Good to his word Cardiff City striker Rob Earnshaw did not take long to get back into scoring ways after the nightmare miss against England mid-week with a goal at the Cardiff City Stadium this afternoon.
Before the game fans gave, a tremendous minute’s applause to fan Mike Dye, which many felt, was better than a minute silence and I believe his family specifically asked for. Players for both teams wore black armbands in the memory of Mr Dye.
The Bluebirds run out 2-0 winners against lowly Doncaster (bottom of the table) with the goals coming in the second half with defender Anthony Gerrard who opened the scoring followed by Earnshaw. The goal came from a classic Peter Whittingham free kick that found the head of Gerrard who guided the ball into the net.
Whittingham opened the up the way for Earnshaw goal when his shot was deflected into the path of the goal hungry striker to fire home from close range.A good win in a scrape game for Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay who kept faith was the team that draw 1-1 with Portsmouth two weeks ago. That means three points in the bag and Cardiff back into the top six in the league.
Midfielder Filip Kiss made his debut today coming off the bench with around 10 minutes to go and we now have Blackpool away to look forward to next Saturday. After Wembley, we owe then a good spanking. Cardiff manager Malky Mackay praised his players after the 2-0 home win over Doncaster.
"I'm satisfied with the performance and the result. We were playing a difficult customer because of the way Doncaster play.
"I've known how they play for a long time and Sean is the longest serving manager in the league.
"They are always a threat going forward with nimble, nifty players who create chances and play off lines. They always threaten your goal so I'm delighted with the clean sheet.
"But we started on fire and we came close to scoring twice in the first minute.
"We did the same in the first minute of the second half as well so I was delighted with the way we set to our task in both halves.
"It took time but I thought our fitness, particularly in the second half, showed. There was a frustration with a few of our final passes and we gave away some decent possession.
"But, overall, we lifted the tempo, showed we had learnt from our mistakes in the first half, and did more than enough to earn the points - which you have to do to get anything in this division - to win the game.
"Good players and good guys at their sport have an inner self-belief that they keep doing the right thing. Eventually you succeed."I had no doubts about Robert Earnshaw scoring goals at this level and for Wales."
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