‘ CARDIFF CITY WILL HAVE FIVE NEW SIGNINGS SAYS

Media Wales Reporter Glen Williams:



Five Cardiff City players are yet to kick a ball this season and could be like 'new signings' under transfer ban.

Glen one less new signing already

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Isaak Davies aged 21 Striker / 28 appearances / 2 goals:


The player supporters are most eager to see back on the pitch.

A promising academy product who last year showed flashes of what he could do at Championship level with a quick change of pace and direct running down the flanks.

He is not the finished article, far from it, and he must up his goal haul if he is to become a regular starter in the second tier, but there is something exciting there and given it was his rookie campaign last year, he gained his fair share of admirers.

The disappointing thing from his perspective is that he has now missed two pre-seasons. He was absent for the one under Mick McCarthy after suffering a training ground injury the day before what would have been his debut in the final game of the 2020/21 campaign against Rotherham United, while an injury at the end of last season has seen him miss six months or so this time around.

Hopefully he won't have lost any of his sharpness, it doesn't seem to have affected him in the under-21s games he has played over the last couple of weeks, but the 21-year-old will be desperate to relaunch his City career and help the team in the second half of the campaign.

Mark Hudson recently spoke about him being "like a new signing" and revealed he was impressing his team-mates, most of whom have never played with him, in training.

"He is like a new signing!" Hudson said earlier this month. "He has looked brilliant. Because we have had 17 new players come in, no one has seen Isaak yet. He has trained with us through this period and has looked sharp. He has excited a few of the players we have got. He has given a few of them a bit of the... ‘OK, this is Isaak.’"








Ebou Adams aged 26 ( played 26 leagues games for Forest Green in League 2 ):



Talk about nightmare starts at a new club. You couldn't write it.


The first of 17 new signings through the door this summer and one Steve Morison was delighted by when he captured his signature amid interest from a wealth of Championship rivals.

But 10 minutes into his first pre-season friendly against Cambridge United, a freak injury saw him rip his pectoral muscle off the bone. He was "flying" through his rehab in August, according to Morison, but his progress slowed and he has most recently suffered a setback owing to a problem in his knee.

It is hoped, though, that he will be back in January and can at least get 15 or so games in the tank so that his debut season is not rendered a total disaster.

The 26-year-old Gambia international has been a standout lower in the EFL, notably helping Forest Green Rovers to win League Two last season, but that leap up to the Championship is not a simple one and has been a hurdle many players before him has crashed into.

Perhaps expecting him to take the league by storm when he is back is a little fanciful, especially given the injury lay-off, but plenty think highly of him and he will be one many will watch with intrigue. He will add legs and bolster the team at both ends of the pitch. He could be the perfect foil for Ryan Wintle in the middle of the pitch when he is back.

How much he plays remains to be seen, but when he is fit and firing, City will expect to see a big output from him.








Ollie Tanner aged 20, after 5 months still no first team appearances for the Bluebirds, Only played in the 8th League or below for FC Lewis:


Steve Morison quickly ruled out Tanner's involvement in the first half of the Championship season, saying that making the leap from the eighth step to tier two was like a "baptism of fire".

There's clearly talent there, but adjusting to the rigours and demands of Championship football has been a steep learning curve.

The club put a plan in place for him early on which took him through until January. It involved improving his conditioning and also afforded him time to bed himself within his new surroundings in a professional environment.

The encouraging thing is, when he has been afforded his opportunities, you can see just why he was signed. Technically he has all the tools, is exciting on the ball and his mentality is pretty fearless, unjaded by knockbacks at this level.

He was given a start in the chastening Carabao Cup defeat by Portsmouth and he just appeared to be trying too hard. But in his last few outings, for the first team in the Peter Whittingham Memorial Match against Aston Villa and for the under-21s, he has looked sharper than in those initial performances.

His sweetly-struck opener against a full-strength Villa backline including former Manchester United defender Ashley Young and current England international Tyrone Mings was something to behold, drilling it low from 20 yards into the bottom corner. Against Sunderland for the under-21s on Wednesday he gave cause for encouragement, too.

He still has much to learn, but, who knows, he might offer something different in the new year and edge his way on to the bench. He can then grab his opportunity.

It's more likely he will be considered more for regular first-team action next season, though.





Sean Morrison ( ex Cardiff City Captain and well respected / been out through injury) But not offered a new contract yet?


