"Die war doch immer verdreht," I could imagine them hastily muttering to each other, before advancing wreathed in welcoming smiles.

Immers said: "It's different as I'm playing a little bit deeper.

7 SUBSTITUTES sean Morrison (for Peltier 46), Craig Noone (for Whittingham 70), Kagisho dikgacoi (for Immers 84).

FC ST PAULI GOALS: Immers (2), Litke (19), Heerwagen (27og) CARDIFF CITY XI: Wilson; Fabio (Harris 16), Ajayi, Tutonda, Connolly (James 16), John (Adeyemi 16); Ralls, O'Keefe , Immers (Kennedy 16), Pilkington (Noone 16); Gounongbe (Zohore 16) | THE Bluebirds' were able to make it two from two with a narrow but deserved victory over second-tier side FC St Pauli.

striker Hal Robson-Kanu./Lex Immers The Bluebirds, of course, have signed Federic Gounongbe and still have Kenneth Zohore, Adam Le Fondre and Federico Macheda on their boooks.

But Pilkington does have an intelligence that Cardiff are benefiting from, just as they are benefiting from Lex Immers just behind, whose excellence in his simplicity is matched by his energy to get around and make the right runs at the right time.

In particular, he showed some real promise alongside Immers when the pair almost combined to deliver a shock win away at Burnley.

In front were Tom Lawrence, putting in an impressive showing, Whittingham himself and Immers, who for me was man of the match as he fought and scrapped and linked up very well as well as firing home a good goal.

Immers himself has said that his family and support of the Cardiff fans were key to his decision.

And on the half hour Slade's men were in dreamland as Immers got his second in two starts when the ball broke in the box for him and he lashed it in the corner.

Immers himself has stated many times that he would like to stay on in the Welsh capital.

Immers was typically energetic and took his goal superb, but Pilkington in particular stood out.