August is becoming a month of
feasting on football, overindulging like Augustus Gloop on chocolate or me devouring
the Diamond House Chinese Takeaway menu.
Just three days since the
Bluebirds b**ch slapped Huddersfield into the dirt, we were back at the CCS for
another ruck - this time with Wigan Athletic.
After his controversial
withdrawal from Saturday’s game, the Pops was also back in attendance for his
first home game of the season.
Wigan were always going to be a
tougher task than Huddersfield were on Saturday and they dug their heels in
restricting City and even starving super Kenwyne Jones (the goal machine)…
which takes some doing these days.
Some have called these kinds of
victories ‘Malky style’ with a tight defence and a suffocating midfield
cautiously protecting a slender lead. This may be true in some ways but Ole
deserves credit for sorting out a defence that looked like an under 10s team
last season.
New fella Sean Morrison looks
smooth at the back and a mention must go our left back who looks just like Fabio (below) but played much better than him. He was on a red arrow up in terms of Pro Evo and put a monstrous shift in on the flank.
Although I don’t rate him, and
thought he was a waste of a player on the night, credit should also go to Nicky
Maynard for grabbing a true Gary Lineker-ish poachers goal for the winner (below).
This goal trickled in shortly after me shouting repeatedly to substitute him - we were even doing the international arm spinning gesture to call for a sub and trying to catch Ole's eye.
Confidence could serve Maynard well but City have much stronger options in the squad. Even out on loan (Mason).
With back-to-back wins off the back
of stuttering performances, the Bluebirds are just warming up with more to
come.
Thankfully, all the away fixtures coming up force us into a
rest. It’s not like last season where we can watch City away games at the pub
via a dubious satellite link. Nowadays we are forced into resorting to BBC
Radio Wales commentary. I would rather rely on morse code or just check the
score at full time.
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