Bolton Wanderers defender Jlloyd Samuel was the only successful deal made by Cardiff City boss Dave Jones before the loan window closed for. I am not wholly excited about the latest signing like many fans hoping to see a new striker. Samuel’s is making all the right noise in the press with his vow to lift the City from the doldrums. Jones also felt a need for some defensive for cover with Mark Hudson out for a possible four weeks. The rumours he was chasing Coventry striker Marlon King where denied but any other targets came to nothing.
Another rumour about our loan signings had me worried slightly. My foreboding came from chatter surrounding when the season is over for loan players, maybe not, after checking out some facts. However, I believe it will be up to the player’s parent clubs if their loans can be extended to cover the play-offs, technically their season will end after the final fixture of the season at Burnley.
They have been constantly talked of the club being promotion candidates all season, even with the poor run of form pundits continue to back the Bluebirds to go up. Even in yesterday press, Ex-Southampton and England striker Matt Le Tissier who works for Sky Sports as a football pundit is backing the City. Le Tissier who played under Dave Jones when he manager the south East club said in the South Wales Echo,
“Dave Jones deserves to be managing at Premier League level – and I believe he will be, with Cardiff City next season,” said Le Tissier, who scored more than 200 goals in 500-plus appearances for the Saints.“Cardiff are still in the mix for promotion and Dave will keep his nerve and ensure they stay on track over the remaining matches.“They are four points behind Norwich, who are second, and three behind Swansea City.“But it seems to be that whoever gets into second place then just blows up and slides back.“The four-point gap can be closed because it’s the sort of lead that can come and go so quickly.“Cardiff have matches coming up they can win and they will feel Derby, Doncaster and Sheffield United are games they can take points from.“Queens Park Rangers are on course for top spot and if anybody can put together a decent winning run out of the other three they will be favourites.“The loss of Michael Chopra is a major blow but Craig Bellamy, Jay Bothroyd and Peter Whittingham can all score goals.“They have quality players who can really hurt the opposition.“There’s a fantastic squad at Cardiff and a highly experienced manager who knows what it will take to take them up.”
If they want to be ‘numero uno’ with a chance of automatic promotion, it is time for them to unleash winning ways for the remaining eight games. The dread ofanother play-off campaign is being to hit the fans.
Jay Bothroyd is firing blanks at the moment and after he was red hot before his England call-up and injury. He is expected to be fit after he pulled a hamstring muscle Millwall game. He need to find the goal scoring from he had in the first half of the season. Jon Parkin joined the club in January from Preston to find himself playing second fiddle mainly to Bothroyd and Michael Chopra.
The fixture for the upcoming weekend as again some interest games have been thrown up with the top four all playing clubs at the bottom end of league table, but for Leeds United and Nottingham Forest who slug it out with the match of the day. Burnley and Reading are three points behind sixth place Nottingham Forest and both have games in hand over the top six. Reading play their game in hand next Tuesday week home to relegate threaten Preston.
Saturday, 2 April 2011(5) Leeds v (6) Nottingham Forest, Kick-off 12:45(8) Burnley v (15) Ipswich, 15:00(4) Cardiff v (17) Derby, 15:00(24) Preston v (2) Swansea, 15:00(7) Reading v (13) Portsmouth, 15:00Monday, 4 April 2011(1) QPR v (22) Sheffield Utd, 19:45Tuesday, 5 April 2011Reading v Preston, 20:00
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