The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Lennon Peake has joined the u21s from West Ham according to twitter. Been rumours about him for a while. No official announcement yet.

Official now. Signed until the end of the season https://mobile.twitter.com/CF11Acade...46898614661121

[Sunnysideup]

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U18’s
Rearranged game (Frozen Pitch)
2pm KO this afternoon at Leckwith
Opponents Charlton

[Sunnysideup]

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A very one sided 1-3 loss I’m afraid 🫣

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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What's going on with the U18s? Influx of U16s? Off form? Not so good this year?

Also, the bit I saw of the U23 game Pritchard looked to be playing further forward than his usual position of defence. Are they trying something new with him?

[the other bob wilson]

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What's going on with the U18s? Influx of U16s? Off form? Not so good this year?

Also, the bit I saw of the U23 game Pritchard looked to be playing further forward than his usual position of defence. Are they trying something new with him?

What tends to happen at this time of year is that decisions are made about which eighteen year olds are going to be offered pro deals and so players that aren't being kept on tend to either leave then or are free to play for other sides to try and be taken on elsewhere. This means that the make up of the under 18 team tends to change from late February onwards as under 16 players get more chances. Presumably, the same happens at other clubs. but I've noticed that results do tend to get worse during the last third/quarter of the season.

Pritchard's been injured for quite a bit of this season and I've noticed him more for his appearances as a contributor to the commentaries of under 21 games than as a player. I thought he did well on Tuesday though and we looked better with him, Jefferies and Nyakuhwa on than we did when Colwill, Davies and Harris were playing.

[Sunnysideup]

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Also Paul players get bumped up from the 18’s to the u23’s
u23’s get bumped up to be fringe players for the first team
Gaps need to be filled
There’s also loan players that have been sent out for experience (two at Torquay Evans & Crole)
Factor in international duty where several of our players have been lately plus injuries and you can see why results suffer.

[Rjk]

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What's going on with the U18s? Influx of U16s? Off form? Not so good this year?

Also, the bit I saw of the U23 game Pritchard looked to be playing further forward than his usual position of defence. Are they trying something new with him?

clearly we are playing the players out of position, so we get worse results, so we don't lose all our best young players to the big premier League clubs for a pittance.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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Thanks for the replies, all. Pritchard scored and set one up so thought maybe someone had seen something in him in a Kenny Burns/Ray Kennedy type fashion.

[City123]

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Yes, we’ve not done well in the Youth Cup lately.

Oxford went on to beat Leeds 3-0 in the next round. Perhaps the result was not as bad as it seemed

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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South Wales derby for the u18s just kicking off. A good time to end their losing streak.

[the other bob wilson]

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South Wales derby for the u18s just kicking off. A good time to end their losing streak.

1-1, Japhet Matondo with our equaliser.

[City123]

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2-1 up at half time - Nyakuhwa with the second

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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1-1, Japhet Matondo with our equaliser.

Didn't he start the season as Japhet Mpadi? Now Japhet Mpadi Matondo on the club website.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/player/302

[the other bob wilson]

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Didn't he start the season as Japhet Mpadi? Now Japhet Mpadi Matondo on the club website.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/player/302

Yes, he did, he’s Rabbi’s brother.

Nyakuwha puts City 2-1 up at half time.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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3-1 Nyakuwha again