The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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Perhaps I'm making too much of this because it's all about experience at the end of the day (and now it's end of the day for the experience) but that seems a little dispiriting. After some good results in pre-season, we've drawn with and lost to Cymru South opposition without scoring a goal. I suppose it shows the difference between friendlies and competition.

I went to a Cymru South game last week (Cardiff Dracs v Ammanford) and it wasn't very good. Swansea U21s beat Afan Lido 5-0 tonight and the latter are at the same level.

Hopefully our lads can bounce back from this (to put it politely).

[MOZZER2]

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Trott playing for under 21's ?

U21 �� | Our starting lineup for the final match of pre-season!

KO in one hour! ��#CityAsOne pic.twitter.com/TyJxfuoJ7v

— Cardiff City Academy (@CF11Academy) August 5, 2025

[City123]

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Trott playing for under 21's ?

U21 �� | Our starting lineup for the final match of pre-season!

KO in one hour! ��#CityAsOne pic.twitter.com/TyJxfuoJ7v

— Cardiff City Academy (@CF11Academy) August 5, 2025

Won 5-0 apparently

Spiers (2), Pearce, Davies & Perrett with the goals

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Won 5-0 apparently

Spiers (2), Pearce, Davies & Perrett with the goals

Good response to the cup defeat.

Anyone know news who the goalie was?

[MOZZER2]

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Good response to the cup defeat.

Anyone know news who the goalie was?

think that Tinkiewicz has only turned 16 recently .That's a big step up at this age level

[the other bob wilson]

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Won 5-0 apparently

Spiers (2), Pearce, Davies & Perrett with the goals

You don’t know what sort of side Wolves put out, but, on the face of it, that’s a great result. However, as Bluebirdman of Alcathays alludes to, it’s been a really odd pre season for the Under 21s - they scored fourteen goals in beating a National League team from 2-0 down, a National League North team and now a Premier League side’s Under 21 team.

On the other hand, I’ve now watched the highlights of the game with Cambrian on Friday and, just like at Ammanford, there was barely anything that suggested we had a goal in us against what I would have thought were weaker teams than the ones we scored all those goals against - the highlights of the Cambrian game made it look like they were trying to suggest we got kicked off the park.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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think that Tinkiewicz has only turned 16 recently .That's a big step up at this age level

It is. Clearly talented. Hopefully we can hold on to him.

[the other bob wilson]

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Highlights of the under 21s big win over Wolves now on the club site - on Friday an admittedly weaker team struggled to put together an attack worthy of the name if the highlights were a fair representation of what happened, yet they could have doubled their score yesterday.

[jon1959]

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Highlights of the under 21s big win over Wolves now on the club site - on Friday an admittedly weaker team struggled to put together an attack worthy of the name if the highlights were a fair representation of what happened, yet they could have doubled their score yesterday.

How poor were Wolves, though? They hardly looked bothered in that highlights package.

[the other bob wilson]

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How poor were Wolves, though? They hardly looked bothered in that highlights package.

Looking at the size of them, they didn’t look like a bunch of teenagers - some of the City players looked younger than them. Can’t see it was Wolves’ first choice team though because, as you say, they looked a bit disinterested- that said, that can happen when you’re in a team getting stuffed.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Telford Utd have signed Freddie Cook.

[the other bob wilson]

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Under 18s lose 4-3 to Sheffield Wednesday after being 2-0 up.

[the other bob wilson]

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Not expecting much from this afternoon's first league game of the season for the Under 21s. With the first team playing a few hours later, it'll be an under strength team in acrion against a Sheffield United side that is usually one of the strongest teams around at this level. Throw in expected temperatures of around 30 degrees and it's going to be very haed for uis to emulate their seniors by winning their first league game.

Kick off is at 2 o'cloc o clock, the game is at Leckwith and will be streamed free for supporters as usual.

[City123]

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Not expecting much from this afternoon's first league game of the season for the Under 21s. With the first team playing a few hours later, it'll be an under strength team in acrion against a Sheffield United side that is usually one of the strongest teams around at this level. Throw in expected temperatures of around 30 degrees and it's going to be very haed for uis to emulate their seniors by winning their first league game.

Kick off is at 2 o'cloc o clock, the game is at Leckwith and will be streamed free for supporters as usual.

Seems pretty strong

https://x.com/CF11Academy/status/1955237838833725843

[the other bob wilson]

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Seems pretty strong

https://x.com/CF11Academy/status/1955237838833725843

One or two there who I expected to be involved tonight - maybe that right back signed in the summer (O’Neil?) will be involved? I take it that’s Isaak Davies? Looks like Giles and/or Mafico will be involved.

Looking forward to watching Tankiewicz who can’t be much older than 16 or 17.