With My Little Pick and Shovel - A Cardiff City Story

DECEMBER
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Can we bring some festive cheer to the Bluebirds this month? It'll be tough with some huge games coming up but I hope so

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Cardiff City 3-1 Everton
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Meret, Gunter, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa, Rossiter, Johansen (Ralls 57), Cook, Oliver, Green (Zielinski 66), Avdijaj
We started poorly, allowing Everton to take the lead through Polish international Arkadiusz Milik, but we soon rallied and took the lea through a Donis Avdijaj brace. Putting us 2-1 up at half-time, we continued pushing forward but Everton won a dodgy penalty, which was saved by Alex Meret! Daniel Zielinski sealed the win with 2 minutes to go

LEAGUE CUP QUARTER-FINAL
Cardiff City 1-2 Manchester United
After Extra-Time
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Meret, Jedvaj, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa (Davies 59), Rossiter (Zielinski 59), Johansen, Green, Oliver (Ralls 99), Duelund, Avdijaj
We took United all the way and probably deserved to go through. We had 3 HUGE chances and missed all but one, United bombarded our goal at the end of the game and during extra-time and forced their way through with two screamers from range

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Chelsea 3-3 Cardiff City
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Meret, Jedvaj, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa, Rossiter (Zielinski 75), Reed, Green, Oliver (Ralls 63), Duelund, Avdijaj
Another London team, another thrilling match! Eden Hazard put Chelski ahead before midfielder Harrison Reed bagged an equaliser just before half-time. Donis Avdijaj then gave us the lead with yet another goal as Chelsea bombarded us. Alex Meret was spectacular, keeping out everything and getting a 9.3 Match Rating. Unfortunately Daniel Zielinski scored an own goal 2 minutes after replacing Rossiter, Chelsea appeared to win the game through Romelu Lukaku only for Donis Avdijaj score a dramatic late equaliser. Amazing.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Cardiff City 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
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Meret, Jedvaj, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa, Rossiter (Zielinski 65), Reed, Green, Oliver, Duelund (Ralls 74), Avdijaj
A fairly even game against a spurs side including Douglas Costa, Dele Alli, Coutinho, Mario Balotelli and Harry Kane. We held out for over an hour following Donis Avdijaj's opening goal. Despite all of Spurs' attacking talent it took left-back Danny Rose's volley from a corner to tie the game in the last minute

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Nottingham Forest 0-3 Cardiff City
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Meret, Gunter, Ilori, Jedvaj, Nakagawa, Rossiter (Zielinski 77), Reed (Ralls 82), Green, Oliver (Boyle 62), Duelund, Avdijaj
A huge victory away to strugglers Nottingham Forest. We pushed and pushed and it took a 22nd minute goal from Harrison Reed to put us ahead (after he'd missed 3 golden opportunities). Donis Avdijaj doubled our lead 3 minutes later. Forest bombarded us in the second half but couldn't carve out many chances. Avdijaj secured the victory with his second of the match in the 91st minute

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Cardiff City 1-1 Norwich City
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Meret, Gunter, Ilori, Grant, Davies, Rossiter (Zielinski 62), Reed, Green, Oliver (Perovic 62), Duelund, Avdijaj
Injuries and the Asian Cup lead to a mish-mash of a backline, featuring débutante Mitchell Grant who's actually a midfielder, faced Norwich and they took full advantage, with Alberto Paloschi giving them the lead in the 15th minute. Fortunately our attackers responded with a goal of our own, Mikkel Duelund equalising and grabbing us a draw

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Leicester City 2-0 Cardiff City
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Meret, Gunter, Ilori, Jedvaj, Davies, Reed, Johansen (Zielinski 62), Green, Oliver (Perovic 57), Duelund, Avdijaj
Leicester dominated us and deserved the victory. Simple as. This is why they're challenging for the Top 4

LEAGUE TABLE
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We sit in a fairly good position as we enter January, hopefully we don't collapse like last season

TOP SCORER: DONIS AVDIJAJ (16 GOALS)

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
DONIS AVDIJAJ
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An excellent month, scoring 7 in 6 games and averaging an 8.08 Match Rating won him not only my Player of the Month, but also the Barclays Premier League Player of the Month, brilliant.​
 
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BLUEBIRDS SEAL TRANSFER COUP
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CARDIFF CITY have once again sent shockwaves throughout world football, this time through latest signing, Riechedly Bazoer

