Boxing Day - Cardiff City - Depressed

I have always loved the Boxing Day fixture preferring a home game but I did enjoy the away trips. Many moons a go it would have usually meant a local derby, Swansea, Newport or one of the Bristol teams, City or Rovers but those games have gone with Cardiff on the road today to Milton Keynes to play MK Dons.

There was a time I would have been on the road with the 1000+ fans making their way to MK Dons now I make do with the TV and Radio to keep me up to date. The publication of the team left me none the wiser in this crazy league top of the league can be batter by just about anyone. I sent positive vibes all the way to Milton Keynes at kick off from my armchair and sat back watching the scores roll down the screen.

So it was my laptop, Soccer Saturday for the afternoon after watching those former gods of football, Manchester United fail to win again. The Jeff Stirling show under way and was soon cursing the TV as Swansea scored an early goal but I thought to myself that it was a long way to go. But it was the Championship which occupied my mind has I watched the ‘As It Stands’ league table.

In at halftime all square and I would have been happier with a few goals, but with our inability to keep a lead maybe not. Then it happened has Jeff Stirling announced we were off to MK Dons v Cardiff City there has been a goal, 50/50 chance but it was not to be when former Cardiff striker Nicky Maynard opened the scoring five minutes after the restart. My heart sunk I was only saying this morning he owed us Cardiff fans a few goals and that he was bound to bite us back.

Time lingered on with the odd report I was still in hope then Stirling was heading back to MK Dons stadium there had been a goal. Please be an equaliser went through my mind with only about 9 minutes to go plus any injury time, Substitute Craig Noone, 1-1 and all of a sudden I was happy for a point.

However, I forgot we are Cardiff City and there is nothing better this team likes doing then dropping points, and today was no exception. Just before full time and with 6 minutes of injury times they struck causing a mass intake of breath of every Cardiff City fans, 2-1 to them, game over most likely. So three points dropped and more cries for the head of Russel Slade so things never change.

Three home games on the trot with two league fixtures, Nottm Forest and Blackburn, followed by an FA Cup fixture Shrewsbury and the fans will be insisting on three victories.