Cardiff could lose Kenneth Zohore and STILL succeed this season with our squad depth

THE BLUEBIRDS are back in front of the Sky cameras this Friday when they travel to strugglers Birmingham as they look to protect top spot from the chasing pack.

The league-leaders have enjoyed an excellent campaign so far, becoming one of only three Championship clubs to lose just one game.

That one defeat arrived in a sobering away thrashing to Preston, but it was quickly righted by Warnock and his men with big wins over Sunderland and early high-flyers Leeds.

And those big results mean Cardiff fans have begun to dream of a Premier League return, despite the premature stage in which the Championship remains.

Neil Warnock continues to do his best to keep feet on the ground, but two three-goal home wins over Aston Villa and Leeds respectively have done little to help in that department.

But Neil Warnock can only do so much in taming the supporters’ emotions and the dream for promotion is a stark change from this time last season, when there were fears of relegation surrounding South Wales – in the East and West.

Just 11 games in, Cardiff supporters know it’s too early to get carried away – they aren’t fools – this is a club that has missed out on promotion in every way you can possibly think of.

Play-off final defeat, play-off semi-final defeat, missing out on the play-offs by a single goal scored and every other scenario.

Going a good few years back, Cardiff found themselves in a similar position, before hardly winning the game throughout the winter, leaving them in the bottom-half for much of the late stages.

So the Bluebirds’ faithful know what to expect from this league and they know it will take a lot to
lead the league for another 35 games, though, Cardiff have done that before, too.

The squad isn’t particularly fantastic on paper, you haven’t got a John Terry or a Britt Assombalonga,
but nor do you necessarily need either of those – just as Huddersfield didn't.

Crucially, what Cardiff do have is strength in depth and looking at the squad, you could comfortably
pick two full starting XIs that could win a Championship match.

The team certainly has it’s key players, like any other, but it’s that depth that they’ve been missing in the past and it could well prove to be the decisive factor.

And let’s not forget, the Bluebirds have Neil Warnock in charge – king of the Championship – a man who has won seven promotions during his lasting career, and he’s personally motivated to secure that record-breaking eighth.

He’s a man who has been here before and that also provides plenty of belief for supporters of a blue
persuasion in South Wales.

Warnock’s experience has already shown its colours this term, with the early signings – seven of which were done before pre-season – proving vital, especially when compared to Harry Redknapp’s last-minute scramble for players at Birmingham and where that landed him.