Three B’s....... Bothroyd – Burke – Bellamy

Bothroyd

Well a perfect day for Cardiff City and Craig Bellamy, he score a goal and better still he put in a solid team performance. He did pick up a weak yellow card but for his passion on some foul.

It was all round performance from a team which would please the Cardiff City bosses and the fans.

The game had its cost with both Kevin McNaughton (18min) and Michael Chopra (32min) going off injured, we will have to wait on news of the scale of the injuries. Next Sayurday Cardiff face a trip to Portsmouth. McNaughton misfortune gave Lee Naylor an early than expected debut, he only signed for the club last night and did well in defence. Cardiff City boss Dave Jones had to drop someone to the bench to make room for Bellamy and he decided on Chris Burke. The injury to Chopra in the 32minute saw Burke off the bench and into the action.

Burke

Jay Bothroyd looks to have spent the summer getting his eye in for goals with a total of three in three league games, plus one in the Carling Cup he has not been this prolific for a while. His (Bothroyd) first today was supplied from a beautiful Bellamy cross from out on the left wing, he found Bothroyd who fired home a left-footed shot into the back of the net.

Both teams had chances but it was City going in at half time with a 1-0 lead.

Cardiff were more or least in control for the whole second half and it was to tell on the goal count. Bothroyd got his second of the game on 61minutes with a close range header with the help of a pinpoint cross from Burke.

Bellamy

It was Burke who was next on the score sheet six minutes later. From way back in his own half Bellamy fired the ball up the middle of the field and found a on running Burke who gathered the ball, control it and fired in home from around 12 yards out.

The fans were happy the game was over at 3-0 up, but there was one thing missing to round the game off, with nine minutes to go it came his debut yellow card for dissent for Bellamy. A minute or so later he made another debut goal, and it was a beauty a superb free-kick from 35 yards.

The game ended the way everyone supporting Cardiff City wanted, victory and three points, and no party popers.