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Good stuff. As Blue in the Face says, it certainly won't be easy to evolve to this style of play at first team level but at least Warnock is showing some flexibility with systems and personnel which doesn't rule it out entirely, even if he's here for a while. It will be interesting to see what happens when he feels he can start to relax his obsession with 'no-nonsense' defending. The build up to Waite's goal shows the extra attacking options that a ball playing centre-half and a full back pushing on can give you (even a full back as seemingly limited as Halford). On that theme, it was encouraging to see Declan John on the bench yesterday.
I see Luke O'Reilly has joined Redditch. Those guys are going out thick and fast, it's a shame we haven't found it so easy to offload some of our first team squad.
It certainly did but I can't see many teams allowing for so much time and space that a CB's long diagonal can find the left-back as lonely as he was towards the end of the move.
Defender's don't have to do too much going forward to add an increased threat to their side (Chamber's played RB in a Pochettino side not so long ago), there is plenty of middle ground between Pulis' 4 CB's and Spurs using Walker and Rose that hopefully Warnock can find for us.
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It certainly did but I can't see many teams allowing for so much time and space that a CB's long diagonal can find the left-back as lonely as he was towards the end of the move.
Defender's don't have to do too much going forward to add an increased threat to their side (Chamber's played RB in a Pochettino side not so long ago), there is plenty of middle ground between Pulis' 4 CB's and Spurs using Walker and Rose that hopefully Warnock can find for us.
Let's hope so, yes.
On the theme of defenders pushing forward, here's Deji Oshilaja's goal from yesterday for Gillingham. An up and down season for Deji and I'm not sure if he actually qualifies for this thread any more (he's 24 next month) but this is a goal worth seeing as it's an unconventional one for a centre half. He takes it well though.
It's the opener here at around 0.15
http://www.skysports.com/watch/video...1-1-shrewsbury
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The Development team are at home to Millwall (kick off 2 o clock) at Leckwith this afternoon.
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Just about still relevant to this thread rather than start a new one as Ajayi is a DVP regular. But great news for him and hopefully for us as he'll be playing at Championship level and should have plenty of defending to do when he plays...
Cardiff City defender Semi Ajayi is set to join Championship rivals Rotherham United on loan, HITC Sport understands from sources close to the club.
http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/01/30...ajayi-on-loan/
Ajayi joined Cardiff from Arsenal in the summer of 2015 after initially impressing during a loan spell at the Welsh club.
The 23-year-old has yet to feature for Cardiff this season and Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock is happy to loan him out so that he can get regular first-team football under his belt.
The centre-back has enjoyed two loan spells away at AFC Wimbledon and Crewe Alexandra since joining Cardiff, with Ajayi unable to break into the first-team at the Cardiff City Stadium thus far.
Ajayi came up through the youth ranks at Charlton Athletic before joining Arsenal in 2013.
The Nigerian under-21 international never made a first-team appearance during his time at Arsenal, but he was an unused substitute for Arsene Wenger's side in Premier League games against Newcastle United, Stoke City and Hull City.
Rotherham are desperate to bolster their squad before the close of the transfer window and they have moved to take Ajayi on loan until the end of the season to help in their survival fight in the Championship.
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Young team selected today - Jamie Bird is in the starting line up after his return from his loan spell at Weston.
Byrne, Coxe, Abbruzzese, Veale, Blaise, Young, Southam, Waite, Harris, Bird, Meite
Subs Bodenham, Ratcliffe, Wootton, Humphries.
Not sure if that's Lloyd Humphries among the subs, I thought he was at Weston until the end of the season?
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Finished 1-1 - decent game and a fair result with Jamie Veale putting us ahead from the penalty spot, before Millwall equalised in the second half
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My blog piece on yesterday's game.
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
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I cannot believe that the PM couldn't be bothered to show up for the game. :hehe: She's lost my vote. (She never had my vote)
How did Jack Bodenham do by the way? I've seen his name on Wales youth team lists for what seems like ages. Think this may have been his DVP debut yesterday perhaps. Also Wootton is a name I know nothing about.
