{"id":45768,"date":"2020-12-01T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=45768"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:00:28","slug":"cardiff-city-players-buzzing-over-luton-4-0-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/12\/01\/cardiff-city-players-buzzing-over-luton-4-0-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff City players buzzing over Luton 4-0 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Neil Harris hopes that spirit will carry Bluebirds through against Huddersfield tonight<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>THE Bluebirds are hoping the buzz from Saturday&#8217;s 4-0 victory over Luton will lift them when they take on Huddersfield tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff have been unable to build on the promise of last season, when they finished fifth in the Championship and reached the play-offs. But the Luton win has slightly reduced the pressure on manager Neil Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the Bluebirds sit 14th in the table on 17 points, just below Huddersfield in 13th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harris made three changes from the lacklustre defeat to Coventry for the Luton game, using a 4-4-2 formation instead of a 4-2-3-1, and it appears likely that he will stick with that team tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He hopes the Luton result will help the team regain some of the momentum he built during his first season in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-1024x517.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-770x389.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-500x252.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-293x148.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-1400x707.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-1024x517.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-770x389.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-500x252.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-293x148.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1-1400x707.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/Untitled-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Photo credit: Jon Candy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking ahead of the game, he said: &#8220;As you can imagine, players coming in yesterday were extremely pleased with their performance individually and collectively, so there was a right buzz about the place.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The players reacted superbly on Saturday against Luton, but it was one game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not taking away from that positivity but that&#8217;s what I want to see from the players consistently. That&#8217;s the challenge: finding that display consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to be seven points away from the play-offs as we are at present. We want to be right in the mix, but we haven&#8217;t earned the right so far this season to be in that group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So, we need some consistency and we need some more results to build momentum. We&#8217;ll take it one game at a time and we&#8217;ll need to be at our best to beat Huddersfield Town.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff have now won two of their last three home games, after failing to win any of their first four home games this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last season, they won both of their league fixtures against Huddersfield, with the most recent contest between the clubs in February ending in a 3-0 victory to Cardiff.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huddersfield have conceded 19 goals in the league this season, the sixth worst record in the league. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cardiff City host Huddersfield at the Cardiff City Stadium at 7pm tonight. 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