Lighthouse

Last season there were a whole bunch of teams trying to avoid 2 spots and at this stage one win covered everyone from about 14th to 19th. This season the bottom 2 are already gone and a desperately poor Cardiff team is clinging on to the tails of everyone else.

I feel much better going away from the league’s top form side feeling robbed than I would coming away from Wolves with naff all and a key player injured. At this stage, that’s all that matters. This was Cardiff’s chance wasted, not ours.

This, for me. I have no problem with RH preferring Valery to Cedric. It's the lack of depth or a more experienced option I'm not comfortable with. If we're a goal up at Brighton, Valery has been booked and had his 'final warning' with 20 minutes left, I'd kind of like Cedric on the bench.

West Ham alternate between world beaters and appalling, on a weekly basis. By this logic, we need them to be crap and lose tonight, then spank Cardiff next week.

Games we’ve lead and thrown away Draw - Man Utd, Brighton, Derby, Derby again, Burnley, Watford Lost - Leicester, Fulham, West Ham, Man Utd Games in bold we lead by 2 goals.

Huddersfield at home, hopes were never high. It’s our game at theirs which is critical.

Which newbies? We haven’t signed anyone.

Was anyone else annoyed when we equalised? I can live with the 2-1 defeats but dragging it back like that so they could lose it again with 2 minutes left is like a cat toying with a half dead mouse.

Our defenders will make mistakes and be responsible for goals. That’s why they play for us and aren’t Toby or Virgil. Stephens is a Championship player who regularly makes absolute bowlers which throw away results in many games.

Sounds like we put in a much better performance at OT than Cardiff did at Wolves. If we’re still 2 points ahead after Spurs, I’ll be happy.

I said before the game, 2 defeats in our next 2 games and 2 draws for Cardiff is fine. So far we’re up on that, regardless of this result.

Phew, was getting dizzy there for a minute.

Only 2 defeats since promotion and one of them was a pretty good performance just after Poch took over. Weirdly, it’s much better than our home record, no wins since promotion.

I was going to post something about your hilarious first paragraph but I actually find myself agreeing with this BIB. It is an international enterprise and if we could set up an international trial and indeed prison, the cost for which is shared internationally, it's probably the most humane and fair option. Would be a good place to send the Choudarys of this world, where they can't recruit other inmates.

I'd forgotten about Lemina.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. If this comes down to involuntary manslaughter, it's not as easy to sweep under the rug as some dodgy agents fees for African players in Ligue Un.

Jeff, you weren't wrong. This place is nuts.

I'd go with the same team as Fulham but with Armstrong in for Austin.

Seems to think they're going to improve from 0.89ppg over the season to 1.2ppg in the last 10 games, with a disproportionate number of fixtures against the top 6. They're terrible travelers and only have 1 home game left against teams in the bottom half. If they drew their next 2, that leaves us level with a better GD. They then have to outscore us with 4/8 games against the top 6, whilst we only have Liverpool in our last 8.

I'd have said 7 or 8 was fairly optimistic for Cardiff. Beating West Ham and Palace at home (fixtures we got 1 point from), with another point at Fulham and Burnley. I'll stake my claim on them getting 33 points and come back to this post in May. Wouldn't like to guess where we end up relative to that but I would 100% take our run in over theirs.

I really can't be arsed with that one Verbal, just a couple of points. You said yourself "Her imprisonment was appalling" (that's her LEGAL imprisonment by the state) but apparently I'm the one who's ignorant and racist for mistaking a lawyer with two politicians who defended her. By the way, this is the funeral of Mumtaz Qadri. The man who murdered one of the politicians who defended Asia Bibi Just a small handful of extremists, nothing to worry about. I saw a similar gathering of people on Above Bar St, gathering in support of Begum. You're right, it's basically the same. If you want to make a defence for countries which have the death penalty for 'crimes' such as homophobia and blasphemy (I never said they execute gays in Pakistan, I was talking about a SAUDI prince. SAUDI) then so be it. I personally think there might be a link to some of these attitudes and ISIS. Not sure what point you're making re: Berlusconi. He isn't an avatar but assuming Italian elections are free and fair, it would seem his politics has a significant support.

I’m suggesting there may be a link between countries which have widespread homophobia, sexual abuse against teenage girls and a violent persecution of all who denounce Islam and a a fanatical Islamist group which throws gays off buildings, forces teenage girls to be their sex slaves and murders all who oppose Islam. ISIS ideology came from somewhere and I doubt it was small villages in Cornwall. As for the Brexit thread, I volunteer enough of my time trying to keep the nutters under control on the main board, so that we can all talk about Saints without trolling. I have neither the time nor the desire to wade through the Brexit thread. Unless you want to volunteer to mod (speak to Baj or Steve) you will have to take it as it is.

So sexual abuse of teenage girls, violent homophobia and murderous persecution of anyone who contradicts your religion are okay, because they're "just some small part of their culture" Perhaps we should all vote BNP at the next election. The hatred of blacks and foreigners is just a small part of their manifesto, they've actually got some excellent policies on transport and healthcare.

You can be glib if you want, although I'm sure life in those countries is far from pleasant for homosexuals. Well, there was the Saudi Prince murdered his servant in London and had to fight extradition to Saudi Arabia, because he would be executed for having sex with him. Then there's the woman just released from prison in Pakistan, who fled the country in fear of her life because she was accused of blasphemy. Then there was her lawyer who was murdered for simply offering her a fair defence and his killer who was hailed as a national hero. Then there're the Iranian missiles with "Death to Israel, kill all infidels" written on the side. Then there's the 13 year old Women being forced to cover up their hair and skin and basically being treated as subordinate baby factories by their husbands and fathers. Any of this maybe sound a little bit ISIS'y? It's 2019 and this is The Life of Brian being played out in real life.

I've corrected your grammar.