A big question mark hangs over the former Bluebirds captain, who donned the arm band for that 2-0 win over Sunderland on Wednesday afternoon for the under-21s.

The pros for offering him a contract are that City are poor at set pieces, are devoid of leadership and are not heavily stocked with quality options at centre-back, really.

The cons are whether he can adjust to this new brand of football, having been drilled into a far more direct style under previous managers, how much of a toll this ACL injury has taken on him and whether City would have to play a back three, thus taking away an attacking option, to accommodate him in the side.

With Mark McGuinness out on loan until the end of the season, will Hudson be tempted to offer Morrison a deal until June? Given how influential he can be in a changing room, and the sheer number of young rookies needed to be coaxed through, he could get the green light.

If he is kept on, he is unlikely to start every game, but as a presence within the squad? Well, there could be far worse people to have around.

Keep an eye on this one.









Oliver Denham aged 20 has made 5 appearances for the Bluebirds:


Was given a run in the side under Steve Morison at the end of last season and many were impressed by his ability on the ball, positional sense and attitude.

Physically, he is not the most imposing, but neither is Perry Ng, if we are drawing comparisons. In real terms, how much of an impact will he actually make in the second half of the season?

The former Manchester United Accademy player who was released is a centre back, 20, has suffered from growth issues over the last few months. His problems were likened to those endured by Rubin Colwill. It's why he has seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth after playing in that Carabao Cup game against Portsmouth and not played a single minute in the Championship. But we are told he is back training in some capacity now.

If he has shot up then that would not be the worst thing for the Wales under-21s international. But much like Morrison, it's unlikely Denham will become a first-team regular, but he showed enough to be afforded more chances going forward.

Should City fall foul of injuries at the back in the coming months, and Denham is back fit, Hudson would likely have no qualms placing the defender on the bench or even in his starting XI.

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More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

The one and only Williams who for me in my opinion may as well work for Dalman.

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Sobit’s not definite Adams will be plaiting in January. Ridiculous. Spin after spin by the club. A little thing floating in his knee. But remember we are told we have to be sensitive to feelings

As soon as I seen Glen Williams I stopped reading. Seriously has to be the worst journalist going.

Adams, unknown, but never played at this level. A lot of undue pressure on him to make a difference

Davies... not really taken his chance. A kid promoted possibly too early at the behest of Tan. Not a game changer by any stretch

Morrison... might very well stem the goals, but we need to score them to win. Will he be back to his best after such a horrific injury?

For Denham, see Davies. A kid who cannot be relied upon to change the course of our fortunes.

Complete and utter spin. Rubbish spouted and printed by Williams no doubt written by Dalman.

New owners, who finally bring in quality will keep how many of our current squad? Eleven for me at most, some of whom would be squad players

So some here would rather not have them available then?

f*cking unbelievable Jeff.

It's the same as a club having 5 fit players and have not been used during the season ...
But that club are doing well not to call on them

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More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

New signings was in inverted commas so read ‘new signings’ so quite clear what they meant.

Don’t let that distract you from anti club bashing though biglad. Are biglads 1-5 cardiff fans or anti cardiff like you? Can they understand written English and use of punctuation.

More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

New signings was in inverted commas so read ‘new signings’ so quite clear what they meant.

Don’t let that distract you from anti club bashing though biglad. Are biglads 1-5 cardiff fans or anti cardiff like you? Can they understand written English and use of punctuation.

No Neil, it’s not club bashing, the fans have had enough, it’s your mates bashing Tan, Dalman and Chooo, UTTER DISGRACE.

I noticed on FB, you never stick up for the Hierarchy, get on there and see what happens

Surprised Denham hasn’t been given a chance.Adams is a new signing really but time will tell on his injury recovery.
I’d like to see Sang given a run.
As for Morrison and Davies who knows.

Biggest disappointment is Sawyers

More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

New signings was in inverted commas so read ‘new signings’ so quite clear what they meant.

Don’t let that distract you from anti club bashing though biglad. Are biglads 1-5 cardiff fans or anti cardiff like you? Can they understand written English and use of punctuation.

No Neil, it’s not club bashing, the fans have had enough, it’s your mates bashing Tan, Dalman and Chooo, UTTER DISGRACE.

I noticed on FB, you never stick up for the Hierarchy, get on there and see what happens

Never mind our new owner is going throw millions at the club and get us Messi, Modric etc etc etc..

