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In fact Mick also gave Denham his debut against Brighton so the only players Morison debuted were Zimba (45 minutes) and Semenyo (about 45 seconds)
1-0 to Colchester at half time. Pretty boring viewing, but City are unlucky to be losing - I thought the penalty award was a bit dodgy and having seen a replay of it, I’m not sure that it was offside when City put the ball in the net. Also been a good save from a shot by Giles I think it was and a header just wide by Twose.
1-1, Mafico (who always impresses me when I see him play) and Wigley combine down the left and sub Nyakhuwa heads in.
Finished 1-1, fair result in the end I’d say,
Paul
You have far greater knowledge of these things than me and they didn`t have team sheets to hand out at the game but speaking to Gavin Chesterfield during half time he said that it was a very young team today with almost half of them first year scholars. He also pointed out that he has lost a number of the more senior players because the club has now sent them out on loan and they are so short on numbers that some of the players on the pitch today are also playing tomorrow (U18 game?)
Keith
The team this afternoon was
Thomas (barely seen him play)
Semenyo
Lawlor (I like him, but he doesn’t seem to have played that much this season)
Cook
Giles (has played a fair bit for the under 21s, I take it Beecher is injured, because he’s not played for months)
Mafico
Perrett
Kenniford
Wigley (another one who barely seems to have played this season)
George
Johnson
The subs were Armstrong
Antwi (why only a sub?)
Nyakhuwa
Talbot
Edwards (never seen the last two play before)
I would have thought one of the keepers, Lawlor, Mafico, Perrett, Kenniford, George, Nyakhuwa, Talbot, Edward’s and, possibly, Giles could well be playing tomorrow.
I’ve only seen him play four or five times and that was a pretty typical aficionado performance I’d say.He played an under 21 game about a year ago (might be two years actually) and did not look out of place at all, he has a calmness about him of a kind that the first team could use - don’t think he’ll ever be much of a goalscorer mind.
I'm a bit confused. You said Morison didn't use youngsters at the end of that season, I said he was using five Academy products as well as Denham but apparently they all stopped being young as soon as they'd been given debuts so they don't count. I felt Morison was comfortable enough using youngsters (he wouldn't have brought Drameh, Doyle and Philogene in if he wasn't) but he just didn't rate most of ours.
Mick played them, Morison played them but results weren't great and they didn't demand a first team spot. We gave them a chance, they didn't take it, what then? Play the lesser youngsters and hope they do better or keep playing them through thick and thin and hope they improve? How's that going with Etete? How happy are posters on here that the club are standing by a youngster in his case (he's still younger than Isaak Davies last time I looked)?
I don't know enough about Bristol City to comment on them. It's certainly odd we seem on even terms when we play them at that level yet they produce more first teamers. But which of our youngsters in recent years would've gone for £25m if they'd been through their system do you think?
Looks like a young team for the u18s today, a Rob Tankiewicz of Cardiff City played for Wales under 15s yesterday and it appears he may be on our u18 bench today
https://x.com/CF11Academy/status/175...729763199?s=20
I forgot to say this at the time but Wigley got a mention from Bulut (I say mention, Bulut seems to have forgotten his name) in the article I posted further up the thread. He's had a long term injury but has been training with the first team.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-news-28255185
U21s v Charlton this afternoon. Stream on YouTube.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...ton-athletic-0
Joel Colwill starts for the under 21s, no Ashford though.