TEAM NEWS “ TORQUAY UNITED v CARDIFF CITY “ MATCH THREAD

TORQUAY UNITED v CARDIFF CITY
Plainmoor
Pre-Season Friendly
Friday 20th July, 7pm


Team News 20/07/18

Warnock intends to play as many first team players from his squad as he can

Over 1,000 Cardiff fans have travelled and its pay on the night

Cardiff City may not risk Kenneth Zohore and Aron Gunnarsson against Torquay United tonight with the duo still a little short of full match fitness.

Both players reported back for pre-season training this week, with Zohore's return disrupted by the birth of his child and Gunnarsson recuperating from a World Cup campaign with Iceland.

Earlier in the week Neil Warnock suggested the pair could feature against Torquay at Plainmoor.

Yet, despite the manager's eagerness to spread game time around his squad during the pre-season tour of Devon and Cornwall, he could hold back Zohore and Gunnarsson until Wednesday's clash with Rotherham.

Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett and Callum Paterson are all expected to start the game against the Gulls - after sitting out the Bodmin drubbing - while Sean Morrison and Sol Bamba could be partnered in defence for the first time in pre-season.


Possible Cardiff XI v Torquay: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham; Ralls, Paterson, Reid; Mendez-Laing, Hoilett, Madine




Updated

Just over 700 tickets sold, Cardiff City's allocation is 1,500, so pay on the night for Cardiff City Fans



You can pay on the gate

£10 Adults

Team News

Every first team player is expected to have some time

The whole squad have travelled to Cornwall and Devon, and these fixtures will see First Team players get minutes.

Ticket News

Tickets for Adults cost £10, and still available.

Cardiff City Pre-Season results

Bodmin Town 1-11 Cardiff City
AFC Tavistock 0-6 Cardiff City
Taff’s Well 0-3 Cardiff City

TORQUAY UNITED v CARDIFF CITY
Plainmoor
Pre-Season Friendly
Friday 20th July, 7pm


You can pay on the gate

£10 Adults

Team News

Every first team player is expected to have some time

The whole squad have travelled to Cornwall and Devon, and these fixtures will see First Team players get minutes.

Ticket News

Tickets for Adults cost £10, and still available.

Cardiff City Pre-Season results

Bodmin Town 1-11 Cardiff City
AFC Tavistock 0-6 Cardiff City
Taff’s Well 0-3 Cardiff City

So we can now pay on the gate? - originally announced to be all ticket.

Updated

Just over 700 tickets sold, Cardiff City's allocation is 1,500, so pay on the night for Cardiff City Fans

' Cardiff City's first team pre-season fixtures '

Tavistock AFC 0 Cardiff City 6

Bodmin Town 1 Cardiff City 11

Torquay United vs. Cardiff City, Friday July 20, Plainmoor (7pm)

Rotherham United vs. Cardiff City, Wednesday July 25, New York Stadium (7.45pm)

Burton Albion vs. Cardiff City, Saturday July 28, Pirelli Stadium (2pm)

Greenock Morton vs Cardiff City, Tuesday July 31, Cappielow Park (7.45pm)

Cardiff City vs. Real Betis, Saturday August 4, Cardiff City Stadium (5.15pm)

Hey folks - Torquay fan in peace!

Is anyone driving to the game via Bristol today that would be prepared to give me a lift for petrol monies? I'm trying to avoid the RIDICULOUS train ticket prices as my lady has the car today!

For info - Torquay have actually managed to pull off a couple of decent signings for NLS level, however the fitness levels amongst most of the newbies is terrible so I'm reluctantly expecting your lads to walk through us tonight (though our keeper, Bass on loan from Pompey, looks sharp!)

Hope to see Cardiff in action tonight against the gulls!

Hey folks - Torquay fan in peace!

Is anyone driving to the game via Bristol today that would be prepared to give me a lift for petrol monies? I'm trying to avoid the RIDICULOUS train ticket prices as my lady has the car today!

For info - Torquay have actually managed to pull off a couple of decent signings for NLS level, however the fitness levels amongst most of the newbies is terrible so I'm reluctantly expecting your lads to walk through us tonight (though our keeper, Bass on loan from Pompey, looks sharp!)

