Player recruitment and development

Im sure none of our ex players flourishing at other clubs is causing sleepless nights for many a City fan.

Apart from Bobby Reid of course who even managed a goal in the week.

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Originally Posted by Hilts

Im sure none of our ex players flourishing at other clubs is causing sleepless nights for many a City fan.

Apart from Bobby Reid of course who even managed a goal in the week.

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Cardiff City in poor transfer dealings and no pathway to first team shocker.

What other pearls of wisdom will the TLG share with us next.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

You could put Ridsdale, Hammam and Warnock in the same bracket of individuals who were operating for their own self gain and not the good of the football club.

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Indeed. That has nothing to do with the subject being mentioned but you're spot on.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

We are what we are. A championship club with championship players.

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You're so wise. I bow to your greater knowledge.

Let Preston and Millwall be the benchmark of success.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

I wondered what had happened to Mats Daehli, as he was supposed to be the next Messi while he was here. Turns out he's with St Pauli in the German second division. They're in the bottom half of the table.

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He wasn't very good for us. Alot of our fans get a bit excited when a player arrives who has the ability to look up and make a pass and maybe move into space, that's not alot to ask of a player so that probably tells us all we need to know in terms of of the club developing players, especially those that can play. It's evident that City fans are prepared to let other important aspects of the game that make a good player fall by the wayside, you can't really blame them (us) because lets be honest, we don't develop players or produce well rounded footballers as is evident with the Tomlin situation, his lifestyle and attitude has cheated fans of all of the clubs he has played at while earning a very good living, yet he seems very popular because he has ability on the ball. That's evidence enough for me to say that we don't produce or develop players.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

You're so wise. I bow to your greater knowledge.

Let Preston and Millwall be the benchmark of success.

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You may rise.

We could always let Leeds be the benchmark to success, after all, they’ve developed many players now playing in the PL, some of whom have had ‘glorious careers’, but where has that got them in the last 15 years exactly?

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Indeed. That has nothing to do with the subject being mentioned but you're spot on.

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In Warnocks case it has everything to do with the subject.

I’m with TLG on this.
If we produced decent players, then other clubs would be knocking on the door trying to sign them.
If you look at the current squad, there are a fair few there that we’d struggle to give away.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

It's been brilliant, as clearly demonstrated by the wealth of talent in the current squad and the glorious careers of those who have flourished after spending time developing at Cardiff.

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The recruitment has been fine for a pretty stable championship club, and as JRH states it has certainly been good enough to get us promoted twice.

Which clubs are the shining lights for you that succeed year after year at this level by recruiting or developing players that have gone on to be good players at a higher level?

For me it’s about the manager and style of football. Dave Jones improved players and added to their value. I wonder what he’d have done for Murphy, Reid, Whyte, Vaulks, Nelson or even Glatzel or others