Reply With QuoteAs the only person on here arguing that he should be given a chance I'm buzzing about this
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Cardiff City academy player promoted to first team permanently as problem position emerges
The Bluebirds player has been permanently promoted to the first team after impressing for the youth team
Cardiff City have promoted Michael Reindorf to the first-team training squad permanently after his run of goals for the youth team.
The 19-year-old signed as a free agent in the summer having left Norwich City, this weekend's opponents, for Omer Riza's side, and has impressed in front of goal, scoring 12 times in total for the under-21s.
The forward also put in solid showings against Bristol Rovers and Southampton in Carabao Cup matches, providing his first senior assist against the Saints for Rubin Colwill's screamer, but has not featured in a Championship matchday squad so far this term
And Riza has taken note of Reindorf's form for the under-21s and has made him a permanent fixture in first-team training sessions, however it sounds like there is a way to go before he leapfrogs others in the pecking order. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here .
"I've been to a lot of the under-21s games, I try to go to as many as I can. I couldn't get to the Swansea one because I was down in London," Riza said
As the only person on here arguing that he should be given a chance I'm buzzing about this
In each League Cup match he showed more desire, ambition, intent and energy than Kanga has in the entire season to-date.
Hold on, me too! 😍Originally Posted by delmbox
Great news!
Lets hope he is up to it.
He is only a young lad.
We could maybe develop a Christmas song for the lad to boost his confidence...
"Michael the Bluebird Reindorf....."
I've never heard anyone saying this, check out all these people jumping on the bandwagon
That is sarcasm isn’t as nearly everyone on here has been promoting his inclusion?
Riza can do no wrong at the moment
I’m worried that this means Robinson has a long term injury.
Apart from getting a closer shave.
The rest of Riza's comments:
"He is doing well and working hard, the under-21s are doing well, credit to the staff there, Blox (Matthew Bloxham) and the other staff who are around it. He's doing some really good things in and out of possession, but he's got a lot of work to do. He is still young and he's only come in this year.
"I've sat with Michael a few times and he is now finally, over the last two or three weeks, he's been training with the first team, because I thought that was important, you can't just call players up into a first-team environment and think they are going to play without training.
"He hadn't trained before them. It was on and off, but now he's full-time training with the first team. Now he'll have his chance to prove what he can do.
"I did say to Michael that he had to be better than the other players who are playing and training with you every day, day in, day out, to get the opportunity to play. At the moment he's doing OK. He's got to keep working hard. There's been some nice moments at times but there are things that still need a lot of work.
"That's no disrespect to him. He is a young lad who is in and around the first team at the age that he is. He has come in to Cardiff and already got his debut, but we have to be sensible in our approach."
Hey Siri, show me an example of a low bar:
"I did say to Michael that he had to be better than the other players who are playing"
I must have read this differently, but isn't Riza suggesting he's a long way from playing in the Championship..
That's just to help stop all the idiots that will crucify him if he hasn't scored 12 goals by Christmas.
cheers! now you gone and jinxed it
Reindorf has been training with the first team squad for 2-3 weeks according to Riza.
Robinson picked up his injury (which may rule him out v Norwich) just 6 days ago.
The two things are not related.
My take on what Riza said was that Reindorf is not ready to start for the first team, and has a lot of things to learn before he could be relied on. But I thought Riza left the door open to a few sub/cameo appearances before Christmas if the other striker options continue to underperform.
Yes, come on later in the game, play 30 minutes or so, see how he stands up. If he has the ambition he'll grab the chance. If he doesn't at least he cannot sat he wasn't given the opportunity.
And I'm sure Rubin and the other youngsters will be encouraging him.
Seconded.
Ernie wasn't exactly an old-timer when he broke through, was he?
Someone once said "you'll never win anything with kids", didn't they?
I’d like to see more evidence that he trusts our home produced young players when it comes to picking our first team. He clearly trusts Colwill and credit to him for that, but I’ve seen little sign of it applying to the likes of Ashford, Giles, Kpakio etc.
Lazy journalism there, Reindorf’s never been a City Academy player and never will be.
That song has to be nailed on if he starts well
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