Marley Watkins not being kept on

[Michael Morris]

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[Michael Morris]

Re: Marley Watkins not being kept on

One little bit of breaking news/housekeeping from tonight's #CardiffCity game, manager Mick McCarthy says the club have decided not to keep Marley Watkins. They will instead focus on fringe players from academy, meaning no loan for Mark Harris.

— Michael Pearlman (@MPearlo) August 17, 2021

[City123]

Re: Marley Watkins not being kept on

Shocking way to treat a club legend, we'll always have Sutton....

[jon1959]

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Surely the right decision.

Good luck to Marley though, as a Cardiff City player I hope he finds a new club.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Probably leaves the club with the best goals per game record of any Cardiff player.

[Dave Blue]

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So glad Harris is staying, he did more today in his cameo than Collins has done in all matches to date.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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So glad Harris is staying, he did more today in his cameo than Collins has done in all matches to date.

Agreed. If Moore isn't ready to start yet, I'd get Harris up there.

[Tuerto]

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Agreed. If Moore isn't ready to start yet, I'd get Harris up there.

It's so difficult playing as a lone striker though. I think that collins is the type of player who likes the ball played into his body by the fullbacks, that didn't happen tonight, and it sort of makes him a bit redundant as he can't lay the ball off and get into the box. Bagan kept going short to giles, which was fine with me, but collins looked like he had to reset himself every time it happened. Harris did very well, full of energy.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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It's so difficult playing as a lone striker though. I think that collins is the type of player who likes the ball played into his body by the fullbacks, that didn't happen tonight, and it sort of makes him a bit redundant as he can't lay the ball off and get into the box. Bagan kept going short to giles, which was fine with me, but collins looked like he had to reset himself every time it happened. Harris did very well, full of energy.

True. The ultra defensive formation doesn't help us.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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So glad Harris is staying, he did more today in his cameo than Collins has done in all matches to date.

That has more to do with the way we played with Collins on the pitch, rather than Collins. He’s not Moore but we were bloody awful for over an hour

[J R Hartley]

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Harris is not a lone striker.

[life on mars]

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Jeepers ,maddness ,our joint top scorer

[cardiff55]

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What a City career he has had...one game, two goals. It beats Billy Woof's one game, one goal ion 1982/83.

I suppose we don't know why, could be any reason. Maybe he wanted too much money and MM decided not to bother, or maybe MM has somebody line dup to take his place even though he said we'd have no more signings. It's hard to see though where Watkins would get a game, as Murphy, Vaulks and Colwill have barely been seen so far this season. Better to cover elsewhere in the team.

[Bobby Dandruff]

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Shocking way to treat a club legend, we'll always have Sutton....

[surge]

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Horrific decision. Mick the d*ck at it again, always protecting his mates. This club doesn't care about young players progressing and never will.

He wasn't good in a struggling last year for flips sake.