{"id":17054,"date":"2017-02-10T13:45:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=17054"},"modified":"2017-02-10T13:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:45:59","slug":"cardiff-citys-bamba-hoping-happy-return-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/10\/cardiff-citys-bamba-hoping-happy-return-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff City&#039;s Bamba hoping for happy return against Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_17015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17015\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-17015\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Leeds manager Garry Monk.\" width=\"409\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17015\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Leeds manager Garry Monk.\" width=\"409\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Garry-Monk-Swansea-Sky-Sports-_100217_ML-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/noscript> Leeds manager Garry Monk used to manage Swansea City. (Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11661\/9480770\/premier-league-swansea-boss-garry-monk\">Sky Sports News<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SOL Bamba is set to line up against his former club Leeds United as they take on Cardiff City tomorrow.<\/span><br \/>\nBamba spent one and a half seasons at the Elland Road club, where he made 56 appearances.<br \/>\nHe was released by the club in September after losing his place in the starting line-up, a move that led to his signing for Cardiff eight days later.<br \/>\nLeeds manager Garry Monk had to convince Bamba to leave the club as sitting on the bench would not be good for his career.<br \/>\n\u201cHe told me it would be good for me and I know he was right,\u201d Bamba said, in an interview with the Yorkshire Evening Post.<br \/>\n\u201cMy first reaction was to say \u2018Things might change, you could get injuries or players could go out of form\u2019 \u2013 but he said \u2018But what if it doesn\u2019t change? What if it\u2019s still like this in six months? It\u2019ll catch up with you and you\u2019ll go crazy\u2019.<br \/>\n\u201cIt happened quickly so I was surprised to be going but I appreciated his honesty at the time and I appreciate it more now.\u201d<br \/>\nBamba and his centre-back partner Sean Morrison will have to be at the top of their game to stop Leeds striker Chris Wood. The New Zealand international is the second highest goalscorer in the league, having scored 18 goals this season.<br \/>\nBoth teams go into this match having lost last weekend.\u00a0Cardiff lost 1-0 at home to Norwich and\u00a0Leeds lost 2-1 to Huddersfield Town, in a match that involved a touchline brawl after Huddersfield\u2019s late winner.<br \/>\nMonk was charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for the role he played in the fracas and has until 6pm tonight to respond. If he does not appeal then he could be banned from the touchline for the Cardiff game.<br \/>\nLeeds will be without left-back Charlie Taylor, who has a hamstring injury and winger Kemar Roofe is a doubt with a rib injury that kept him out of that loss against Huddersfield.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff manager Neil Warnock has a number of players out injured. Winger Anthony Pilkington is still out with a thigh injury, as is striker Rickie Lambert, who is struggling with a back problem. Lee Peltier, who also used to play for Leeds, is out with an ankle injury that will require surgery, meaning Matt Connolly will probably continue to fill in at right-back.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOL Bamba is set to line up against his former club Leeds United as they take on Cardiff City tomorrow. Bamba spent one and a half seasons at the Elland Road club, where he made 56 appearances. 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