I agree completely, if Watford ask for the game to be replayed then they can count on my support.Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Great goal by Spence - you can't have a ref with hair like that though, what is the world coming to.
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I agree completely, if Watford ask for the game to be replayed then they can count on my support.Great goal by Spence - you can't have a ref with hair like that though, what is the world coming to
He’ll be offering to meet you in Beddau soon 😂
Jack Bodenham became the latest Development team player to be shown a red card this season (think it's four or five now) in a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace this afternoon.
Fowler scored for City - Quivi Fowler
https://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/...83852a0d0c3c2d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8pcIl5VTrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvKbJkwSNjk
Sounded like a good goal today. More on Fowler, and today's game, here.
http://www.dai-sport.com/quivi-fires...moment-palace/
The under 23 team are playing Watford at Cardiff City Stadium today, kick off 12 o clock.
https://twitter.com/CF11Academy
A 1-0 defeat against Ipswich, who are top, the goal coming deep into injury time. Interesting selection today, five Academy lads in the squad. They didn't have a game at the weekend so there's no way of telling if this represents a change of policy regarding the under-18s or if it was just a one off. We'll see over the next few weeks.
A match report here while we wait for a proper one off TOBW. Some reaction from captain Ciaron Brown as well.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...-ipswich-town/
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...o-play-at-ccs/
Bullying accusations against City's Academy, youngsters finally get a chance in Under 23s and a possible record signing.
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
Thanks for that. Spence and Patten randomly played in the Ipswich fixture up at the Vale last season so there is a precedent but it was surprising to see five Academy lads in the squad yesterday, even allowing for the fact that they didn't have a game at the weekend. No point in speculating, there could be all kinds of changes in the next couple of weeks with loan deals, transfers, the Bellamy situation etc so we'll just have to wait and see how things turn out.
I agree with you about Bellamy, we need to know the whole story before we can make a judgement. I'm confused for now, The Mail seem to know all the nitty-gritty of stories from 2016 and 2017 but I thought this all started with an English lad making a recent complaint about Bellamy and who is now training with another club? That seems to have disappeared from the Mail's angle on it for now but I'd have thought that's the most relevant part of the story. I'm sure the club will want to say 'we took the earlier complaints on board, Harvey and Bellamy were warned about their behaviour and now all the lads get treated like royalty and are top of the league' but obviously they can't if there's substance to any current complaint. Again, we'll have to wait and see.
Jamie Veale has been released, he's joined Merthyr Town.
http://www.dai-sport.com/double-sign...rs-home-clash/
noticed Regan Poole has gone back to newport county today
Rabbi Matondo has turned down a new deal at Man City and is eyeing up the Bundesliga, apparently, although other Premier League clubs are interested.
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/01/1...aid-for-rabbi/
Ben Margetson, Joel Bagan, Sam Bowen and Sion Spence from the Under 18 team all starting today for the Under 23s at Colchester - the scheduled Academy game for Saturday was postponed, so it's still hard to tell for sure if there has been a change of approach at the club when it comes to Academy players moving up to the Under 23s.
Its 0-0 after ten minutes.
A confusing time at youth level, hard to make out what's going on as TOBW said. No idea who's injured or who's being released, loaned out or bullied. Among those missing today were Ciaron Brown, James Waite (who has been linked with a loan move to MK Dons), Mark Harris, Jake Evans and Cameron Coxe.
Tyrone Duffus was injured before Xmas and hasn't been seen since, Ryan Reynolds and Isaak Davies haven't been seen at Academy level since Xmas either. Ibrahim Meite, who was apparently being linked with a Russian club and Championship clubs before Xmas is back with us after a trial at St Mirren.
Mark Harris has joined Port Vale on loan.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46976933
What happened with Newport? He seemed to have hit the ground running then went Pete tong
Ciaron Brown has been on trial with Livingston as well ahead of a possible loan move - good move for him if it comes off.
Agree with that Loramski. Like you I've watched him a lot and never quite been able to work out what his strengths are.
Clive, having watched so many Under 23 team matches with me, I don't think you'll be too surprised that I'm agreeing with much of what you and Loramski say. I must admit that I was surprised Harris was the young player singled out by Neil Warnock from the youth ranks as worthy of comment when he took over at the club - our manager obviously saw something in him and I wonder if it might have been a bit of "devil"?
I'm not saying he's a dirty player, but I don't think he's one to be messed with and I've seen him give a bit back to a defender who was trying to rough him up a bit on a few occasions. Generally speaking though I reckon Loramski has captured it with his "not quite enough" comments, but, in Harris' defence, I would say that he was in competition with a couple of good strikers by Second Division standards at Newport and so he may prosper more at Port Vale.
Ciaron Brown loan to Livingston confirmed.
https://livingstonfc.co.uk/brown-loan-deal-confirmed/
Interesting to see how that goes. We're out of centre halves for now at that level, hopefully we'll carry on using Academy lads rather than a succession of trialists like last season. Thin on the ground at first team level too, Connolly wasn't getting a sniff and was on his way out, now he's on standby I assume. The one area we haven't had to worry about for ages is suddenly short of cover.
A 2-1 win for the Academy team today against QPR, a late winner from Cian Ashford. Virtually a reserve side out so it was a very creditable performance. It looks like the Academy boys are finally going to play some regular under-23 football, no Spence, Bowen, Patten, Bagan, Margetson, Patten, Griffiths or Parsons today, Ratcliffe stayed on the bench and there was no Reynolds or Davies again.
I only saw the first hour today so missed the late action, we were 1-0 up when I left and while we were riding our luck at times and struggling to have any meaningful spells of possession it was a decent enough showing considering the number of changes. Connor Davies was all energy up and down the right flank, if I had to pick anyone out, but the attitude was excellent throughout the team and I'm assuming their determination, as much as anything else, saw them over the line.
http://www.dai-sport.com/rhondda-boy...r-against-qpr/
i really enjoyed today's game.
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
Good write-up.
Taylor Jones (along with Ligendza) was in the Welsh Victory Shield squad last November. He typified the team's performance yesterday, he was so determined to track his man when QPR had possession. It seemed slightly incongruous that he wanted to celebrate his goal with the traffic on Leckwith roundabout but it obviously meant a lot to him. It was great that the effort he, and the whole team, put in was rewarded with a win.
Interesting week coming up now at youth level, two games for the under-23s and with the first team squad presumably not involved at all it's going to be an ideal opportunity for the Academy boys to make an impression there.
Only a few days left to fix up decent loan moves for Coxe, Waite, Humphries and others, it would be good to see them get some first team action somewhere.
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