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BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.”

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:02 pm

BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.”


"I think there are a lot of areas that we can improve on the pitch.

"When all things come together, we'll be in a really healthy place."



"I think fitness wise we're improving a lot, and that's very pleasing,” Brian began. "Obviously we want to try and improve our fitness as much as possible, while also not risking any injuries. Today was a very beneficial game for us.

"Our game is very dependent on speed, intensity and real aggression. As we go through the gears in pre-season that should naturally improve.

"I'm grateful to Forest Green Rovers for giving us a game and to have the supporters we had here today was incredible."



"I think there are a lot of areas that we can improve on the pitch.

"We want to add to the squad and improve it as well.”

"When all these things come together, we'll be in a really healthy place."

"We all have a lot to prove, always.

"Our intention is prove it in actions, rather than words."
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Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:07 pm

I’m glad to see BBM Sees what we see, this Squad needs to be improved.

Yet still some on here disagree.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:13 pm

Any ideas where Rubin Colwill and Dylan Lawler was today.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:14 pm

Good comments.

He knows we need better players.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:16 pm

Howieblue wrote:Any ideas where Rubin Colwill and Dylan Lawler was today.



Apparently Lawlor took a slight knock in training ?????

But has not appeared in any friendlies so far???

And Rubin was not feeling right??

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:19 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Good comments.

He knows we need better players.



He certainly does Ned.

I really hope he is genuinely bring backed and not just by sales to buy.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:23 pm

Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:24 pm

montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:34 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start


Annis
We have 1 friendly left this coming Saturday Roma, not 1 signing yet kellymans not back wintle player of the season has gone where is the replacement ? a settled 11 is what we need a friendly today without lawlor rubin Ashford perry NG, to me we have no settled 11 for wrexham ,maybe it's just me but Bbm has no more games left to try out his top 11 team.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:40 pm

montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start


Annis
We have 1 friendly left this coming Saturday Roma, not 1 signing yet kellymans not back wintle player of the season has gone where is the replacement ? a settled 11 is what we need a friendly today without lawlor rubin Ashford perry NG, to me we have no settled 11 for wrexham ,maybe it's just me but Bbm has no more games left to try out his top 11 team.



With you all the way Monty,

BBM did line up Bristol Rovers away as well but they would not pay the police costs

I believe he knows he needs another game and some players in now.

I just hope he really is being backed by Tan

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:47 pm

montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start


Annis
We have 1 friendly left this coming Saturday Roma, not 1 signing yet kellymans not back wintle player of the season has gone where is the replacement ? a settled 11 is what we need a friendly today without lawlor rubin Ashford perry NG, to me we have no settled 11 for wrexham ,maybe it's just me but Bbm has no more games left to try out his top 11 team.



Apart from Robinson and tanner we had a bunch of kids on the bench no prob with kids from the academy but no new signings to try out we are 3 weeks away from the championship we have no settled 11 to date, we seem all over the place regarding a settled 11.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:48 pm

Cardiff finish their pre-season preparations with a friendly against Italian giants AS Roma on Saturday, 1 August (15:00 BST).



Their 2026-27 campaign starts with a home Carabao Cup tie against Swindon Town on Saturday, 8 August (15:00 BST) and they host Wrexham in the Championship on Monday, 17 August (20:00 BST).

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:57 pm

montyblue wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start


Annis
We have 1 friendly left this coming Saturday Roma, not 1 signing yet kellymans not back wintle player of the season has gone where is the replacement ? a settled 11 is what we need a friendly today without lawlor rubin Ashford perry NG, to me we have no settled 11 for wrexham ,maybe it's just me but Bbm has no more games left to try out his top 11 team.



Apart from Robinson and tanner we had a bunch of kids on the bench no prob with kids from the academy but no new signings to try out we are 3 weeks away from the championship we have no settled 11 to date, we seem all over the place regarding a settled 11.



