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Discussion in 'Cardiff City' started by Oldsparkey, Jul 28, 2021.

  1. Oldsparkey

    Oldsparkey Well-Known Member
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    Brizzle - watched the Newport game on the box and it stood out a mile. Up front, Collins is blunt instrument - Harris is a scalpel.

    Collins is strong but slow over the ground and needs to be in the right place at the right time to be effective. He can do it, but not today. Harris came on and made things happen with his pace and drive. If we need someone to play off Keiffer up front, I'd use Harris not Collins.

    On the evidence of these last few games, if we need to service the front runners then Giles has to start against Barnsley. Him and Bagan together down the left side will cause anyone problems. When Mick switched Giles to the right for the start of the second half he was less efective and we lost that pace down the left. When he was brought back over to the left when Bacuna went off, he was very good again.

    The middle of the park is wide open - Ralls looked really good to be fair, Pack has control but is slow, and you could pick either of Vaulks or Wintle and it wouldn't make a lot of difference. Bacuna seems to have Mick as a fan, but today was obviously unfit and off the pace.

    The back 3 will probably start with the three that finished most of last season - Morro, Flint and Nelson, though McGuinness looks a very good aquisition.

    Smithies didn't have a lot to do but he's easily our best keeper.

    These pre season games are about recognising the qualities we have and playing to them. It's a rapid learning curve and if these games are to count for anything, then ditch the old dogma and play to our current strengths, not history.
     
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    Fair play 2 quality goals. Moore is a big miss for City.
     
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    If theres no difference between Vaulks and Wintle then thats desperately disheartening.

    I havent seen Wintle. If weve added a player with Vaulks passing ability ill be seriously p!ssed off.
     
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    Thankfully Vaulks is suspended for our opener.
     
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    Getting worried - Vassell scored twice for the under 23's in a 4-2 against West Brom.
     
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    Win or loss?
     
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    Great news for him. It would be tremendous if he can have a (relatively) injury free season but I still don’t want Mark Harris going out on loan.
     
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    Sorry Irish - it was a 4-2 win for City after going 2-0 down.
     
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    Cheers Sparkey. That’s good news. Hopefully Vassell will stay injury free. We might need him.
     
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    All our 5 goals have been headers.

    whilst interesting it is a worrying stat. It shows we are not creative enough and not clinical enough.
    But we knew that!
     
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    Hadn't realised that.

    Must say Bacuna, Pack, Collins and even Giles have missed some glorious chances with their feet.
     
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