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I cannot believe that the PM couldn't be bothered to show up for the game. :hehe: She's lost my vote. (She never had my vote)
How did Jack Bodenham do by the way? I've seen his name on Wales youth team lists for what seems like ages. Think this may have been his DVP debut yesterday perhaps. Also Wootton is a name I know nothing about.
Regarding Wootton, I'm much the same as you - I must have seen him play before, but not knowlngly so.
I think you are right about Bodenham, I'm not aware of him having played for the Development team before - he's only broken into the Under 18s this season. He came on for Jordan Blaise early on and he and Connor Young were a very inexperienced centreback pairing for this level, but they both did well - one of them may have let their man go for the equaliser because the scorer was in a lot of space, but overall, they coped well.
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Regarding Wootton, I'm much the same as you - I must have seen him play before, but not knowlngly so.
I think you are right about Bodenham, I'm not aware of him having played for the Development team before - he's only broken into the Under 18s this season. He came on for Jordan Blaise early on and he and Connor Young were a very inexperienced centreback pairing for this level, but they both did well - one of them may have let their man go for the equaliser because the scorer was in a lot of space, but overall, they coped well.
Great that Bodenham and Young are being given a chance above their age grade at least and let's hope can step up ahead of time. And hopefully the later can emulate his old man.
Found this on Wootton on the acdemy website...
Laurence Wootton
Midfielder
Laurence is another new face for the young Bluebirds, having joined from Stoke City this summer. The young midfielder, known for his creativity, will be looking to cement his place in the U18 starting eleven ahead of the coming campaign.
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News of another young City player who has found a new club - always thought he did a good job for us at Under 18 and Development team level.
http://www.atfc.org.uk/home/three-mo...dow-activities
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Blue in the Face
Great that Bodenham and Young are being given a chance above their age grade at least and let's hope can step up ahead of time. And hopefully the later can emulate his old man.
Found this on Wootton on the acdemy website...
Laurence Wootton
Midfielder
Laurence is another new face for the young Bluebirds, having joined from Stoke City this summer. The young midfielder, known for his creativity, will be looking to cement his place in the U18 starting eleven ahead of the coming campaign.
Thanks, Wooton features a fair bit in the video of Saturday's 1-0 win at Colchester last weekend on Cardiff City World - one of the home team's players was shown a straight red card in the early stages of the game for a two footed lunge at our number seven.
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Heavy defeat for the DVP team today at Palace. Sullay Kaikai gave the first team problems at Brentford so I'm not surprised he was too good for our youngsters. A report off the Palace site here, it gives our team at the end of it.
http://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/article/2...y-3560042.aspx
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Heavy defeat for the DVP team today at Palace. Sullay Kaikai gave the first team problems at Brentford so I'm not surprised he was too good for our youngsters. A report off the Palace site here, it gives our team at the end of it.
http://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/article/2...y-3560042.aspx
Given the experience (or lack of it!) in our team, the result is hardly surprising if the likes of Kaikai were typical of their team. Interesting to see that Weymans was in our team. Haven't heard about him for a while so I assumed that he was part of the recent cull. Also was that Theo Wharton in our line up? Last heard that he was on trial at Coventry.
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Given the experience (or lack of it!) in our team, the result is hardly surprising if the likes of Kaikai were typical of their team. Interesting to see that Weymans was in our team. Haven't heard about him for a while so I assumed that he was part of the recent cull. Also was that Theo Wharton in our line up? Last heard that he was on trial at Coventry.
We were trying to set up a loan spell for Weymans at Kortrijk in January and he spent some time out there but the deal didn't go through so it looks like he's back with us for the season now. Wharton played two games for Coventry's u-23s but it seems they're not taking their interest any further.
It's frustrating trying to keep up with what's going on at that level. I'm sure the club feel there's not a lot of interest which is fair enough but I'd have thought a brief weekly update wouldn't be beyond them. It's hard to work out whether players are out of favour or just injured. Where's Robbie Patten, for example? I don't remember seeing news that he's been released but he seems to have disappeared into thin air.
