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Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:12 pm

The second Championship Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg, tonight.

Hoping for a Cardiff win, but expecting Fulham to go through and win the final.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:13 pm

Fulham will get to the final, I'm sure, because I dared to back Cardiff to win them.
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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by NickBFC » Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:32 pm

Narrow home win for me. Fancy the two Welsh clubs to meet in the final after Fulham/Brentford both made a hash at automatic promotion.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by depechedingle » Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:46 pm

My preference would be Fulham or Brentford to come up. Fulham a great away day as was Brentford at Griffin Park, with the new ground for Brentford but roughly in the same postcode still should be good.

I've had plenty of trips to Cardiff and Swansea old and new grounds, those Welsh are lovely and friendly aren't they???

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by MACCA » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:20 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:13 pm
Fulham will get to the final, I'm sure, because I dared to back Cardiff to win them.

I didn't know you liked a flutter Tony.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Woodleyclaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:52 pm

Cardiff up or Swansea both have great fans always keen to discuss football with us Englush
Its now free to cross the Severn Bridge

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Bosscat » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:04 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:52 pm
Cardiff up or Swansea both have great fans always keen to discuss football with us Englush
Its now free to cross the Severn Bridge
Are the Englush drunken fans 🤔

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by jdrobbo » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:09 pm

No Mitrovic

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:09 pm

MACCA wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:20 pm
I didn't know you liked a flutter Tony.
Back was probably not the best choice of word - I’ve never bet on a football match in my life

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:32 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:09 pm
No Mitrovic
That makes a big difference

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:33 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:32 pm
That makes a big difference
Definitely.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by tiger76 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:46 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:09 pm
No Mitrovic
He's carrying a slight knock, and Scott Parker says he's being rested to ensure he's available for the 2nd leg and possibly the final, big gamble though leaving your top scorer out, and it's only a few days until the return leg. Seems bizarre that he'll be fit to participate in that, but not feature tonight.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by icu81b4 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:58 pm

The Emilliano Salo debacle - "He's one of our own" then not paying Nantes has somewhat soured my thoughts on Cardiff. So I think I'd prefer the London club for the final, to then be defeated by the other London Club. Sorted.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:23 pm

Bit low-key at the moment. Suppose quite a few of the first legs are cagey affairs.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Conroysleftfoot » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:51 pm

How is Harrison Reed doing for Fulham, he's supposed to be one we are interested in?

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Aclaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:53 pm

Great goal

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:54 pm

Brilliant run and finish.

Bit "after you, Claude" by the Cardiff defence, but still good.
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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by DAVETHEVICAR » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:55 pm

Come on Fulham

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by EarbyClaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:56 pm

Fulham always very generous with the points when they visit TM - plus Craven Cottage and Brentford (old and probably new grounds) very good away trips - Cardiff and Swansea both proper clubs/proper fans but neither could be described as enjoyable visits

Not overly bothered - the longer we stay in the PL the greater the quality gap always appears to be between ourselves and the teams in the Championship play-off places

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by rob63 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:03 pm

Conroysleftfoot wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:51 pm
How is Harrison Reed doing for Fulham, he's supposed to be one we are interested in?
Very deep & a bit safe

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:18 pm

Cardiff are crap, hope they somehow come up !!

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by MACCA » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:35 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:09 pm
Back was probably not the best choice of word - I’ve never bet on a football match in my life
I thought it was the first time I'd ever seen anything regards betting used in your football posts.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:36 pm

0-2 Fulham
Lovely free kick.
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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Rowls » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:36 pm

0-2 to Fulham

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by EarbyClaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:40 pm

Fulham should have this nailed - their form towards the end of the season was reasonably good too - if I was them I'd be hoping for Brentford in the final - they seem to have a mental block when it comes to the critical games

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by dougcollins » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:40 pm

EarbyClaret wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:56 pm
Fulham always very generous with the points when they visit TM - plus Craven Cottage and Brentford (old and probably new grounds) very good away trips - Cardiff and Swansea both proper clubs/proper fans but neither could be described as enjoyable visits

Not overly bothered - the longer we stay in the PL the greater the quality gap always appears to be between ourselves and the teams in the Championship play-off places
Well, the home and away games with Fulham tend to cancel themselves out.

