pauli Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Almost like an away game at Bristol but then taking a wrong turn... TODAY’S OPPOSITES After they finally stopped bottling it every season for thousands of years, Cardiff City gained promotion to the Premier "not just English anymore" League some two years after Swansea City, which is often claimed to be the real capital of Wales. They managed to pay for this miracle by selling their club’s soul and any other spare ones they could find along the way to a chap dressed in a red kit (tucked in to his trousers, very dapper). He said he would look after them… nudge nudge wink wink, dont worry it will be fine… and gave them 50 Zillion pounds to spend paying off their huge debts. They spent the remaining money and now find themselves in the unenviable position of having an owner who once played Football Manager 1998 edition. Cardiff then went on to change their name to "Malaysia Lucky Red Dragons FC†and swapped their shirt from blue to red ones. They also changed their club badge because they were now convinced that dragons are really cool. Their original ground, Ninian Park was sold and the money prudently invested in a gigantic box of lego with no instructions, from which the new owner somehow managed to build a stadium. Anyway, it all went to pot and now they are back in the Championship. And that’s how we come to be playing them today. IMPORTANT NEWS FOR TRAVELLING OWLS Cardiff’s hooligan crew were known as The Soul Crew but as above, they were sold off to finance the single season long miracle of Premier League football. They can still come back occaisionally as ghosts to haunt the away end’s concourse, so be careful today. THE SERIOUS BIT Venue: Cardiff City StadiumKick Off: Saturday, 12th of December at 15:00 Matchday Apparel: Take an umbrella a coat and a wooly scarf. No trombones. Matchday Drink: Beer. The half time Bovril is haunted, so none of that. Matchday Pie: Dragon. Matchday Song: Pressure Drop by Toots and the Maytals. Today’s Matchday song is a special request from our beloved fellow Owlstalk poster, Shandypants. MATCHDAY FACTS Cardiff boss Russell Slade is expected to make a late decision on injured defender Lee Peltier, meaning Fabio could be included against the Owls. Winger Anthony Pilkington, who scored the winner against Bolton, is set to start ahead of Peter Whittingham. Wednesday are still missing defender Tom Lees (hamstring/ankle), meaning Sam Hutchinson deputises, while full-back Jack Hunt (calf) will not be risked. Michael Turner is available at the back after two months out. Head to Head • Cardiff City have won four of their past five contests against Wednesday, drawing the other. • The Owls have lost each of their previous five trips to Cardiff, scoring just three times in the process. • After conceding just one goal in six games, Cardiff have conceded exactly two in each of their past three games (W1 D1 L1). • Wednesday have lost just one of their past 13 league games (3-1 v Charlton in November), winning six (D6). • Cardiff have an excellent record at the Cardiff City Stadium, losing just one of their past 11 games (W6 D4). My prediction: We will win 2 - 0 and take 6th place. KING CARLOS’ WORDS OF WISDOM “What we are doing this season is all because we have a strong group. Everybody understands exactly what we want from me and my staff and we are working a lot. The players work hard to win the points since the first and last second of the Championship. When we lose this kind of vibe, our team will not win. If you lose concentration and start thinking beyond Cardiff and we start thinking what we will do after three weeks or one month, we disturb the concentration and our team will not go the same way. That is absolutely sure.†“It’s up to me as the coach to keep everyone’s feet on the floor and say we are here to try to win all the matches we have. We will go to Cardiff to try to win. We always only focus on the next game.†MINTYNESS Taylor and Giant Shadow Llama will be there to protect us... Playoffs here we come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonan8 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robswfc Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 what a ludicrous made up story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedfordowl Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Brilliant as usual UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Nice one Pauli. Can't compete with the Tan look, but hopefully we can compete with City. 2-2, for which I would be delighted. (But secretly got sneak feeling for a 1-2 win but won't admit it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitechapel Owl Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Lovely stuff, and great choice for the song. Would be amazing to go into a playoff spot tomorrow but a point would still be a decent result. 1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_ Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 That's how all stadia are built these days. Lego or Ikea 10/10 thread WB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzatheowl Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Great as usual. (apart from taking the mick out off Russell Slade) Wednesday 4-1 Cardiff. Forestieri all 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Getting up for the early train in 5 hours, but will now have to reassess my attire - I didn't realise it was so cold in Cardiff that it necessitated wearing a shirt, jumper and a football shirt, all tucked into the trousers to avoid draughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOwl Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Best OMDT ever Pauli 2-1 win, Forestieri and then Sam Hutchinson with his massive balls in the 92nd minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Really is a must win. Not due to Cardiff being the team directly above us....but because of how bloody congested it is below us, anything other than 3 points could see us drop down to 11th or 12th. So not even something we should go into with the mantra of 'let's avoid losing'. We need to win. Cardiff are no great shakes. Drawn a lot I think, also poo poo defensively. I'm gonna go for a 3-1 win. Nuhiu, Hutchinson, Bannan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANGLED UP IN BLUE Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Come on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest minsk owl Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Lovin' the Tan pic Gonna be a tricky game this, ........ but i reckon we'll just about do it, 1-2 , and finally move into that cherished spot for table gazers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagesse Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Come on Wednesday. Great MDT as ever. Got a good feeling about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronio Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Evening all. Nice one Pauli. Quality as usual. Smash and grab victory will do me, so I'm going for a 2-1 Wednesday win. Forestieiri and Joao the scorers. COME ON WEDNESDAY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Best OMDT ever Well done pauli...! Love the song. Would love to Llama Tay Tay. Just got back from The Shajan with two things in my doggy bag, so 0-2 to the Massive. C'MON LADS...! UTO . Edited December 12, 2015 by 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Big game to show how far we've come. If we can't beat anyone in the top 6 then we simply don't deserve to be up there. Nows the time to show we can beat the contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Brilliant as ever Pauli and thanks for granting my request for the song. My admiration of you is full on now. 3-1 to the mighty Owls! Play Up Wednesday! Come on you Blue and White Wizards!!! P.s. I love Giant Shadow Llama. I always have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauli Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 ...thanks for granting my request for the song. My admiration of you is full on now. Always up for a bit of Rocksteady mate. Cracking song too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cersei Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Utmfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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