Cardiff City travel to Leicester City tonight for the first of two testing away games in five days still unsure of who will be playing for them.
Having managed to overcome Hull with relative ease at the weekend without key players Craig Bellamy, Jay Bothroyd, Danny Drinkwater and Michael Chopra and losing king midfielder Seya Oilifnjana, they would like some of them to return.
Cardiff beat Leicester in last season's play offs
More of the same tonight please lads!
Chops is recovering well from his ankle injury but will be out for another month but the others are all in line for fitness tests before the Walkers Stadium “crunch”. Suggestions are that Craig Bellamy and Seyi Olifinjana are winning their battles but that Jay Bothroyd and Danny Drinkwater will porbably not be available.
However manager Dave Jones has assured supporters that even if Bellamy is absent again later, his problem is not as big a worry serious as some weekend speculation had it. "It is not a serious injury with Craig, there is nothing wrong with his knee structure but he does have a bit of fluid. He has had an injection to help it settle down."
Leicester are seeking revenge from last season’s play-defeat but have started the new season badly without a win so far and are currently 23rd with just 2 points placing new boss, ex-Swansea manager Paulo Sousa, under pressure from discontented fans. However Cardiff fans would love to see City add to his agony but they are showing signs of improvement drawing 1-1 at Coventry last weekend and, by all accounts, being unlucky not to have won.
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