No footy for the Bluebirds this afternoon

All the talk of QPR and points deduction as deflected my mind somewhat from the upcoming game on Sunday. With QPR promotion rivals I hope they get stuck with a deduction of 10 points or more that would do nicely, it’s dog eat dog world out there. I am sure if the boot was on the other foot their fans would wish the same to Cardiff if they were in there place. The Football League did recent called to see some information on the clubs financial dealings and the club quickly informed fans there was no problem.

The FA are hoping to fast track a decision for next week after QPR were charged by the FA with seven breaches of regulations relating to third-party ownership and agents. It stems from the transfer deal in 2009 surrounding Argentinean midfielder Alejandro Faurlin, who signed for Rangers for a club-record fee believed to be in the region of £3.5million. I thing they will be fined.

QPR take a seven-point lead over second place Swansea and nine points over Cardiff.

I say it about every game, but this time I really mean and I hope the players feel it, we need a win tomorrow. Barnsley seem to be safe from relegation, they are sat in mid-table hopefully they will come all laid back, don’t think they will though. Recent history shows last season they did the double over Cardiff while earlier this season Cardiff were 2-1 winners at Barnsley.

On the team front Cardiff will have Seyi Olofinjana back after he missed the last three games with a muscle tear behind his knee. If he is picked to start my Cardiff boss Dave Jones it will mean Jones drop either Peter Whittingham or Stephen McPhail to the bench. The squad is nearly up to full strength going into the last ten games still in the treatment room is defender Lee Naylor and of course keepers David Marshall and Tom Heaton.

Today’s Fixtures

Burnley (7) v (12) Millwall 3:00pm

Derby (19) v (2) Swansea, 3:00pm

Leeds (5) v (16) Ipswich, 3:00pm

Nottingham Forest (6) v (17) Doncaster, 3:00pm

QPR (1) v (21) Crystal Palace, 3:00pm

Sunday

Cardiff (4) v (15) Barnsley, 3:00pm

Monday

Norwich (3) v (14) Bristol City, 7:45pm

Tuesday

Burnley v Coventry, 7:45pm

The top six have been joined by seventh place Burnley who after a steady run of wins have joined the party. More importantly they have two games over the entire top six and if there were to win both they could end up a point off automatic promotion.