The Welsh club have shocked many with their signing of the 22 year old Dutch international, who has joined the Bluebirds for a fee believed to be around £11.75m
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Bazoer challenging England's Harry Kane at Wembley in 2016

Bazoer has signed for Cardiff from Spanish Cup holders FC Barcelona, who signed Bazoer from Ajax for £21m in 2016

Bazoer, an Eredivise winner with Ajax, is said to be "relieved" to be joining the Bluebirds labelling the Welsh capital as the "light at the end of the tunnel" following his time in Span, which he described as a "personal ****"
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Celebrating a goal for Ajax

The Dutchman, who has made 6 appearances and scored 1 goal for the national side, made 25 appearances in all competitions over for Barcelona over 3 years, finishing second to Real Madrid in each of his Barca seasons

Cardiff have also completed the signing of English defender Jamaal Lascelles from Burnley for £425,000

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did Avdijaj descend from Zeus himself? lol whatta striker :O
 
yvek said:
did Avdijaj descend from Zeus himself? lol whatta striker :O
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There is an Adonis in Greek mythology...

Seriously though, the guy is amazing, I'll have trouble trying to keep him in the summer
 
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FORSHAW GONE FOR SURE
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Adam Forshaw has played his final game for Cardiff City and has agreed a move to Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers

Froshaw, 27, made 50 appearances over 2 full years with the Bluebirds but has been sold to Wolves for £5m

The Liverpool born midfielder made 31 appearances for Cardiff last season but has been on the periphery this campaign, making just 2 league appearances

He joined from Cardiff from Middlesbrough in January 2017 and went on to make 17 appearances in the Bluebirds' championship-winning campaign

He will join former Bluebird, Scott Malone, at Molineux as Wolves attempt to secure a playoff spot

In other news, Irish winger Robbie Brady has joined Cardiff City from Stoke on loan until the end of the season

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JANUARY
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After a surreal January (BAZOER!!!) can we get back on track in the league and could we progress in the Cup?

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-2 Crystal Palace
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Meret, Gunter, Bazoer, Cooper, Ralls, Reed, Johansen (Lascelles 70), Green (Boyle 62), Oliver, Duelund (Jedvaj 70), Avdijaj
A frustrating game as Palace luck their way to a draw on New Years Day. We dominated the game but they somehow drew the game through an own goal and a penalty, lucky bastards

FA CUP THIRD ROUND
Cardiff City 1-1 Manchester City
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Meret, Gunter, Ilori, Cooper, Davies, Rossiter, Bazoer (Reed 86), Green (Perovic 64), Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj (Boyle 86)
Quite an even game between us here, with us having 11 shots to their 7. I knew if we kept the deficit to 1 goal heading into the last 15 minutes we had a chance at drawing or winning the match, and that's exactly what happened, Tiago Ilori heading the ball in from a Mikkel Duelund corner to take the tie to a replay

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 1-0 West Ham United
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper, Davies, Rossiter (Zielinski 82), Reed (Boyle 90), Green, Oliver (Johansen 82), Duelund, Avdijaj
We scraped past West Ham in a game that had all the hallmarks of a 0-0 bore draw. Luckily we won ourselves a penalty in the 56th minute, which German striker Donis Avdijaj duly converted to win us the game 1-0

FA CUP THIRD ROUND REPLAY
Manchester City 1-1 Cardiff City
Cardiff win 8-7 on penalties
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper, Davies, Rossiter, Johansen (Gunter 14), Green, Oliver (Perovic 66), Duelund, Avdijaj (Zielinski 90)
I feared the worst when Man City scored just 3 minutes in and were pushing strong but luckily we rallied and it took less than 30 minutes to find our equaliser, Mikkel Duelund scoring to level the tie. Both sides had chances all the way through until the final minutes of extra-time before the dreaded penalty shoot-out. Alex Meret was our hero in the shoot-out saving both Sergio Aguero and Asmir Begovic's penalties, putting us through following Polish international Daniel Zielinski's converted penalty

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Southampton 0-1 Cardiff City
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper, Davies, Rossiter (Lascelles 66), Reed, Green, Oliver, Duelund (Ralls 76), Perovic
Another snorefest following our FA Cup heroics, Dusan Perovic's 4th goal of the season was enough to give us the win on the south coast

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 1-4 Manchester United
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper (Gunter 65), Davies, Rossiter, Reed, Green, Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj (Boyle 65)
United tore us a new one, scoring 2 in the first 8 minutes and leading 4-0 at half-time. Our first real thrashing since promotion a year and a half ago. Greig Boyle came on to score our consolation 9 minutes from the end, good for him. Jake Cooper scored a 4.1 Match Rating, not good for him.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool 1-1 Cardiff City
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper, Davies, Rossiter 75, Reed, Green, Oliver (Perovic 61), Duelund, Avdijaj
An incredible defensive display earned us a point at Anfield. Liverpool controlled the game and took an early lead through Jack Wilshere, before Jordan Rossiter got himself sent off against his former club in the 75th minute, effectively ending any chance of a comeback. Or so I thought, we battled hard and equalised in stoppage time following a quick breakaway from Avdijaj and Perovic. Beautiful.

