You can look either side of the coin about Newcastle tonight, they could carry-on with their current from which is one win in the last five or tonight come see a revival and the start of a new unbeaten run. Allow in a bit of a slump that as seen their lead at the top of Championship table cut Newcastle have yet to be defeated at home this season.
Cardiff City boss Dave Jones said as the team travel to the top of the table crash in the North East he has no fear of the opponents tonight and 2,000 plus fans will back the team as the City took up their full allocation for the game, not bad for a Friday night game over 300 miles away.
Cardiff will be without midfielder Gavin Rea who as hamstring trouble limited Dave Jones options with the midfield lacking experience. Peter Whittingham is likely to play out of position and line up in the middle of midfield. The other spot in the middle will between either fit-again Aaron Wildig or Darcy Blake leaving with Chris Burke and Ross McCormack on either flank.
There should be no change with other positions as Cardiff look to extend their unbeaten to eight games and while Cardiff has been unable to strength their squad Newcastle have been busy.
The Magpies boss Chris Hughton brought in six new faces during January, defenders Mike Williamson from Portsmouth and Danny Simpson Manchester United and on loan Patrick Van Aanholt from Chelsea. He also raided QPR taking defender Fitz Hall on loan and the much travelled Wayne Routledge who had a belief loan spell of not even two months with the Bluebirds playing nine games, scoring two goals. Routledge was offer a contract but an early morning phone call to his hotel room saw him decamp and leg it down the M4 towards QPR without saying goodbye, it was a better deal moneywise. In addition, he topped up his striker force signing Leon Best from Coventry who has not been the most prolific of strikers this season in the Championship.
Geordie Michael Chopra will have to forget he is a Newcastle fan and will, as he is a professional and tonight his job is to score goals and help Cardiff City to win. Because he has crossed the divide between Newcastle and Sunderland, he is likely to get a hostile welcome for most of the home fans. He indicated that if he were to score tonight he would not be celebrating goal at St James’ Park.
Boss Dave Jones said, “The one thing that ‘Chops’ can do is score goals for you, but it’s a team game after all.
“We know we can score from all different positions and that has been one of our strengths this season.
“Now we’ve got Ross McCormack back up to full fitness, with the bit between his teeth, and he’s scoring goals too.
“We’ve already scored 50-odd goals, which is absolutely fantastic.
“We are a good attacking side and if everything clicks then we can do some damage to any team in this division.”
Cardiff City boss Dave Jones said as the team travel to the top of the table crash in the North East he has no fear of the opponents tonight and 2,000 plus fans will back the team as the City took up their full allocation for the game, not bad for a Friday night game over 300 miles away.
Cardiff will be without midfielder Gavin Rea who as hamstring trouble limited Dave Jones options with the midfield lacking experience. Peter Whittingham is likely to play out of position and line up in the middle of midfield. The other spot in the middle will between either fit-again Aaron Wildig or Darcy Blake leaving with Chris Burke and Ross McCormack on either flank.
There should be no change with other positions as Cardiff look to extend their unbeaten to eight games and while Cardiff has been unable to strength their squad Newcastle have been busy.
The Magpies boss Chris Hughton brought in six new faces during January, defenders Mike Williamson from Portsmouth and Danny Simpson Manchester United and on loan Patrick Van Aanholt from Chelsea. He also raided QPR taking defender Fitz Hall on loan and the much travelled Wayne Routledge who had a belief loan spell of not even two months with the Bluebirds playing nine games, scoring two goals. Routledge was offer a contract but an early morning phone call to his hotel room saw him decamp and leg it down the M4 towards QPR without saying goodbye, it was a better deal moneywise. In addition, he topped up his striker force signing Leon Best from Coventry who has not been the most prolific of strikers this season in the Championship.
Geordie Michael Chopra will have to forget he is a Newcastle fan and will, as he is a professional and tonight his job is to score goals and help Cardiff City to win. Because he has crossed the divide between Newcastle and Sunderland, he is likely to get a hostile welcome for most of the home fans. He indicated that if he were to score tonight he would not be celebrating goal at St James’ Park.
Boss Dave Jones said, “The one thing that ‘Chops’ can do is score goals for you, but it’s a team game after all.
“We know we can score from all different positions and that has been one of our strengths this season.
“Now we’ve got Ross McCormack back up to full fitness, with the bit between his teeth, and he’s scoring goals too.
“We’ve already scored 50-odd goals, which is absolutely fantastic.
“We are a good attacking side and if everything clicks then we can do some damage to any team in this division.”
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