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TOBW I hope you don't mind me dropping your u18 report in here?...
u18s: Cardiff 1 Burnley 2
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/two-go...-up-this-time/
After reading a yellow and mauve army report, this is like reading a fag packet...
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/...-on-21-aug-17/
Sounds like Ratcliffe was busy and had a good game. Bob can you tell me roughly what his physical stats are? I hope he's lanky. I feel like the GK prospects Cardiff and Wales tend to produce recently are just too short to make it to the top of the game.
Do you think we can expect to Bodenham, Isaak Davies or any of the other prospects stepping up to DVP football any time soon? Hopefully we can actually loan some of the DVP players out for experience and make room for younger players to come through. I have a feeling there will be no need for "Loanwatch" this season. I don't think we have a single player loaned out yet.
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Blue in the Face
TOBW I hope you don't mind me dropping your u18 report in here?...
u18s: Cardiff 1 Burnley 2
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/two-go...-up-this-time/
After reading a yellow and mauve army report, this is like reading a fag packet...
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/...-on-21-aug-17/
Sounds like Ratcliffe was busy and had a good game. Bob can you tell me roughly what his physical stats are? I hope he's lanky. I feel like the GK prospects Cardiff and Wales tend to produce recently are just too short to make it to the top of the game.
Do you think we can expect to Bodenham, Isaak Davies or any of the other prospects stepping up to DVP football any time soon? Hopefully we can actually loan some of the DVP players out for experience and make room for younger players to come through. I have a feeling there will be no need for "Loanwatch" this season. I don't think we have a single player loaned out yet.
It's always hard to tell with youngsters that age because they could still add an extra few inches or they could almost have stopped growing. Id' say Ratcliffe is currently something like six foot tall and pretty solidly built - if I had to guess, I don't see him being another Pantilimon.
Bodenham played a few times for the Development team last season and I'd say the results were mixed as he struggled once or twice, but the encouraging thing was that when he was good, he was very good - I'm thinking here in particular of a game against Burnley that we were losing 1-0 when he came on, but the improvement which eventually earned us a 2-1 win coincided almost exactly with when he came on and he didn't put a foot wrong that day.
I was told on Saturday that Isaak Davies is only fifteen - I certainly like what I've seen of him so far.
Of the others in Saturday's team, Sion Spence played quite a few matches for the Development team and Laurence Wooton got a few minutes as sub for them last Monday, but I don't believe the others have done so yet.
I reckon that we'll see a few players go out on loan in the next ten days - of the youngsters, I'd say somebody might take a punt on Cameron Coxe or Rhys Abbruzzese, wouldn't be surprised if Mark Harris is loaned out as well.
Speaking of those three players, I see Coxe and Harris aren't in the Development side today at Forest - there's a couple of names there that I don't recognise - Makinson (who may have played for us last season? - just checked, yes he did, he must have done enough to earn a contract) and Osawe and I see Diego Poyet is playing again.
https://twitter.com/CardiffCityDVP/s...7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://twitter.com/CardiffCityDVP/s...7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://twitter.com/CardiffCityDVP/s...7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Actually, Attah is another name I'm not familiar with - couldn't find anything on Google either.
Poor result today, beaten 3-0 by Sheffield United.
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Seems an unusual and unsettled approach so far. There are 7 players listed on the main site for the U23 team and we still seem to be taking players on trial.
Also, just noticed Weymans is back in Belgium having signed for Tubize. (Sorry if already posted).
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Thanks for the info on Weymans. Shame he's gone as he seemed to boss some games last term. A move back probably suits him though. He's probably ready for senior football, especially if it's the second flight of the Belgian pyramid. Good luck to him.
You would hope that the Toulon tournament was a good advert for those three TOBW mentions. Coxe really made a name for himself. I'd be dissapointed if he didn't get a loan. I think Harris is ready physically.
Sounds like our new signings the trialist triplets aren't gelling like you expect they might. Poyet probably is worth a good look. He seemed a good prospect a few years ago.
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U23 Report: Sheff Utd 3-0 Cardiff City
Cardiff City: Byrne, Attah, Young, Makinson, Abbruzzese, Duffus, Veale, Wootton, Poyet, Waite, Osawe. Subs: Duffey, Jones, Madden, Proctor.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...-on-21-aug-17/
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Under 23s at home to Crewe at Leckwith today, kick off 2 o clock.
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Something has just appeared on the Crewe club website saying that today's match is an evening kick off, but City's Twitter feed confirms it is a 2 o clock start.
https://twitter.com/CardiffCityDVP?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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First win of the season for the Under 23's as they came back from a goal down to beat Crewe 2-1.
https://twitter.com/CardiffCityDVP?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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Great. I'm hoping Poyet proves himself to have something. (If he is still with us, I can't check twitter on my phone). We could really do with a centre mid of his description to serve as back up for the seniors.
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Great. I'm hoping Poyet proves himself to have something. (If he is still with us, I can't check twitter on my phone). We could really do with a centre mid of his description to serve as back up for the seniors.
Poyet wasn't involved, so I think his trial period is over - don't know how he did on Monday, but he didn't impress me much in his first match against Sheffield Wednesday.
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Haven't seen it anywhere else on here but Ibrahim Meite has gone to Crawley on loan till January. City are top of the Championship and Crawley are bottom of League 2 in case anyone is interested how far Meite has fallen.
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Blog piece on yesterday's game.
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
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Haven't seen it anywhere else on here but Ibrahim Meite has gone to Crawley on loan till January. City are top of the Championship and Crawley are bottom of League 2 in case anyone is interested how far Meite has fallen.
Just when you thought you were going to get out of loanwatch...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-IkWpm7TS0
Thanks for the info. Good chance for Meite.
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the other bob wilson
Thanks. That sounded like a tough match to describe but you made it vivid. I mentioned on here that Coxe needs a loan. (And ccmb needs more of an excuse for the return of loanwatch). But I did think that if that were to happen then the would be a gap to plug in the DVP side. Sounds like this Attah trialist has a natural ability and has potential. Perhaps Harris could do with finding a loan too. He looks physically ready.
I would like the club to source a young talented centre mid somehow. If the ideal squad size for the seniors is to have two players for every position, then by my reckoning we are short in that department. Especially after the league cup showed us our weakness of depth in that department and that one or two senior names perhaps should be moved on. It would be good for us to find a young centre mid with potential that we could chuck into DVP games while waiting for a chance in the seniors.
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Just when you thought you were going to get out of loanwatch...
It will just be 'Lone Watch' at this rate.
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Five Cardiff players in the Welsh u19 squad to face Iceland next week... Saturday, 2 September (KO 3:00pm) and Monday, 4 September (KO 5:00pm)
Well done to George Ratcliffe, Jack Boddenham, Adam Sharif, Ryan Reynolds and Sion Spence. :wales:
http://www.faw.cymru/en/news/wales-u...-iceland-test/
I'll post some links for the game if I can find any.
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Blue in the Face
Five Cardiff players in the Welsh u19 squad to face Iceland next week... Saturday, 2 September (KO 3:00pm) and Monday, 4 September (KO 5:00pm)
Well done to George Ratcliffe, Jack Boddenham, Adam Sharif,
Ryan Reynolds and Sion Spence. :wales:
http://www.faw.cymru/en/news/wales-u...-iceland-test/
I'll post some links for the game if I can find any.
Lies, he's filming Deadpool 2 at the moment...