We never beat them down there, and vice versa.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:40 pm

That's Fulham in the final.
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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by rob63 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:41 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:36 pm
0-2 Fulham
Lovely free kick.
Poor defensive wall......very static

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by SGr » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:42 pm

Quality result for Fulham. Surely on their way back.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:44 pm

SGr wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:42 pm
Quality result for Fulham. Surely on their way back.
If they make it, let's hope their spending mirrors the last time they splashed out....
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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Silkyskills1 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:45 pm

That's twice I've seen this fixture in the last month. Fulham won both and I just wonder how Cardiff got anywhere near the play-offs. Looked very poor and short on ideas in both games.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by tiger76 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:46 pm

Surely Fulham can't mess this up now, they should be heading to Wembley, who they'll be facing is much harder to predict, but it's possible there could yet be another London derby at Wembley this season.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ksrclaret » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:48 pm

Fulham looked good. Impressed with Scott Parker in his first managerial role.
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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Gp8419 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:14 pm

Hope Fulham come up think our record is great against them.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by tiger76 » Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:35 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:48 pm
Fulham looked good. Impressed with Scott Parker in his first managerial role.
Given the shambles he inherited he's done remarkably well to turn them into a decent outfit, of course his biggest challenge will be if they come up, that'll be the acid test, but the signs are promising, and yet another young English manager learning his trade and showing he's up to the task.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by box_of_frogs » Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:05 am

ksrclaret wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:48 pm
Fulham looked good. Impressed with Scott Parker in his first managerial role.
Yeah, they’d have given us a run for our money based on that performance.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by BenWickes » Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:26 am

tiger76 wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:35 pm
Given the shambles he inherited he's done remarkably well to turn them into a decent outfit, of course his biggest challenge will be if they come up, that'll be the acid test, but the signs are promising, and yet another young English manager learning his trade and showing he's up to the task.
Very good midfielder in his day and not surprised he's doing well in management.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ElectroClaret » Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:56 am

Of the four in the play offs, I think Fulham would have the best chance of stopping up.
Going off what I've seen of the other three in the first legs, they're much of a muchness.

Hope its Brentford, though.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Top Claret » Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:01 am

They appear to be getting their act together at the right time, they have come back stronger from the lockdown.

Fulham teams over the last few seasons have been poor at the back and have lacked charecter,from what I have seen of them this season they will struggle if they go up.

They need to be looking at the type of players we have Bardsley, Pieters, Cork etc who are stacked with PL experience and are of strong character

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by joey13 » Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:14 am

Fulham great away day ,if that will ever be a thing again

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by FactualFrank » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:00 pm

I fancy Fulham to win again tonight.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Top Claret » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:04 pm

Hoping for a West London final

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by FactualFrank » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:08 pm

Scott Parker must be confident as it looks like he's giving Mitrovic extra time off for the final.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by EarbyClaret » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:18 pm

General consensus amongst Fulham fans is that they play better football without Mitrovic - if he's in the team then it's built around him - he certainly wasn't missed in the first leg

Possibly similar to us with Charlie Austin - a prolific goalscorer but we looked a far better all-round team with an Ings/Vokes strike pairing after he had gone

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Re: Fulham vs Cardiff City

Post by icu81b4 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:58 pm

Two quick goals from either side already, hope it keeps going like this it will be fun to watch

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by EarbyClaret » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:04 pm

Agreed - should be a good watch. Cardiff have to go for it at one end - but not good enough to keep Fulham out at the other

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by FactualFrank » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:38 pm

Didn't realise this... Brentford did the double over Fulham this season.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by BennyD » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:39 pm

New drinking game; take a swig every time they say De Cordova-Reid. I’m already half p!ssed.

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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:43 pm

EarbyClaret wrote:
Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:18 pm
General consensus amongst Fulham fans is that they play better football without Mitrovic - if he's in the team then it's built around him - he certainly wasn't missed in the first leg

Possibly similar to us with Charlie Austin - a prolific goalscorer but we looked a far better all-round team with an Ings/Vokes strike pairing after he had gone
When Charlie was here we got better results when he didn’t play than when he did. I suppose when you have a goalscorer like Charlie you probably play to him too much. As good as he was in front of goal we never missed him.
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Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

Post by Bfc » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:50 pm

The stands have a lot of people scattered about. I wouldn’t think members of staff, would be sat way above the pitch side. Maybe they decided certain fans should be allowed in for the game.

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