Bluebirds boss keen on home tie February 17 2008
Dave Jones admits he "does not care" who Cardiff are paired with in Monday's FA Cup quarter-final draw - as long as they are drawn at home.
The Bluebirds booked their place in the last eight with a convincing 2-0 victory over fellow Championship side Wolves at Ninian Park.
City had the game sewn up within 11 minutes after Peter Whittingham raced clean through to fire home after just two minutes before a stunning strike into the top-left corner from the influential Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink doubled the advantage nine minutes later.
The victory ensured Cardiff reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1927 - the year they went on to become the only non-English side to ever lift the trophy.
And the hostile reception handed to the visitors will hardly have helped a Wanderers side desperately low on confidence.
Now all Jones wants is another game in front of the home support, but he concedes chairman Peter Ridsdale may see things differently.
"In all honesty I would like a home tie and I don't care who it is," Jones said.
"If you're going to tell me it is going to be Manchester United then I'm sure the chairman would want to be away because it would be 80,000 people.
"That's a lot of money in the coffers, it would be on TV so there's more money so maybe somewhere along the line I might be able to nick some off him to help our cause."
Jones was delighted his side end an 81-year wait for a quarter-final spot and make history of their own, but he is cautious over getting wrapped up in nostalgia.
He added: "This football club in 1927 did brilliant but that's where it belongs. It's in the past in the museum.
"I said to the players to try and make their own history at this club and that's what they've done.
"But all they've done is get into the next round of the competition, there is still a long, long way to go. We will keep ticking along and now we will get ready for the league campaign."
The Welsh club showed no signs of missing injured winger Joe Ledley as 17-year-old Aaron Ramsey added to his growing reputation with another impressive display.
"I wasn't sure how young Aaron would do out wide but I thought he was superb," Jones said.
"He is maturing as a player and my concerns were blown away in the first 20 minutes so I'm really pleased for him."
The result increased the pressure on under-fire Wolves boss Mick McCarthy, who admitted there was only one team who looked like winning the tie.
"We have missed an opportunity to even play well, or even compete, or even look like getting in the next round," he said.
"If we had done that then I could have come away and thought at least we've had a valid attempt, but we didn't.
"We never looked like winning that game at all."