So, the traditional showpiece of English football occurs tomorrow in Wemberley.
You'll all be familiar with Portsmouth so I'm going to give a quick run through of Cardiff's players. This is the starting line-up from the semi-final against Barnsley.
- Peter Enckelman - well who doesn't remember this? But by all accounts, he has played well since moving on loan from Blackburn
- Glenn Loovens - the Dutch dynamo, as I call him, formerly of Feyenoord. Then again, so was David Connolly.
- Roger Johnson - goal scoring defender, seen by many as a future captain, and has been linked with a move to Boro.
- Kevin McNaughton - the Scottish defender once fell out with Berti 'Mc' Vogts, which is good enough for me. His good form has earned a recall to the Scottish squad
- Tony Capaldi - Norweigan born, Norn Iron International. Says a lot really, his impact will not be felt.
- Trevor Sinclair - Ex-England International, goal of the season winner and debuted his dreadlocks in 1991
- Peter Whittingham - former Villa 'next big thing', only 23, plenty of skill, and able to do this
- Joe Ledley - 21 yr old Welsh International, Graham Kavanagh's boot cleaner, and goal scoring midfielder
- Gavin Rae - had an injury beset time at Rangers, at Cardiff has had a run in the team, and earned a recall to the Scotland squad in March
- Stephen McPhail - Champions League experience with Leeds, a left foot 'like Liam Brady', but bad injuries forced him down the leagues.
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - a bit of a legend really, writer of "Jimmy: The Autobiography Of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink" and scorer of goals.
So, to sum up, I hope Cardiff win - can you imagine all Harry's pals in the press bigging up a Pompey victory? It could be a dark future...
Mark
ODF