Monty,


I stand by this many of our young kids and many from last season for me are not Championship Quality

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:59 pm

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Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:38 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start


You two are the most negative posters on here (apart from me of course!) ;)

We have to wait for players apparently for however long it takes - nobody else has signed any players yet. They're all waiting for as long as possible. Don't you know how transfers work?
We need to trust the owner. When has Vincent ever let us down?
We've got until the end of August - no point signing players early. Just have to pay them sooner.
Our youngsters are good enough for at least top 4. Who needs Wintle or Kellyman?
First three games it doesn't matter if we've got no new players - lets just see who's left on the shelf on deadline day.
The club hierarchy know what they're doing - their footballing knowledge is second to none.

I don't know what you're worried about!

:laughing6:

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Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sat Jul 25, 2026 10:12 pm

davids wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start


You two are the most negative posters on here (apart from me of course!) ;)

We have to wait for players apparently for however long it takes - nobody else has signed any players yet. They're all waiting for as long as possible. Don't you know how transfers work?
We need to trust the owner. When has Vincent ever let us down?
We've got until the end of August - no point signing players early. Just have to pay them sooner.
Our youngsters are good enough for at least top 4. Who needs Wintle or Kellyman?
First three games it doesn't matter if we've got no new players - lets just see who's left on the shelf on deadline day.
The club hierarchy know what they're doing - their footballing knowledge is second to none.

I don't know what you're worried about!

:laughing6:

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:lol: :lol:

Brilliant David

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 8:31 am

Forever Blue wrote:
Howieblue wrote:Any ideas where Rubin Colwill and Dylan Lawler was today.



Apparently Lawlor took a slight knock in training ?????

But has not appeared in any friendlies so far???

And Rubin was not feeling right??

Thank you Annis, was a little worried the club had ideas of selling them.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 9:38 am

We need 5,6 players in,and for me need to try and ship a few out to

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 9:41 am

davids wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
montyblue wrote:Get on it then I say ,we have nobody in yet we have 2 players gone, probably our best in wintle and kellyman.

You BBM are dealing with tan you spent time with him at his home surely it's down to you 2 now,
to produce what you need, we fans have no say.



I’m with you Monty,

We need to start Signing before August 1st

As these new players will need to hell before Cup and Wrexham game

We need a good start


You two are the most negative posters on here (apart from me of course!) ;)

We have to wait for players apparently for however long it takes - nobody else has signed any players yet. They're all waiting for as long as possible. Don't you know how transfers work?
We need to trust the owner. When has Vincent ever let us down?
We've got until the end of August - no point signing players early. Just have to pay them sooner.
Our youngsters are good enough for at least top 4. Who needs Wintle or Kellyman?
First three games it doesn't matter if we've got no new players - lets just see who's left on the shelf on deadline day.
The club hierarchy know what they're doing - their footballing knowledge is second to none.

I don't know what you're worried about!

:laughing6:

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I really worry 1 friendly left and yesterday most of our bench where kids ,got no prob with the kids but are we trying to mold a starting 11 we have no new recruits to bed in "yet".

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 9:55 am

I do not believe BBM walks on water as many do, but he knows what he wants. He doesn't panic and treats the money as if it is his. He is building his reputation as well as the clubs, and being good with transfers is a brilliant attribute.

I think Vinny will splash for u23's as I think he'll want the club to be self-financing through buying players and selling them on with huge mark-ups. Many fans moan we are a selling club; we are not; we are a Bosman or pay-off club because we panicked and signed anyone to get bodies in. Thats not happening anymore with this bloke in charge.

The Premier League and top half championship contracted U23s are always open to transfers as soon as those clubs work out who they are keeping; I think that's where we recruit from, but this will be close to the window closure or even January.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 10:08 am

We need 5,6 players in,and for me need to try and ship a few out to

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 10:32 am

Hope we get a couple in before the Roma game fingers crossed!!

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 11:56 am

Call me old fashioned but I always thought preseason was for new players to gel

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 12:14 pm

Mr Moo Cow wrote:Call me old fashioned but I always thought preseason was for new players to gel



It is to jell them in to the team.

Plus fitness and for the manager to see if he needs to offload more players.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 2:42 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Mr Moo Cow wrote:Call me old fashioned but I always thought preseason was for new players to gel



It is to jell them in to the team.

Plus fitness and for the manager to see if he needs to offload more players.



