CARDIFF City will be looking to end a run of four games without a win as they host fellow mid-table side Ipswich Town on Saturday.
\nLast time out the Bluebirds conceded an 89th minute equaliser against Birmingham City, leaving manager Neil Warnock frustrated. His team have now dropped nine points by conceding goals after the 80th minute.
\nIn a press conference on Friday, he said: \u201cI can\u2019t fault the effort. We\u2019ve talked about the late goals and hopefully we can learn from that and I think we can.\u201d
\nCardiff now go up against an Ipswich side who managed to salvage an injury time draw against Barnsley last week and who sit just three places below them in the Championship.
\nAlthough the Tractor Boys have drawn seven matches in a row, they\u2019re unbeaten since January 31 and Neil Warnock is expecting a tough game.
\nHe said: \u201cIt was difficult against Birmingham because of the system and Ipswich play the same way so I doubt it will be a great game.\u201d
\nThe biggest threat to the Bluebirds is their former loanee, Tom Lawrence. The Welsh winger, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Cardiff, is in fine form and has earned a call-up to the Wales squad after scoring a number of spectacular goals recently.
\nWarnock is a fan of the 23-year-old Welshman: \u201cI wish we had him playing for us, he didn\u2019t play much here, I find that pretty amazing,\u201d he said.
\nSaturday\u2019s match also sees Neil Warnock come up against his longtime friend Mick McCarthy and the Cardiff boss paid tribute to his counterpart.
\n\u201cI was about 25 when I met him, he was a couple of years younger, an apprentice. He was the biggest 16-year-old ever, a great guy.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s a bit like Wenger, fans having a go at regular times, but he\u2019s like me and doesn\u2019t worry about the sack, and if he left tomorrow he\u2019d get a job the next week [and] so would I,\u201d he said.
\nCardiff have no new injuries ahead of the tie, although Warnock admits that they are still struggling for a full squad. Lee Peltier, Rickie Lambert and Rhys Healey all remain injured.
\nThere is some good news for Cardiff fans however, as defender Bruno Manga could be set for a shock return to the first team, despite being ruled out for six months in January with a serious knee problem.
\nThe Gabonese defender suffered an injury when playing for his country in the African Cup of Nations.
\nSaturday\u2019s game against will take place at the Cardiff City Stadium. Kick-off is at 3pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CARDIFF City will be looking to end a run of four games without a win as they host fellow mid-table side Ipswich Town on Saturday. Last time out the Bluebirds conceded an 89th minute equaliser against Birmingham City, leaving manager Neil Warnock frustrated. His team have now dropped nine points by conceding goals after the 80th minute. In a press conference on Friday, he said: \u201cI can\u2019t fault the effort. We\u2019ve talked about the late goals and hopefully we can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":16262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,4,113],"tags":[142,187,500,3816],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-sport","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiff-city","tag-cardiff-city-stadium","tag-championship","tag-warnock"],"yoast_head":"\n