The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Blue in the Face]

His talent is to be honest irrelevant.

The question is how many would be above him with regards to playing in the first team; I recall he's more a right back so Peltier, Manga, Richards etc. It's silly to keep someone on just for the sake of it.

EDIT: Loramski's post from 26th April just shows the club have been effectively right in releasing players we have, regards of people's views on them.

It shows there's a vast gulf between Academy levels and real football.

Don't forget though the DVP team has been playing the whole season with trialists. We've also ended up recruiting centre backs who I think might even be a tad older than Baker. Perhaps we should be speculating a little longer?

One thing the club hasn't done since the Adam Matthews is claw back some of the investment made from the player's development. Did we even get anything for Declan John? Maybe allowing players to leave on a free is the reality, but I'd like to see us at least angling for sell-on fees if the players come good. I hope we have done that with John at Rangers.

The obvious conclusion is that the club are perhaps trying to raise the standard bar, so the youngsters know if they haven't pushed themselves to certain levels at a certain age they are cut. Sending out a message to the younger age groups.

Five of those started on Tuesday in the Cup Final and Reynolds came on as a sub - Connor Davies is only 16 according to that Wales Online article and I would have thought Patten, Isaak Davies or Bowen were seventeen at most.

No Sion Spence I see, I know he's not eighteen until October and I'd be very surprised if he has been dropped - maybe he'll be involved with the Under 21s if they're playing this month?

I do think the Wales u21s needs a big re-think in the middle of the pitch, which seems to be letting the rest of the system down. I think Robbie Burton will be brought into the next u21s camp after just earning a pro deal at Arsenal. But he's playing deeper in midfield than he was a couple of years ago. Going off the top of my head, there's also Matt Smith, Joe Morrell and Alex Babos (haven't seen play), who could play in the 8 or 10 positions. Page does play a man in the hole so it's possible Spence is in his thinking.

Should James Waite also be in Page's thoughts? I don't remember him ever getting international recognition.