The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Loramski]

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Spookily, the under-21s play Burnley in the Premier League Cup tomorrow evening, overlapping the first team game with them. 7.00 kick off at Leckwith, free admission.

[the other bob wilson]

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Goals from the under 18s win at Coventry on Saturday.

https://tv.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/videos/4072772f-82b2-4ff4-bfd8-0736ab51b9c7

[FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead]

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I really dont get some of these U21 signings of players released elsewhere, all they do is block the progress of younger more talented players. They must be agent pleasers or favours for mates.

I think that was definitely the case in Warnock's time (the McKay twins anyone?).

However, I remember Darren Purse saying a couple of years ago that they sign these kinds of players to raise the age profile of the team, so that you don't have 11 16-17 year old kids going straight into the U21 set up (with the idea being that the other 18-21 year olds should already either be out on loan or in the first team). Whether it's a waste of time or not is up for debate, but there is a reason behind it.

As Loramski says, there's also the added bonus that one of them might break into the first team, although there's not been much success in that regard for us. The likes of Raheem Conte, Chanka Zimba, and Oli Denham played a handful of first-team games between them, and that's about it. Reindorf is the latest "experiment" I suppose, although I can't see him breaking into our first team anytime soon.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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6-0 win for the u17s against Port Vale in the PDL cup earlier.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/u17-cardiff-city-6-0-port-vale

[the other bob wilson]

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Plenty of changes for tonight’s game going by the under 21s selection;-

https://x.com/cf11academy/status/1970533620113907794?s=61

[BlueToujours]

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Plenty of changes for tonight’s game going by the under 21s selection;-

https://x.com/cf11academy/status/197...113907794?s=61

Twose and Perret are notable by their absence.

[Loramski]

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Spookily, the under-21s play Burnley in the Premier League Cup tomorrow evening, overlapping the first team game with them. 7.00 kick off at Leckwith, free admission.

Good game this. We lost 2-1. Maybe just about right but we went toe to toe with a strong and aggressive Burnley team, kept going till the end and Will Spiers probably should've scored in injury time to level it up.

As intense a game as I've seen at that level. Burnley were a decent side but seemed to think we could be bullied out of the game. It didn't turn out like that though as Apter and O'Brien gave us a physical presence along with the excellent Kindon and Debono in central defence.

We played some good football. Jac Thomas linked up well with Will Spiers in the first half, Tankiewicz and Barton too on the other flank. Trey George was excellent all game and a great watch (but, surely, too small to make it) and Jake Davies was impressive as a makeshift striker.

As the game went on, Tankiewicz lost his way a bit and gave away possession a number of times but, like everyone else, never stopped working to win it back. Spiers didn't look entirely comfortable as a left winger I thought and Barton couldn't get in the game as much as he'd have wanted, but took his goal well. The positives outweighed the negatives though, a strong performance overall.

[Loramski]

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Highlights of the u-21 game with Burnley here.

https://tv.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/videos/e9c84f68-7bbb-4260-a413-72664634accc

[Loramski]

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A 2-0 win for the under-18s at QPR today, their fifth league win in a row. Both goals scored by Jack Sykes.

[the other bob wilson]

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Team for this afternoon’s game with Millwall at Leckwith, kick off at 2 and it’s being streamed.

https://x.com/cf11academy/status/1972994838594556091?s=61

[City123]

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Team for this afternoon’s game with Millwall at Leckwith, kick off at 2 and it’s being streamed.

https://x.com/cf11academy/status/197...594556091?s=61

I guess Nyakuhwa's left the u21s behind then and is a full first team member

Would like for one or two of those to get loans in January

[the other bob wilson]

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2-0 up at half time. Plenty of possession and pressing when they don’t have it from City. Millwall have their usual size advantage, but, this time, that extra bulk is making their defenders appear lumbering as they struggle to cope with City’s pace and movement. Jake Davies scored early with a shot from the edge of the box deflected over the keeper and right at the end of the half, City exploited Millwall’s slowness at the back with a counter attack from a corner which ended when Mannie Barton was brought down in the penalty area - Will Spiers sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot.

[the other bob wilson]

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3-0, Barton.

4-0, Barton.

[BLUETIT]

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3-0, Barton.

4-0, Barton.

Panicked then, thought it read 3-0 to Burton, I thought they started early

[the other bob wilson]

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Finished 4-0 and I reckon that was a fair reflection of our superiority.