The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[City123]

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Ronan Kpakio captaining Wales u18s away to Czechia, Jac Thomas & Jake Davies also playing

[Loramski]

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Ronan Kpakio captaining Wales u18s away to Czechia, Jac Thomas & Jake Davies also playing

Finished 0-0. They also play Slovakia on Friday and Turkey on Sunday.

[City123]

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Finished 0-0. They also play Slovakia on Friday and Turkey on Sunday.

U17s beat Gibraltar 5-0, a couple of City players involved

Also playing were George Feeney (son of Warren) and Prince Cisse (son of Djibril)!

[Michael Morris]

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Finished 0-0. They also play Slovakia on Friday and Turkey on Sunday.

Czech Republic U18s 0 Wales 0. Att : 321.

Standout player for me was captain Ronan Kpakio. Excellent from start to finish. pic.twitter.com/QYlxyZkPxH

— Ralph Davies �������������� ���� ���� ���� (@RalphDavies1) September 4, 2024

[Loramski]

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U17s beat Gibraltar 5-0, a couple of City players involved

Also playing were George Feeney (son of Warren) and Prince Cisse (son of Djibril)!

Getting Warren Feeney and Djibril Cisse in the same sentence might be an internet first, well done.

The under-19s have a couple of games coming up too. Dakarai Mafico, Cody Twose and Trey George are in the squad, Luey Giles has moved up to the under-21s, Dylan Lawlor has pulled out with injury.

Not sure where Josh Beecher is but with Giles, Tom Davies and Jac Thomas already with age group squads this week we're well represented at left back.

[Rjk]

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U17s beat Gibraltar 5-0, a couple of City players involved

Also playing were George Feeney (son of Warren) and Prince Cisse (son of Djibril)!

Prince Cisse qualifies because his mum is Welsh. She also has 2 other boys with Cisse and has since got married to Ngolo Kante.

[Trigger]

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Prince Cisse qualifies because his mum is Welsh. She also has 2 other boys with Cisse and has since got married to Ngolo Kante.

She's taking recruitment to another level.

[splott parker]

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Prince Cisse qualifies because his mum is Welsh. She also has 2 other boys with Cisse and has since got married to Ngolo Kante.

I wonder if Erling Haaland fancies her?

[City123]

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He looks decent, from what i have seen. I know it's the wrong thread, but i did like the look of Eli king against Bristol Rovers. He did make some poor long range passes, but i put that down to wanting it a bit too much. What impressed me was his urgency, he wanted the ball, looked to play quickly. I haven't seen him like others have, but there could be something to work with.

I like him, good technique as we saw with his assist v Rovers and he generally takes free kicks, only just turned 18 too so plenty of time to grow, I think most clubs would probably be looking at integrating him into the squad considering our lack of left back options but it doesn't like that will happen anytime soon

King's a good player, decent on the ball and brave in that he actually wants to receive it consistently, unlike some others, he also offers size and athleticism that we don't really have in our midfield. I wasn't surprised about him going out on loan purely because I think the manager basically wants an 11 of players that he's signed himself

[City123]

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Prince Cisse qualifies because his mum is Welsh. She also has 2 other boys with Cisse and has since got married to Ngolo Kante.

We're going to have one hell of a midfield then

[Loramski]

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He looks decent, from what i have seen. I know it's the wrong thread, but i did like the look of Eli king against Bristol Rovers. He did make some poor long range passes, but i put that down to wanting it a bit too much. What impressed me was his urgency, he wanted the ball, looked to play quickly. I haven't seen him like others have, but there could be something to work with.

Mainly because of his loans, I haven't seen a lot of King. I've seen plenty of positive things said about him but I'd be guessing to say where he's at. Maybe it was a consequence of his injury at the end of last season but he's had a slow start to this one. He didn't seem to feature much in pre-season and was, I felt, a bit disappointing against Rovers. He's only had 12 minutes for Stevenage so far too. Even if he ends up having a stand-out season there then people will still say 'it's only League 1' so it won't be conclusive.

