The Swansea City midfielder though will be forced to watch from the sidelines as he picked up his 5th booking of the season at Crystal Palace on Saturday meaning a one match ban ahead of the fixture.<\/p>\n
But he insists that Cardiff’s two point lead at the top of the division offers nothing to fear for the 3rd placed Swans.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to the game, Pratley told the Western Mail \u201cI\u2019m devastated because it\u2019s a game I enjoy playing in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the game you want to play in, it\u2019s the first one I look for at the start of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m disappointed. It was my second tackle, the first one I got the ball and with the one for the booking I touched a little of the ball. The referee could have been a bit more lenient<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had two games when I have been on four bookings but I can\u2019t go around not trying to make tackles because I\u2019m a midfielder and that\u2019s what I have to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe great thing about us is that we are not a one-man team, if I am out or anyone else is out we\u2019ve got good players to come in and do as good a job.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got nothing to fear. It\u2019s a derby game so even if we had been losing every week, that all goes out the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one the boys look forward to because we know what it means to the fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast time it was about me and Bothroyd, him making comments and then me responding.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we are both out of the game and I am sure he will be as disappointed as I am.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got a lot of players we need to be wary of.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be a good game, it always is. They\u2019ve got some good players, we\u2019ve got good players and both sides are in good form.<\/p>\n
\u201cI watched Cardiff play Leeds when I was in my hotel room at Wigan, I was running a bath and they put about 100 passes together and I flooded my room.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir passing made me stop and watch.\u201d<\/p>\n