Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Thursday, April 20.
Philogene injury update
Sabri Lamouchi hopes both Jaden Philogene and Rubin Colwill will be available for Cardiff's clash with Stoke City on Saturday.
Philogene has been one of the standout attacking players for the Bluebirds this season and it was felt his absence for the game against Watford would be keenly felt.
Cardiff, however, pulled a rabbit out of the hat and came away with an unlikely 3-1 win without Philogene. But Lamouchi hopes he will have recovered from his knee injury in time to face Stoke, along with Colwill, who has missed the last few games with a hip problem.
"He will be there. He was there with us," Lamouchi said of Philogene being back available. "He was in the stadium (at Vicarage Road), he saw the performance. And Jack Simpson as well and I hope Rubin Colwill as well.
"Philogene's injury is not serious, but he is not with us tonight and we miss him a lot. He was with us in the stadium and came to support. He will, I hope, be available for Saturday."
Kaba has made a 'huge difference'
Former striker-turned-pundit Clinton Morrison hailed both Sory Kaba and Lamouchi for their impacts over the last few months.
Kaba scored his seventh goal of the season in spectacular fashion, an overhead kick in the 3-1 win at Watford, while Lamouchi saw his side climb to the relatively heady heights of 19th place in the table.
Speaking on ITV's EFL highlights show, ex-Crystal Palace and Birmingham City man Morrison said: "Credit must go to Lamouchi, I think he has done an outstanding job since he's gone in there.
"If you said a month and a half ago that they would go to Watford and beat them so convincingly, they would have bitten your hands off.
"The way they are playing at the moment is brilliant and Kaba has made a huge difference. That's his seventh goal in 13 games. That is a goal that should win any football match. The way he chests it and finishes it, it's fantastic."
Blakey: Manager merry-go-round has to stop
Bluebirds legend Nathan Blake believes that if the club is to form a solid footing and push on next season it must back a manager and stop the managerial merry-go-round.
Lamouchi's tenure has not been perfect, but it is hoped he can guide Cardiff to safety. He is the third man to have a crack in the Cardiff dugout this season and each of them have found it a struggle.
But Blake believes the lack of continuity and singular plan will continue to hamstring Cardiff unless they place their faith in a manager to carry out a long-term strategy.
"I think the difficulty is, it's not just the squad, it's the manager," Blake told the BBC. "Lamouchi has done a decent job, but I keep saying the constant switching of managers, I don't know how they expect to get results or success. It's just not done that way. The only team I know to have switched managers more and got success is Chelsea! And that's gone pear-shaped.
"You have to look at the players, they are accountable for the results with the manager. But if upstairs is a mess it tends to drift down into the team and that lack of confidence has been shown for so long.
"But I have to say, it's been topsy-turvy with Lamouchi, but results have come at the right time to get themselves out of the mire when it's most needed. It'll go until the end of the season. But two positive results in the next two games will get them over the line."
Earnie: Cardiff are 'too big' to drop to League One
Ex-Cardiff striker Robert Earnshaw has branded the Bluebirds' situation as a "state of emergency" and believes the club is too big to drop into League One.
Lamouchi called out the players' attitude after their limp performance in the 1-0 defeat at home to Sunderland last week and Earnshaw believes it was the right thing for him to do as it sparked a turnaround at Sheffield United, despite the result, and at Watford on Wednesday night.
"It was great management," Earnshaw said. "Sometimes you've got to let the players know publicly too and tell them you're unhappy. I'm sure they would have told them in the dressing room, too.
"When they dropped points against Sunderland, and that performance, for him it was not the right attitude from his team. The players have to understand that. It's an emergency now for Cardiff City in the next few weeks that they stay in the Championship.
"If the performances, fight, determination, spirit and quality isn't there and it drops, that's not good enough for you to play in a Cardiff City shirt. It really is a state of emergency. Because Cardiff City is too big to go down a league. Minimum, they have to stay in the Championship."
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