Ollie Tanner - new contract

[Doucas]

Just signed, 3 year extension. Excellent news.

https://twitter.com/CardiffCityFC/status/1709969198640672895?t=wvCpRhADtaiB5j1Bcy93kw&s=19

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: Ollie Tanner - new contract

I'm happy with that

[Dorcus]

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Great stuff

[Maurice Swan]

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He is going to be worth a fortune in years to come ....

[life on mars]

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Lets hope doesn't receive more death threats from Spurs fans? as he did when turning down that transfer to Spurs in January 2022,..

[2b2bdoo]

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Great news, fair play to the club there has been a huge shift in our deals with contracts and signings this summer.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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He's thoroughly deserved it.

I think the biggest hurdle he's had to overcome, since becoming a full-time professional, is the fitness levels required.
I feel it was a shock to him; it was almost like he was just trying to see out the final whistle in his cameo appearances and nothing else. He wasn't in a position whereby he could hope to impact a game, even after only coming on in the 80th minute, everything was still passing him by due to his total lack of fitness.

Imagine the distractions he might have had in his early career.... he is young, good-looking, a football player living in the London area, lots of potential things to sidetrack him and no real great expectations heaped upon his shoulders whilst playing part-time football.
If he carries on listening and learning, he'll have a fantastic career in football.

[Tuerto]

Re: Ollie Tanner - new contract

He's thoroughly deserved it.

I think the biggest hurdle he's had to overcome, since becoming a full-time professional, is the fitness levels required.
I feel it was a shock to him; it was almost like he was just trying to see out the final whistle in his cameo appearances and nothing else. He wasn't in a position whereby he could hope to impact a game, even after only coming on in the 80th minute, everything was still passing him by due to his total lack of fitness.

Imagine the distractions he might have had in his early career.... he is young, good-looking, a football player living in the London area, lots of potential things to sidetrack him and no real great expectations heaped upon his shoulders whilst playing part-time football.
If he carries on listening and learning, he'll have a fantastic career in football.

I think that the biggest problem he faced was where to put himself, positional play, and understanding his defensive duties, he basically didn't have a clue, looked like a penguin in a desert. Bulut has worked hard with him it seems, he's much sharper, much more aware and knows his role. And I agree about his fitness levels as well, although not his looks ...

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I think that the biggest problem he faced was where to put himself, positional play, and understanding his defensive duties, he basically didn't have a clue, looked like a penguin in a desert. Bulut has worked hard with him it seems, he's much sharper, much more aware and knows his role. And I agree about his fitness levels as well, although not his looks ...

Well, as regards to his looks - legend has it, that when YOU enter a nightclub, the ladies' knicker elastic can be heard snapping from 10 metres away,!

[2b2bdoo]

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That Cameo against Leeds in the cup was up there with the worst, looked lost and was knackered within minutes, after that I had no hope for him and hadn’t seen anything to suggest he would be up to it in development game together with his failed loan at Non League,
Wow what a turn around, a huge asset for us.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Re: Ollie Tanner - new contract

That Cameo against Leeds in the cup was up there with the worst, looked lost and was knackered within minutes, after that I had no hope for him and hadn’t seen anything to suggest he would be up to it in development game together with his failed loan at Non League,
Wow what a turn around, a huge asset for us.

Absolutely!

Some players realise they're at a crossroads in their career (Josh Murphy comes to mind) and either they take on board advice or fade away.

[NYCBlue]

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Absolutely!

Some players realise they're at a crossroads in their career (Josh Murphy comes to mind) and either they take on board advice or fade away.

I haven't thought about Josh Murphy for a while. But it still disappoints me. What a shame.

[Tuerto]

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I haven't thought about Josh Murphy for a while. But it still disappoints me. What a shame.

Without an ounce of evidence to back it up, i'd say that Murphy stopped being interested in the game, no enthusiasm for it. That's how it looked to me.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Without an ounce of evidence to back it up, i'd say that Murphy stopped being interested in the game, no enthusiasm for it. That's how it looked to me.

You were clearly a talented kid to get on city's books

Why didn't you make it ?

Chick's? Gambling ?

[blue matt]

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I think that the biggest problem he faced was where to put himself, positional play, and understanding his defensive duties, he basically didn't have a clue, looked like a penguin in a desert. Bulut has worked hard with him it seems, he's much sharper, much more aware and knows his role. And I agree about his fitness levels as well, although not his looks ...

He made a massive step up, Tier 7 ( for both Lewes and Folkstone, he was dual registered as not getting in the team at Tier 5 / National league Bromely with Folkstone ) then signed for Lewes ( back down to T7 )

I dont disagree with your point about his Defensive duties ( and I still think thats a massive weakness in his game, but to counter that, how exciting is he going forward, its enough to excite even the most boring of fans ) but at the level he was at, he wouldn't have been asked to do that side of the game, it would have been use your skill and get forward, let the defenders defend, we are talking simple parks football here, where defenders defend and wingers attack

Fitness would have been a huge step up to us, he would have trained twice a week in the evening for Both Lewes and Folkstone for maybe 2 hours a go

I personally said he lacked self belief and confidence, I said to my daughter the 1st game I saw him play, give him a run of a few games, get him believing he belongs here and we will have a exciting player to watch