Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Tuesday, January 17.
Valerien Ismael odds cut
Right, lets start with the vacant Bluebirds manager post.
Neil Warnock has sat the top of the bookmakers' odds list as a short-priced favourite to succeed Mark Hudson as Bluebirds manager.
After that, well, it's changed a bit over the last 24 hours.
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Former MK Dons boss Liam Manning saw his odds slashed overnight and he has now gatecrashed the odds to become the second favourite in the running, priced at 9/2.
However, former West Brom and Besiktas boss Valerien Ismael has come from nowhere in the odds list to be named third favourite now, alongside Dean Whitehead at 10/1.
Ismael, who last worked in October at Turkish giants Besiktas, is the biggest mover today. Whether some are putting two and two together, with Dean Whitehead having worked with him in Turkey as well as the appointment of the former Besiktas fitness guru Jonny Northeast, and coming up with five, who knows.
But here are the odds as things currently stand:
Neil Warnock 1/2
Liam Manning 9/2
Dean Whitehead 10/1
Valerien Ismael 10/1
Sol Bamba 12/1
Dean Smith 14/1
Mark Warburton 14/1
(Courtesy of SkyBet. Gamble responsibly. 18+)
Marsch: Whitehead will want the job
Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has had his say on Dean Whitehead as he prepares to go up against him the FA Cup at Elland Road tomorrow.
Whitehead is now interim boss at Cardiff and Marsch believes he will go hammer and tongs and field a full-strength team in the replay match.
"We dug ourselves a hole in that match," Marsch said of the first tie between these two teams. "But by many standards, especially in the second half, we were absolutely dominant.
"They had 0.0 expected goals in the second half, and we were on top of the match. Now, we were lucky with the way we scored the last-second goal. You're absolutely correct about that.
"I think we'll see a stronger side. They played a lot of reserve players, I think. I think we'll see more of a team that they played against Wigan on the weekend.
"I think that the new manager (Whitehead) will want the job and will try to get his team to perform that way and go for the win.
"He has some history with certain people that I think also have a similar methodology to what we tried to do here. Valerien Ismael is a coach that I know well from Austria and a very good coach. He was at West Brom and he was at Besiktas - they were at Besiktas together.
"So I expect him to play a little more intensively than they did at Cardiff, but still look to defend well and catch us on the counter. So we'll be prepared for that kind of match."
Cardiff make backroom appointment
Cardiff City have added former Swansea City and West Brom fitness and sports science guru Jonny Northeast to their backroom staff.
WalesOnline has learned that, earlier this month, head of physical performance PJ Wilson left his post. Wilson, who had a background in rugby, was brought in from Bath Rugby last summer under Steve Morison, but has exited just seven months later.
His departure came before the sacking of Mark Hudson at the weekend. However, Cardiff have brought someone in to fill Wilson's role.
Northeast cut his teeth at Swansea City, where he spent seven years and became the club's head of sports science and fitness. He also held a sports science role with Wales' under-19s team until 2018.
He then moved to the States and joined DC United, where he became the performance director for the MLS side.
Northeast came back to the UK in 2020 and linked up with Valerien Ismael at Barnsley, before moving with him to West Brom and, last year, Besiktas, where he met current Cardiff temporary boss Dean Whitehead, who coached at the Turkish club under Ismael.
Of course, Cardiff are now in the midst of changing their manager after Hudson's dismissal at the weekend. Whether a new appointment would prompt a total overhaul of the backroom staff remains to be seen.
Pundits confirmed for Leeds replay
ITV are rolling out the big guns for the game tomorrow night.
The match will be broadcast live on ITV and the broadcaster has announced an A-list lineup of pundits, including Manchester United legend Roy Keane, Bluebirds icon Robert Earnshaw and ex-Arsenal defender Lee Dixon.
Mark Pougatch will present the coverage, with Earnshaw and Keane in the studio.
Dixon will be alongside Sam Matterface in the gantry.
Today's game cancelled
Today's under-21s game against Colchester United was called off due to a frozen pitch.
Darren Purse's side were meant to travel to Colchester for a Professional Development League 2 game, however weather has got the better of us this time.
"This afternoon's PDL fixture against Colchester United has been postponed due to a frozen pitch," Cardiff wrote in a statement.
"Details for the rescheduled fixture will follow in due course."
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