Loans 2024/25

[moore_94]

On the left wing now

 

Nice bit of play to get in the box and get a shot off

[Noahfence]

Ooooo that was very nice 

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

On the left wing now

 

Nice bit of play to get in the box and get a shot off

Thought he was bagging then.

 

 

Edited 8 February by coolhandfox

[davieG]

They should scrap the extra time and go straight to penalties 

[coolhandfox]

Alves doing well.

[davieG]

He needs some more minutes to get fully match fit

[moore_94]

Game is going to penalties

[JonesLCFC]

Playing brilliantly, but he looks knackered every time the camera pans to him. 😂 Once he gets his fitness up, he’ll be flying for them, hopefully. 🤞🏻

[LVFox]

4 minutes ago, davieG said:

He needs some more minutes to get fully match fit

Think we will be seeing off the bench cameos for him for a few weeks.

 

Not watching, but Cardiff fans online seem very happy with him 

[Kinowe Soorie]

He’s looked lively every time he’s received the ball, but it’s a terrible advert for the Championship.

[moore_94]

Cardiff have won on penalties

 

He can definitely be pretty happy with his debut, especially when you consider how little actual competitive football he has played in the last 2 years!

Edited 8 February by moore_94

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

Cardiff have won on penalties

 

He can definitely be pretty happy with his debut, especially when you consider how little actual competitive football he has played in the last 2 years!

Be interesting to see how he does against fresher players.

 

Good start.

[moore_94]

Todays Results - Saturday 8th February

 

FA Cup 4th Round:

 

Will Alves (6.6 - 38 mins) - Cardiff City 3-3 Stoke City - Cardiff City won 4-2 on penalties

 

Championship:

 

Hamza Choudhury (6.2 - 58 mins) - Sheff Utd 2-1 Portsmouth

 

League Two:

 

Brandon Cover (7.9 + clean sheet + yellow card - 75 mins) - Fleetwood Town 2-0 Cheltenham Town

 

Chris Popov (not in squad) - Barrow 3-0 Gillingham

 

National League:

 

Arjan Raikhy (20 mins) - Tamworth 1-2 Halifax Town

 

Nationa League North:

 

Oli Ewing (1 penalty scored - 90 mins) - Buxton 5-1 Rushall Olympic

 

Northern Premier League Premier Divison:

 

Ben Grist (clean sheet + yellow card - 90 mins) - Worksop Town 2-0 Ashton United

[Ryy]

9 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Todays Results - Saturday 8th February

 

FA Cup 4th Round:

 

Will Alves (6.6 - 38 mins) - Cardiff City 3-3 Stoke City - Cardiff City won 4-2 on penalties

 

Championship:

 

Hamza Choudhury (6.2 - 58 mins) - Sheff Utd 2-1 Portsmouth

 

League Two:

 

Brandon Cover (7.9 + clean sheet + yellow card - 75 mins) - Fleetwood Town 2-0 Cheltenham Town

 

Chris Popov (not in squad) - Barrow 3-0 Gillingham

 

National League:

 

Arjan Raikhy (20 mins) - Tamworth 1-2 Halifax Town

 

Nationa League North:

 

Oli Ewing (1 penalty scored - 90 mins) - Buxton 5-1 Rushall Olympic

 

Northern Premier League Premier Divison:

 

Ben Grist (clean sheet + yellow card - 90 mins) - Worksop Town 2-0 Ashton United

Watched the Buxtons manager say Ewing was the best player on the pitch. 
 

At 22 he probably and shouldn’t be here next season but hopefully he can really kick on for his career.

[Ryy]

 

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manager-hopes-leicester-city-help-9935301

 

Manager hopes for Leicester City help over game-time but admits to 'complicated' situation
Ben Nelson is back at Leicester City undergoing rehab for a serious quad injury, but his loan manager Gary Rowett still wants him back for the Championship relegation run-in

ByJordan Blackwell
10:32, 11 FEB 2025

Oxford United boss Gary Rowett is hoping Leicester City will be able to give Ben Nelson some pitch-time to prepare him for the Championship’s relegation run-in but admitted his situation is “little more complicated”.

Centre-back Nelson is currently in rehab at City after suffering a quad injury in November. The 20-year-old underwent surgery and is now in the gym at Seagrave alongside the likes of Ricardo Pereira and Abdul Fatawu.

But he’s still registered to Oxford and their manager Rowett is keen to have him back when they can. Sitting 17th and nine points clear of the drop zone, Oxford are well-placed to avoid an immediate return to League One, but Rowett still wants Nelson back to help them over the line.

