The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[the other bob wilson]

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Turns out it’s quite a strong City team this afternoon. What’s happened to Pearce lately?

https://x.com/cf11academy/status/1896908415127203859?s=61

[LA Bluebird]

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No Simic... does that mean he'll go with multiple strikers on the bench, or maybe some lineup with Salech and Robinson together?

[Rjk]

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Turns out it’s quite a strong City team this afternoon. What’s happened to Pearce lately?

https://x.com/cf11academy/status/189...127203859?s=61

no Lawler or Simic

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

Turns out it’s quite a strong City team this afternoon.

No sign of Simic. Senior squad this evening maybe?

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

Turns out it’s quite a strong City team this afternoon. What’s happened to Pearce lately?

https://x.com/cf11academy/status/189...127203859?s=61

Must be injured as he hasn't been featuring for the U21s or 1st team on Friday.

[Rjk]

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No sign of Simic. Senior squad this evening maybe?

someone on twitter suggesting he's ill

[the other bob wilson]

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1-0 to Millwall at half time as City concede from a corner for the third straight game - thought our keeper should have done better. Generally speaking, the team has been as ordinary post Christmas as they were impressive before it and it’s been pretty true to form so far, not very good I’m afraid. City had a great chance to level in added time though when Trey George was fouled as he dived to try and reach a Luey Giles cross (think the penalty award was probably right, but the red card shown to the defender looked very harsh to me), but the keeper saved Mannie Barton’s poor spot kick.

[the other bob wilson]

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Millwall make it 2-0 early in the second half.

[the other bob wilson]

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2-1, good finish by Trey George after a defensive mistake.

[the other bob wilson]

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Lost 2-1, Conte hit the post after a good run, but City didn’t deserve anything from the game - too many players who were doing well earlier in the season playing poorly now.

[FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead]

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Matt Bloxham on why Simic isn't getting game time for the first team yet:

"He is adjusting to the British game and is working really hard on that. His movement has been first class and his goal return has been first class. But we are looking to prepare him for the physical robustness that the first team would require in the Championship."

That might mean that they want him to do more fitness work and/or bulk up a bit first, and that's fine. But I don't think playing against youth team defenders is going to prepare him in any way shape or form for your average Championship centre half. At some point, they have to give him that experience; maybe he'd have been better served going on loan to, say, Scotland?

As for the drop-off of the 21s, probably more difficult to explain. IIRC, Riza was saying a few of them spend more time with the senior squad, so that probably hasn't helped in terms of continuity. It must be difficult for those players to stay motivated too, in fairness. Take Luey Giles, for example. On Friday he was playing against Marcos Asensio and Ollie Watkins in front of 40,000 people. Yesterday he was playing against some teenagers in an empty park. I'd probably struggle to get myself up for it as well.

[Rjk]

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seems like we've just signed another player - sekou kaba

[Rjk]

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seems like we've just signed another player - sekou kaba

17 year old previously at man utd academy

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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17 year old previously at man utd academy

Interesting one, moving from them to us at that age.

[the other bob wilson]

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seems like we've just signed another player - sekou kaba

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/u21-sekou-kaba-joins-bluebirds