Routledge tries the flimsiest of attempts at porn
Although yet to be officially confirmed, CARDIFF CITY have shown real ambition for the second time in a week to grab Premeiership men to cover for injured players.
After last week's audacious coup to secure Michael Chopra on loan, The Bluebirds have struck again and believed to have obtained flying winger Wayne Routledge on an initial 2 month loan deal from Aston Villa to offset the current loss to injury of Joe Ledley and Peter Whittingham.
Routledge was a teenage prodigy and I recall how he ripped City apart for Crystal Palace at Ninian Park a couple of seasons ago as they rampaged their way to the Premiership after being in relegation trouble at Christmas. It was that form (83 starts, 27 sub outings and 11 goals) that saw Spurs take the diminuitive but oh so tricky wide man to White Hart Lane in 2005 but he only had 5 appearances although racked up another 39 outings in loan spells at Portsmouth and Fulham.
Last January, January, the 5'7" man was taken to Villa Park by Martin O'Neill for £1.25M but has had only 2 European starts and a handful of substitute appearences to date although general opinion amongst Villa fans is that he has performed very well in reserve games and still looks a talent but not quite managed a breakthrough so a loan spell with Cardiff looks mutually beneficial to City and the player.
Routledge will almost certainly start in Saturday lunchtime's live Sky game at Plymouth Argyle, a fixture where over 1,000 City fans already have tickets.
Blimey, since when did we become a club who were pro-active and showed ambition when injuries and player shortages struck??
Excellent work City.
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