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We were trying to set up a loan spell for Weymans at Kortrijk in January and he spent some time out there but the deal didn't go through so it looks like he's back with us for the season now. Wharton played two games for Coventry's u-23s but it seems they're not taking their interest any further.
It's frustrating trying to keep up with what's going on at that level. I'm sure the club feel there's not a lot of interest which is fair enough but I'd have thought a brief weekly update wouldn't be beyond them. It's hard to work out whether players are out of favour or just injured. Where's Robbie Patten, for example? I don't remember seeing news that he's been released but he seems to have disappeared into thin air.
I was speaking to Robbie's dad before Christmas, he's got a back injury and the way he sounded, it doesn't surprise me that we've not seen him play since.
Agree with you about the club doing more to keep supporters up to dare with what is happening below first team level - is there anything about the Under 23s, under 18s etc. In the programme?
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Another heavy defeat for the Under 18s yesterday I'm afraid - 4-0 at Ipswich.
There's a game for the Under 23s in that new cup competition when they face Burnley at Cardiff City Stadium, but anyone planning to go along should note that the club website is showing the kick off time as 2 o clock, not the normal 7 o clock.
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Blog piece on today's Under 23 team win over Burnley.
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
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DVP team beat Burnley 2-1 in the PL cup today. Veale Penalty and Weymans set up Waite for the winner. Is there a senior appearance for one of these three before the season is out?
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Blue in the Face
DVP team beat Burnley 2-1 in the PL cup today. Veale Penalty and Weymans set up Waite for the winner. Is there a senior appearance for one of these three before the season is out?
That was last Monday mate. The u18s beat QPR today 3-1
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That was last Monday mate. The u18s beat QPR today 3-1
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I think when we booted Nicholson, we must've chucked our resident tweeter out too. The DVP twitter account is barely active. Just got home and checked account and the Burnley game was the last tweet. :hehe:
Great result too against QPR too. Just went to watch Hertha Berlin Vs Bayern Munich with a hoops fan. I shall now pass on the great news to him. :hehe:
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The Development team are 1-0 down at half time in their game at QPR this afternoon.
https://twitter.com/CardiffCityDVP?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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O'Reilly, Coxe, Abbruzzese, Veale, Assiana, Young, Waite, Wharton, Harris, Weymans, Meite.
subs: Blaise, Ratcliffe, Spence, Bird, Southam.
It may in the interest of our young players if the club moves out players who are desitined to leave / not make the seniors. But if the stories about Wharton leaving are true and the DVP coaches are still giving him game time, then perhaps we can view that as a dignified and respectful choice to help the lad with the next step of his career.
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O'Reilly, Coxe, Abbruzzese, Veale, Assiana, Young, Waite, Wharton, Harris, Weymans, Meite.
subs: Blaise, Ratcliffe, Spence, Bird, Southam.
It may in the interest of our young players if the club moves out players who are desitined to leave / not make the seniors. But if the stories about Wharton leaving are true and the DVP coaches are still giving him game time, then perhaps we can view that as a dignified and respectful choice to help the lad with the next step of his career.
I'd like to think so.
No comeback in the second half I'm afraid - it finished 2-0 to QPR.
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I'd like to think so.
No comeback in the second half I'm afraid - it finished 2-0 to QPR.
At least the academy lads beat QPR on the weekend. Write up on the official site here...
http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/...r-3583163.aspx
Goals from Keenan Patten, Cai Williams and Sion Spence secured a 3-1 U18 win against QPR at Leckwith Stadium on Saturday, 18th February 2017.
Just minutes in Cardiff City had a great chance as Sion Spence beat two defenders to run unchallenged into the box, as he cut inside onto his left foot he appeared to be brought down, only for the referee to not award a spot kick.
QPR had a couple of long range efforts from Caden Genovesi and Ody Alfa saved by Cardiff stopper George Ratcliffe before high pressing from Isaak Davies led to a chance for Spence.