 

That means getting game-time with City’s Under-21s. The issue is that there are limited fixtures in March when Nelson is due to be back, with no Premier League 2 game between March 14 and April 7.

Estimating when Nelson might be back, he said that the young defender was around three-to-four weeks behind City academy graduate and Oxford captain Elliott Moore, who has just returned to training and is a fortnight away from playing. That puts a return for Nelson at the end of March.

There are still seven Championship matches remaining from April onwards, and Oxford have some big tests in the final few weeks against the likes of Sheffield United, Leeds and Sunderland. That could allow Nelson to add to his eight appearances for the club so far this season.

Rowett told the Witney Gazette: “Ben is a little bit further behind, so when he gets to that end stage of the rehab, we’ll try to find a balance with Leicester. As much as he’ll need some games, which I’m sure he’ll hopefully be able to get there, at the same time, we’d like to try and get some involvement here and back into it with us.

“That one might be a little bit more complicated to find a solution. But he’s probably a good three or four weeks behind Elliott on that one.”

[sharpylcfc]

Wonder if Will Alves will start for Cardiff tonight?

[coolhandfox]

6 minutes ago, sharpylcfc said:

Wonder if Will Alves will start for Cardiff tonight?

I think it unlikely, I expect him to come on again. 

[Noahfence]

21 minutes ago, sharpylcfc said:

Wonder if Will Alves will start for Cardiff tonight?

I imagine he’ll be coming off the bench quite a bit 

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manager-hopes-leicester-city-help-9935301

 

Manager hopes for Leicester City help over game-time but admits to 'complicated' situation
Ben Nelson is back at Leicester City undergoing rehab for a serious quad injury, but his loan manager Gary Rowett still wants him back for the Championship relegation run-in

ByJordan Blackwell
10:32, 11 FEB 2025

Oxford United boss Gary Rowett is hoping Leicester City will be able to give Ben Nelson some pitch-time to prepare him for the Championship’s relegation run-in but admitted his situation is “little more complicated”.

Centre-back Nelson is currently in rehab at City after suffering a quad injury in November. The 20-year-old underwent surgery and is now in the gym at Seagrave alongside the likes of Ricardo Pereira and Abdul Fatawu.

But he’s still registered to Oxford and their manager Rowett is keen to have him back when they can. Sitting 17th and nine points clear of the drop zone, Oxford are well-placed to avoid an immediate return to League One, but Rowett still wants Nelson back to help them over the line.

 

That means getting game-time with City’s Under-21s. The issue is that there are limited fixtures in March when Nelson is due to be back, with no Premier League 2 game between March 14 and April 7.

Estimating when Nelson might be back, he said that the young defender was around three-to-four weeks behind City academy graduate and Oxford captain Elliott Moore, who has just returned to training and is a fortnight away from playing. That puts a return for Nelson at the end of March.

There are still seven Championship matches remaining from April onwards, and Oxford have some big tests in the final few weeks against the likes of Sheffield United, Leeds and Sunderland. That could allow Nelson to add to his eight appearances for the club so far this season.

Rowett told the Witney Gazette: “Ben is a little bit further behind, so when he gets to that end stage of the rehab, we’ll try to find a balance with Leicester. As much as he’ll need some games, which I’m sure he’ll hopefully be able to get there, at the same time, we’d like to try and get some involvement here and back into it with us.

“That one might be a little bit more complicated to find a solution. But he’s probably a good three or four weeks behind Elliott on that one.”

Surely if he’s registered.to Oxford then has to play for their U21 side ??

[Jimmy]

3 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Surely if he’s registered.to Oxford then has to play for their U21 side ??

unless they are in the EFL trophy U21 games are non competitive so he can play for our U21s

[Ric Flair]

3 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Surely if he’s registered.to Oxford then has to play for their U21 side ??

Yeah seems very odd. We should have just called him back and used him aloursepves from April onwards as we'll likely already be relegated. 

[AjcW]

Alves on the bench tonight.

 

quite a lot of surprise in general at their line up judging on the comments, a few who played the full 120 are starting when they had squad options. 
 

Big game for them though so have to play their best XI

[Ric Flair]

I think coming off the bench suits him to start with, if he can turn a game then it'll really kick start his career IMO. 

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

I think coming off the bench suits him to start with, if he can turn a game then it'll really kick start his career IMO. 

Also coming on against a tired defence means he will have more space.

 

If we can bag himself some goal contributions between now and the end of the season it would be massive.