Nathan Blake

WHAT a dream start. Craig Bellamy simply could not have asked for any more than this.
A goal, a couple of assists, a 4-0 Cardiff City win, a capacity crowd on his homecoming.
That’s as close as it gets to perfection, in my eyes.
Make no mistake, the 23 other teams in the Championship, each and every single [...]

SO, Wales play Luxembourg on Wednesday.
And you have to admit it’s difficult to get excited about that one.
It will interesting to see what type of crowd there is at Llanelli, especially when you consider there’s Carling Cup games on in midweek – and City are even playing on the same night against Burton Albion!
In all [...]

BIT of a strange one to start the season.
In fact, it didn’t seem like the start of a new season at all.
Rather than starting all fresh and ready to go, City looked a bit leggy to me.
A bit tired if you want – and it wasn’t even a scorching hot day like you normally get [...]

SUMMER TURMOIL
MAKE no mistake about it, the new Malaysian owners saved this club by investing, but it has still been a disappointing summer.

As always with City, everything seems to be a bit cloak and dagger.
I understand certain things have to be done behind the scenes, but any club has to realise it is the fans [...]

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It will be Cardiff City’s senior players and not manager Dave Jones that will determine if the Bluebirds make the Premiership.

Blake who was a key figure in the Wolves team Jones guided to promotion success in 2003, has claimed the manager’s influence on the play-off final was “minimal”.

While Jones was responsible for selection and tactics, Blake claims it was the Midlands outfit’s senior players that ensured his squad rose to the occasion with a 3-0 victory over Sheffield United.

IT’S going to be close at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Desperately close.
If you thought Cardiff City’s win against Leicester City in the semi-final was nerve shredding then Wembley will take it to a new level altogether.
This could easily be decided by penalties – and I hope City show the same calm composure they did in [...]

A GREAT result for the Bluebirds at Leicester – now let’s just forget about it, shall we?
That is the attitude Cardiff must adopt as they face their play-off second leg at home on Wednesday night.
With a 1-0 advantage you go into the return game with mixed feelings.
There is a part of you that will be tending to think about hanging onto what you’ve got. To start getting over-cautious.

WELL, the waiting is nearly over and Cardiff City can now focus on the two most important games in the club’s modern history.

Let’s make no mistake about this, these play-off clashes against Leicester are absolutely massive.

This Bluebirds side stands on the verge of making history.

In years to come people might look back at this season and say it was the turning point for the club.

“PETER Ridsdale, whether you like him or loathe him, will be remembered as the man that delivered the new stadium.
When I was a 17-year-old at Cardiff City, a new stadium was being talked about even back then and for years before that.
But Ridsdale is the man who delivered it… and in a very difficult financial climate.

Okay he has sailed very close to the wind at times, especially with the golden ticket scheme and the money from that going to the taxman, but what club is financially secure?.