That same attacking duo combined again as Spence played a short corner to Davies, who returned it to him with a back heel, giving Spence a chance to curl towards goal, but the goalkeeper saved his effort.
Then the breakthrough came through a moment of individual brilliance from Keenan Patten. Patten received the ball with his back to goal then pulled of a smart turn to beat the defender before placing the shot high past Myles Bowman in the QPR goal after 22 minutes.
Just before the break Cai Williams almost extended Cardiff’s lead, his quick footwork gave him a bit of room to get a shot off in the box but it was cleared off of the line by Jake Eales.
When the teams came back out after half time QPR began playing with a lot more intensity and this tactic paid off for them as Alfa dribbled into the box before firing low past Ratcliffe.
City almost restored their lead through Connor Davies as he was assisted by Williams but the goal was ruled offside. A deserved second goal finally came when Williams was played clean through after a counter attack and he smashed it past Bowman to put the Bluebirds ahead once again.
QPR then had a flurry of chances to level the score from a corner as Rangers captain Charlie Fox had a header parried by Ratcliffe, then substitute Shiloh Remy volleyed towards goal, where Williams was on hand to clear the ball off of the line.
Spence had another shot saved before he attacked again, this time being brought down in the box. The Wales youth international dusted himself off before confidently stepping up to slot home the penalty and secure all three points.
This strong performance displayed the attacking qualities of this young Cardiff City side that they will hope to replicate in their next fixture against Millwall on Saturday, 25th February 2017.
FULL TIME: CARDIFF CITY 3-1 QPR (Patten 22’, Williams 53’, Spence 78’; Alfa 46’)
Cardiff City: Ratcliffe, Margetson, J. Davies (Parsons 89’), Patten, Madden (c), Jones, Williams (Sharif 85’), Wootton, I. Davies (Williams 46’), Spence, C. Davies. Unused Subs: King.
QPR: Bowman, Eales, Genovesi, Folkes, Parker, Fox (c), Akinola, Rollinson, Francis (Kendall 46’), McNulty (Remy 68’), Alfa. Unused Subs: Drewe, Dickinson.
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A 2-1 defeat at Blackburn for the DVP team tonight, Rhys Abbruzzese with our late goal. Sounded like one-way traffic but we had a young side out again - Byrne, Coxe, Abbruzzese, Veale, Blaise, Bodenham, Waite, Weymans, Harris, Bird, Meite.
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A 2-1 defeat at Blackburn for the DVP team tonight, Rhys Abbruzzese with our late goal. Sounded like one-way traffic but we had a young side out again - Byrne, Coxe, Abbruzzese, Veale, Blaise, Bodenham, Waite, Weymans, Harris, Bird, Meite.
Super young team there. Think that losses can do them good. It's much better for these lads to see how tough the step in standard is and far they they need to develop to make it.
Watford tonight @ the CCS (apparently)
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Super young team there. Think that losses can do them good. It's much better for these lads to see how tough the step in standard is and far they they need to develop to make it.
Watford tonight @ the CCS (apparently)
So far the Under 23s (in reality, something like an Under 20 team lately) aren't doing that bad, since the change of focus to younger players, they've tended to do well at home and lose away.
It's tougher for the Under 18s, they had that good win over QPR a fortnight ago, but have suffered two more heavy defeats since then (3-0 at Millwall and 6-0 at Huddersfield on Saturday) - they've now suffered defeats by 7-0, two 6-0s, a 5-0, a 4-0 and a 3-0 in their last nine matches. They have managed two wins and a draw in the other three games, so they aren't getting stuffed every week, but it must be tough being beaten by scores like that two games out of every three.
The Under 16s also let in five at Huddersfield on Saturday, but they recovered from being a couple of goals down at one time to grab a draw with the last kick of the game!
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We are currently 5-1 up against Watford. James Waite just scored his second goal of the night.
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6 1 now, James Waite hat-trick