It hardly seemed worth replying to your post just to say that but it'll be interesting and informative to see what Bellamy makes of our youngsters. He's already had Giles and Ashford training with the senior squad and he knows King because he had him playing for the under-18s here when he was only 15 so must've rated him then. It'll be a yardstick to use when assessing some of our players, if they impress and make visible progress within the Wales set-up while stalling here then it'll surely be a sign that the club/manager is failing them.

[Tuerto]

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Mainly because of his loans, I haven't seen a lot of King. I've seen plenty of positive things said about him but I'd be guessing to say where he's at. Maybe it was a consequence of his injury at the end of last season but he's had a slow start to this one. He didn't seem to feature much in pre-season and was, I felt, a bit disappointing against Rovers. He's only had 12 minutes for Stevenage so far too. Even if he ends up having a stand-out season there then people will still say 'it's only League 1' so it won't be conclusive.

It hardly seemed worth replying to your post just to say that but it'll be interesting and informative to see what Bellamy makes of our youngsters. He's already had Giles and Ashford training with the senior squad and he knows King because he had him playing for the under-18s here when he was only 15 so must've rated him then. It'll be a yardstick to use when assessing some of our players, if they impress and make visible progress within the Wales set-up while stalling here then it'll surely be a sign that the club/manager is failing them.

What i liked most about king was his urgency, and i'm a sucker for players who show up, take responsibility, even when things aren't working out the way they want them to. From the little i saw of King, he looked that type of player. I've always been of the opinion that attitude and commitment can over ride a players deficiencies and can produce a very valuable player, Time well tell i suppose, but he obviously needs to play. Luey Giles looked really composed, great touch, didn't panic in possession, he sort of slowed things down to suit his game. I was encouraged.

[the other bob wilson]

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Noah Williams was the only City player in the starting line up for Wales under 17s 5-0 win over Qatar today, none of our players starting for the under 18s in their game that kicks off at 5.

https://dragonsoccer.co.uk/newsite/u17.php?id=974

[Loramski]

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What i liked most about king was his urgency, and i'm a sucker for players who show up, take responsibility, even when things aren't working out the way they want them to. From the little i saw of King, he looked that type of player. I've always been of the opinion that attitude and commitment can over ride a players deficiencies and can produce a very valuable player, Time well tell i suppose, but he obviously needs to play. Luey Giles looked really composed, great touch, didn't panic in possession, he sort of slowed things down to suit his game. I was encouraged.

Siopis is urgent, to be fair. Whenever I've seen King he's been neat and tidy but I've wanted a bit more from him. After a couple of decent loans last season I was hoping to see him take charge and dominate the midfield but his normally sound technique let him down a bit and he even gave Rinomhota a run for his money for bad touches and missed passes. Not that the pair of them got overrun or anything, we were unusually solid that night and they gave good protection to a young back four but I felt it was an opportunity missed for King. I'm not going to generalise from that though, hopefully his time will come here.

Here's his assist for Hugill from the Derby game a couple of years ago, good bit of play this. It comes at around 1.05 in these highlights.

https://www.google.com/search?q=derby+v+cardiff+2022+highlights&sca_esv=f54d70af3ce3e440&sca_upv=1&biw=1366&bih=607&tbm=vid&ei=FJbbZt_pBbachbIP0bqtgA0&oq=derby+v+cardiff+2022+&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LXZpZGVvIhVkZXJieSB2IGNhcmRpZmYgMjAyMiAqAggBMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGJ8FSORWUKsFWNAgcAB4AJABAJgBmQGgAbYTqgEFMTMuMTG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAg2gAuwLwgIEECEYFcICBxAhGKABGAqYAwCIBgGSBwQyLjExoAfPWw&sclient=gws-wiz-video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:86eed0eb,vid:juXRCzDNZF8,st:0

[Loramski]

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Noah Williams was the only City player in the starting line up for Wales under 17s 5-0 win over Qatar today, none of our players starting for the under 18s in their game that kicks off at 5.

https://dragonsoccer.co.uk/newsite/u17.php?id=974

The under-18s beat Slovakia 3-2. All three of our lads came on in the second half.