 Hi guys, it's coming from the mighty blues this mind that match reaction card of city nil everton 3 Marco Silver's blues back to winning ways in a game that you know what it wasn't perfect It wasn't the best game I've ever seen but you know what we gained confidence with two goals And we actually started to look really really good towards the end of the game like I said We looked organized and we took our chances and that is you know the most important thing about that game is the Chances that we had we took if you see it and obviously with two very very good goals Specifically the second one and then Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the last seconds absolutely a Ending the game with a fantastic finish and you know what like I said, I'm not gonna start talking about the negatives I'm not gonna start sitting here saying you know so-and-so wasn't good enough You know this player that player, but I thought after the first goal We grew in confidence and then after the second goal We grew in confidence again And then we started to look like the evidence that we were seeing in the October and November times listen Marcus Silver made a few changes to the team obviously bringing Phil Jerry Elkin in which was a change that we half Sort of expected with yet he meaner being a doubt for me I think Phil Jerry Elka played well again on the ball I don't think he was fantastic and you know give away a couple of silly vows But I think what we did look what and you know something that we haven't looked in a while is organized at the back The defense was organized every ball that went into the box was dealt with properly by the defenders And was dealt with properly and was seeing out and don't get me wrong card of city Didn't have much possession we didn't have you know a lot of chances But every ball that they put at us we dealt with fantastically and does Phil Jerry Elka have something to do with that Does his presence in the team have something to do with that? And you know obviously Morgan Snidlin coming in a very strange change for me when I first seen the team she thought What's going on here Morgan Snidlin and obviously we haven't seen him for a while Tom Davis not in the squad James McCarthy Not in the squad, but you know what I thought Morgan Snidlin was fantastic today I am gonna say that being a critic of Morgan Snidlin and I've been someone that's saddening and said you know He's probably not good enough to play for ever and then we might and see him play many more games for ever and again But today I thought Morgan Snidlin played like he did when he first saw him for everything He wasn't too defensive. He wasn't constantly turning us back on our goal He wasn't constantly passing it backwards He was actually bringing the ball forwards and he was looking for a forward attack and pass and that was quite clear Obviously with his pass for the first goal put the ball through to Sheamus Coleman He then put it through to Guilvie Sigerton, but the pass to Sheamus Coleman originally by Morgan Snidlin was absolutely Fantastic, it's a quality passing. You know what? I'll be the first player to criticise I'll be the first person to criticise never play Sorry when they have a poor game, but I'll also be the first person to say, you know what? You done well there and I think Morgan Snidlin deserved that tonight because I really really do think he put in a good performance Obviously hasn't played a lot of football at all He hasn't even been in the squad for for many of the you know the recent games so for him to come in step back in Obviously he was going to have fitness issues He wasn't always going to be on the top of his game and to play like that I think he really done really really well for himself Obviously we've seen the front-favourite Charleston Sigerton and Warcott like I said wasn't an unbelievable First sort of 25 minutes first half But you know what as soon as the first goal went in as soon as Guilvie Sigerton put the first goal in you could see The team was growing with confidence Theo Warcott although he wasn't fantastic on the ball We're starting to make runs we're starting to chase people down Dominic Calvallu and was chasing people down He was constantly in the defenders faces and then obviously when the second one went in it was pretty much game over them because Cardiff didn't really bring anything again We looked a lot better than we started to be in control of the game And you know what I think this issue has been and I'm not gonna sit here and say this is the only issue and you know It's all sorted now and that wins gonna fix it all because it's not I've sat here before I sat here after we We barely Sat here when we've won games before and I've said we need to win two on the bounce otherwise It doesn't it doesn't mean for anything We need to put in two really good performances on the bounce otherwise it means for nothing and again I'll say it again if we go to the good isn't on Sunday And if we get turned over by them law then you know again this result means nothing But that is exactly the performance we needed before amazing side that be a confidence building performance and a performance that you Could very clearly tell once we started to you know get the game under control And once we started to take our chances the lads grew in confidence and