The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[jon1959]

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Rollin Menayese has signed for Weston-super-Mare after his release.

http://www.westonsmareafc.co.uk/central-defender-joins-from-cardiff-city-fc/

That's after two recent loans from the Academy? What's the connection between the clubs?

[Blue in the Face]

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Rollin Menayese has signed for Weston-super-Mare after his release.

http://www.westonsmareafc.co.uk/central-defender-joins-from-cardiff-city-fc/

That's after two recent loans from the Academy? What's the connection between the clubs?

I thought Rollin would get more time with us. Hopefully this will be a great move for him. He has good natural talent and there's no reason why he can't work his way up the leagues in the future. Good luck Rollin.

[Blue in the Face]

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U23/DVP | MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL vs. COVENTRY CITY

http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/u23dvp-monday-night-football-vs.-coventry-city-3472448.aspx

We've got PDL action this Monday evening (7pm) as Cardiff City's U23 development side host Coventry City at Cardiff City Stadium in their final match before Christmas.

[the other bob wilson]

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U23/DVP | MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL vs. COVENTRY CITY

http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/u23dvp-monday-night-football-vs.-coventry-city-3472448.aspx

We've got PDL action this Monday evening (7pm) as Cardiff City's U23 development side host Coventry City at Cardiff City Stadium in their final match before Christmas.

http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

[thehumblegringo]

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Good report Bob and like you say we should all be willing to see u23 results falter for the bigger picture.

Players like Spence, Coxe, Welch, Harris, Waite should be pushed to their limits and out of their comfort zone in order to potentially fast track them to the first team.

I believe Jarrad Harvey was the lead coach last night not Matthew Bloxham and it's great to see Spence in particular being pushed so far.

Shame Warnock and co weren't at the club before Matondo left as I'm sure there would have been more interest expressed in him than there was by Slade that may have influenced his decision.

[Blue in the Face]

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Good to hear about the fast tracking of these individuals. Haven't seen much of Waite so one to look out for. Like the look of the others mentioned also.

Think Gringo's on point re Matondo-Bellamy. Especially considering they are like for like players.

Still feeling really optimistic about the academy again.

Bring Gabbs back!

[the other bob wilson]

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In the first game played by the Development or Academy team in 2017, the Under 18s were thrashed 6-0 yesterday by Charlton I'm afraid. More often than not, it's Charlton that top the league we play in at this level, so a heavy defeat might have been expected, but it becomes more understandable when you see the team that was picked;-

"Burwood: Madden, J. Davies, Patten, Sharif, Gidman, Williams, Wootton, I. Davies, Spence, C. Davies. subs. Jones, Ratclifffe, Evans, Bowen, C. Williams."

Looking at those names, I'd say only Sion Spence has been a regular starter at Under 18 level before yesterday this season, while Isaak Davies was selected for a few matches before Christmas, but even they are still young enough to play for our Under 16s this season.

I can only assume that those who have made up the large majority of our Under 18 side up to now are going to be in the squad which travels to London for the Development team's game, also against Charlton who are leaders of their section, tomorrow.

It might be that this weekend will see the first real evidence of the overhaul of the Under 23 team that was promised before Christmas. If we suddenly start fielding an Under 23 team made up mostly of teenagers, then it follows that, in a similar way to yesterday, the side will suffer in the short term to medium term as they struggle to come to terms with the new level they are playing at. However, given the complete failure of the "old" system when it came to producing first team footballers for Cardiff City, I hope patience is shown by all concerned if things appear to be going badly at first.

[Michael Morris]

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Good report Bob and like you say we should all be willing to see u23 results falter for the bigger picture.

Players like Spence, Coxe, Welch, Harris, Waite should be pushed to their limits and out of their comfort zone in order to potentially fast track them to the first team.

I believe Jarrad Harvey was the lead coach last night not Matthew Bloxham and it's great to see Spence in particular being pushed so far.

Shame Warnock and co weren't at the club before Matondo left as I'm sure there would have been more interest expressed in him than there was by Slade that may have influenced his decision.

Harris on the bench today

[the other bob wilson]

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No news yet on the Development team's game at Charlton which kicked off about a quarter of an hour ago - the Charlton line up is listed on their twitter page, while they're still wishing everyone a Happy Christmas on ours .

[Butterwick Blue]

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No idea of our team news, but we're losing 0.1

[Jimmy the Jock]

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No news yet on the Development team's game at Charlton which kicked off about a quarter of an hour ago - the Charlton line up is listed on their twitter page, while they're still wishing everyone a Happy Christmas on ours .

Forward thinking by CCFC . Its xmas 2017 they are referring too..

[the other bob wilson]

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No idea of our team news, but we're losing 0.1

Charlton away is about as difficult as it gets for us in the league structure we play and I'd treat a narrow defeat as a decent result, especially if our team is made up largely of Under 18s players, which I think may be the case looking at the team full of Under 16s that represented the Academy on Saturday.

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

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The DVP Twitter feed used to be up to date and informative for team news and other info but for some time it's been hopeless. Have there been cutbacks in the media department?

[thehumblegringo]

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Finished 3-0 to Charlton

[Blue in the Face]

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The DVP Twitter feed used to be up to date and informative for team news and other info but for some time it's been hopeless. Have there been cutbacks in the media department?

Send them a twee...

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