Source: TheGuardian
Cardiff v Wolves: Premier League – live!
Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendAnd you can email Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 7.43pm GMT Aron Gunnarsson has injured his thumb during the warm-up, and has had significant strapping applied, which as Sky point out will probably have an impact on his long-throwing wiles. 7.42pm GMT Nuno Espírito Santo has a pre-match chat, on team changes and his team’s shape:The idea is to choose the best option. Of course the last performance was not good, I think it required some changes. You never know [if we might change the shape], never say never. If you ask me now I’ll say no. We’re trying to build a shape that can handle anything, can give different answers to different opponents, but you never know. I’m going to give him a nice handshake and a good hug, I think it’s enough. 7.32pm GMT There are some strange corner-flag-related goings-on afoot. This was one of the first pictures to come over from Cardiff this evening: 7.16pm GMT At the end of the interview Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher shake Warnock’s hand. Which is just as well. 7.14pm GMT He is looking back over his career, you see, on the eve of his 70th birthday. “We really shouldn’t have come up last year, but they were magnificent, the lads, and we managed to get up,” he says. “We’ve got a far better team now than we had last year, but we now have to go again to compete with the people in the Premier League. The window did us, really. We couldn’t get a striker in, and that killed us really. We’ve got to hope we can get players in in January, which is not straightforward.” 7.12pm GMT “I’ve always had to put fires out, and I enjoy that,” Warnock says. “The nicest thing for me is, when I leave a club, have I left it in a better situation. The nicest thing is when I see visiting fans say, ‘I don’t like you, but I wish you were our manager.’” 7.10pm GMT On Sky, Neil Warnock is being interviewed inside his office. It contains two leather sofas and a sleek coffee table. “If you gave me 38 points this year I’d bite your hand off,” he says. 7.02pm GMT The team sheets have been handed it, and these are tonight’s key protagonists:Cardiff City: Etheridge, Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Victor Camarasa, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Arter, Hoilett, Paterson, Josh Murphy. Subs: Peltier, Bennett, Ward, Smithies, Reid, Mendez-Laing, Harris. Wolverhampton Wanderers: Rui Patricio, Saiss, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Ruben Vinagre, Helder Costa, Traore, Jimenez. Subs: Bennett, Ivan Cavaleiro, Gibbs-White, Jota, John Ruddy, Giles, Leo Bonatini. Referee: Andre Marriner.#CARWOL | #CardiffCity team news!Brought to you by @1xbet_Eng...#CityAsOne ???? pic.twitter.com/s9IUMZNGAvHere's how Wolves line-up for tonight's @premierleague clash against @CardiffCityFC. #CARWOL pic.twitter.com/rGiFNdsP9i 6.12pm GMT The last time these teams met in Cardiff turned into a brilliantly memorable occasion, in which the home side fluffed two stoppage-time penalties and lost 1-0, and the managers became embroiled in a furious if one-sided spat about post-match handshakes, the problem being that Nuno Espirito Santo did not immediately offer one, and when he did finally get round to it he was politely told to go away.Neil Warnock politely refusing a handshake with Nuno Santo after his Cardiff side lost to Wolves. Blimey! #CARvWOL pic.twitter.com/j3MvvRfcXoI don’t give a toss what he says. I won’t accept his apology. He’s totally out of order. In British football, you shake the manager’s hand afterwards. I just thought it showed a lack of class if I’m honest. So he can please himself. I went to shake his hand and he ran off – that’s what he did. If that’s how they’re taught in Portugal, fair enough. But not in Britain. Continue reading......read full article
