Dafydd Pritchard

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Senior Sport Journalist at BBC Sport

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Cardiff City: Fans understandably unhappy with players' absence

1 week ago | bbc.com | Dafydd Pritchard

Image source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyWhen a player is left out of a matchday squad, they're usually free to do what they like. For home games, they tend to watch from the stands and, even for away games, it's not unusual for injured or omitted players to travel. That is true at Cardiff City, where the absence of some of their players for their final game of a dreadful season has been a talking point among fans this week.
Reluctant hero Allen bids quiet but proud farewell

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dafydd Pritchard

Joe Allen once said that he wished he could have worn an invisibility cloak throughout his career, such was his unease about the attention that comes with being an elite footballer. The midfielder made the comment during a conversation he had recorded for a podcast with his good friend and former Wales and Swansea City team-mate Owain Tudur Jones. AdvertisementThat was a rare insight into Allen's innermost thoughts.
Reluctant hero Allen bids quiet but proud farewell

1 week ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Dafydd Pritchard

Joe Allen once said that he wished he could have worn an invisibility cloak throughout his career, such was his unease about the attention that comes with being an elite footballer. The midfielder made the comment during a conversation he had recorded for a podcast with his good friend and former Wales and Swansea City team-mate Owain Tudur Jones. That was a rare insight into Allen's innermost thoughts.
Joe Allen: Reluctant Wales and Swansea City hero bids quiet farewell

1 week ago | bbc.com | Dafydd Pritchard

Bellamy had said he wanted to give Allen the "fairytale ending" his Wales career deserved, but that will not happen now. He was at least given a rapturous welcome by his adoring fans when he came on as a substitute against Montenegro last October, his first international appearance for nearly two years. But as Allen himself readily admits, he was no longer the force he once was for his country.
Cardiff v Norwich: Coaches Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere reunite after Arsenal evolution

1 week ago | bbc.com | Dafydd Pritchard

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Aaron Ramsey (left) and Jack Wilshere spent 10 years together in Arsenal's midfieldAaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere made their Premier League debuts two minutes apart in 2008; a 17 and 16-year-old coming on as substitutes for Arsenal in a 4-0 win at Blackburn Rovers. On Saturday, the two men will be reunited in opposing dugouts as fledgling coaches.
Cardiff City: 'This storm has been coming' - how relegated club lost their way

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Dafydd Pritchard

That toxicity has been a theme of the Tan era, manifesting itself with unrest at games and numerous fan protests. Tan's rebranding of Cardiff from their traditional blue to red in 2012 caused deep divisions, which have not fully healed for some even a decade after he reversed his decision. More recently, supporters have voiced their anger with two large demonstrations this season against the owner, chairman Mehmet Dalman and chief executive Ken Choo.
'This storm has been coming' - how Cardiff lost way

2 weeks ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Dafydd Pritchard

'This storm has been coming' – how Cardiff lost wayCardiff City's relegation has felt a long time coming, much more than just one dismal season. And it has been dismal. No team has won fewer games in the Championship, and having gone through three managers during this campaign – making it eight in the past four years – the Bluebirds will be playing in the third tier next season, for the first time since 2003.
'This storm has been coming' - how Cardiff lost way

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dafydd Pritchard

Agonising, embarrassing and, ultimately, inevitable. Cardiff City's relegation has felt a long time coming, much more than just one dismal season. And it has been dismal. No team has won fewer games in the Championship, and having gone through three managers during this campaign – making it eight in the past four years – the Bluebirds will be playing in the third tier next season, for the first time since 2003.
Aaron Ramsey 'gutted' by relegation, but backs Cardiff for instant return

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Dafydd Pritchard

"I think if the right structures are in place with coaching staff and things, these players will give you everything. If they can do that and give them the opportunities they deserve, then of course they're more than capable of coming straight back up. "There's a lot of quality in that team.
Trading places? Cardiff City and Wrexham's crunch weekend

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Dafydd Pritchard

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Cardiff caretaker manager Aaron Ramsey (left) and Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson face potentially defining weekends with their clubsTwo of Wales' biggest football clubs are bracing themselves for what could be a defining weekend – as they head in very different directions. Less than six years ago, Cardiff City stood four divisions above Wrexham.