The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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[jon1959]

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Fleetwood have got a big height advantage.

All the little lads are wearing blue!

[the other bob wilson]

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I must be watching a different game from the commentators, Fleetwood have been the better team for me and should be leading at half time - the height advantage Jon mentioned isn’t helping us, but you would have thought we’d have the edge in terms of technique, yet there’s been little sign of that, in fact our ball retention has been quite poor.

[Loramski]

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Fleetwood have got a big height advantage.

All the little lads are wearing blue!

Indeed. Windy down here too, as always, Beecher, George and Barton were getting blown backwards when they tried to support Jack Sykes. Wind behind in the second half, we should be fine.

[Loramski]

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I must be watching a different game from the commentators, Fleetwood have been the better team for me and should be leading at half time - the height advantage Jon mentioned isn’t helping us, but you would have thought we’d have the edge in terms of technique, yet there’s been little sign of that, in fact our ball retention has been quite poor.

Definitely, we've hardly tested their keeper at all. A lot of sloppy passing. We should be able to sort things out in the second half, they're very limited.

[the other bob wilson]

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All the talk of Fleetwood’s height advantage, yet City go ahead with their second header from a corner - Charlie O’Brien the scorer this time.

[Trigger]

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Yea slightly strange comms, Fleetwood have been equally as threatening if not more. Think that corner came down with snow and somehow managed to end up in a goal. If fleetwood have any height advantage they have no intention of using it.

[the other bob wilson]

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Finished 2-1 to City, better from them in the second half, but it was one of those games where no one ever looked like they were in control of the ball which suggests that, besides the windy conditions, the pitch was a bit lively too.

[Loramski]

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Finished 2-1 to City, better from them in the second half, but it was one of those games where no one ever looked like they were in control of the ball which suggests that, besides the windy conditions, the pitch was a bit lively too.

The pitch always looks perfect down there and the wind wasn't unplayable but there were a lot of turnovers all game, it was hard to explain. Fleetwood were more physical than most teams you see at that level in terms of tight man-to-man marking and quick closing down, even Tankiewicz seemed to lose his composure once they stopped giving him any time on the ball. Good experience for them to come up against something different I guess.

Tankiewicz's mess up of the 3 on 1 led to an uncomfortable finish to the game. We had no forward options on the bench, Sykes was running on empty and the ball kept coming back at us. Everyone dug in, you couldn't fault the effort, but it was more of a struggle than it should've been.

[Loramski]

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Jac Thomas to Merthyr on loan.

https://x.com/i/status/2033966900825174356

[Loramski]

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Luke Armstrong, Luey Giles, Dakarai Mafico, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Cian Ashford in the Wales u-21 squad.

Noah Williams, Paul Moreno, Hayden Allmark, Jack Sykes and Axel Donczew in the u-18 squad.

[the other bob wilson]

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Luke Armstrong, Luey Giles, Dakarai Mafico, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Cian Ashford in the Wales u-21 squad.

Noah Williams, Paul Moreno, Hayden Allmark, Jack Sykes and Axel Donczew in the u-18 squad.

Bit disappointing that Perrett's not in the under 21 squad (especially as it seems a pretty weak one presently), but he's still not getting as much game time at Yeovil as I thought he would..

Also, regarding Luke Armstrong who I tend to forget about because I don't think he's played for us this season, we have to get rid of some keepers in the summer surely, we've got so many of them.

[Loramski]

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Bit disappointing that Perrett's not in the under 21 squad (especially as it seems a pretty weak one presently), but he's still not getting as much game time at Yeovil as I thought he would..

Also, regarding Luke Armstrong who I tend to forget about because I don't think he's played for us this season, we have to get rid of some keepers in the summer surely, we've got so many of them.

At least they've been getting some games in. I'd have thought Tyrer and Turner are going to be very rusty if anything happens to Trott before the end of the season.

Disappointing loss for the u-18s today,1-0 at home to Peterborough. When I saw the under-21s limp home against Fleetwood on Tuesday I'd never have guessed that would be as good as it gets for us this week.

[the other bob wilson]

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At least they've been getting some games in. I'd have thought Tyrer and Turner are going to be very rusty if anything happens to Trott before the end of the season.

Disappointing loss for the u-18s today,1-0 at home to Peterborough. When I saw the under-21s limp home against Fleetwood on Tuesday I'd never have guessed that would be as good as it gets for us this week.

BBM saidTyrer was injured about a fortnight ago, so it may be that he’s still unavailable, but I think it’s pretty certain that he would have been left out of the squad even if he had been; fit. There’s two things I just don’t get about BBM’s management: rotating his centrebacks and not having a keeper on the bench when we can still pick seven subs.

[Loramski]

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Four call-ups for the Wales under-19s squad; Rob Tankiewicz, Jac Thomas, Mannie Barton and Jake Davies. They travel to Spain to play the USA on Saturday. Even if we win 4-0 then USA will claim they won. Or is it just one guy who does that?

According to Yeovil, Dakarai Mafico has pulled out of the u-21s squad and is back with us, for now, getting treatment on an achilles problem.