14 Cup Finals

Nottingham Forest, history now it is all about Tuesday night and the visit of Sven-Goran Eriksson's and his Leicester City side. They have not lost in the last eight game a run that must end Tuesday.

Results around Cardiff helped them out again today with only Swansea City of the top six won and of course Nottingham Forest.

What I will say about the Forest game Cardiff, maybe in the eyes of the management, away fans eyes and the thousands of fans watching naughty feeds on the internet they deserved to get something from the game. However, for all the chances if the ball doesn’t go in the net it means nothing. You can play all the pretty football in the world but if you don’t score and win it means little to the majority of fans.

They are only 14 games left to secure automatic promotion! a play-off spot in my book will be a failure. The play-offs are a pressure cooker a lottery on club would want and after last season something I could do without.

Every game left is and must be treated as a cup final. Form means nothing these days particularly in the Championship as we seen again yesterday with bottom club Preston get a draw with top of the QPR. Scunthorpe took all three points off Forest mid-week.

The pundits say we have the team to win promotion and go on about Craig Bellamy, Michael Chopra and Jay Bothroyd but we need a team, not individual players. It takes blood and guts to be shed at a time like this the team must lock together. On Tuesday night take a minute to look around the stadium at 20,000 plus fans, they paid good money to watch the game and when you move on they will still be there.

The fans have they piece in this, support the team with your voices, hands and flags. Chant about the players, the team, the manager and forget about England/Wales crap it should be about CARDIFF CITY.

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing. - Bill Shankly Liverpool manager.

The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything. -Mia Hamm American female soccer player.

It a full fixture list for the Championship Tuesday here are the top seven

(4) Cardiff v (7) Leicester

(15) Coventry v (3) Swansea

(6) Leeds v (14) Barnsley

(5) Norwich v (17) Doncaster

(2) Nottingham Forest v (24) Preston

(1) QPR v (13) Ipswich

() donates league position

Looks like it us (Cardiff) again with the game of the night as rivals fish for points in the lower half of the Championship league table. A win for the visitors could see them in the top six.