{"id":15673,"date":"2008-11-18T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=15673"},"modified":"2020-11-18T07:56:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T07:56:03","slug":"cardiff-city-man-and-his-derby-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp\/2008\/11\/18\/cardiff-city-man-and-his-derby-despair\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff City Man And His Derby Despair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The midfielder who played in the Carling Cup tie at the Liberty looks set to be an absentee when the two sides renew rivalries once again in the first league clash of the season in 12 days time.<\/p>\n<p>Ledley injured his finger as Cardiff beat Crystal Palace on the weekend and is now expected to be out for up to four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>And he told the Western Mail of his despair as he may miss out on the first league clash for almost 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be gutted if I miss that one against Swansea, that is the fixture I\u2019ve been looking forward to,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one game I want to play in after losing to them in the Carling Cup this season. I just hope they can sort something out to protect that part of the hand for me and I can just get on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t even know that I broke it until afterwards when they looked at it in more detail,\u201d said Ledley, who will have a screw inserted in the damaged finger. \u201cThis is my sort of luck, just when things are looking a bit brighter this goes and happens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The midfielder who played in the Carling Cup tie at the Liberty looks set to be an absentee when the two sides renew rivalries once again in the first league clash of the season in 12 days time. 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