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Bowler advises Tanner to become the “best player”

Josh Bowler believes Bluebirds winger Ollie Tanner will be a “great player for years to come” after impressing during his first training session with the club.

Tanner had a great season in the first team, the highlight of which was the impressive win against Swansea in the South Wales derby at the start of the campaign, but has had to be patient in recent weeks with Bowler playing on the right wing. from him. .

But at 21, Tanner reminds Bowler of himself during his 2019/20 loan at Hull City. Admittedly, the Nottingham Forest loanee didn’t know much about Tanner after arriving from the City Ground, but the young Bluebird made an unforgettable first impression on the training ground.

“I didn’t know much about him when I arrived,” Bowler said. “But even in my first practices, I remember watching him and thinking, ‘Wow, this guy is good!’ You could simply say.

“He’s young and reminds me a lot of myself, especially from my time at Hull. He is better and will only get better. You need to remain confident and not let anything discourage you. I know he will be a better player. .

“We talked a lot among ourselves. Obviously we’re similar, so in training we’re on different teams, playing in the same position, so it’s a friendly competition between him and me. He’s similar to me, so we talk about things.” , after the game, what can he do better, what can I do better. “I think he will be a great player for many years to come.”

Bowler himself, after suffering a serious injury at the start of the season that kept him out for two months, has impressed Bluebirds fans this season. He is one of the first names on Erol Bulut’s team list.

He was signed by Forest in the summer of 2022 but was immediately loaned to Olympiakos before being recalled and transferred to his former club Blackpool at the end of last season. Steve Cooper once again deemed him surplus to requirements and sent him to Cardiff this season. So, at 24 years old and with seven clubs, what does the future hold for you?

““My ultimate goal is to play the best I can,” he said. – Wherever he takes me, he will take me. Everyone’s dream is to play in the Premier League, that’s the ultimate goal and right now I’m really enjoying it. As long as I do these performances, I’ll see where it takes me.

“I have no regrets. I’m only 24 years old and have a long career ahead of me. I have to play every game. I’m a harsh critic of myself, I know when I’ve made a mistake. Just work.” hard in training and performs well on game days. [Nottingham Forest] They support him time and time again. I really liked it here and I started very well. The boys accepted me immediately.

When asked about returning to Cardiff next summer despite having “There are a few more years left” on his Forest contract, He said: “We’ll see. You never know what will happen. I like it here, so you just have to check it out. “Anything can happen in the transfer windows, it’s very difficult to say what will happen.”

Update on four injuries

Bluebirds manager Erol Bulut has provided an injury update ahead of this weekend’s clash with Preston North End.

In double reinforcement, Manolis Siopis, injured in training while playing for Greece, and Perry Ng, who missed the last game against Norwich City, are available for the trip to Deepdale.

“He had some problems with the international team,” Bulut said of Siopis yesterday. – But today he had no problems in training, so it looks like he will be there for the game. All players are important to us.

“We don’t want too many injuries because we’ve had some before and our style of play has changed a little. We want Aaron Ramsey and Callum O’Dowd back as soon as possible. “They have been playing well, but we have to be careful not to start too early.”

Investigating these long absences, Ramsey and O’Dowd, Bulut said: “[Ramsey] I ran around the field with O’Dowd today, he looked fine. So I hope (he returns) as soon as possible. I have not spoken to the medical department about when they will be available. But today they ran at a good speed.

“If you rush them back, they could end up having to have surgery. None of us want that. We have to be careful and get them back in shape. “If we catch them too early, their season is over, maybe not.” I don’t want to take that risk.

“The medical department works hard every day with these players. But naturally it takes two months, so we can’t bring him back. Now this injury has time. It all started very well. Then he took 10 days off and now everything is getting better. Good. I hope Ramsey and O’Dowd are there in January. I think it will be available in Wales in March!”

Shawcross: Ramsey wasn’t talking to me

Former Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross has revealed he tried to speak to Aaron Ramsey following the horrific tackle that left the Bluebirds star with a double fracture in his right leg during his time at Arsenal.

He was out for nine months and had to be sent out on loan, including a return to Cardiff during his rehabilitation, but it was a moment that will live long in Ramsey’s memory. In an interview with Four Four Two referring to the incident, Shawcross, who has shouted at himself during tackles for years, said: “The only thing that really affected it was my public persona.

“I wasn’t the one who suffered a terrible injury, so no one should feel sorry for me, but people like to paint others in a particular light and portray me as a pantomime villain.

“This is football and you can’t choose the sensational narrative. “I contacted Aaron several times, but he wouldn’t talk to me and I had no problem with that.”

Greg Halford reveals his autism diagnosis

Former Cardiff City defender Greg Halford has revealed he has autism.

Halford was signed by Neil Warnock in 2017/18 and won promotion for the Bluebirds during his time in the Welsh capital. The 38-year-old football player has almost 20 clubs under his belt.

And appearing on the Podcast under Cosh, the former England youth international spoke of his difficulties in establishing himself at one of his former clubs, Sunderland, in 2007.

“I haven’t told anyone in the football world but I’m autistic,” Halford said. “So I changed without knowing it at the time, I fit into a new group of people and changed my lifestyle, the place where I live, staying away from my family, my girlfriend at the time. It was very, very difficult for me.

“It was difficult to communicate with people. After practice, I never wanted to go to the cafeteria again because I didn’t want to be near him. He was ashamed. “It was a strange feeling, so I went home.”

But talking about how his autism manifests itself on the field, he added: “Being on the field is completely different, it’s my domain, there I can control myself. But when it comes to small, intimate groups, it was very difficult for me to overcome that moment.”