The Cardiff City Herald
Match24 May 2031
Cardiff City run riot against Leicester City
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings26 May 2031
A brace, and Thierno Barry takes the afternoon — 9.47
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Thierno Barry provided it, and the 9.47 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad26 May 2031
Thierno Barry is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.52 with 23 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad26 May 2031
Nathan Trott keeps Cardiff City in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings26 May 2031
Perry Ng, 34, rolls back the years — 7.88
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.88 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market26 May 2031
Ollie Bindley is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cardiff City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout26 May 2031
Benjamin Collins: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cardiff City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 May 2031
Cardiff City cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad26 May 2031
Words exchanged at Cardiff City
Nathan Trott and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- Squad Words at Cardiff City training over how hard people work
- Boardroom Wages eat 117% of everything Cardiff City earn
- Player ratings Ra'ees Bangura-Williams beats them one at a time