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Postby Forever Blue » Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:14 am

International Bluebirds | October Round-Up


By Cardiff City FC

Wednesday 4th October 2017



A number of Cardiff City players will be joining up with their respective nations for World Cup Qualifiers and friendlies over the course of the next week...



Neil Etheridge’s Philippines will continue their Asian Cup qualifying campaign as they face Yemen for a second successive fixture. Following a 2-2 draw last time out, the 27 year-old will take to the field in Qatar on 10th October. Currently two points clear at the top of their group, the Philippines are unbeaten in their last three games.



Centre half Bruno Ecuele Manga and Gabon will play two fixtures during the international break, against Morroco on 7th October and Benin three days later. Manga will link up with the likes of Dortmund’s Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Southampton’s Mario Lemina as Gabon look to get a step closer to qualifying for the World Cup next summer.



The October break sees Iceland travel to face Turkey on the 6th October, before hosting Kosovo three days later. International skipper Aron Gunnarsson remains a significant doubt for his country though, having missed the Bluebirds' past two games through injury. Victories for Iceland could see them finish top of Group I, with Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side currently occupying second place, level on points with group leaders Croatia.



The Bluebirds also have three representatives in the Wales U21 squad. Rhys Abbruzzese, Cameron Coxe and Mark Harris will all be involved as the young Welsh side travel to Liechtenstein as they begin their Euro U21 qualifying campaign. The City youngsters are in action on 5th October at 5:30pm.



There are also five Bluebirds in the Welsh U19 side as they host Switzerland in two friendlies. George Ratcliffe, Adam Sharif, Jack Bodenham, Sion Spence and James Waite will all link up for their fixtures on the 3rd and 5th October.

Sam Bowen, Keenan Patten and Isaak Davies are also all in action with Wales U17. The U17 side have three matches over the international period, against Hungary, Kosovo and the Netherlands. The three fixtures take place on the 10th, 13th and 16th October, before the young Bluebirds return to the club on the 17th.
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Postby Ebbw Blue » Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:16 am

Not many away which is good, gives Warnock some quality time on the training pitch with the players
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Postby Forever Blue » Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:17 am

Ebbw Blue wrote:Not many away which is good, gives Warnock some quality time on the training pitch with the players


Agreed Darren, so no complaints of tiredeness :lol:
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Postby Ebbw Blue » Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:33 am

Forever Blue wrote:
Ebbw Blue wrote:Not many away which is good, gives Warnock some quality time on the training pitch with the players


Agreed Darren, so no complaints of tiredeness :lol:



Definitely, I really hate the tiredness excuse, they are professional sportsmen who are highly paid and should be fit enough to play 7 days a week not just twice a week.
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Postby Forever Blue » Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:07 am

Ebbw Blue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Ebbw Blue wrote:Not many away which is good, gives Warnock some quality time on the training pitch with the players


Agreed Darren, so no complaints of tiredeness :lol:



Definitely, I really hate the tiredness excuse, they are professional sportsmen who are highly paid and should be fit enough to play 7 days a week not just twice a week.


Totally agree :thumbright: :bluebird:
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Postby TopCat CCFC » Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:01 pm

Ebbw Blue wrote:Not many away which is good, gives Warnock some quality time on the training pitch with the players


Agree - Let's hope they dont't pick up any knocks .
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Postby Bellamys barmy army » Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:42 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Ebbw Blue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Ebbw Blue wrote:Not many away which is good, gives Warnock some quality time on the training pitch with the players


Agreed Darren, so no complaints of tiredeness :lol:



Definitely, I really hate the tiredness excuse, they are professional sportsmen who are highly paid and should be fit enough to play 7 days a week not just twice a week.


Totally agree :thumbright: :bluebird:


I do disagree with this on times, it is very difficult for a professional footballer to play at 100% 3 times in a week.

For example look at Ramsey, against Chelsea he ran almost 13km. If he then has to play on a Wednesday and do the same again the following Saturday it is impossible for him to be at the same level he was the week before.

The legs will feel tired and will have natural muscle fatigue, so second balls he may have got to the week before or slipping past players or even tracking back at full speed is not going to be at the level it was simply because of the workload he has put on his legs in that week

When managers say "tired" they don't mean the boys have been up until 4am and are tired in that sense but if you have a professional footballer who has had 7 days in between games to rest their legs and get ready for the next game against someone who has 3 days then there's naturally going to be more muscle fatigue and if your level drops 10-15% and someone else is at the same level they were the week before then you are naturally going to look worse

It very much has to be a squad game these days, I think the only few mistakes Warnock has made is the Preston game (all agreed on that including him) and maybe not resting Gunnarson sooner which no doubt contributed to his injury

The best example I can give you is Hoilett against Leeds after being rested against Sunderland, he looked sharper, quicker with an extra spring in his step, that's no coincidence for a player like that with speed and fast twitch fibers, I think when Harris comes back we will see our wingers rotated more and more to keep them at that level
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