JACK: STOP WAS GOOD AS GOULD

JACK BONHAM thanked Stoke goalkeeping coaching Jonathan Gould for helping him save Sory Kaba’s potential matchwinning penalty.

Bonham was the first to acknowledge that his fulllength dive to his left in the 62nd minute with the scores locked at 1-1 was down to Gould’s research.

The former Celtic and Scotland keeper, son of ex-Cardiff City and Wales boss Bobby Gould, had done his homework on Cardiff hot-shot Kaba and came up with the right formula to stop him scoring.

“Gouldy does his research and lets me know if someone’s got a pattern,” said Bonham. “That helped me out and so I have to give a shout out to him.

“He gave me the information and I followed it. If I’d gone the other way, the blame would have been going to him and I would have given him stick!”

Kaba (above) had already beaten Bonham once, levelling after Josh Laurent’s headed opener, with a shot that went between the legs of the Stoke stopper. That took his goal tally since joining on loan in January to eight in 13 games.

“Sory scored another goal, an important goal for us, and he was our man of the match – but just a bit more if he had scored the penalty,” said Cardiff boss Sabri Lamouchi.

“But this is part of football. I’m happy with the performance and now we will go to Rotherham to try to do our best.”

The point lifted the Bluebirds three points clear of Reading in the third and final relegation slot with a game in hand.

Both Rotherham, who they face on Thursday, and Huddersfield, who they host on Sunday, are around them in the table and the results in those two games will define their season.