that's what it is a Marcus Silver said that before and again, I'm not saying this is the only issue But he said I think it's more of a you know a confidence issue rather than a position of the players or the quality of the players And you know what when you look at the first 20 minutes of that game You think Jesus Christ both teams here are really shocking a playing football You know Ghana gay couldn't hold the ball to save his life You know the passing was awful from both teams and then we scored the first goal We got a little bit better and then we scored the second goal and we got much better And then we console the game then and after that second goal your new card if we're gonna get back into it We were defensively solid all game like I said Phil Jageelka stepped in and he done a solid job Luca Dean played well as well and then Dominic Alvalu and I was really really happy Dominic Alvalu And got that goal in the last minute because I think you know he didn't get much all game He didn't get much service from from any of the attackers and but you know, I think he done well He was winning balls in the air and more specifically what I know was from Dom is when the opposition were having corners And when the opposition were putting the ball into the box He was winning the balls in our area as well and he was getting it out And I thought he had a really really good game obviously Benard coming on for Rich Arleson and changing the game And that's what you need to do when you bring a player like Benard on let him run at defenders And if Benard gets into the box whether it's against Cardiff whether again It's against Liverpool doesn't matter which team it's against if Benard gets into the box He's pretty much untouchable because any player that touches him. He's gonna go down He's small he's quick and you know, he's got that about him He's got that skill He's got that brain about him where he knows that if he gets touched He's gonna go down and he's clever enough with the ball to not let the ball get out of his feet So all as we have to do when Benard's on the pitch is get the ball to him and let him get in the box And then you know, he's pretty much untouchable for defenders and that's what happened there He put the ball into the box it ends up getting saved by the keeper And it's you know, it's a fantastic finish by Guilvie Sigurdson. Let's take nothing away from him But like I've said then it means nothing if we go and get some by them bastards on Sunday So we need to take this confidence into Sunday And we need to go out and put another top performance in and you know what like I said It wasn't amazing today. The first 20 minutes was really poor But you know as the goals went in we gained confidence and as we gained confidence we started to look better We started to look more comfortable on the ball and we started to actually play some really really good football It just again again started to get the ball under his feet and actually carry it forward And that's what we need to do on Sunday as well This is a massive rules. I cannot stress Enough how big of a result this is now big of a win This is given the games that are coming up not just the derby on Sunday But given the games that we've got we needed that three points today. We really really did and I think we've done it really professionally And like I said, it's a massive massive confidence boost for the lads and Michael Silver needs to be sharing in that testing room Now look you're playing with confidence there the last 25 30 minutes of that game We were playing free-flowing confident football and we actually looked comfortable and that's what we need to take into Sunday Now we need to take that into Sunday. We need to look comfortable on Sunday We need to carry on in that in that vein because I think you know listen today was a massive three points Three points that we desperately needed and three points that we got and we deserved and it wasn't by all means perfect Like I said, you know, there was negatives that you could probably pick out of it But I'm not going to because we've won a game three another way from home And you know, we need to take that into Sunday now and get us, you know, hopefully a second win on the bounce It's gonna be a massive game. It's gonna be a fight. It's gonna be tough But you know, there's no better way to go into it than that result tonight I thought it was a really good performance by the Blues again a performance like I've said We be gained confidence from the goals and the substitutions come on and they done well And yet like I said guilty tickets and obviously bagging himself a brace and that'll do wonders for him as well I thought personally when his first goal winning he looked better and then when the second one in a woman in He looked a little bit more confident as well So maybe it is just a confidence issue. We'll have to wait and see but that's what Marco Silva seems to think It is so hopefully we go into Sunday with that confidence and we put in a really really good performance in a massively important game Forever football club, but that's it from me. Obviously card of city nil evident three a massive three points for the Blues a massive result And hopefully we can take this momentum and confidence into Sunday now. 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