A name linked with City

THE old rumour mill is linking Cardiff City with Peterborough goalkeeper Joe Lewis according to the Sunday People newspaper. The Former England under-21 keeper is out of contract in the summer with Ipswich also reported to be monitoring the situation with the player.

It has been very quiet on the rumour front regarding new blood for Cardiff boss Malky Mackay squad. There has been some reports of knock backs on Mackay on targets he was chasing and unless something major happens between now and the opening of the January transfer window it looks like the City boss will stick with want he has got for the time being.

That the moment there are only two loan players at Cardiff goalkeeper Elliot Parish from Aston Villa and Midfielder Filip Kiss Slovenian club S. Bratislava, but unlike previous Dave Jones, Mackay is reluctant to go too far down the loan route. There were too many loan signings last season I hope he goes for signings that are more permanent in January with the option of loan deals.

The Cardiff City boss said this week,

"What I'm trying to do is build here and build people that are going to be here and make Cardiff a better club over the next couple of years and make the club stronger. 

"And have youth coming through; there is a production line coming through that no matter what first-team players you've got, you've got this underbelly of youngsters as well. 

"We're here to win games... not only focus on that but have... young players coming through that end up taking their place in a natural progression as opposed to forcing a 17-year-old into a team because he has to play every week. 

"Adapt and blend that player into the first-team environment so that when he does go in, he stays in. 

"[That is] something I'm well used to in terms of my previous club [Watford] where we probably had to throw them in far too early, knowing that in a couple of years' time it'll have benefits but at that point you get huge peaks and troughs. 

If you've got that as well as a nucleus of experienced or good Championship players, then you've got a proper club and that's certainly what I'm trying to do here."

You can’t build a team with loan signing in my book and like most fans I expect some movement in the January transfer window with a few new faces added to the squad. The Malaysians owners have stated their willingness to back Mackay with his plans, so we will see.