The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Blue in the Face]

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We were 2-0 down but won 4-3 in the last minute.

Cheers Gringo. Really good turn around that. Of our lads only Waite started. So hopefully the other lads well start in the second game in two days.

Bad news is Ryan Reynolds looks like he was replaced with Pablo Martinez so maybe his injury was quite serious after all.

[Bruce Foxton]

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Cheers Gringo. Really good turn around that. Of our lads only Waite started. So hopefully the other lads well start in the second game in two days.

Bad news is Ryan Reynolds looks like he was replaced with Pablo Martinez so maybe his injury was quite serious after all.

Most of the City lads didn’t start due to the amount of football they have played recently,especially with the cup game going to extra time.Hopefully,as you say,most of them will start on Thursday.

[Blue in the Face]

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Most of the City lads didn’t start due to the amount of football they have played recently,especially with the cup game going to extra time.Hopefully,as you say,most of them will start on Thursday.

Good to have your insight on the youth players Bruce. I had noticed that a few players are turning out for both the DVP and and the u18s over the past two months. On the one hand it would be appealing to just have the players who are ready prioritise the DVP team only, but getting games under Bellamy's tutelage for the u18s must be really beneficial.

[the other bob wilson]

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We were 2-0 down but won 4-3 in the last minute.

Switzerland have done well at age group football in the last decade or so and for Wales to have beaten them at Under 21 and Under 19 level this season is really good news - when and where are the Under 21s going to play at home in their qualifying group?

[thehumblegringo]

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Switzerland have done well at age group football in the last decade or so and for Wales to have beaten them at Under 21 and Under 19 level this season is really good news - when and where are the Under 21s going to play at home in their qualifying group?

The answer to when is Bosnia on November 10th and Romania on November 14th. I haven't got a clue where!

[the other bob wilson]

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Cheers Gringo, can't see either of them being in Cardiff, but I'd like to be able to watch one of them if I could.

[emjayblue]

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We were 2-0 down but won 4-3 in the last minute.

Better than that, according to my twitter, we were 3-1 down with 5 mins left!!

[PontBlue]

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Looks like Guardiola is not a fan of the U23 league in producing good footballers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41471883

[Loramski]

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Wales under-21s won 3-1 in Liechtenstein. Coxe and Abbruzzese played the 90 minutes, Mark Harris came on as a second half sub (as did Rabbi Matondo).

[the other bob wilson]

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Wales under-21s won 3-1 in Liechtenstein. Coxe and Abbruzzese played the 90 minutes, Mark Harris came on as a second half sub (as did Rabbi Matondo).

Thanks for that. I see the two home matches next month are being played in Bangor - fair enough, when Cardiff gets all of the senior team games, but I hope at least one of the home fixtures in this group is played somewhere in this area.

[the other bob wilson]

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isaak Davies got a hat trick in the Under 18s 6-2 win over QPR a fortnight and now Sion Spence has scored one as they win 3-0 at Ipswich yesterday.

https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/32452

[Loramski]

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isaak Davies got a hat trick in the Under 18s 6-2 win over QPR a fortnight and now Sion Spence has scored one as they win 3-0 at Ipswich yesterday.

https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/32452

Alan Lee in charge of the Ipswich team. Hopefully he can pass on some of his ball mastery to the next generation.

I'm sure you've mentioned this before but I'm surprised Spence hasn't featured more for the under-23s this season. They seem to have identified a core of seven or eight who feature in most games at that level but Spence hasn't quite made the cut, maybe he will now. No rush, of course, but I expected him to be a regular this time round.

[joecity]

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Alan Lee in charge of the Ipswich team. Hopefully he can pass on some of his ball mastery to the next generation.

I'm sure you've mentioned this before but I'm surprised Spence hasn't featured more for the under-23s this season. They seem to have identified a core of seven or eight who feature in most games at that level but Spence hasn't quite made the cut, maybe he will now. No rush, of course, but I expected him to be a regular this time round.

Quickly on Alan Lee I remember asking him if he meant that cross which went in against Derby as a shot. He told me to 'feck off'

[Loramski]

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Quickly on Alan Lee I remember asking him if he meant that cross which went in against Derby as a shot. He told me to 'feck off'

We gave him some stick here mind. I was expecting him to tell all of us that when he left but I remember him being incredibly generous, thanking us for our support and saying how much he'd enjoyed his time here. Ever since then I've held him in high regard, despite the fact I watched him play.

[joecity]

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We gave him some stick here mind. I was expecting him to tell all of us that when he left but I remember him being incredibly generous, thanking us for our support and saying how much he'd enjoyed his time here. Ever since then I've held him in high regard, despite the fact I watched him play.

I said it to him jokingly. I didn't really know what to say as an Ice Breaker. Like 'I see you're knee is fecked there Al' Looking back I don't blame him for being a bit grumpy, big move, plays football to earn a living, not doing so good. I never took no offence.