Cardiff Blues to return to the Arms Park

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http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10335~2763805,00.html

Been made official. Paid to get out of it from what it reads but good to be back and no doubt interest will perk back up.

Comfort wrote:it can't be worse than this season? right?

On the field it could be worse, but off the field it looks as though it will be a million times better.

doctor_grey wrote:Just like a lot of Blues supporters, I am glad Blues are back in the city centre. I never understood the move in the first place. Arms Park in right in the middle of everything, the exact same thing which makes the Millenium Stadium so great. But does anyone know if any improvements to Arms Park are planned?

There were plans to bulldoze the arms park and build apartments and a conference centre latched on to the MS, long before Cardiff Blues moved to CCS. If take that as a starting point and put all the pieces together from then on, and there are many pieces, you should be able to get a good idea of why all this happened in the first place.
In my opinion, it wasn't done in the best interests of Cardiff Blues.

The Arms Park will be refurbished during this summer and about time too.

Blues sign Ulster Hooker Andy Kyriacou

http://www.cardiffblues.com/news/5851.php

Apparently Rhys Williams won't be at the Blues next season.

Also a rumour that Matthew Rees has been given permission to talk about a summer move to the Blues.

Would be interesting if true - It would give Ken Owens more gametime at least.

Wouldn't be a cheap signing though, I would have preferred to start young Dacey and keep Laulaula.

wales606 wrote:Apparently Rhys Williams won't be at the Blues next season.

Also a rumour that Matthew Rees has been given permission to talk about a summer move to the Blues.

Would be interesting if true - It would give Ken Owens more gametime at least.

Wouldn't be a cheap signing though, I would have preferred to start young Dacey and keep Laulaula.

Would make sense for Matthew as he is a Ponty boy and the Blues are closer to home.

Matthew Rees to the Blues would be a good move for all concerned, seeing as Ken Owens is probably ousting him as first choice for the Scarlets and for Wales. But who's Rhys Williams?

LordDowlais wrote:

Would make sense for Matthew as he is a Ponty boy and the Blues are closer to home.

Tonyrefail boy actually not Ponty.

I'd be very happy if Rees came to the blues, considering the standard of player we're currently recruiting, hes a big signing. He'd go a long way to helping provide a platform in that front 5.

His contract wont be small, but seeing as we're leaving CCS and the number of players who are leaving us (a number who were probably our top earners to boot) I wouldnt imagine it'd break the bank...
With Owens/Myhill coming through at the scarlets, theyd both be on cheaper contracts than Rees. An I cant see the scarlets letting Myhill go to any more u20s functions so it would make sense for them to let Rees go....

....or is it a bit of a pipe dream?

meh, he played for Ponty first though, and Tonyrefail is closer to Cardiff than it is to Llanelli.

The Scarlets have Emyr Phillips too. I reckon Kirby Myhill should come to the Dragons.

Keep your hands off our hookers! We all know Llanelli hookers are the best but that's no reason for us to share their 'talents'

Stop hoarding them!

LordDowlais wrote:meh, he played for Ponty first though, and Tonyrefail is closer to Cardiff than it is to Llanelli.

Didn't he play for Merthyr before Ponty nabbed him?

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:The Scarlets have Emyr Phillips too. I reckon Kirby Myhill should come to the Dragons.

Hands off our hookers!


Be gutted if Smiler leaves us. It makes sense for Ken to have more game time, but we've lost so much experience in the pack, I reckon we still need him.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:Matthew Rees to the Blues would be a good move for all concerned, seeing as Ken Owens is probably ousting him as first choice for the Scarlets and for Wales. But who's Rhys Williams?

Rhys Williams is one of the young hookers at the Blues who has looked very promising (along with Dacey)

Thanks!

Cardiff Dave wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:meh, he played for Ponty first though, and Tonyrefail is closer to Cardiff than it is to Llanelli.

Didn't he play for Merthyr before Ponty nabbed him?

I cannot remember him doing so, he might have though as Merthyr suplly ponty with a hell of a lot of players.

LordDowlais wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:meh, he played for Ponty first though, and Tonyrefail is closer to Cardiff than it is to Llanelli.

Didn't he play for Merthyr before Ponty nabbed him?

I cannot remember him doing so, he might have though as Merthyr suplly ponty with a hell of a lot of players.

You could say the same about Ponty supplying Cardiff

As bad as it sounds I wouldn't be overly upset of concerned if Smiler did leave for the Blues. He has been a great player for us (and the national side, and Lions) and I would expect he is on a pretty decent wage. So if he were to go that would free up more money to improve on our really weak areas. Also Ken is IMO on a par with/if not better than Rees at the moment, and we don't realistically have much hopes of retaining both players services, so Ken is probably the better one to keep. Also in Myhill, and Phillips we have good cover there too.