The no.1 spot has been a contested one at Cardiff City this season.

Neil Etheridge started the season as Neil Warnock's preferred choice - as expected - but unexpectedly, he picked up a hamstring injury in the opening day fixture against Wigan Athletic, and was immediately ruled out for several weeks.

Alex Smithies then stepped in for the Filipino. Smithies is a weathered Championship keeper and has been at Cardiff since signing from QPR in June 2018, but he didn't feature once in the Premier League last season.

With Huddersfield and then QPR, Smithies made a real name for himself as a talented shot-stopper, and a man who couldn't be beaten from the penalty spot - Charlie Austin's converted spot-kick for West Brom against Cardiff in January was the first in four years that Smithies had let in.

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Neil Harris made the bold call of dropping Etheridge for Smithies, first for an FA Cup tie against Carlisle and then for the 0-0 draw at home to Swansea City.

It came after Etheridge was linked with a £7 million move to West Ham which never materialised, and now it looks as though Smithies is Harris' no.1 for the foreseeable future, and Etheridge looking all the more likely to depart in the summer.

The 30-year-old Smithies though is still proving that he's one of the best goalkeepers at this level - he's a hugely rounded player whose distribution sets him apart from Etheridge.

Plenty of Cardiff fans have had their say on Smithies throughout the season, and here's what they've been saying: