Omer Riza appointed - CONFIRMED

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Originally Posted by Rjk

Managers signing players through their connections is not a good strategy in the long run

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Unless it's Managers like Cooper who coached England's best prospects.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

In the league table of form since Bulut left we've been a decent mid table side.

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This is a false position, though. Bulut had Burnley, Boro, Leeds, and Sunderland, and Riza would have lost all of them, you can't judge a run on easy games and say it will play out the same all year.

This reminds me of the Morison, Hudson, Lamouchi season, they stuck with Morison/Hudson for too long and Lamouchi and Kaba had just enough time to keep us up, that and a few teams having points deductions.

It's a massive gamble, I think it's a slightly better squad but Riza is learning on the job, and it's a massive job.

We have six games in 22 days starting tomorrow, it's not a bad run, and the outcome will shape the rest of the season.

Home Watford
Away Preston
Away Stoke
Home Sheffield United
Away Oxford
Away Watford

The real gutter for me is that my hopes were raised that we could get a decent Manager in like Cooper as there is a rare glut of Managers available.

All the Best Riza prove us wrong!!!

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Originally Posted by Father Dougal

Just imagine if we lost next 2 home games. Not impossible to imagine considering the last 5 games.

I don't think many of us think riza will see the season out and will probably be gone in January or February but a couple of defeats now and he might not see the new year in.

The fact I say this on the day his appointment is made shows how ridiculous the situation is.

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This is quite true and says everything about current day football and in particular Cardiff City :-(

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Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue

This reminds me of the Morison, Hudson, Lamouchi season, they stuck with Morison/Hudson for too long and Lamouchi and Kaba had just enough time to keep us up, that and a few teams having points deductions.

It's a massive gamble, I think it's a slightly better squad but Riza is learning on the job, and it's a massive job.

We have six games in 22 days starting tomorrow, it's not a bad run, and the outcome will shape the rest of the season.

Home Watford
Away Preston
Away Stoke
Home Sheffield United
Away Oxford
Away Watford

The real gutter for me is that my hopes were raised that we could get a decent Manager in like Cooper as there is a rare glut of Managers available.

All the Best Riza prove us wrong!!!

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Preston is home on my fixture list

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Preston is home on my fixture list

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Correct well spotted :xmasthumbup:

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Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue

Unless it's Managers like Cooper who coached England's best prospects.

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Sure, yes, let's sign Jadon Sancho and Morgan Gibbs White shall we?
Or should we get Jonathan Panzo back??

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

He's given Colwill and Tanner regular starting places unlike Bulut. Rumour has it that Bulut wanted Gary Bell to come out of retirement in case Ng got injured

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Yes don't forget Robertson who is only 21, Joel Bagan has had some game time as well.

Reindorf and Ashford have both had opportunities off the bench.
We've not seen Fish yet but he's also a good prospect.

When was the last time we had so many younger players around the first team?

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

He's given Colwill and Tanner regular starting places unlike Bulut. Rumour has it that Bulut wanted Gary Bell to come out of retirement in case Ng got injured

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While I don't totally disagree, it's pretty normal for 22 year olds to be regulars in a Championship starting lineup. If we are serious about having a pathway for youth then it's the likes of Ashford who need to be in and around the squad. Especially when you've got players like Kanga instead who doesn't look like he'd belong on Pontcanna on a Sunday morning.

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Originally Posted by LA Bluebird

While I don't totally disagree, it's pretty normal for 22 year olds to be regulars in a Championship starting lineup. If we are serious about having a pathway for youth then it's the likes of Ashford who need to be in and around the squad. Especially when you've got players like Kanga instead who doesn't look like he'd belong on Pontcanna on a Sunday morning.

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Normal for other teams, maybe - it definitely hasn't been normal for us for a long time.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

When was the last time we had so many younger players around the first team?

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2021/22.