Well that's not worked out then not seen chambers who I think is to slow for the championship but is still here, Robinson could hardly get a game in league 1 under Bbm but is still here.and we are hoping some Norwegian kid is coming but does not want to leave his boyhood club and is holding out for something better than cardiff maybe.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 2:48 pm

montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Mr Moo Cow wrote:Call me old fashioned but I always thought preseason was for new players to gel



It is to jell them in to the team.

Plus fitness and for the manager to see if he needs to offload more players.



Well that's not worked out then not seen chambers who I think is to slow for the championship but is still here, Robinson could hardly get a game in league 1 under Bbm but is still here.and we are hoping some Norwegian kid is coming but does not want to leave his boyhood club and is holding out for something better than cardiff maybe.

That’s how I see it,chambers,Robinson,Turnbull should all been aimed to be shipped out by the club all on big wages,Robinson couldn’t get games last year when we didn’t even have a striker,Turnbull struggled last time in the championship and chambers the thought of him passing the ball on the edge of the box in bbm’s style gives me nightmares and he’s to slow,add daaland Simic and etete to that list they can all go

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 2:54 pm

SamCCFC1927 wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Mr Moo Cow wrote:Call me old fashioned but I always thought preseason was for new players to gel



It is to jell them in to the team.

Plus fitness and for the manager to see if he needs to offload more players.



Well that's not worked out then not seen chambers who I think is to slow for the championship but is still here, Robinson could hardly get a game in league 1 under Bbm but is still here.and we are hoping some Norwegian kid is coming but does not want to leave his boyhood club and is holding out for something better than cardiff maybe.

That’s how I see it,chambers,Robinson,Turnbull should all been aimed to be shipped out by the club all on big wages,Robinson couldn’t get games last year when we didn’t even have a striker,Turnbull struggled last time in the championship and chambers the thought of him passing the ball on the edge of the box in bbm’s style gives me nightmares and he’s to slow,add daaland Simic and etete to that list they can all go


I agree there not i would have thought Bbm players to old to slow.

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 3:04 pm

montyblue wrote:
SamCCFC1927 wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Mr Moo Cow wrote:Call me old fashioned but I always thought preseason was for new players to gel



It is to jell them in to the team.

Plus fitness and for the manager to see if he needs to offload more players.



Well that's not worked out then not seen chambers who I think is to slow for the championship but is still here, Robinson could hardly get a game in league 1 under Bbm but is still here.and we are hoping some Norwegian kid is coming but does not want to leave his boyhood club and is holding out for something better than cardiff maybe.

That’s how I see it,chambers,Robinson,Turnbull should all been aimed to be shipped out by the club all on big wages,Robinson couldn’t get games last year when we didn’t even have a striker,Turnbull struggled last time in the championship and chambers the thought of him passing the ball on the edge of the box in bbm’s style gives me nightmares and he’s to slow,add daaland Simic and etete to that list they can all go


I agree there not i would have thought Bbm players to old to slow.

I know teams have got to want them players,but for me I can’t see featuring much,we need cover for Salech and not a youngster on loan,need to spent money on someone decent personally

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 3:58 pm

To be fair himself and all of us have known this since the end of last season the championship is another level where they looked good in div 1 without 4 or 5 new faces we will struggle in my opinion although it was always going down to the last week or two as that's what we usually do then it takes them 4 or 5 weeks to get up to speed so they warm the bench and maybe come on for 10 minutes. Same old storyline but it is what it is. End of the day it's above who can only solve that if he's backed :bluescarf:

Re: BBM: “We want to add to the squad and improve the squad.

Sun Jul 26, 2026 8:56 pm

Bluebird1977 wrote:To be fair himself and all of us have known this since the end of last season the championship is another level where they looked good in div 1 without 4 or 5 new faces we will struggle in my opinion although it was always going down to the last week or two as that's what we usually do then it takes them 4 or 5 weeks to get up to speed so they warm the bench and maybe come on for 10 minutes. Same old storyline but it is what it is. End of the day it's above who can only solve that if he's backed :bluescarf:


I thought under Bbm and the friendliness with tan things where going to be different.