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

New signings was in inverted commas so read ‘new signings’ so quite clear what they meant.

Don’t let that distract you from anti club bashing though biglad. Are biglads 1-5 cardiff fans or anti cardiff like you? Can they understand written English and use of punctuation.

No Neil, it’s not club bashing, the fans have had enough, it’s your mates bashing Tan, Dalman and Chooo, UTTER DISGRACE.

I noticed on FB, you never stick up for the Hierarchy, get on there and see what happens

Not on Facebook Annis. It’s far, far too frustrating to read other people’s opinions. I firmly support the use of intelligence tests for people before they can post online.

I’ve given Tan plenty of stick lately. Which he deserves. You just can’t or won’t see it.

Literally there is no one defending him now.

What people do is point out bollocks being spouted. People are taking new signings as a literal meaning when by the use of punctuation it was clearly shown to be not so.

More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

New signings was in inverted commas so read ‘new signings’ so quite clear what they meant.

Don’t let that distract you from anti club bashing though biglad. Are biglads 1-5 cardiff fans or anti cardiff like you? Can they understand written English and use of punctuation.

No Neil, it’s not club bashing, the fans have had enough, it’s your mates bashing Tan, Dalman and Chooo, UTTER DISGRACE.

I noticed on FB, you never stick up for the Hierarchy, get on there and see what happens

Not on Facebook Annis. It’s far, far too frustrating to read other people’s opinions. I firmly support the use of intelligence tests for people before they can post online.

I’ve given Tan plenty of stick lately. Which he deserves. You just can’t or won’t see it.

Literally there is no one defending him now.

What people do is point out bollocks being spouted. People are taking new signings as a literal meaning when by the use of punctuation it was clearly shown to be not so.

You are on FB Neil, your my friend on there??

More scraping the barrel stuff. Who would write such rubbish it's 5 players coming back from injury

New signings was in inverted commas so read ‘new signings’ so quite clear what they meant.

Don’t let that distract you from anti club bashing though biglad. Are biglads 1-5 cardiff fans or anti cardiff like you? Can they understand written English and use of punctuation.

No Neil, it’s not club bashing, the fans have had enough, it’s your mates bashing Tan, Dalman and Chooo, UTTER DISGRACE.

I noticed on FB, you never stick up for the Hierarchy, get on there and see what happens

Not on Facebook Annis. It’s far, far too frustrating to read other people’s opinions. I firmly support the use of intelligence tests for people before they can post online.

I’ve given Tan plenty of stick lately. Which he deserves. You just can’t or won’t see it.

Literally there is no one defending him now.

What people do is point out bollocks being spouted. People are taking new signings as a literal meaning when by the use of punctuation it was clearly shown to be not so.

You are on FB Neil, your my friend on there??

Absolutely am not Annis. I still use messenger but off facebook the app.

I don't expect much from Abbo and Williams as they've been told if they don't write pollyanna positive they won't get access to the club for copy, so effectively MDs PR department via Mark Denham. So it's tough for them to write something balanced so the only real critique you get is on the likes of here, which of course they all read anyway.

The supporters clubs reps have the same issue. If you ask the obvious questions about fans concerns and then you don't get invited to the meetings, not there are many of them anyway. If we had decent fan representation at the board level, it would have definitely had some positive impact over the years as it's been blatantly obvious to us all what could have been done better at a strategic level and would be valuable honest input for the powers that be. This would have helped VT and especially as he and MD/KC have no football knowledge and foolishly treat fans like retail customers. And the constant radio silence is deafening with zero fan engagement.

If VT is going to have a last roll of the dice to challenge for the PL and get his investment back, he's not going to do it with the 'Part-Time Politician' and 'Ken's Car Sales' still in place. I'm gobsmacked that he continues with them when surely any businessman would have got rid or redeployed to another role. It's his way or the highway though which isn't going to change and if he thinks things will get better by doing precisely the same thing as to why we are in this situation, in that way lies madness. Sorry to go off piste as I've seen enough but whatever our position and owner, Ilke us all, I will support our team. Merry Christmas.


PS - Owain - Can we have a Santa emoji with a blue hat please? Humbug.

I don't expect much from Abbo and Williams as they've been told if they don't write pollyanna positive they won't get access to the club for copy, so effectively MDs PR department via Mark Denham. So it's tough for them to write something balanced so the only real critique you get is on the likes of here, which of course they all read anyway.