LEAGUE TABLE
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A decent position at the end of January, here's hoping for no catastrophic form...

TOP SCORER: DONIS AVDIJAJ (18 GOALS)

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
DUSAN PEROVIC
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Match winner at Southampton and earned us a point at Anfield. Super sub.​
 
FEBRUARY
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The fourth round of the FA Cup and a few league fixtures. An ok month I guess..

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper, Davies, Zielinski, Reed, Green, Oliver (Harris 73), Duelund, Perovic
I had a nice catch up with former my assistant manager Paul Trollope, who is now managing Championship playoff hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday. The Owls started brightly and took the lead through Charlie Austin, we equalised just after half-time with Serbian striker Dusan Perovic continuing his good form. Wednesday took the lead again only for Andre Green to equalise less than a minute later.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Watford 1-0 Cardiff City
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper, Davies, Zielinski, Rossiter, Green, Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj
A disappointing loss away to the Hornets in a match we should be taking points from. Reine-Adelaide gave Watford the lead 30 minutes in and in truth we never looked like scoring *sigh*

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-0 AFC Bournemouth
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Meret, Jedvaj 33, Bazoer, Cooper, Davies, Zielinski, Rossiter, Green, Oliver (Gunter 33), Brady, Avdijaj (Perovic 62)
A great result at home to Bournemouth, winning 2-0 despite playing with 10 men for about an hour. Jake Cooper's header gave us the lead early on but Tin Jedvaj's red card put the 3 points in doubt, we closed ranks and saw out the victory, with Dusan Perovic scoring again

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND REPLAY
Cardiff City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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Marshall, Gunter, Bazoer, Cooper, Nakagawa, Rossiter, Zielinski (Reed 77), Green (Boyle 77), Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj
Donis Avdijaj's first half goal was enough to put us into the hat for the fifth round, where we will face Chelsea. I'd have preferred to have won by more but in the cup all that matters is the win.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Aston Villa 0-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Bazoer (Reed 90), Cooper, Nakagawa, Zielinski, Rossiter (Ilori 62), Green (Duelund 51), Oliver, Brady, Avdijaj
We travelled to strugglers Aston Villa and really should have won. We had chances but just couldn't convert them at Villa Park and that saddens me.

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND
Chelsea 0-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Bazoer, Cooper, Nakagawa, Zielinski (Ilori 70), Rossiter, Green, Oliver, Duelund, Perovic
A huge result that is a huge sign of intent. We went to Chelsea with a plan: Defend and bring them back to our place for the replay. I thought had plan had been scuppered at the death when the referee gave Chelsea the penalty, only for Eden Hazard to kick the ball straight at David Marshall, incredible.

LEAGUE TABLE
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At this point, the cup is our main focus, not the league

TOP SCORER: DONIS AVDIJAJ (19 GOALS)

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JAKE COOPER
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He put in a couple of huge performances against Chelsea and Bournemouth and is a huge reason for our success this month
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MARCH
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The league and the cup, we're still fighting in both, how are we going to do?

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-1 Stoke City
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa, Bazoer, Rossiter, Green (Boyle 72), Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj (Perovic 67)
Another poor performance following an FA Cup match, I'm seeing a trend. Stoke weren't really in the game and it was quite disappointing to see Harry Maguire nod in from a corner towards the end of the match. Donis Avdijaj is on a worrying cold streak

