't believe I just wrote that.
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Cardiff City 2-1 Crystal Palace
Another game we dominated that was way too close for my liking. We really need to start putting our chances away and Greig Boyle needs to put his shooting boots on.
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 138455
A very good month as we grab 13 points from a possible 18, much more than I thought we'd get
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE View attachment 1066344
We have a pretty tough Champions League group where we'll need to take points off of AS Monaco and Real Madrid if we want to progress
MATCHDAY 1
AS Moncao 0-1 Cardiff City View attachment 138408
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green (Zielinski 56), Oliver (James 86), Angerschmid (Burke 56), G.Boyle
This win could be huge! Monaco are the second seeds in this group and I was hoping for a draw to take bac to South Wales but we somehow managed to bag the three points. It was quite an even game which took a long range strike from David Brown to break the deadlock and to bag us a huge 3 points
MATCHDAY 2
Cardiff City 2-0 Real Madrid View attachment 138406
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Burke, Nakagawa, Brown (Zielinski 55), Martinez, Green, Oliver (Ferreira 73), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Claudon 88)
Another game, another huge win! 2-0 over Real Madrid is the stuff dreams are made of and this, coupled with the victory over Monaco, could be enough to see us through to the next round (As long as we beat Rosenborg of course)
MATCHDAY 3
SK Rosenborg 1-5 Cardiff City View attachment 138405
Meret, Gunter, Jair, Burke, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 64), Zielinski, Green, Oliver (James 64), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
We've played Monaco and Real Madrid and managed to keep 2 clean sheets, yet it is Rosenborg who break through our defence! Still a massive win and with 9 points from 3 games, one more win will confirm our passage into the First Knockout Round
MATCHDAY 4
Cardiff City 6-0 SK Rosenborg View attachment 138404
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Zielinski 77), Green, Oliver (Pritchard 71), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Claudon 71)
A huge 6-0 victory has confirmed our passage into the knockout rounds of the Champions League! A near perfect performance from Marco Angerschmid which earned him a Match Rating of 9.9 helped us on our way to a historic win
MATCHDAY 5
Cardiff City 2-0 AS Monaco View attachment 138402
Meret, Gunter, Grant, Burke, Ganea, Brown, Zielinski (Jair 13), P.Boyle, Pritchard, Angerschmid (Green 77), Diba (Claudon 77)
A routine victory over AS Monaco was in order as we cruised into the next round, topping the group in the process
MATCHDAY 6
Real Madrid 2-0 Cardiff City View attachment 138407
Meret, Krejci, Burke, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 70), Angerschmid (P.Boyle 70), G.Boyle
Our first loss of our Champions League campaign came away to Real Madrid, I'm quite happy with that
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 138401
Real are out after Monaco scored late to beat Rosenborg
TOP GOALSCORER IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: MARCO ANGERSCHMID (7 GOALS)
Cardiff City have today announced the signing of two players on loan until the end of the season, with both signing from Premier League clubs
First to join the Bluebirds was Spanish striker Paco Alcacer, who's signed on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season View attachment 138139
Alcacer, 29, joined Manchester City for £50m from Valencia back in 2017 and went on to make 96 league appearances and score 34 league goals for the club, but he never breached 10 league goals in one season
The 29 year old striker has scored 43 goals in 63 appearances for Spain and is held in high regard in his homeland, but not so much here View attachment 138138
Second to sign for the Bluebirds was Mexican winger Hirving Lozano, who's joined from Arsenal until the end of the season View attachment 138137
The Mexican winger, 27, joined Arsenal for £44.5m in 2018, signing from Portuguese side FC Porto, who'd bought him from Mexican side Pachuca for £8.75m just a season earlier
Lozano, who's scored 25 goals in 58 games for his country, has made 132 league appearances for the Gunners, being one of the North London's sides top performers, averaging an Average Rating of 7.5 over his five ful seasons at the Emirates View attachment 138136
JANUARY View attachment 137762
Hopefully an impressive December can continue into 2023 as we push for Top 4
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United 0-0 Cardiff City View attachment 137761
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown (Zielinski 65), Martinez, Green (P.Boyle 65), Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A solid if underwhelming beginning to 2023 away in the North East, a tight game with few chances as we kept the ball well against the Magpies but failed to break down their black and white wall
FA CUP THIRD ROUND
Bristol Rovers 0-3 Cardiff City View attachment 137760
