{"id":17600,"date":"2017-02-21T12:34:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T12:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=17600"},"modified":"2017-02-21T12:34:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T12:34:19","slug":"warnock-dismisses-play-off-dream-despite-great-cardiff-city-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/21\/warnock-dismisses-play-off-dream-despite-great-cardiff-city-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnock dismisses play-off dream despite great Cardiff City form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF City manager Neil Warnock has dismissed hopes of a late play-off push despite the Bluebirds continuing their excellent form with a 5-0 win against Rotherham United.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Goals from Kadeem Harris, Junior Hoilett, Craig Noone and two from Kenneth Zohore helped Cardiff brush aside bottom club Rotherham\u00a0at the weekend &#8211; and prompted Noone to speculate about a possible promotion run.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve just won three on the spin so anything can happen this season,\u201d said goalscorer Noone, who refused to rule out the chance of a play-off push. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The win, the biggest the club has had since a 6-0 away victory against Bristol City in 2010, came off the back of two away wins against Leeds and Derby.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the momentum, manager Neil Warnock doesn\u2019t believe the club are\u00a0play-off contenders this season. &#8220;We can&#8217;t make the play-offs, absolutely not,\u201d said Warnock. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;You can&#8217;t stop people dreaming but I&#8217;m a realist at my age. You can&#8217;t keep winning and winning.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The game against Rotherham started slowly. Both teams struggled to get a foothold, until Harris curled in an effort from a long throw after 11 minutes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zohore had the chance to make it two on 40 minutes but his effort was straight at the keeper. In the build up to that chance, Rhys Healey went down with an injury to his left leg.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The injury to the youngster is a big blow to the Bluebirds, and manager Warnock was incredibly disappointed for him. &#8220;We think Rhys has done both his ligaments. It&#8217;s a crying shame for the young lad. He\u2019s going for another scan now but it looks like that\u2019s the case,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\nSince the press conference it has been confirmed Healey will have to undergo surgery and will spend nine months in rehabilitation before returning the action.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Healey was replaced by Hoilett who wasted no time making his mark on the game. A loose back pass from Rotherham\u2019s Ben Purrington was picked up by Hoilett, who calmly slotted home the ball past a helpless O\u2019Donnell.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the second half Noone made it 3-0 with a scissor kick volley from a Harris cross before Zohore bagged his first of the game, thumping in an effort off the post from an incredibly tight angle.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The icing on the cake was Zohore\u2019s second and Cardiff\u2019s fifth. The big striker showed he is more than just an aerial threat. 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