Showing posts with label Cardiff City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardiff City. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Keogh K.O.

Sgoriodd Andy Keogh ei gol gyntaf am yr Adar Glas un munud cyn diwedd y gem ddoe, yn helpu'r tim osgoi ei trydydd curfa yn olynol. Wnaeth y canlyniad sicrhau bod Caerydd yn dringo i ail lle yn y tabl. Gyda'r ymweliad o Crystal Palace nos Fawrth nesa mae pathau'n edrych yn dda achos mae Crystal Palace wedi colli pob gem oddi cartref y tymor hwn heb sgorio.

Cymerodd Millwall dim ond deg munud i sgorio - gol rhy hawdd diolch i Lee Naylor. Cafodd yr amddiffynwr gem i anghofio, rhododd e'r bel i ffwrdd gormod o amser ac wnaeth Millwall ymosod e ar bob cyfle. Yn y pen arall o'r maes, cafodd Bothroyd gem i gofio. Sgoriodd e'r gol gyntaf Caerdydd a chreuodd e'r gol Keogh. Rhwng y dau gol, cafodd Trotter ei cerdyn coch, fe gollodd Peter Whittingham cic gosb a doedd Caerdydd ddim yn chwarae yn dda - roedd gyda nhw diffyg o brys yn erbyn deg dyn.

Mae rhaid iddyn nhw dysgu sut i ladd timau; mae gyda nhw talent anhygoel (o leiaf ymysg y chwaraewyr canol cae a'r ymosodwyr) felly mae rhaid iddyn nhw credu yn eu hunain a goruchafu gwrthwynebwyr.

Saturday, 3 October 2009

How to beat Cardiff City

Score first. The Bluebirds have lost four games this season and have conceded first in each of them.

Last season, City lost only 50% of the games in which they went a goal down. City came from behind to win a league game just once last season - on 18 March 2009 against Watford. That required a Ross McCormack penalty in the seventh minute of injury time. Nine times last season City rescued a point after conceding first.

The last ten times City have conceded first, only twice have they avoided defeat. This suggests that when City are hot they are scorching (see the 6-1 demolition of Derby County, 3-0 victory over Bristol City, 4-0 triumph against Scunthorpe United ...) but that when they are slow out of the blocks, concede and are forced to break down a team they struggle.