{"id":41756,"date":"2020-03-06T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=41756"},"modified":"2020-03-06T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:46:59","slug":"bluebirds-look-for-first-win-in-four-with-trip-to-barnsley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/06\/bluebirds-look-for-first-win-in-four-with-trip-to-barnsley\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluebirds look for first win in four with trip to Barnsley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final 10 games countdown kicks off with Cardiff chasing the pack<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cardiffforest2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41759\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cardiffforest2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41759\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>THE Bluebirds travel to Oakwell on Saturday afternoon to face Barnsley \u2013 looking to get back to winning ways.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Neil Harris\u2019 side sit five points off the play-off places\nafter last weekend\u2019s eventful 2-2 against Brentford \u2013 but that draw meant\nCardiff have now gone four games without a win.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>City now face the trip to 23<sup>rd<\/sup> placed Barnsley \u2013 a prime opportunity to grab three points in their hunt for the top six.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Tykes are battling relegation and after defeat to Reading last time out they are five points from safety.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Cardiff have no fresh injuries concerns apart from Isaac Vassell\nbeing ruled out for the season after injuring his leg in an U23 game on Monday\nafternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s horrible. We&#8217;ve just\nhad the news that his season is over. It&#8217;s the same injury (quad), but a\ndifferent leg this time,\u201d said Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour heart goes out to\nhim. He&#8217;s a young lad that just wants to play football. It\u2019s a shame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Bluebirds will be\nhoping to close the gap to Preston in sixth with a win in south Yorkshire and\nmanager Harris has called on his side to be more consistent over 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Ultimately we want to push for the Play-Offs this year.&quot; \ud83d\udd2e<br><br>We go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnTheInside?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OnTheInside<\/a> with Neil Harris and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CardiffCityFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CardiffCityFC<\/a>\u00a0as they look to return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PremierLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PremierLeague<\/a> with a change of philosophy \ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bluebirds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bluebirds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sUStXwn9xz\">pic.twitter.com\/sUStXwn9xz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sky Bet (@SkyBet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyBet\/status\/1233347864220381184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a little bit more space\nbetween games now than maybe we&#8217;ve had recently. A full week between Brentford\nand Barnsley,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It has helped us on the training field.\nThe final 75 minutes of football against Brentford and the training we&#8217;ve had\nsince has been tremendous.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve talked about consistency a few times\nnow. We need to find that over 90 minutes. We&#8217;ve seen it at times this season,\nbut not often enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The season is now reaching crunch time as the campaign heads into the <a href=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/03\/the-10-games-that-will-define-the-bluebirds-season\/\">final 10 games.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>After the Barnsley game the Bluebirds face fellow promotion\nchasers Leeds United and Preston.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a mini-season. We&#8217;ve got a chunk\nof points we&#8217;ve still got to make up,\u201d said Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re chasing the pack, but we&#8217;re desperate to get into that play-off race.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final 10 games countdown kicks off with Cardiff chasing the pack THE Bluebirds travel to Oakwell on Saturday afternoon to face Barnsley \u2013 looking to get back to winning ways. Neil Harris\u2019 side sit five points off the play-off places after last weekend\u2019s eventful 2-2 against Brentford \u2013 but that draw meant Cardiff have now gone four games without a win. 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