The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[the other bob wilson]

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City have gone from 1-0 down 33 minutes to 3-1 up after forty in their Under 18s game with Burnley.

Sam Bowen, Connor Davies and Kieron Evans have got the goals.

[the other bob wilson]

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A 5-1 win for City with further goals from Dan Griffiths and Siyobonga Licenza against opponents who had a player sent off early in the second half.

[Loramski]

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3-2 win for the under-23s tonight, good game too. I've done a brief match report but the internet's gone down here so I'll try and retrieve it in the morning.

[Loramski]

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3-2 win for the under-23s tonight, good game too. I've done a brief match report but the internet's gone down here so I'll try and retrieve it in the morning.

A 3-2 win for the under-23s against Bolton tonight. Far from the meaningless, end of season fare I was expecting, it was very competitive from start to finish and played at a high tempo. We went with a back three of Ryan Price sitting between the two centre backs, Joel Bagan and trialist Tyrone Kirunda (all three did well) with Jazz Richards pushing on from right back and a very energetic Cameron Coxe up the left. Wootton and a slightly disappointing Bolger sat in midfield with a front three made up of Danny Ward and two trialists, Shamar Moore and the excellently named Ayo Faniyan, all three getting a goal.

It was a system that suited the players available. The link up play wasn't as good as it could've been but it was a bit of a mix and match team so that was understandable. Moore showed some nice touches but was a bit wasteful at times, trying too hard to make an impression maybe, and Faniyan faded after a very promising start during which he smashed the bar from long range as well as scoring with a header.

We were cruising at 2-0 but, for some reason, Bagan was brought off with quarter of an hour to go and, although Ward scored soon after with an excellent goal, there was a bit of panic at the back. Smithies misjudged a free kick and then Danny Williams gifted Bolton a second which led to a nervy final few minutes but we held on, largely due to some good work from Kirunda who battled to the end despite suffering from cramp.

I haven't seen many under-23 games this season but have been entertained by what I've seen. We seem to be moving away from anything first team related in terms of tactics after flirting, disastrously, with it last season and it now looks like a set-up that the promising Academy lads coming through should be able to adapt to comfortably. If they can stay fit that is. An incredible number of injuries at youth level this season, hopefully it's just been bad luck rather than a flaw with our training programme.

[the other bob wilson]

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Thanks for that, it looks like Moore and Faniyan were both with Reading with the latter having a trial at West Ham earlier this season, while Kirunda is/was on Charlton's books.

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

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Thanks Loramski. Interesting to see Smithies, Richards and Ward playing. I had virtually forgotten about Ward and I think he would have been tried up front by now if he could have stayed fit. Richards would also have been an option at right back but he's likely to be on his way. As for Smithies, I'd like to know what's happened there because he seems to have become third choice behind Murphy.

[the other bob wilson]

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Thanks Loramski. Interesting to see Smithies, Richards and Ward playing. I had virtually forgotten about Ward and I think he would have been tried up front by now if he could have stayed fit. Richards would also have been an option at right back but he's likely to be on his way. As for Smithies, I'd like to know what's happened there because he seems to have become third choice behind Murphy.

He's been troubled by an injury for the last few months Clive and Neil Warnock was saying that he's only just become available again - I think it's likely that he will be back as second choice to Etheridge soon.

[the other bob wilson]

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Congratulations to our Under 18 side who have become Champions of Professional Development League Two South. Ipswich were away to Crystal Palace this afternoon knowing that a win would make them league winners, but, leading 1-0, they were denied by a late home equaliser and so there will be at least one more home match for our Academy team who will play the runners up of the Northern Section (it will be Sheffield Wednesday or Leeds - Wednesday need to avoid defeat in a derby game against United on Saturday to win the title) in a one off Semi Final.

http://youthhawk.co.uk/w/index.php/2018-19_Under-18_League_2

[Loramski]

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Video highlights are up for both the under-18s and the under-23s wins against Burnley & Bolton respectively. You have to scroll down a bit to find them, the first team must have had a game this week as they seem to be taking up a bit of space.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/cardiffcitytv/video-archive/

[the other bob wilson]

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If you aren't going to Fulham and fancy watching some live football on Saturday, why not go along to Cardiff City Stadium for the Academy teams Play Off Semi Final against Leeds - kick off is at 11 o clock.

http://www.dai-sport.com/young-bluebirds-champions-now-play-offs-semi-final-test-leeds-united-home/

[the other bob wilson]

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Just a reminder that the Under 18s' Play Off Semi Final against Leeds takes place this morning at Cardiff City Stadium with an 11 o clock kick off - admission is free.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/2019/april/match-preview-for-cardiff-city-u18-vs-leeds-united-u18-on-27-apr-19/

[Loramski]

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Just a reminder that the Under 18s' Play Off Semi Final against Leeds takes place this morning at Cardiff City Stadium with an 11 o clock kick off - admission is free.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...-on-27-apr-19/

Excellent 2-1 win for us with goals from Patten and Griffiths. An even game on the whole but we were 2-0 up at half time and had just started to take a grip on the second half when TOBW decided to say that we were going to score another soon which immediately changed the shape of the game. Leeds got it back to 2-1 and were making it difficult for us but we managed to take control again and saw out the final 10 minutes by keeping possession impressively. A good team performance overall, my eldest picked Ben Margetson as man of the match and I'm happy to go along with that.

[Loramski]

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Our under-18s will be playing Sheffield Wednesday in the league play-off final at Hillsborough on Friday, 7.00 kick off.

https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2019/april/academy-final-on-friday-at-hillsborough/

[jamieccfc]

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How many goals has Griffiths got this season?

[the other bob wilson]

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How many goals has Griffiths got this season?

28 I believe.