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Undercoverinwurzelland
Make that 4-0! Why have we become so shite at local derbies???
Well, at this level, it may have something to do with a situation whereby we start with just four Academy graduates today and, to be honest, I wonder if they see the wurzels as just another team - I’m sure they don’t think of it in the same way as they would a match with the jacks.
I wasnt impressed with the under 21s when I saw them against Peterborough a few weeks back, but that was a very good win over a strong Wigan team about ten days ago, so it’s hard to know what to think about them at the moment. I
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the other bob wilson
Well, at this level, it may have something to do with a situation whereby we start with just four Academy graduates today and, to be honest, I wonder if they see the wurzels as just another team - I’m sure they don’t think of it in the same way as they would a match with the jacks.
I wasnt impressed with the under 21s when I saw them against Peterborough a few weeks back, but that was a very good win over a strong Wigan team about ten days ago, so it’s hard to know what to think about them at the moment. I
What we're doing with the under 21s seems bizarre at the minute. We appeared to have been building good young sides of academy graduates and were getting good results, now it's full of cast offs from Premier League clubs. Why such a sudden change?
I saw Darren Purse describe Kristensen's "experience" as something he adds to the group, that seems a somewhat strange reason to sign a teenager for a youth team that's supposed to be geared toward developing players for the first XI
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Nice bit of understatement from the social media team - "City are behind at the break". I predict "a difficult afternoon for the young Bluebirds" later or maybe "City U21s don't win or draw". 5-0 now.
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Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
Nice bit of understatement from the social media team - "City are behind at the break". I predict "a difficult afternoon for the young Bluebirds" later or maybe "City U21s don't win or draw". 5-0 now.
I thought the same!
They've chosen to tweet the FT score with no comments!
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Obviously the “nil” part is catching on :hehe:
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Under-21s game v QPR at the CCS tomorrow, 19.00 kick off. (I would have said 7.00 kick off but now Bluetit pops up here he'd probably tell me he's not getting up at that time of the morning to watch it).
Free entry. Stream available too.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...s-park-rangers
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Loramski
Under-21s game v QPR at the CCS tomorrow, 19.00 kick off. (I would have said 7.00 kick off but now Bluetit pops up here he'd probably tell me he's not getting up at that time of the morning to watch it).
Free entry. Stream available too.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...s-park-rangers
Need a reaction to Tuesday's thrashing.
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Undercoverinwurzelland
Need a reaction to Tuesday's thrashing.
The “highlights” are on the club website. Three of the goals down to poor passing by defence and keeper - two by Semenyo and one by Turner - I’ve not seen anything from our current third and fourth choice keepers (fourth and fifth if you count Phillips) to indicate they’re better than George Ratcliffe.
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the other bob wilson
The “highlights” are on the club website. Three of the goals down to poor passing by defence and keeper - two by Semenyo and one by Turner - I’ve not seen anything from our current third and fourth choice keepers (fourth and fifth if you count Phillips) to indicate they’re better than George Ratcliffe.
I'll take a look
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the other bob wilson
The “highlights” are on the club website. Three of the goals down to poor passing by defence and keeper - two by Semenyo and one by Turner - I’ve not seen anything from our current third and fourth choice keepers (fourth and fifth if you count Phillips) to indicate they’re better than George Ratcliffe.
did we offer Ratcliffe a contract?
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the other bob wilson
The “highlights” are on the club website. Three of the goals down to poor passing by defence and keeper - two by Semenyo and one by Turner - I’ve not seen anything from our current third and fourth choice keepers (fourth and fifth if you count Phillips) to indicate they’re better than George Ratcliffe.
Ooh yeah. You're not wrong.
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did we offer Ratcliffe a contract?
I’m sure he was one of about 8 named at the start of the summer as having been made an offer. About 6 of the academy lads signed pretty quickly (usual signing photos in club site along with Xavier Benjamin as the only incomes at that time).
That left Ralls and Ratcliffe to decide.
Ralls signed weeks later but there was never any other mention of Ratcliffe. Assume he decided not to take the offer (as 5th choice keeper at the time) and has moved on? Not seen any report of him signing for any other club though.
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jon1959
I’m sure he was one of about 8 named at the start of the summer as having been made an offer. About 6 of the academy lads signed pretty quickly (usual signing photos in club site along with Xavier Benjamin as the only incomes at that time).
That left Ralls and Ratcliffe to decide.
Ralls signed weeks later but there was never any other mention of Ratcliffe. Assume he decided not to take the offer (as 5th choice keeper at the time) and has moved on? Not seen any report of him signing for any other club though.
I understand that Ratcliffe is still with the club but is recovering from an operation for an injury he suffered at the end of last season.
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I understand that Ratcliffe is still with the club but is recovering from an operation for an injury he suffered at the end of last season.
Good to hear, hope he regains fitness soon.
Jack Leahy at right back/wing back, Tanner plays, Crole up front.
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3-1 QPR at half time after Crole put City 1-0 up
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More poor stuff from the under 21s - 3-1 down after QPR score three in five minutes. James Crole scored early on with a header from a Tanner free kick, but QPR gradually took over and were outclassing us by the end of the half - you could just about manage to throw a circus tent over our midfield three.
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Can't see any of this lot competing for a place in the senior side. There seems to be a gulf in quality between QPR and our lot. QPR look to have have some useful players in fairness.
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4-1.
I really don't get why we're focusing on bringing in other clubs' cast offs, there are reasons these guys have been let go. I get it if they're from top academies but if you look at today's starting XI we have Turner (Leeds), Benjamin (Fulham), Leahy (Brighton), Antwi (Blackpool) and Conte (QPR), if they're not making it there how likely are they to make it here? Surely it's better to focus on developing our own talent and bringing in a select few let go from the top academies? I can't see any of the players listed having a real impact on our first team.
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All over 5-3. Hughes with a great free kick and a good finish from Crole for his second, looked much livelier after the subs came on
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10 goals conceded in 2 matches!