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic (Tausendpfund 55), Ganea, Brown (Zielinski 80), Martinez, Green, Oliver (James 61), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A dominant away performance from us away at the Memorial Stadium as we progress into the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, with Greig Boyle finally locating his shooting boots as he grabbed a brace to sink the Rovers
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Cardiff City 2-1 Burnley View attachment 137759
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown, Martinez (Zielinski 76), Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Block 62)
Greig Boyle's missed penalty was a sign of things to come as we spurned chance after chance before Gareth Pritchard's 37th minute strike, only for Burnley to equalise straight away through their first (and only) shot on target. Luckily we put another chance away in the 51st minute as Marco Agerschmid put us back in the league, fortunately Burnley couldn't respond and we grabbed all three points
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Cardiff City 1-0 Liverpool View attachment 137758
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown (Zielinski 81), Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 68), Angerschmid (Ferreira 61), G.Boyle
We dominated Liverpool but the game looked like it was petering out into a 0-0 draw only for Brazilian wonder Ferreira to bag a rare goal in a rare appearance
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West Ham United 1-0 Cardiff City View attachment 137757
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown (Zielinski 71), Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 71), Ferreira, G.Boyle A very frustrating match which neither side deserved to win as both sides failed to break each other down properly, with a combined 5 shots on target (2 West Ham, 3 Cardiff). Annoying.
FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Cardiff City 2-2 Manchester City View attachment 137756
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, Lozano, Oliver (Pritchard 56), Angerschmid (Green 74), G.Boye
When Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead 2 minutes in, I feared our hopes of back-to-back FA Cup successes was over, fortunately Hirving Lozano equalised in the 20th minute with a wonderful debut goal. Man City took the lead again in 2 minutes into the second half but fortunately former United man Andre Green broke Sky Blue hearts with a late equaliser
FEBRUARY View attachment 137592
Everyone around us keeps winning and we need to do the same
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Leeds United 1-0 Cardiff City View attachment 137591
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, Lozano (Green 70), Oliver (Ferreira 57), Angerschmid, Alcacer
Another game we edged but lost, this is becoming all too familiar as we fail to put away chance other teams put away with ease
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Cardiff City 2-2 Stoke City View attachment 137590
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Lozano, Oliver (Pritchard 69), Angerschmid (Green 69), G.Boyle Another game we deserved all three points from but failed to. Stoke scored both of their shots on target, showing us how clinical we should be
FA CUP FOURTH ROUND REPLAY
Manchester City 0-2 Cardiff City View attachment 137589
Meret, Krejci, Ilic, Tausendpfund, Nakagawa (Ganea 81), Brown, Martinez, Lozano (Green 64), Pritchard, Angerschmid (Ferreira 81), G.Boyle
A game of few chances that we came out on top in for once! A tight cagey affair in which one goal looked like it would be enough, fortunately we bagged two! John Stones had a day to forget as he saw his penalty saved before being forced off through injury while Emre Can became one of my favourite Germans as he turned in an Andre Green cross to ensure our passage into the next round
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Cardiff City 1-1 Manchester City View attachment 137588
Meret, Krejci, Ilic, Burke, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Lozano, Pritchard (Block 76), Angerschmid (Green 58), G.Boyle
Another game where we deserved all three points as we draw again. We had 12 shots o target but failed to beat Man of the match Joe Hart with 11 of them, while Man City's only hot on target found its way into the back of the net
FA CUP FIFTH ROUND
Chesterfield 0-5 Cardiff City View attachment 137587
Meret, Gunter, Jair, Burke, Nakagawa (Ganea 80), Grant, Felgate, P.Boyle, Pritchard (Oliver 80), Angerschmid (Ferreira 63), G.Boyle
3 goals in 10 minutes and a Greig Boyle hat-trick was another to sink Chesterfield as our FA Cup dream goes on. We battered Chesterfield into submission and eased through into the next round with hopes of a third FA Cup under my leadership still burning bright
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND 1ST LEG FC Barcelona 2-1 Cardiff City View attachment 137584
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, P.Boyle (Green 72), Oliver (Pritchard 63), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Our reward for topping a group featuring Real Madrid and Monaco? Barcelona. An even game from which we deserved a draw, we contrived to lose 2-1, with Andre Green scoring our consolation late on, how vital could that goal be?
