VFTN x James McCarthy
James McCarthy recently departed his role as the head of Cardiff’s academy and he was kind enough to spend some time with VFTN recently to chat about his time at the club, the academy structure and the current crop breaking through to the first-team. To begin with, can we just talk about your background. I […]
The way we talk about footballers needs to change
I’ve seen a few programmes recently highlighting the cruel, harmful way celebrities, and women in particular, were treated during the late nineties and early noughties. Some of the questions they were being asked and the way they were being written about now makes you gasp, with 20 years or so distance. You would never get […]
Is there any way back once you pick five centre backs?
Oh Mick, You’ve really gone and done it now. Where do we go from here? It beggars belief that he looked at the Blackburn game and reasoned that what this increasingly dire situation required was more centre backs. At a time when everyone was crying out for less defenders and more midfielders, he went one […]
Why super-sub may currently be the best role for Rubin Colwill
Rubin Colwill is a notable, undoubted talent. On that I’m sure we can all agree, but what happens next? That is a little bit trickier and more divisive. Cardiff are out of practice in nurturing talent through the next phase of their development, from prospect in to first-team staple. Some people want him in the […]
Why Marlon Pack and Leandro Bacuna may need to take a step back
Sometimes you need to take a step back in order to move forward. I’ve thought this on several occasions already watching Cardiff this season. They’ve made a solid, unspectacular start, which is exactly as you would expect from such a solid, unspectacular side, but they need to be better if they have any designs on […]
“My mood diminished in this period. I felt like a different person. I wasn’t getting any enjoyment from football.” Fabio on his struggles at Cardiff
In an exclusive extract from Wayne Barton’s new book, the autobiography of Rafael and Fabio Da Silva, Fabio talks about his struggles at Cardiff and how he overcame them. “We started the next season in the Championship quite well, but had a bad run of form when we lost in the last minute against Wolves […]
Joel Bagan needs patience from an impatient club
In the 69th minute on Saturday, Barnsley hit a diagonal ball from deep in their own half, 50 yards from left to right. Joel Bagan was nowhere to be found and despite James Collins’ best efforts to track back, Toby Sibbick was through on goal and struck across Dillon Phillips to equalise. Now had that […]
Prepare for Ryan Giles to become your new favourite Cardiff player
Maybe you have a vacancy for your new favourite Cardiff player. It could have been Sol Bamba or Joe Bennett, significant players in Cardiff’s recent history, both disappointingly discarded last season. Having Harry Wilson around was nice, while it lasted. Bizarrely, we’ve yet to see Kieffer Moore represent Cardiff in person yet. Anyway, forget all […]
VFTN x Trevor Sinclair – Part Two
In part two of our chat with Trevor, we talk about the FA Cup final, closing out his illustrious career, retirement, mental health and his love of coaching. Cardiff’s poor league form that season was propped up by their miraculous FA Cup run. There were times when they were drifting too close to the wrong […]
VFTN x Trevor Sinclair – Part One
In the first part of our exclusive interview with the lovely Trevor Sinclair, we cover Jimmy, Robbie, Aaron and why he always tried to be the chewing gum that held everything together. To start at the beginning. You had just been released by Manchester City in the summer of 2007 and were looking for one […]