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND REPLAY
Cardiff City 2-1 Chelsea
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Meret, Jedvaj, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa, Rossiter (Reed 56), Bazoer (Soumahoro 94), Green, Oliver (Boyle 108), Duelund, Avdijaj
WE'RE IN THE QUARTERS BABY!!! An exhilarating match against Chelsea which went all the way ended with a victory for the Bluebirds! Andre Green got us off to a brilliant start with a 16th minute volley only for Eden Hazard to equalise just before half-time. Things were incredibly nervy as both sides threw everything at eachother in an attempt to avoid the leg-sapping **** of extra-time. Things were just as nervy in extra-time and it appeared as though we were going to our second penalty shoot-out of the competition only for Andre Green to pop up with a goal 5 minutes from time. Brilliant.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-2 Newcastle United
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Bazoer (Lascelles 74), Cooper, Davies, Reed, Zielinski, Green, Oliver (Brady 60), Duelund (Avdijaj 66), Perovic
We faced off against the Magpies in what was essentially a playoff to see who would challenge Liverpool and Leicester for the Europa League spots. Unfortunately we were too tired from our hectic schedule and were beaten comprehensively by the Tynesiders

FA CUP SIXTH ROUND
Cardiff City 4-0 Peterborough United
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Meret, Gunter, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa, Rossiter (Soumahoro 63), Bazoer, Green, Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj (Perovic 63)
A mid-table Premier League team played a mid-table League 1 team and the gulf in quality was evident throughout. It took less than 20 minutes for us to register our first goal, a volley by Riechedly Bazoer, we doubled our lead 10 minutes later through Andre Green, who scored his second 12 minutes into the second half. Mikkel Duelund also scored. 4-0 and it could easily have been more

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Burnley 1-0 Cardiff City
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Meret, Gunter, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa, Reed, Bazoer (Ralls 61), Green (Brady 61), Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj
Burnley continue their record of not conceding against us and e continue our record of playing poorly after cup matches, disappointed to lose as we had a few chances but just couldn't put them away

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 1-2 Manchester City
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Cooper, Davies, Zielinski (Grant 74), Bazoer (Reed 74), Green, Oliver (Perovic 79), Duelund, Avdijaj
A pretty tight affair with both sides scoring their clear cut chances and doing little else, unfortunately Manchester City had more clear cut chances

LEAGUE TABLE
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A poor month in the league has lead to us slipping down the table, all eyes on the FA Cup for us

TOP SCORER: DONIS AVDIJAJ (20 GOALS)

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ANDRE GREEN
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Just for his cup performances​
 
Great career so far, done really well building the side, just wonder what could have been if you hadn't sent Wilson and Wickham back in the middle of the season.

I think you would have turned a few of them results into wins.
 
dporter8999 said:
Great career so far, done really well building the side, just wonder what could have been if you hadn't sent Wilson and Wickham back in the middle of the season.

I think you would have turned a few of them results into wins.
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Cheers mate

I didn't really want to terminate Wickham's loan deal but he kept on moaning and disrupting the squad

I terminated Wilson's deal because he wasn't really pulling his weight in the Premier League, as shown by his haul of 3 goals in 16 games

Truthfully, I felt we were safe but weren't good enough for Europe so I decided to use the second half of the season to blood in players like Perovic for the next campaign
 
APRIL
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We face Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea (amongst others) in the league in what promises to be a tough month. We also have the small matter of an FA Cup semi final at Wembley...

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 1-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Jedvaj, Ilori, Cooper, Nakagawa (Davies 78), Zielinski, Bazoer (Reed 57), Green, Oliver, Brady, Avdijaj
A huge result as it ends a run of 4 defeats in a row in the Premier League. We got off to a flyer on Merseyside through Spanish playmaker Oliver only to be pegged back before half-time. A wonderful breakaway in the 65th minute ended with a goal from Harrison Reed and a second assist of the match for Donis Avdijaj

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal 2-0 Cardiff City
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Meret, Jedvaj, Bazoer, Cooper, Nakagawa, Zielinski, Rossiter, Green, Oliver, Brady, Avdijaj
We were beaten pretty comfortably by the team we will face in the FA Cup Semi-Final later of this month. They dominated us but we held on pretty strong until Jake Cooper conceded a penalty just after the hour mark, this has destroyed any confidence I had in reaching the FA Cup Final

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-0 Chelsea
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Meret, Gunter, Lascelles, Ilori, Nakagawa, Grant, Rossiter, Green, Harris, Duelund, Avdijaj
Donis is back! Our op scorer is finally back amongst the goals as we continue our decent form against Chelsea this season. A fairly inexperienced side featuring 17 year old Mitchell Grant, 19 year old Yusuke Nakagawa and 20 year old Mark Harris put Chelsea to the sword as we ran out 2-0 winners, I'm astonished

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Cardiff City
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Meret, Gunter, Lascelles, Cooper, Nakagawa, Grant (Reed 58), Rossiter, Green, Harris, Duelund (Brady 58), Avdijaj
Super sub Harrison Reed strikes again! A second goal off the bench this month for the Ginger Ninja! A close game which we shaded at New White Hart Lane. This game and the Chelsea game has given me some encouragment in regards to the semi final

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-2 Nottingham Forest
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Meret, Jedvaj, Lascelles, Cooper, Davies, Grant (Reed 71), Rossiter, Cook, Soumahoro (Avdijaj 27), Williams, Boyle
HUGE rotation today ahead of the FA Cup semi final on Sunday and it showed. Our entire attack was rested to keep them fit for the massive game against Arsenal on Sunday. Let's hope the rotation proves beneficial...

