The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...

[Maurice Swan]

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He's 21, played in the Champions League 4 years ago. Why has he not featured for our first team this season!

..because he's only 21.... needs time to mature.....(this is meant to have a tinge of sarcasm...)

[jon1959]

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Just seen the transfer story of midfielder Adam Wharton (19) from Blackburn to Palace for £18m rising to £22m.

He came through the Blackburn academy and has 51 appearances for the club (26 last season - 2 goals).

England u20 - so recognised quality.

Hopefully the day will come soon when that sort of story (including 51 appearances by age 19) will apply to Cardiff!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68141875

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Albert Adomah playing for QPR today.

[the other bob wilson]

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0-0 at half time, QPR are unbeaten in three months, but they should be behind. Clan Ashford hit the post with a great shot from thirty yards and Raheem Conte should have scored from at least one of two very presentable chances he’s had. They both came from breaks from a QPR with Will Spiers to the fore, but he took too long over the first chance and the keeper was able to save and then he was a bit unlucky when Spiers, Ashford and Fin zJohnson combined to set him up ten yards out, this time he beat the keeper, but a defender made a good clearance off the line.

[the other bob wilson]

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1-0 to QPR, although, unlike the senior team, there is the odd moment of excitement, watching the under 21s at home lately is quite like watching the first eleven - you always have the feeling we’re not going to score. City have fifteen minutes left to prove me wrong.

[alan_corneli]

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Who is our no. 8? I'm not impressed at all. He seems to be running around as if he'd prefer to be somewhere else.

[the other bob wilson]

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Who is our no. 8? I'm not impressed at all. He seems to be running around as if he'd prefer to be somewhere else.

Ryan Kavanagh - he gives away too many free kicks for me and, like Joel Colwill, it struck me that he had been told to concentrate on the ugly, unappreciated side of the game today,, you know that sort of things that us mere punters are told we miss. Kavanagh hit two magnificent long passes within thirty seconds to show the ability he has got, but I thought we looked like a team where such things were discouraged today, we were just meh.

QPR won 2-0 and at the end of the game, I was left thinking that City must be the Championship team with the lowest percentage of natural finishers on their books.

[pomeroy]

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Ryan Kavanagh - he gives away too many free kicks for me and, like Joel Colwill, it struck me that he had been told to concentrate on the ugly, unappreciated side of the game today,, you know that sort of things that us mere punters are told we miss. Kavanagh hit two magnificent long passes within thirty seconds to show the ability he has got, but I thought we looked like a team where such things were discouraged today, we were just meh.

QPR won 2-0 and at the end of the game, I was left thinking that City must be the Championship team with the lowest percentage of natural finishers on their books.

Why is Finlay Johnson playing?. He adds nothing and never looks like scoring.

[TWGL1]

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Ryan Kavanagh - he gives away too many free kicks for me and, like Joel Colwill, it struck me that he had been told to concentrate on the ugly, unappreciated side of the game today,, you know that sort of things that us mere punters are told we miss. Kavanagh hit two magnificent long passes within thirty seconds to show the ability he has got, but I thought we looked like a team where such things were discouraged today, we were just meh.

QPR won 2-0 and at the end of the game, I was left thinking that City must be the Championship team with the lowest percentage of natural finishers on their books.

Is it time for a change at this level in respect of the manager , as results have been poor of late , especially give what you have just observed.

[Ninian1962]

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Why is Finlay Johnson playing?. He adds nothing and never looks like scoring.

😊Someone I was sat near at the game said he was a relative (son?) of the former WBA striker Andy Johnson who is a friend of coach Darren Purse

[the other bob wilson]

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😊Someone I was sat near at the game said he was a relative (son?) of the former WBA striker Andy Johnson who is a friend of coach Darren Purse

Yes, he is Andy Johnson’s son Keith.

[the other bob wilson]

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Part of a young footballer’s education is to get some experience of playing in positions they’re not used to, but, looking at the way we were set up today, we had, in my opinion, players such as Joel Colwill, Antwi and Ashford in positions where you wouldn’t get the best out of them (Ashford was stuck out on the right wing).

I don’t know how much freedom the person in charge of the under 21s gets when it comes to things like tactics because he may be being told what to do from above, so I’m not sure getting rid of Darren Purse would help, but, although we’ve had big wins over the jacks and the wurzels, it feels like it’s been a poor season for the under 21s.

Just ;noticed I didn’t quote TWGL1s question, the above is an answer to it.

[Stanmore Bluebird]

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Everyone criticising Purse should remember what a whole hearted defender he was for the City.
Doesn’t seem to have the same ability as a coach, very sadly.

[City123]

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James Crole headed on loan to Queen's Park. Hopefully goes better than his last loan

[Loramski]

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James Crole headed on loan to Queen's Park. Hopefully goes better than his last loan

Should come up against Fagan-Walcott on Saturday week.

Eli King got 90 minutes in for Ross County at Livingston last night in a 2-2 draw. A 3,696 crowd, in contrast to the 58,850 that were at Celtic Park for his league debut on Saturday. Not sure how he played last night but it's interesting to see that the BBC report of Saturday's game gave him man of the match.

At the bottom of the page here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68039658