The supporters clubs reps have the same issue. If you ask the obvious questions about fans concerns and then you don't get invited to the meetings, not there are many of them anyway. If we had decent fan representation at the board level, it would have definitely had some positive impact over the years as it's been blatantly obvious to us all what could have been done better at a strategic level and would be valuable honest input for the powers that be. This would have helped VT and especially as he and MD/KC have no football knowledge and foolishly treat fans like retail customers. And the constant radio silence is deafening with zero fan engagement.

If VT is going to have a last roll of the dice to challenge for the PL and get his investment back, he's not going to do it with the 'Part-Time Politician' and 'Ken's Car Sales' still in place. I'm gobsmacked that he continues with them when surely any businessman would have got rid or redeployed to another role. It's his way or the highway though which isn't going to change and if he thinks things will get better by doing precisely the same thing as to why we are in this situation, in that way lies madness. Sorry to go off piste as I've seen enough but whatever our position and owner, Ilke us all, I will support our team. Merry Christmas.


PS - Owain - Can we have a Santa emoji with a blue hat please? Humbug.

So so much truth you’ve written.


Merry Xmas

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I don't expect much from Abbo and Williams as they've been told if they don't write pollyanna positive they won't get access to the club for copy, so effectively MDs PR department via Mark Denham. So it's tough for them to write something balanced so the only real critique you get is on the likes of here, which of course they all read anyway.

The supporters clubs reps have the same issue. If you ask the obvious questions about fans concerns and then you don't get invited to the meetings, not there are many of them anyway. If we had decent fan representation at the board level, it would have definitely had some positive impact over the years as it's been blatantly obvious to us all what could have been done better at a strategic level and would be valuable honest input for the powers that be. This would have helped VT and especially as he and MD/KC have no football knowledge and foolishly treat fans like retail customers. And the constant radio silence is deafening with zero fan engagement.

If VT is going to have a last roll of the dice to challenge for the PL and get his investment back, he's not going to do it with the 'Part-Time Politician' and 'Ken's Car Sales' still in place. I'm gobsmacked that he continues with them when surely any businessman would have got rid or redeployed to another role. It's his way or the highway though which isn't going to change and if he thinks things will get better by doing precisely the same thing as to why we are in this situation, in that way lies madness. Sorry to go off piste as I've seen enough but whatever our position and owner, Ilke us all, I will support our team. Merry Christmas.


PS - Owain - Can we have a Santa emoji with a blue hat please? Humbug.

Excellent words.

Last paragraph about whatever happens support the team. Some simply aren’t with you on that. Barclay1 for one.

Well there is one less new signing




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Well you reckon he wasn't good enough anyway so no problem.

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Happy days. His wages might cover a Doyle type signing like the youngsters loans did last year.

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Happy days. His wages might cover a Doyle type signing like the youngsters loans did last year.

His wages are peanuts

But I thought he was one of our 5 new signings????

We can only bring in players like Doyle if they pay all the wages

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Happy days. His wages might cover a Doyle type signing like the youngsters loans did last year.

His wages are peanuts

But I thought he was one of our 5 new signings????

We can only bring in players like Doyle if they pay all the wages

What happened last year then when we got Doyle and others but you said at the time it wasn’t Tan increasing the budget it was paid for by players going out?

You know full well what that clown at the echo meant when he wrote ‘new signings’ and to be fair he was signed in the summer so is a new signing as well as seeming like a ‘new signing’ which is what Davies seems like as he has been out injured. You know full well it’s a common term used in football.

Again on here those who want to hide from the truth on here with what's a new signing and what isn't so let's get it right. There will be no new signings but 5 injured players coming back all with doubts about them for various reasons. Inexperience, not enough goals etc. I don't believe any one of them will turn us from a bottom of the table club to above half way. After all all but one were here last season.
We might get some loan players don't know if we would be allowed any under an embargo or who would want to come here. We've had some good ones recently but they can't stay because we can't afford them. They inevitably paper over the cracks for six months and build nothing long term.
Good players are out there like Robinson but they command fees not loads but a couple of million. Unless our bod go out with that attitude we be stuck in the bottom six all season. True or not?

This thread is nuts, don't really think anyone actually didn't get it was meant that it'd be like 5 new signings

This thread is nuts, don't really think anyone actually didn't get it was meant that it'd be like 5 new signings

Loads on Facebook did.

Correct, absolutely bonkers.