Bellamy to miss the next two games

The injured Craig Bellamy must put Cardiff City over Wales with another international break coming after next Saturday trip to Barnsley.

Bellamy will miss the next to game according to reports, Millwall today and Crystal Palace on Tuesday night, but will he make the Barnsley game? Bellamy being a passion Welshman if he was fit he would want to join up with the squad. Since joining the Bluebirds in mid August he has only managed two starts, with one goal. In the press today Cardiff City boss Dave Jones is putting the blame for the striker’s injury problems squarely at the door of Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini’s intensive pre-season training regime.

The Hill at Man City training ground

The hill is the latest addition to the Manchester City training ground, and was quickly disliked by Mancini millionaires who call it the ‘Hill of Hell’.

I was wondering if Mancini watched the film the Hill set in a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.

Ex-Man City coach Raymond Verheijen agrees with the Cardiff City boss about the training methods employed by Mancini and is staff. Verheijen according to reports has spent two days working at Cardiff with Bellamy. He said:

"For the next phase of rebuilding the physics of Craig Bellamy after his disastrous pre-season at Manchester City"

"We have almost repaired all the physical damage done to Craig in pre-season by our Italian friends at Manchester City. Thankfully, an explosive player like Craig was able to escape this training regime to save his career."

Under his previous boss Mark Hughes a special training regime was put in place to try and help protect his knee. Jones said about the training at the Premiership club,

“At Manchester City, Craig was training twice a day and that’s part of the problem.

“He’s probably over-trained. He overdid it and we are paying the penalty for that.

“But everything is on track again. He’s looking good. We just got to make sure we make the right decision for him.”