Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Wednesday, April 26.
Lamouchi: People are speaking highly of Adams
Sabri Lamouchi doubts whether Ebou Adams will make his first-team debut before the end of the season but said he was pleased he managed to get his first goal for the club in an under-21s game yesterday.
Adams struck a lovely volley into the top corner to give Darren Purse's side their first goal in the 3-1 win over Barnsley in his first outing as a Bluebird at Cardiff City Stadium.
Adams has been out all season and it was a morsel of real positivity that he netted his first goal yesterday. Lamouchi revealed the midfielder will train fully with the first-team squad for the first time next week, but doubts he will be fit enough to feature in any of the final three fixtures.
"Honestly, I don't think so. Because the last three games, 10 days, it's finished," Lamouchi said when asked if Adams would play.
"The last three games, we are probably talking about the last press conference before the end. He hasn't trained a full session with us, he will probably do that next week with us, but then next week it's the last game.
"So I don't think so. But I am happy for him, because he is a nice. I've never worked with him but he looked good.
"Here in the club, they are talking very well about him."
Caulker: Cardiff was one of my favourite years despite harsh 'stick' I got
Steven Caulker believes one of his favourite years in football was the season he spent with Cardiff City in the Premier League, despite receiving what he described as unwarranted 'stick' from supporters.
Malky Mackay handed Caulker the captain's armband, despite being only 21, having bought him from Tottenham for £8m that summer.
Caulker was an ever present during that season, which saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer come in and take the side back down to the Championship. Having played for Spurs, Liverpool, QPR, Swansea City and in Turkey, he remembers Cardiff fondly.
"We had Solskjaer come in. I think we were 11th at Christmas, when Malky went, then Ole came in, a great guy, but he just couldn't get it going. He came in with different ideas and it just wasn't how Cardiff were going to succeed," he told Undr The Cosh, hosted by former Bluebird Jon Parkin.
"I genuinely really enjoyed my time at Cardiff. That was one of my best years, I really enjoyed it. But, as I said, things changed under Ole, performances dropped, we started to fall down the league table, we ended up finishing 20th.
"I feel like I get quite a bit of stick that year, but I don't think I played badly. There are points in my career, like QPR, I was like crap and I understand the stick I get.
"At Cardiff, I actually felt like I did quite well. I felt it was probably a little bit harsh. But when the team is going down, fans are frustrated, it was when we were wearing the red shirt, being the Bluebirds, it was a difficult time. I felt like I took quite a bit of stick, when there were other players in that dressing room who were hiding.
"I didn't hide, I was 21 and still turned up on the pitch every week. I played every minute in the Premier League that year. So when the going was tough, I didn't go, 'Oh, I don't fancy it today.' That's not the case for some players. Sometimes those players can be the fans' favourites and you're like, 'What? This guy doesn't care!' But fans see glimpses of them and they think he is the one."
Remembering one player in particular, Caulker said: "I remember Gary Medel, he just t***ed it off. He literally just t***ed it off and got to the point where he was like, 'This is not for me'.
"Then he went to the World Cup, was incredible for Chile and went to Inter Milan! It was a crazy move."
Purse: Ashford has had 'real impact' lately
Darren Purse spoke of his delight after Cardiff under-21s' 3-1 win over Barnsley yesterday.
Goals from Ebou Adams, Isaak Davies and substitute Cian Ashford sealed the win for City and Purse praised the latter for his impact off the bench in recent matches.
"I thought it was a good performance," Purse said. "The difference between this week and last week was box-to-box we were similar, but we were more ruthless when we got around the penalty area today.
"We spoke to Isaak Davies about playing further up, and that's where he gets his goal from, which is great to see. We've also got a little bit of impact from the boys coming off the bench; Cian Ashford has had a real impact off the bench and affecting the game.
"It was a good performance, but we need to be reducing the mistakes, like conceding a penalty in the way that we did today."
Rotherham minute's applause
Rotherham will ask everyone inside New York Stadium ahead of Thursday night’s game to join in a minute’s applause in memory of former Millers player and League Cup finalist Barry Webster.
Webster, a former winger, played more than 200 times for Rotherham and passed away earlier this week, aged 88.
Members of Webster's family will be attendance at the game against the Bluebirds on Thursday evening.
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