Skip to main content

Hinchas y Jugadores - Cádiz with Andrew (19th May, 2017)

Follow Andrew on Twitter here.

A bit about yourself and your background

My name is Andrew and I'm a school teacher from County Durham, England. I have a wife and two children.

How long have you been a fan of Cádiz and what made you support them in the first place?

I have supported Cádiz for 11 years. I decided to follow CF Cádiz because my wife and my children are from El Salvador and perhaps Cádiz' most famous player and certainly El Salvador's most celebrated, is Jorge Mágico González. I attended my first game at the Estadio Ramón de Carranza in 2006 and I was taken aback by the amazing atmosphere in the stadium and the friendly camaraderie of the supporters.

Given the transfer windows and the squad that was assembled at the start of the season, is Cádiz where you want it to be?

We're presently 5th so we're not too far off the promotion places but in our last three games we have been dropping points with draws when we perhaps should have won.

Of the signings made this season, which one worked out the best/had the most impact and why?

One - Alfredo Ortuño. He has been scoring some vital goals for us.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of Cádiz this season? Any standout players?

Our strengths - Ortuño and his impressive scoring record. Our goal difference puts us in a strong position.

Our weaknesses - sometimes not finishing teams off. We've had a few draws recently in games which we might have won.

List some things you appreciate and some things you can’t stand about the club management. Rant away :)

I know that our Brigadas Amarillas recently undertook a silent protest because of strict stewarding at the Ramón de Carranza. I think the club needs to work harder to rebuild relations with the club's supporters and ultra groups and appreciate the effort they put in to motivate the team and make the atmosphere what it is.

What has the mood among the fans been during the campaign? Do you generally agree/disagree with them?

I think there is a mixed mood at the moment - until recently we seemed to have had strong aspirations towards promotion but following three 1-1 draws we have lost a bit of momentum.

Are there any talented youngsters at the club that you expect to have a big future?

Israfilov and Álvaro García seem to be doing well for us this season.

If you could make one realistic signing for Cádiz this summer who would it be?

Sergio Araujo (from Las Palmas - on loan to them from Boca Juniors) would be nice to partner Ortuño in attack but it's probably not a realistic signing

Finally, predicted finish for Cádiz?

We can't catch up with Levante or Girona but third place is within reach so I'd go with 3rd. We need a bit more consistency to get there though! Ese Cadi Oe!

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Ismael Urzaiz and Salamanca. A 22 team La Liga. Trust and Víctor Casadesús (9th June, 2017)

Salamanca traveled to Albacete to compete for promotion to La Liga with an impossible task on their hands. They had to overturn a 2-0 deficit away from home, against a side that entered La Liga's relegation playoff spots on the final day, and who had scored 44 goals in the league - just four less than Salamanca themselves. As the clock ticked towards the 90th minute, Salamanca were winning 1-0 yet in danger of losing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Born in Tudela, Navarre, Urzaiz began his professional career at Real Madrid's B-side, making his debut in Segunda División in 1989. Despite being a successful youth international, he did not make any La Liga appearances for the first team (however, he did play one game against Odense BK, in the 1990–91 European Cup). Urzaiz spent the 1991–92 season on loan at Albacete Balompié, making his top flight debut when he came on as a substitute against Athletic Bilbao in October 1991. In early 1993, he was loaned to Celta de Vigo...

Non-league Incider: St Helens Town 3-0 Atherton Laburnum Rovers

Last game: 8th August: Dulwich Hamlet 2-1 East Thurrock United The previous day, I was blown away by my first ever football match experience. Dulwich Hamlet impressed me, but what impressed me more was the journey. The travel to the stadium was just as enjoyable as the football itself. I had caught the groundhopping bug. There were no games scheduled for the 9th of August. There was one, near Wigan, and all I had booked earlier was a refundable bus ticket from Manchester Airport leaving at quarter past midnight. I should have refunded it. This was a mistake. This whole day was a mistake. I was only slightly hungover from the previous night, but that was nothing compared to this feeling of loss - I couldn't handle the fact that there was a game happening. And I wasn't too far away. Just three hours and a bit. They'll fly by , I thought. I was in autopilot. Something within me made me get up, grab a bag, and get out the door. This wasn't me. I wasn't trave...

A new chapter in the Pride of Vallekas...

You might think that this is the second iteration of this blog. But, in a way, it isn't. During the second half of the 2014-15 season, I watched all the Rayo games and uploaded match reports to a Facebook page called the Pride of Vallekas. I then impulsively deleted that page, thinking I would never write again. Moral of the story: this is, in an informal sense, the third iteration of this blog. And never, ever, delete things. Umm....I'm deleting things. Again. I started writing about football in September 2015. Back Page Football were kind enough to allow me to contribute - and it propelled me to write about twice or thrice a month. It provided me with a platform to write for BarcaBlaugranes and VillarrealUSA, two blogs under SBNation, and guest post on many others. However, as I've said many times before, a lack of writing towards the end of 2016 frustrated me, and the mandate to write everyday was born impulsively on a Thursday morning more than a year ago. At ...