Hope to see Cardiff in action tonight against the gulls!

Put your post as a separate post

Say Fao Cardiff Fans / Torquay fan here :thumb right:


Good luck

Thank you - I've manage to find some obscure train times that don't cost the world so I'll see some of you at the game tonight!

Cardiff City may not risk Kenneth Zohore and Aron Gunnarsson against Torquay United tonight with the duo still a little short of full match fitness.


Friday 20th July 2018


Both players reported back for pre-season training this week, with Zohore's return disrupted by the birth of his child and Gunnarsson recuperating from a World Cup campaign with Iceland.

Earlier in the week Neil Warnock suggested the pair could feature against Torquay at Plainmoor.

Yet, despite the manager's eagerness to spread game time around his squad during the pre-season tour of Devon and Cornwall, he could hold back Zohore and Gunnarsson until Wednesday's clash with Rotherham.

Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett and Callum Paterson are all expected to start the game against the Gulls - after sitting out the Bodmin drubbing - while Sean Morrison and Sol Bamba could be partnered in defence for the first time in pre-season.

Two players that aren't expected to feature are Stuart O'Keefe and Omar Bogle, both still contracted to the club but haven't travelled on pre-season tour.

Lee Tomlin and Anthony Pilkington, like O'Keefe and Bogle, are expected to leave this summer but have featured for the Under-23s this week.

Jarred Harvey's side beat Porthleven 9-1 on Thursday night with young striker Rhys Healey bagging five goals. Healey has now scored nine in three pre-season games for the young Bluebirds.


Possible Cardiff XI v Torquay: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham; Ralls, Paterson, Reid; Mendez-Laing, Hoilett, Madine

Gutted I can’t go but will be looking out for goal updates etc! Hope everyone who’s going has a great time

So many cardiff fans walking around the seafront.
Everywhere you look there is blue shirts

STARTING 11

Neil Etheridge
Lee Peltier
Sean Morrison
Bruno Manga
Joe Bennett
Callum Paterson
Joe Ralls
Junior Hoilett
Josh Murphy
Bobby Reid
Kenneth Zohore

SUBSTITUTES

Alex Smithies
Jazz Richards
Matt Connolly
Greg Cunningham
Loic Damour
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Kadeem Harris
Danny Ward
Gary Madine

What formation has Neil been playing in preseason?

Is this a 4-4-2 line up?

Looks like our strongest 11 right now, looks like Patterson is deff trying to be converted to the defensive mid role - could work

Late change to the line up as Smithies starts instead of Etheridge.

1-0 city

What formation has Neil been playing in preseason?

Is this a 4-4-2 line up?

4-2-3-1 is how I would describe it or 4-4-1-1 if you prefer both the same IMO. Reid is playing in the number 10 role with the two wingers.

1-0 city

Who?

1-0 city

Who?

Josh Murphy

1-1
Bad mistake by the keeper

1-1
Bad mistake by the keeper

One all final score.....comments any one

1-1
Bad mistake by the keeper

One all final score.....comments any one

Warnock out

That's shocking. Was it our under 9s.

That’s brought a few back down to earth.

Last edited by LockStockAndBlueSmokingBarrels on Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

can’t wait to see what some over reacting morons are going to say about the score.

It’s only about fitness it’s the 3rd game don’t all start crying.

Seems like we had some competition tonight.

Attendance 2114, 879 away fans

Oh yeah what happened to the big trip to Torquay you were all going on about. Was going to sell out the whole ground wasn’t we

Meanwhile, Bournemouth have drawn at Sevilla and have just won at Levante tonight. A massive contrast in standard and we are only 3 weeks away. Next week will be crucial for confidence as if we have a couple of defeats, we will be in all sorts of trouble mentally wise.

Seems like we had some competition tonight.

We've been sussed already lol.

Oh yeah what happened to the big trip to Torquay you were all going on about. Was going to sell out the whole ground wasn’t we

People were just being unrealistic as usual, was always going to be no more than 2-3,000 there with 8-900 from Cardiff.

Its a Friday Night pre-season friendly, nevertheless, 800 odd is impressive IMO