A GOOD CHANCE OF A DECENT START FOR CARDIFF CITY

‘ A GOOD CHANCE OF A DECENT START FOR CARDIFF CITY ‘

By Carl Curtis

http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=175523

With the new season upon us and all the pre-season friendlies done, it is down to business in the league campaign for the Bluebirds starting in just 6 days at Birmingham.

With a change of manager, it looks evident a change of system is to be adopted for the new campaign.

There hasn’t been a flurry of new signings, especially if you consider that Immers and Zohore were here last season but there does seem to be some kind of optimism surrounding the squad.

Players are talking about promotion, which is expected at the start of the season, but fans who have attended the pre-season games seem buoyed by some of the play City have displayed.

Managers sometimes talk of breaking the season down into sets of five games (Dave Jones did anyway) and looking to take 2 points per game, I believe the first set of five fixtures can be where we can achieve 2 points a game ratio or possibly even slightly better.

We play away, home, home, away then home during August against Birmingham, QPR, Blackburn, Fulham and Reading respectively.

Judging by our overall results and performances last season, I am hopeful of seeing 3 wins and a draw in those five games.

If at the end of the month we have amassed 10 or more points then we will have got off to a decent start, add another draw then it will be very good, produce a fourth win and the confidence will be extremely high.

Obviously I am basing my hopes on winning our home games, which I don’t think is a stretch too far and picking up a point, or possibly more at one of the away games.

Is it possible, anything is possible, is it achievable ?

Yes I believe it is.

We could certainly do with a couple of additions but it does seem to be a case of one out and one in at CCS at the moment, so unless we can get Macheda, Le Fondre and Dikgacoi then we will probably go with what we got but as Trollope said yesterday he expects a lot of activity at the end of the transfer window.

Who else is hopeful of a decent points haul for August ?

Birmingham – Away
QPR – Home
Blackburn – Home
Fulham – Away
Reading – Home