The League Paper

HUNGRY SMITHIES BACK IN BUSINESS

by
The LeaguePaper Team
23 February 2020

By Jae Temple
CHAMPIONSHIP
CARDIFF goalkeeper Alex Smithies is relishing the chance to show what he can do again.
The 29-year-old signed from QPR back in 2018,but did not make a single Premier League start for the Bluebirds last season.
This term he has been given an opportunity, one which he has grasped with both hands. But having seemingly nailed down his starting berth under Neil Harris, Smithies is keeping calm.
“I’m really pleased to be getting a good run in this team,” he said. “I played ten games at the start of the season and enjoyed that spell.
“You&rs...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related TopicsBluebirds Cardiff Championship Harris Neil Harris Premier League Premium QPR

Read our latest news on any of these social networks!

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Football League Newsletter Today!

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.

Your subscription has been successful.

More in The League Paper

‘NORWICH GLORY UNDER NEIL WAS SO SWEET’

By Chris Dunlavy CAMERON Jerome won three promotions to the Premier League over the course of a glittering 20-year career. The first two came at Birmingham in his early 20s but it is the third - under Alex Neil at Norwich in the 2014-15 season - that he remembers most...
WILL BREAK CHANGE THE MOMENTUM BUILT UP?

IF I was the manager of Swansea or West Ham, I’d be furious about the length of this international break. When you’re just building momentum and getting up a head of steam, a three-week break - just a month into the season - is far too long. At the same...
KREPIN HAS GOT BELIEF IN HORNETS PROJECT

CHAMPIONSHIP By Chris Dunlavy EAGER: Krepin Diatta KREPIN Diatta believes Watford belong in the Premier League after signing a one-year deal at Vicarage Road. The 27-year-old right-back - who played every minute for Senegal at this summer’s World Cup - was a free agent after leaving Monaco at the end...
‘YOU’VE GOT TO GET PHYSICAL WITH DEFENDERS TO PLAY IN THE PREMIER’

THE FLP CATCHES UP WITH FORMER EFL STRIKER CAMERON JEROME By Chris Dunlavy CAMERON Jerome has some sage advice for any striker hoping to make the leap from Championship to Premier League - be a bully. Now 40, Jerome burst onto the scene as a teenager at Cardiff, netting 18...