{"id":34521,"date":"2019-03-08T11:28:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=34521"},"modified":"2019-03-08T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:28:34","slug":"cardiff-vs-west-ham-preview-is-history-repeating-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/08\/cardiff-vs-west-ham-preview-is-history-repeating-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff vs West Ham Preview: Is history repeating itself?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_22863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22863\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22863\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22863\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/CxoS8f6W8AA9ACY-1024x766-1-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff City Stadium (Credit: Phil Marsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nTHE Premier league is unforgiving at the worst of times \u2013 something Cardiff City have rediscovered in their second spell in the top flight.<br \/>\nStranded near the foot of the table things are looking bleak and a return to the Championship beckons for Warnock\u2019s men unless something changes.<br \/>\nAt this point in Cardiff\u2019s last season in the Premier League they were on the exact same points as they are now and in the same position \u2013 third from bottom.<br \/>\nIn their last eight games of that fateful season they took a measly five points out of a possible 24, a run of form which saw the Bluebirds finish bottom of the league.<br \/>\nHowever, they haven\u2019t been cut adrift just yet and are only two points behind fellow strugglers Southampton, who sit in 17<sup>th<\/sup> place and with eight games left there is ample opportunity to do so.<br \/>\nBut Cardiff\u2019s problem all year long has been conceding goals.<br \/>\nIn their last two home games they have been resoundingly beaten, conceding eight goals in total and have been beaten by five goals on three separate occasions this season at home.<br \/>\nBut things are not much better at the other end of the pitch and City are not scoring goals.<br \/>\nCardiff\u2019s joint leading scorers Bobby Reid and Sol Bamba have notched up only eight goals between them \u2013 Bamba is their joint top scorer despite playing at centre-back.<br \/>\nThis weekend&#8217;s visitors, West Ham, have only lost once in their last five games, with that defeat coming against Man City.<br \/>\nWest Ham sit comfortably in ninth place and have looked steady, if unremarkable in Manuel Pellegrini\u2019s first season in charge.<br \/>\nCardiff will be without Sol Bamba who is a key player for the Bluebirds but other than that Warnock has a fully fit squad at his disposal.<br \/>\nThe similarities from the last time Cardiff got relegated from the Premier League are plain for all to see \u2013 Warnock now needs to find a way to stop history repeating itself again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Premier league is unforgiving at the worst of times \u2013 something Cardiff City have rediscovered in their second spell in the top flight. 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