The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[the other bob wilson]

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Finally caught up with your write up. Thanks! As Loramski says, great NW is showing up and showing interest. And not being patronising in the process. I guess you were behaving yourself at the game this time.

Another positive here is perhaps Ollie Byrne. In an ideal situation our DVP no.1 would be good enough to at least be no.3 for the first team. We've wasted a fair bit speculating on sub standard goal keepers this season.

I was going to suggest that I hope Cardiff take a look at Billy O'Brien who's leaving Man City at the end of the season. I've seen him play quite a few times and he reminds me a lot of Tom Heaton. O'Brien is ahead of the talented Michael Crowe for the Welsh under 21's despite Crowe making the bench for Ipswich a fair few times.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/st-mirren-keeper-billy-obrien-10112327

But hopefully Mr Byrne comes good for us instead.

DVP playing Huddersfield at the CCS tonight @ 7. Little write up here from a Huddersfield perspective...

http://www.htafc.com/news/article/20...l-3654271.aspx

In the end that dispute came down to my word against that of Messrs Nicholson and Johnson - I'll be there watching tonight, where will they be !

Yes, I've been quite impressed with Crowe when I've seen him for Ipswich Under 23s (daresay I saw him play for their Under 18s as well), so if O'Brien is getting selected in front of him, he would be worth a look at. Everybody talks about us needing a first team keeper for next season, but we are also probably going to need a reserve one as well (I'm presuming Murphy is only on a one year deal), so a young keeper that's been released by a Premier League club would probably be a decent signing.

[cardiff55]

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It looks like Murphy signed a two year deal for us last September according to this link"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37261135

Apparently Wilson signed a 2 year contract extension last August so he'll be here next season too, it looks like City regard him as the young 'keeper choice, so any you 'un will be 4th choice. Unless Warnock decides to get rid of Wilson or Murphy of course.

[Blue in the Face]

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It looks like Murphy signed a two year deal for us last September according to this link"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37261135

Apparently Wilson signed a 2 year contract extension last August so he'll be here next season too, it looks like City regard him as the young 'keeper choice, so any you 'un will be 4th choice. Unless Warnock decides to get rid of Wilson or Murphy of course.

You're right there, though I wouldn't be surprised if one of those two at least moves on in the summer. It's probably in Wilson's interest to drop a division or two and get the no 1 shirt somewhere.

[the other bob wilson]

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I agree with you about Wilson and, seeing as Murphy has another year left on his deal, we may well decide not to go for two keepers in the summer - it's hardly as if he let us down in those matches he played around Christmas/New Year.

[the other bob wilson]

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Report on last night's 4-1 beating for the Development team by a very good Huddersfield side.

http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

[Loramski]

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Report on last night's 4-1 beating for the Development team by a very good Huddersfield side.

http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

Exactly right. Huddersfield were terrific, so effective when they had the ball and equally so when they didn't. We were always in it but couldn't open them up enough, I wasn't sure if that was down to wrong options from the midfield, a lack of good movement further forward or just a really well-drilled opposition. Players were getting caught in possession more than usual (Coxe in particular, Weymans too) but Huddersfield were making it difficult to play through them or round them. Byrne's distribution was poor but even he was being pressured into mistakes and once they got the ball back they were full of ideas, from set-pieces as well as open play. Very impressive.

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

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Does anybody know if anything happened about the three gormless buffoons who ran onto the pitch during play last night? The two who simply looked stupid were ejected but the other one who attempted to get to the ball was frogmarched up the steps in an arm lock.

[Blue in the Face]

Re: The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

Does anybody know if anything happened about the three gormless buffoons who ran onto the pitch during play last night? The two who simply looked stupid were ejected but the other one who attempted to get to the ball was frogmarched up the steps in an arm lock.

One of them went home and wrote in his yellowy mauve blog

#nicholsonwasright

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

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One of them went home and wrote in his yellowy mauve blog

#nicholsonwasright

I wondered if it was him again. A banning order may be the only answer.

[Blue in the Face]

Re: The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

Report on last night's 4-1 beating for the Development team by a very good Huddersfield side.

http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

Cheers. Waite's goal ratio is looking pretty good these days. Good grounding for the young uns. That's the good thing about DVP football, even a heavy home defeat can be positive.

Not sure why we gave Rosenthal more game time after we decided we weren't going to sign him? Strange. Maybe there was conflicted opinions on him amoung the staff. I'm sure he's gone now though given his early sub.

[the other bob wilson]

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I wondered if it was him again. A banning order may be the only answer.

I've only just read these scurrilous lies spread by you and Blue in the Face - my solicitors have been informed.

Final game of the season today for the Under 18s who face Nottingham Forest in a game which is being shown on hte club website as being an 11 o clock kick off at Leckwith.

[Geraint!]

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Just seen on Twitter that Jamie Bird is playing as a trialist for Nottingham Forest today in their U23 match against Huddersfield. Given that he scored for us last week, this seems a little strange. Mistaken identity perhaps or more to it?

[the other bob wilson]

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Just seen on Twitter that Jamie Bird is playing as a trialist for Nottingham Forest today in their U23 match against Huddersfield. Given that he scored for us last week, this seems a little strange. Mistaken identity perhaps or more to it?

More to it I believe.

[City123]

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Just seen on Twitter that Jamie Bird is playing as a trialist for Nottingham Forest today in their U23 match against Huddersfield. Given that he scored for us last week, this seems a little strange. Mistaken identity perhaps or more to it?

This is from the Nottingham Post website: "Forest quite like the look of the winger or forward, Jamie Bird. He's a first year pro at Cardiff. But they are partially disbanding their under-23 squad next season and he is likely to be available. He is very quick and technically adept, aparently. We will see in the next two hours or so, I guess." (Nice to see journalists being unable to spell)

Bird was taken off after 73 minutes and the match report makes it sound like he played fairly well

[the other bob wilson]

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An Under 23 team featuring six Under 18s and three Under 16s (sixteen year old Sion Spence started) in the squad drew 1-1 at Colchester this afternoon - another goal for James Waite.