,Originally Posted by AdrianAlston
Came on tonight in the under-15 game, nearly scored with his first touch and looked full of tricks. Definitely one to keep an eye on.
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Came on tonight in the under-15 game, nearly scored with his first touch and looked full of tricks. Definitely one to keep an eye on.
More likely to be the next one poached and the club offered a pittance.
I saw Manchester City agreed a deal to sign a 14 year old from Philadelphia Union for $5m, he'll be joining Citeh in 2027
Madness.
Kpakio makes it 3-2, lovely move.
I'd agree with all of that. Although, as we have discussed before, I think that Beecher is more of a winger than a full back. When he came on for the 1st team it was as a left wing back. Luey Giles on the other hand plays LCB when we revert to 3 at the back.
I caught up with the match last night. I, too, was impressed with Kpakio. He has really developed this season, particularly physically. He and Spiers are an excellent pair of young right backs and I presume the current Wales U16 incumbent, Noah Williams, will sign on for next season. I think he's from Penarth.
It will be interesting if Tom Davies is offered a new contract. He is a very cultured footballer (as you would expect from a converted midfielder) and a good athlete, but needed to improve his defence. I like Joel Bagan, but Davies has always struck me as a better prospect. Didn't Bulut comment, preseason, about the coaching team being surprised how good he was.
So a wealth of young talent at left back, but do we think JC is good enough to be a 1st choice full back in a promotion winning team? Regrettably not, so I can see the club signing another. Managers rarely look beyond next season, which is one of modern football's worst qualities and why, for us, despite the improvement, on the pitch the failure this season has been that there has been no investment into the longer term. It has been about polishing Bulut's CV and proving Dalman right over Tan rather than a long term strategy.
A club that was in our position at the end of last season should have had a three year plan. But given that we were relegation favourites and under a transfer embargo maybe one season of a hard, pragmatic manager like Bulut was a wise choice.
Highlights from yesterday's 5-1 win for the under-21s here. Shame they don't show all the build-up to the fifth but a good package all the same. If you're a friend or relative of Luke Armstrong just wind through the first minute and a half.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/vide...a-cc2bf408ded3
Thanks for posting that.
Very impressive win. Something exciting to look forward too.
According to WOL Darren Davies, the guy brought in to help academy players break through to the first team, left the club in February after just 5 months in the role.
Didn’t know he’d been appointed in the first place- doesn’t sound very encouraging does it.
We can see now, what he should have done was injure a dozen established first team players.Didn’t know he’d been appointed in the first place
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No Nyakuhwa in the squad today. Hopefully he's going to be involved on Saturday.
I see Giles played today.
At left back with Beecher ahead of him by the look of the highlights. Nice first goal here, good bit of positive play from Semenyo to set it all in motion. Great bit of wing play from Wigley to set up the second.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/vide...a-cc2bf408ded3
You may have seen this already but it's an interview with Darren Purse (and Tanatswa Nyakhuwa. Purse is the one with the London accent for anyone who's unsure). He says that Bulut does attend the u-21 games which is something you wondered about earlier in the thread.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/vide...9-448cbd09a9e5
Wonder why Nyakhuwa was missing for the u21s and u18s this week, outside chance of being in the squad on Saturday perhaps?
Could well have been a late injury mind which saw Beecher moved forward
I mentioned yesterday about Nyakhuwa. He could be ill or taken a knock in training, of course, but I'd like to think he's going to get a run-out on Saturday. I've seen him twice in the last fortnight. Seems like more of a winger but both times he's started as the striker even though there was an alternative so it'll be interesting to see where Bulut uses him if he plays. He played as a winger in the FA Youth Cup game with Fulham before Xmas and was a handful before coming inside to play up the middle, did the reverse in the u-21 game last week. Seems comfortable with either position.
I've been impressed with him so far. He was quite isolated in the Academy game but he stuck to his task and he was more physical than I expected in the u-21 game. He nicked a goal off Twose there but he came across as a good team player overall, didn't overdo the solo stuff and worked hard throughout. It's a million miles from Championship football, I know, but there's some promise there.
AdrianAlston has talked about Beecher being more of a left winger than a full back, we'll see. With Giles, Beecher and Jac Thomas all coming through as left backs it's giving the club something to think about at that level.
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Millwall leading 5-4 (88 mins).
Wales under 15s, featuring one City player in the starting line up, are currently 5-1 up against the Czech Republic.
Does this mean our other eligible u/15s were pulled out for the Rotherham trip?
3 more goals for Millwall in injury time. FT 8-4!!!
We'd come back from 3-1 and 4-2 to draw level through 4 Mannie Barton goals. Imagine scoring 4 but being on the wrong end of an 8-4 defeat!
Finished 8-4 to Millwall after getting back to 4-4 in the 85th minute. Only have the twitter feed to go on so not sure what happened but that's a rather alarming collapse. Big lesson to learn.
All left footed players seem to start off with by being stuck at left back and then move forward or centrally if they prove the talent to justify it.
What did Jamie Carragher say about Right Backs; 'They are all failed wingers or centre halves, nobody grows up dreaming of becoming Gary Neville'.
Beechers best work is done in the opposition half, but he's a tough little bugger as well so could do a job in defence. You also missed off Tom Davies - a very cultured, intelligent footballer.
Nyakhuwa has a real chance. The epitome of a modern attacker and could play anywhere across the front three. Has pace, physique and a good work ethic. I hope he gets his chance on the weekend.
An argument for not spending budget on Karlan Grant for next season is that in a Bulut system, we have Isaak Davies, Ashford and Nyakhuwa all vying for that position. Together can they cover it as adequately or better than Grant has done this season? I think so, but expect some unheard of South-Eastern European to be signed instead.
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