EXITING CITY PLAYER TURNS TO MUSIC

The former Cardiff City star who's turned to writing music to overcome Bluebirds hurt
By Glen Williams


Monday 6th July 2020



There will be hundreds of footballers up and down the country seeking new employment this summer.

Omar Bogle is one of those, having been released by Cardiff City following the end of his contract.

It never quite worked out for the striker, who had his trouble with injuries as well as loan spells away from the Bluebirds, firstly at Peterborough, then Birmingham City, then Portsmouth and most recently with Alan Pardew at ADO Den Haag in Holland.

Bogle, who signed back in 2017, scored just four goals in 24 games for the Bluebirds, but he still has many supporters who believe his potential remains untapped.


Before official word came from Cardiff City that Bogle would leave the club, the striker let the cat out of the bag with a strongly-worded tweet, which read: "Unappreciated, undervalued and misjudged but the best of me is going to be someone’s treasure once again. I have the reins on my life! #Maverick."


He might believe he was underappreciated at Cardiff City, but he is confident another club will benefit from his exit.

"I'm going to be a treasure for somebody else, for another club and another manager. I enjoyed my time at Cardiff, made some great friends and met some great people," Bogle told the BBC.

"I never think it's a bad thing being a free agent. It depends on what you're coming off the back of. If you're coming off an injury and you haven't played for a long time, then you can find yourself in a difficult position.

"I know how good I am and I know how hard I've worked to get to where I am. This is the first time I've been in this position since I was 17. Me now is totally different to then. Back then, I felt like the world was ending. My head was gone."


But to help with this destabilising period, he has ventured into another discipline: Writing music.

"I started recording music in May," he added. "I've been writing music for the past five or six years. We have a lot of spare time as footballers.

"Music is like my therapy. Football is an emotional rollercoaster. I just write to music and write what I feel, that's how I vent to myself."

While, for the time being, Bogle is occupying himself writing music, he will doubtless want to be penning a new football contract very soon.

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Instead of writing music perhaps he should have practiced a bit more on the training ground!!

Under appreciated?? Funny how he went out on loan to 3 different clubs none of whom want to sign him even in a free transfer??

Another delusional average player who thinks he is better than he actually is

Heard from high up in club that Warnock had enough of him when his agent called in sick stating he was couple of times and on one occasions Warnock sent some one to his house to find he was not there despite reporting ill. This was at a time Zahore was out injured and we were going into the busy xmas period

This info came from board level

He is one of those players who is great at one level but move him up a couple of divisions and he becomes less and less effective. He was excellent in the national league really good in league two but started becoming less effective in league one.Noticible that Portsmouth did not want to sign him after a spell there in league one. He has been very ordinary for us Wigan and Birmingham in the championship. Should be playing in league one for some fairly ambitious but not big club say Oxford United

He is one of those players who is great at one level but move him up a couple of divisions and he becomes less and less effective. He was excellent in the national league really good in league two but started becoming less effective in league one.Noticible that Portsmouth did not want to sign him after a spell there in league one. He has been very ordinary for us Wigan and Birmingham in the championship. Should be playing in league one for some fairly ambitious but not big club say Oxford United

I just think he will end up without a pot to piss in, it ten years time thinking where did it all go wrong.

Unfortunately he's not good enough for the Championship and has a shocking attitude.

That's one thing our squad has now, a decent attitude.

Someone like Danny Ward is the perfect example of that.

reading the title I thought this was going to be about Jazz...

some people are very good at something just do not love the thing they are good at...

Always felt Bogle never got a fair crack. When he did play for us earlier this season , from memory he banged in a couple.
Easily good enough for a top 10 championship team

Another idiot DJ. Thank feck we ditched this moron.

Got good physical attributes but like a lost sheep position wise.

Always felt Bogle never got a fair crack. When he did play for us earlier this season , from memory he banged in a couple.
Easily good enough for a top 10 championship team

obviously....that's why he struggled everywhere he went.. 4 goals at wigan , 4 goals here..4 at pompey ..1 at brum , 1 at Peterborough and none at dan hag.. and nobody wanted to keep him very long...

I laughed with the bit that said #maverick