Peter Swan: Hull City can pip Cardiff in Championship title race
AFTER closing the gap between themselves and leaders Cardiff to five points, Hull City fans will be wondering if the Bluebirds can be caught.
In my opinion, yes they can, and with the two sides meeting on the final day of the season at the KC Stadium, what a game it could be to end the season – a title decider, perhaps.
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Tussle: Hull City lost at Cardiff in November but have kept up their challenge for the Championship title
Cardiff do have a game in hand on the Tigers but there is no guarantee they will win that.
The leaders haven’t really had a dodgy period, but after losing 2-0 at home to Brighton on Tuesday night, it could be the start of their shaky spell.
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I believe Cardiff hit the woodwork four times, so it obviously wasn’t their night.
A lot will depend on how they respond to that defeat now, and Malky Mackay will hope they will get back on track with a win at Wolves, not an easy game by any stretch of the imagination.
City are certainly turning the heat up on the Welsh side and I can see Cardiff bottling it a bit in the next few games.
Of course, whilst looking up at Cardiff and hoping for a slip-up. City have to make sure they don’t slip themselves.
It doesn’t do any harm checking on the teams behind you in the table to see who is closing you down, and when City look over their shoulders, there are some good teams on their tails.
Despite their loss on Tuesday, Nigel Pearson’s Leicester will stay in the hunt, as will Crystal Palace, with Ian Holloway no stranger to promotion campaigns,
Then there is Watford, who have won five of their last seven, and look a real threat under Gianfranco Zola.
It means there is no margin for error, but I think the Tigers have shown by the way they played against Blackburn that they can match any side in the league.
City just need to focus on their own game, and if they do that, I think they can hold off the chasing pack and even overtake Cardiff.
I have said all season that I don’t think Cardiff are as good a team as their league position has suggested.
If they do struggle during the next few weeks, I expect City to take advantage and blow the title race open.
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by bdinspain
Monday, March 11 2013, 4:27PM
“Don't knock the guy for writing a positive article. Makes a change from PB's negativity.”
by bluebirdchapo
Sunday, February 24 2013, 5:00PM
“haha you write an article like this, fans get excited, then you lose 4-1 away to Bolton while Cardiff win 2-1 away to Wolves to open the gap to 8 points with a game in hand. :)
We lost ONE game against Brighton, and you think we are going to throw it all away? We were unlucky, simple, woodwork came to Brighton's rescue a number of times and Tomasz Kuszczak rolled back the years to his Man United form and was very impressive, but as I say just one game!
We're Cardiff City, We're top of the league!”
by adolfo
Sunday, February 24 2013, 10:39AM
“Talk about complacency!!!!”
by HCAFCscarb
Friday, February 22 2013, 6:13PM
“Watford , Leicester City , Hull City only need beat Cardiff and they will drop out of the top two...
Course it's easy to say that...
ANYTHING could happen between now and may..
We could win the league.....we could finish outside the top 6....
Fingers crossed .”
by strummer1961
Friday, February 22 2013, 5:59PM
“I don't think that Cardi*** result against Brighton can be considered the beginning of their implosion(yes they've been here before but their form is rock solid this season),more like one of those days that the ball wouldn't go in the net(hitting the woodwork 4 times and creating the amount of chances they did proves that they are still playing football).
As others have rightly said it's up to us to stay focussed,win as many games as possible and concentrate for 90 minutes each game.There's a long way to go yet and our 9 points in quick succession has shown how easy a little mini-run can leap-frog you up the table.
We have done remarkably well to stretch away from Leicester the way we did but let's not get too complacent.Watford are on our shirt tails now and our home tie against them has now become a pivotal 6 pointer and one that may decide who's going up autmatically and who's joining the other 3 in the lottery shoot-out!!!”
by Cluhead
Friday, February 22 2013, 4:48PM
“Cardiff have a very tough run in! They are rather playing teams fighting for their lives or teams fighting for promotion. I don't want to give the Tigers the kiss of death but we could end up being champions with a game or two spare, providing we keep gaining the wins! UTT!”
by MikeMadrid
Friday, February 22 2013, 3:15PM
“....to "be" champions!”
by MikeMadrid
Friday, February 22 2013, 3:04PM
“Anything could happen. Maybe Cardiff are starting to relax. If they lose points they may start to panic. Watford looking solid. Swan is right for once. Don't look back, look forward. We have to at least aim to Champions!”
by scooter234
Friday, February 22 2013, 1:57PM
“Cardiff. Hull City, Watford and Crystal Palace are I believe going to be the top four teams but which order they are going to finish in is any ones guess, I don't think I have ever known such a tight league, a couple games won or lost could mean glory or disaster. UTT!!”
by exbrannylad
Friday, February 22 2013, 1:08PM
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