FA CUP SEMI FINAL
Cardiff City 4-0 Arsenal
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Meret, Gunter, Bazoer (Jedvaj 68), Ilori, Nakagawa, Zielinski (Grant 79), Rossiter, Green, Oliver, Duelund, Avdijaj
Ummm, I don't really know what to say. We were absolutely incredible against Arsenal and took out our vengeance for the 2-0 defeat and the 4-3 defeat earlier in the season. Zielinski's goal just before half-time was crucial, as was Rossiter's as it forced Arsenal to go for it in the second half, allowing us to pick them off and counter at will, leading to the final 2 goals. Amazing.

LEAGUE TABLE
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A strong month in the league cements our status as a mid-table club with European ambitions, I like that

TOP SCORER: DONIS AVDIJAJ (22 GOALS)

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
HARRISON REED
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I've given it to Reed purely because of his goals which earned us a valuable 6 points​
 
FA CUP FINAL 2019
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MANCHESTER UNITED VS CARDIFF CITY
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The Red Devils take on the Bluebirds in the FA Cup Final at Wembley today, both sides have won the competition before, United winning it 11 times and Cardiff winning it just the once

The last time United won the competition was in 2004, whilst Cardiff haven't won the FA Cup since 1927

THE TEAMS
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KICK-OFF
18th Minute-Mata's free-kick is headed away, Blind puts it back in, Meret drops it, SEMEDO!! Blocked by Tiago Ilori
29th Minute-Green takes the free-kick, BAZOER IS UNMARKED! SAVED
30th Minute-Sane beats Jedvaj, inside to Martial, who plays it cross field for EMBOLO!!!! 1-0
35th Minute-Mata's free-kcik, flicked on by Herrers, Embolo in the six yard box!! 2-0!
40th Minute-Duelund's corner is cleared, Oliver plays it back to Duelund, put into the box, Zielinski wins the header which ends up at the feet of ANDRE GREEN!!! 2-1! GAME ON!
HALF-TIME
Manchester United 2-1 Cardiff City
SECOND-HALF
55th Minute-Duelund's corner is cleared, recovered by Zielinski, to Oliver, Ilori's shot is blocked, Oliver now, ***** it to the back post for ANDRE GREEN!!!! 2-2!!!
62nd Minute-Embolo gets the ball in, Martial shoots saved! Sane on the rebound! SAVED AGAIN! Jedvaj clears for a corner, brilliance from Alex Meret
72nd Minute-Sane on the ball, to Herrera on the edge of the box, Januzaj is in acres of space, Januzaj SURELY!! Over the bar.
80th Minute-Green with the free-kick, Oliver drifts in unmarked.. 3-2!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
89th Minute-United are streaming up the pitch, they need to score, it's Sane, he's still going, he pulls it back, it's cleared, but here's Luke Shaw, he ***** it to the back post.. IT'S NELSON SEMEDO!!! Post and Nakagawa clears for Cardiff
FULL-TIME
Manchester United 2-3 Cardiff City

Cardiff City have come from 2-0 down in the FA Cup final to beat the team who have won the Premier League for 3 years in a row, incredible! Andre Green has come back to haunt his old club as Cardiff take the FA Cup out of England for only the second time in its history!
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I'M LOVED!
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EUROPE BABY!!!
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END OF SEASON 18/19
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My fourth season as Cardiff City manager has come to a close, how did it go?

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Oh yeah, incredibly well!

We finished tenth in the league, not bad considering we concentrated on the Cup for the last two months and seeing where we were predicted to finish
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10th ain't that bad....

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A great season apparently, according to the Guardian that is..

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A clean sweep for Donis Avdijaj, what a man he is. Chris Gunter second after winning Player of the Season for 3 years in a row

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Donis with the most goals, Andre Green grabbed the highest amount of assists with 12 assists. I feel Green has gone under the radar somewhat this season, even I was surprised with his amount of assists

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Look at us with our extension we've paid for ourselves...

