The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Rjk]

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More on James Waite - it was an excellent goal and I'd like to think he would have been given the first team chance at City he deserved if he had been a couple of years younger and in the current group;-

https://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...two-highlights

yeah it's almost annoying that the first time we really try to introduce any young players seriously in years we find that at least 3 of them and potentially more look like that might make it at this level.
it makes you wonder how many other players would have made it if they had had the opportunity.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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More on James Waite - it was an excellent goal and I'd like to think he would have been given the first team chance at City he deserved if he had been a couple of years younger and in the current group;-

https://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...two-highlights

Went to that match. Over 6K there. What a goal. He looked brilliant. James Connolly played for Rovers too and put in a good shift. Gave Demitriou a hard time at set-pieces with a few scuffles that got him a yellow, he wasn't out-muscled. Just a shame he's got Joey Barton as a boss. Newport up to 4th and looked tidy. Less head-tennis and quick throw-ins that kept Rovers on the back foot. Ball in play far more than matches I've seen in The Championship this season.

[the other bob wilson]

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Went to that match. Over 6K there. What a goal. He looked brilliant. James Connolly played for Rovers too and put in a good shift. Gave Demitriou a hard time at set-pieces with a few scuffles that got him a yellow, he wasn't out-muscled. Just a shame he's got Joey Barton as a boss. Newport up to 4th and looked tidy. Less head-tennis and quick throw-ins that kept Rovers on the back foot. Ball in play far more than matches I've seen in The Championship this season.

Danny Gabbidon joked on the EJFOF podcast that he’d told James Rowberry that his method of playing at Newport was a reaction to all of the years he’d spent at City - some of the best jokes I’ve heard have been helped by the element of truth they have in them

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Danny Gabbidon joked on the EJFOF podcast that he’d told James Rowberry that his method of playing at Newport was a reaction to all of the years he’d spent at City - some of the best jokes I’ve heard have been helped by the element of truth they have in them

He was a joy to watch. Sion Spence is at Rovers too but he didn't make the matchday squad.

[Loramski]

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An interview with James Connolly here.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/impressive-cardiff-city-defender-bristol-6766080

[Loramski]

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More on James Waite - it was an excellent goal and I'd like to think he would have been given the first team chance at City he deserved if he had been a couple of years younger and in the current group;-

https://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...two-highlights

An interview with the 'diminutive dribbler' here. (Why didn't either of us come up with that nickname when he was here? We need to up our game)

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19979753.james-waite-newport-county-afc-new-boy-eager/

[the other bob wilson]

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An interview with the 'diminutive dribbler' here. (Why didn't either of us come up with that nickname when he was here? We need to up our game)

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/ne...new-boy-eager/

I realised my boyhood dream of becoming a football journalist would not come to anything when I didn’t have any ability, or interest, in such brilliant wordplay.

One thing I did learn about Waite from the article though was that he did play some first team football for City and I was there to see it. I’d completely forgotten he came on a sub in our 3-0 League Cup embarrassment by Luton at Cardiff City Stadium in 2019 and yet I’d mentioned it in my blog piece on the game.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Good win for the U23s today. 2-0 at Watford.

[Rjk]

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Crole and Leahy with the goals apparently

Bowen captained the side that included Ratcliffe, Semenyo, Tom Davies, Bakare and D'Almeida

[City123]

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Crole and Leahy with the goals apparently

Bowen captained the side that included Ratcliffe, Semenyo, Tom Davies, Bakare and D'Almeida

Saw that Crole set up Leahy's goal

I wonder what the chances are of Crole making the bench toward the end of the season? Seems to be taking to u23 football. Additionally I wonder if we'll see Ratcliffe at some point? If Smithies leaves then there's a chance Ratcliffe will be our backup next season

[City123]

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U18s 2-0 up against Millwall at half-time, Wigley with a brace

5 u16s starting for Cardiff

[Rjk]

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U18s 2-0 up against Millwall at half-time, Wigley with a brace

5 u16s starting for Cardiff

it would be great if we develop some sort of a conveyor belt of talent like some clubs manager

[Rjk]

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https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/squad-announced-uefa-u17euro-elite-round

a few Cardiff players in the U17 squad, good to see

[the other bob wilson]

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https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/squad-...ro-elite-round

a few Cardiff players in the U17 squad, good to see

Charlie Crew has already played for the Under 23s and found it a bit of a struggle physically, but I was impressed by him as a midfielder who doesn't hide and was certainly not intimidated about playing against people seven or eight years older than him - think he's still only fifteen.

[City123]

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Cian Ashford, Joel Colwill and James Crole included in the Wales U18 squad