Just been announced that it will be a predominantly under 21 side that takes on Yeovil in the upcoming game.
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Just been announced that it will be a predominantly under 21 side that takes on Yeovil in the upcoming game.
Another potential U21 signing according to WOL - former Villa midfielder Kyrie Pierre.
This thread may have to be renamed The Bluebird’s Academy, DVP and First Team thread.
Good pointQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Joe Thomas has joined Barry Town Utd.
I hope it’s a loan - we haven’t got to the stage yet where he sees Barry as the bigger club have we?Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Don't worry - he was released at the end of the season so was a free agent.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I was thinking of Jac Thomas the left back - he’ll probably be a regular in the under 21 team in the new season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Played against Ponty Utd the other day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Was garbage.
That's encouraging. You said Philogene was 'gash' and he went for £20m a couple of years later so we could be in the money here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Paget Flashman
I also said Rhian Brewster was shite when he went for £23m to Sheff Utd and he was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loramski
I still don't get the Philogene love in.
Never mind Brewster and Philogene, just concentrate on slagging our own players off. We'll have that debt cleared in no time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Paget Flashman
My laptop battery isn't powerful enough to go through them all. But the hype some get is beyond me. Get relegated and people on here want the kids to play in a mans league. Most of them I wouldn't pay in washers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loramski
£20m for someone that scored 2 Premier League goals and a 1 in 5 merchant in the Championship. No wonder clubs go to the wall.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our U21s and U18s begin their pre-season fixtures on Saturday! ��<br><br>It's an away clash against Barry Town United for our U21s, while our U18s host Exeter City, the latter in a behind-closed-doors friendly. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CityAsOne?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CityA sOne</a> <a href="https://t.co/8T8FV7ityD">pic.twitter.com/8T8FV7ityD</a></p>— Cardiff City Academy (@CF11Academy) <a href="https://twitter.com/CF11Academy/status/1943241284736684466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
U21 players Will Spiers, Morgan Wigley and Charlie O'Brien have joined up with the First Team squad out in Spain
1-0 win for the U21s and 7-2 win for the u18s yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOZZER2
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Just watched the highlights of under 21s team's gsme at Barry on Saturday and, although I'm useless at recognising our players, our number looked a lot like Daland to me.
The Barry fans were not happy with the penalty award because Pearce looked well offside before he received the pass which put him in on goal to be fouled by their keeper, but a second look at it shows that he was inside his own half when the ball was played through to him.
It's definitely not Daland. I presume you mean number 5.?Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Yes, number 5. I swear if the whole of our first team squad walked past me on the pavement outside my house, I wouldn't recognise half of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Is it an age thing? Someone gave me a couple of ‘Goal’ magazines from the late 60s/early 70s recently and I could name the players in team photos without checking quite easily, nowadays, I wouldn’t have a prayer.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Think it must be, I’d be exactly the same as you if I’d seen those Goal magazines.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I could do the same with those Q and A things they would do with footballers in Match and Shoot Magazine back in the 70s and 80s.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Favourite meal-Steak and chips
Favourite holiday destination-Corfu
Car you drive-Capri
Favourite Artist-Barbara Streisand
Favourite moment in football-Meeting the Queen......
it was a simpler timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Back in about 1979, I might well have answered those first three questions in the same way - there's no way I would have done that with the last two though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
I've heard the Queen thought well of you and enjoyed your match reports BobQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Prince Philip on the other hand...........:furious:
Read somewhere once that Phil the Greek was a very good cricketer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
It was also said that he was known to bowl the occasional maiden over!Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
U21s v Ammanford in the Welsh Cup coming up at 2.30.
well he started a relationship with Liz when he was 18 and she was 13 so there's that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
Today’s team.
https://x.com/cf11academy/status/194...735768598?s=61
0-0 half time, City having to do a lot of defending it seems.
City win on pens 3-0
Cardiff to play Cambrian United FC in round 2Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
Second time we’ve played them in this competition, it was Cambrian 0 Cian Ashford 4 last time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamsarnie
Anyone know what the other boards dislike of Purse is about? Whenever I read about the u21s there it's often followed by something negative regards Mr Purse.
Done an ok job at least for me, pathway through to the first team seems at it's best in a long time. Surely he has to be given some credit in that as that would be his main objective.
It's ridiculous. In the last couple of weeks they've beaten Barry, Yeovil and Ammanford (1st teams, not U21s), despite Lawlor, Kpakio, Giles, Spiers, Mafico, Wigley and Nyakuhwa being with the first team and Reindorf with Newport. Purse needs to be sacked though 🤦*♂️Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
There's definitely an agenda there, it seems to have ramped up since "the next big thing", (Lennon Peake) was released. AA was convinced Peake was going to be a world beater after talking to his parents on holiday.
At a time when there's little doubt we have more potential first team players coming through the ranks then I can remember, then all the hate aimed at Purse seems personal.
At the SLO meeting on Wednesday our new Head Coach specifically commented on how pleasantly surprised he was at the high standard of U21 players we have on top of those that have already made it to first team squad level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Lennon who?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry Murphy Island