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Oh Vincent you beautiful man

AROUND ENGLAND
Premier League
Winners-Manchester United
Champions League-Man United, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea
Europa League-Cardiff (FAC), Newcastle, Leicester
Relegated-Bournemouth, Norwich, Villa

Championship
Winners-Derby County
Promoted-Derby, Wolves, Fulham (PO)
Playoffs-Hull, Fulham (W), Brighton, QPR
Relegated-Charlton, Wigan, Scunthorpe

League 1
Winners-Luton Town
Promoted-Luton, Oxford, Rotherham (PO)
Playoffs-Sheffield United, Chesterfield, Rotherham (W), Coventry
Relegated-Bristol Rovers, Leyton Orient, Doncaster, Rochdale

League 2
Winners-Cambridge United
Promoted-Cambridge, Carlisle, Yeovil, Colchester (PO)
Playoffs-Crewe, Colchester (W), Exeter, Burton Albion
Relegated-York, Hartlepool

EUROPE
La Liga
Winners-Real Madrid
Champions League-Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia
Europa League-Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao, Espanyol
Relegated-Real Valladolid, Eibar, Las Palmas

Bundesliga
Winners-Bayern Munich
Champions League-Bayern Munich, Leverkusen, Dortmund
Europa League-Mainz, Schalke, Monchengladbach
Relegated-Nuremburg, Leipzig​
 
What leagues have you got loaded, you seem to get SO many great looking regens.
 
Jacoblc12 said:
What leagues have you got loaded, you seem to get SO many great looking regens.
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I only have the top four English divisions loaded, as well as the top 2 Swedish due to our affiliate club, my laptop can't take much more than that :)
 
JUNE TRANSFERS

We've made a few signings, all of them youngsters, here they are...

SILVIU GANEA
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17 year old Romanian left-back Silviu Ganea has joined us from Cluj for £525,000 amid interest from AC Milan

He's got some great mental stats for his age and has some good potential, will be our backup when Ben Davies leaves

ANDY KYLE
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Say hello to our new backup goalkeeper! Andy is only 17 but he will provide backup to Alex Meret as we attempt to move on David Marshall.

We signed him from Middlesbrough for £400,000 it looks it will be a good investment, he is currently the number one for the England Under 19's

BORIS DELLAGO
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Boris has some decentpotential and has some good sell-on value. Don't expect to seem him in the first-team

The strangely aggressive winger was signed from Serie B side Slaernitana for £500,000

JOSE CARLOS
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The next Portuguese superstar? Jose has the potential to be a great player and the determination to realise this. Decent at dribbling and finishing as well as being a good team player, I really like this guy

He was signed from Leiria for £425,000

MARCO FANTINI
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I signed him because he's decent and Sammarinese, he cost £14,500

STEVEN TEMPLEMAN
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A free transfer from Hearts, the Scottish international will provide good backup for us this season

He's a good defender and is great to have in reserve

STUART LLOYD
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Another international, another freebie!

Australian international full-back Lloyd was signed from the FFA Centre of Excellence on a free and will provide backup, when he gets his work permit of course..

ADEMOLA LOOKMAN
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The 21 year old Londoner has been signed from League 1 Charlton for £110,000 to play backup on the wings, nothing more than that​
 
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COMING HOME
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Cardiff City have today announced the signing of three players, all 3 have played for the Bluebirds before.

The first signing was that of Cardiff boy Joe Ledley, who played for the club from the age of 9 up until he left in 2010
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The Wales international made 226 league appearances for the Bluebirds before joining Celtic on a free transfer. He has since played for Crystal Palace, for whom he made 85 appearances, and Everton. He has joined Cardiff on a free transfer

The second player to sign was Wales international Jonny Williams, who played for Cardiff in 2015/16
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The then 22 year old made 37 appearances in what was a highly successful season for him at Cardiff, before being left to rot in the Crystal Palace Reserve Team
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Williams is held in high regard by manager Matthew Hawkins, who had attempted to buy him from Crystal Palace on many occasions, he's delighted to have been able to get him for free

Last but not least is Robbie Brady, who has re-joined the Bluebirds on loan following a successful stint in South Wales in the latter half of last season
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The Irish international made 10 league appearances for Cardiff last season and has re-joined as Hawkins looks to bolster his squad ahead of Cardiff's upcoming Europa League campaign
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The winger, who has made 226 league appearances in his career, has played for Manchester United, Hull City, Norwich City and Stoke City as well as the Bluebirds
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