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Cardiff City View attachment 137581
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Lozano (P.Boyle 63), Oliver, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Another game we deserved to win but didn't, this has become a common theme of our season as we struggle to confirm even a Europa League spot
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 137574
Improvement is needed if we are to play Champions League football next season
MARCH View attachment 137544
FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League matches all in one month, oh the excitement!
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Cardiff City 3-0 Fulham View attachment 137543
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic (Tausendpfund 67), Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Lozano (Green 45), Oliver (Pritchard 67), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A brilliant start to the month as we produce a great performance and a great result at home to Fulham. 3 different scorers including striker Boyle makes me happy
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-0 Derby County View attachment 137541
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, P.Boyle, Oliver (Pritchard 64), Angerschmid (Ferreira 79), G.Boyle
Dominance and a missed penalty, nothing seems to be going our way at the moment as we somehow fail to win against Derby, at least we broke our spell of defeat to the Rams though
FA CUP SIXTH ROUND
Manchester United 0-1 Cardiff City View attachment 137540
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Lozano (P.Boyle 68), Oliver (Pritchard 68), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
We entered Old Trafford with trepidation but left with a victory and a straightforward route to the final. We limited United to few chances and took ours, with Greig Boyle striking in the first half to put us into the Semis
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND 2ND LEG Cardiff City 1-1 FC Barcelona
Barcelona win 3-2 on aggregate View attachment 137542
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, P.Boyle, Oliver (Pritchard 60), Angeschmid (Green 86), G.Boyle
A great performance from us wasn't enough to get past Barca who defended all game and grabbed a goal through a dodgy penalty on the break, very disappointing
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Leicester City 1-1 Cardiff City View attachment 137539
Meret, Krejci, Jair, Ilic, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Grant 76), Lozano, Oliver (Pritchard 55), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Block 55)
A pretty even game that could have gone either way with a draw being the fairest result.
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 137537
We've lost some vital ground after some average league form, we need to improve
TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (23 GOALS)
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We begin our qualification campaign for EURO 2024 with two tricky fixtures, one away to Scotland and the other at home to Bulgaria
EURO 2024 QUALIFYING GROUP C Scotland 1-2 Wales View attachment 137536
Morris, Gunter, J.Williams, Walsh, Thompson, Ramsey (Evans 65), Grant, Cook (King 84), Lloyd, G.Williams (James 83), Thomas
A solid away performance earned us all three points here at Hampden Park. A great first half that included goals from debutant Gary Lloyd and seasoned campaigner George Williams allowed us to sit back in the second
EURO 2024 QUALIFYING GROUP C Wales 2-1 Bulgaria View attachment 137535
Morris, Gunter, Barlow, Yorwerth, Davies, Evans (Grant 70), Ramsey, James, Lloyd, G.Williams (Sheehan 70), Cullen
Back-to-back 2-1 wins gives us the perfect start to our qualification campaign as we deal perfectly with two tricky opponents. Daniel James' last gasp winner bagged an important win for us
LEAGUE TABLE View attachment 137534
Two impressive victories sees us in second on goal difference behind Switzerland who hammered Andorra 8-0
We've had our youth intake and had one player, but boy is he a good one.
CHRIS PENNOCK View attachment 137512
What a player, our Head of Youth Development said he has the potential to be one of the best players of his generation