Category Archives: Out on the pitch

Reports, analysis, news and gossip about the Cardiff City first team.

Over to you Mr Risdale.

Posted on August 16, 2009 by The other Bob Wilson

Yesterday I wrote about the need for less draws and more wins away from home and so what did we go and do yesterday! As it turns out though this was not one of those occasions where we turned what … Continue reading →

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The real test begins.

Posted on August 15, 2009 by The other Bob Wilson

So far so good then for Cardiff City – without a goal in their last three pre season matches, they got seven in two wins when the competitive stuff started that ensured that the switch to their new stadium was a seamless one.

However, despite that winning start, I think it is fair at this stage to ask whether the good results are down to the strength of the City team or the weakness of the opposition? Scunthorpe looked a decent side for twenty minutes last Saturday but reacted so poorly to going 1-0 down in unlucky circumstances that some people are already writing them off and, although Dagenham and Redbridge provided a sterner test, they are, after all, two leagues below us. Continue reading →

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