' Neil Warnock Squad building '

NEIL WARNOCK SQUAD-BUILDING

Tuesday 18th July 2017

By Dominic Booth


One of Warnock's great skills is man management; making players feel part of a close-knit, harmonious unit. It was therefore refreshing to see players like Callum Paterson, Lee Tomlin and Lee Camp (all new acquisitions but not yet ready for first team action) signing autographs, posing for pictures and watching the action unfold at Tavistock.


This pre-season tour is as much about building that unit and those bonds between players, as anything that occurs on the pitch. Although fans will be itching to see the trio in action soon, those Bluebirds loyalists who had made the trip to Tavistock were delighted to get a glimpse of their non-playing heroes.

It won't be long before we see Tomlin and Camp, while Paterson continues his battle back from a long-standing ligament injury

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UPDATED ' NEIL WARNOCK CARDIFF CITY SQUAD UPDATED 2017-18 '


Neil Warnocks New Signings 2017-18


Lee Tomlin Striker/Midfield

Midfielder Loïc Damour

Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge

WidemanNathaniel Mendez-Laing

Defender Callum Paterson

Goalkeeper Lee Camp

Striker Danny Ward





Cardiff City's current squad numbers

1

2 Lee Peltier

3 Joe Bennett

4 Sean Morrison

5 Bruno Manga

6 Jazz Richards

8 Joe Ralls

9 Frederic Gounongbe

11 Craig Noone

12 Declan John

13 Anthony Pilkington

14 Sol Bamba

15 Greg Halford

16 Matt Connolly

17 Aron Gunnarsson

22 Stuart O'Keefe

23 Matty Kennedy

24 Kadeem Harris

26 Kenneth Zohore

27 Ibrahim Meite

28 Brian Murphy

30 Ben Wilson

31 Mark Harris

33 Junior Hoilett

37 Rhys Healey

39 Idriss Saadi

" FITNESS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION "

Of paramount importance to Warnock is not the result, not the goals or the Hollywood football, but players' fitness. It was evident the Bluebirds had been working hard since Friday night's friendly at Taff's Well, looking significantly sharper in the Devonshire sun.

If Warnock can maintain that improvement in his players' fitness levels and sharpness, they should obliterate Bodmin Town on Wednesday and be approaching their best when visiting Plymouth Argyle on Friday night for the biggest test of pre-season.

The Championship season is just three weeks away, so it's integral that fitness improves rapidly. There's no time for sluggishness.