Cardiff City striker Kenwyne Jones must not be sold during the transfer window, says his Bluebirds team-mate and defender Fabio da Silva.Jones, out of contract at the end of the season, has been linked with Championship rivals Sheffield Wednesday and two of Israel's top clubs.The 30-year-old Soca Warriors who starred for his team at last month's Concacaf Gold Cup in the USA made his first start of the season on Saturday, scoring the opener in Cardiff's 2-0 win over Wolves.
"We have to keep our good players and he is one of them. We have to keep them to fight for promotion," said Fabio.
"He's good in the air, he's good on the ball and he can finish. So he's a quality striker."
Jones was loaned to Bournemouth at the end of last season and said the move prompted him to question whether he had a future at Cardiff.His involvement for Trinidad and Tobago at the Gold Cup, held in America and Canada in July, disrupted his pre-season preparation and meant he was deemed unfit by manager Russell Slade for the start of the Championship season.
Slade has consistently stressed the striker remains a "big part" of his plans, and said there was "nothing to report" on Jones's future following the win over Wolves.That was also the message over goalkeeper David Marshall, who remains a target for West Brom.
An ankle injury forced Jones to leave early in the second half against Wolves, having put the home side ahead just before the break when he met Fabio's lofted ball into the penalty area to score his first goal for Cardiff since February.
And former Manchester United defender Fabio, who gave a man-of-the-match performance on his first league start this season, said Jones's imposing 6ft 2in frame makes him such a difficult proposition for any defender.
"It's very tough," said the 25-year-old Brazilian. "He's massive, he's huge. I'm not that big so it's very hard to defend against him [in training]."
Cardiff's victory was their first in the Championship this season, and Fabio said there is a obvious mood change in the squad compared to a year ago when they struggled under the hangover of Premier League relegation."The confidence was low after relegation and everyone was sad. That's not good," he said.
"So we have to keep going now. The confidence is making the team play well. When you win everyone is smiling and that's important."
Carlos Edwardsre-joins Millwallon short-termdeal till January
Former T&T utility player, Carlos Edwards has re-joined Sky Bet League One side, Millwall on na short-term deal until January.
The right-back, 36, has been back in full training since the start of pre-season after overcoming the serious knee injury he picked up in September 2014 and has proved his fitness to Lions boss Neil Harris with a string of impressive performances for the club's Elite Development Squad in recent weeks Edwards, who first joined Millwall on loan from Ipswich Town in March 2014 before agreeing a permanent switch the following summer, will now try to work his way into contention for a place in Saturday's squad to face Chesterfield at The Den.
EFA results
Eastern Conference:
�2 Fc Maloney 3 vs Creek SCC 0
�2 SKHY FC 1 (Jovan Edwards 15th) vs Trinity Rangers 0
�2 DNP vs Eastern Alliance FC - Did Not Play
Western Conference:
�2 Carib FC 2 (Shakir Gay 57th, Curtly Guevarro 74th) vs Barataria Ball Players 1 (Kristof St John 61st)
�2 House of Dread 2 (Danny Seetahal 30th, Marc Francois 37th) vs BM Spurs 1 (Joshua St Rose 38th)
�2 WASA FC 4 (Ethan Robinson 20th, Christopher Mitchell 57th, Kester Foster 60th, 67th) vs Sparta TT FC 0
�2 Tunapuna Titans 2 (Tevin Mungo 5th, 40th) vs T&T Air Guard 2 (Akeem King 57th, Kyle Teiera 62nd)
Current EFA standings:
Eastern Conference:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
FC Maloney 2 2 0 0 6 1 6
Trinity Rangers 2 1 0 1 5 1 3
Blast FC 2 1 0 1 6 5 3
SKHY FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Red Hill 2 1 0 1 4 6 3
Creek SCC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Eastern Alliance 2 0 0 2 1 7 0
Western Conference:
WASA 3 2 1 0 9 3 7
Carib 3 2 0 1 5 2 6
T&T Air Guard 3 1 2 0 5 4 5
House of Dread 3 1 2 0 5 4 5
Sparta TT 3 1 1 1 2 5 4
Ball Players 3 0 2 1 3 4 2
BM Spurs 3 0 1 2 3 5 1
Titans 3 0 1 2 4 9 1
Upcoming matches:
President's Cup:
August 26:
�2 T&T Prisons vs Fc maloney, Eddie Hart Ground, Tunapuna, 5pm
Rescheduled match:
�2 SKHY FC vs Creek SCC, Squadron Ground, Trincity, 7pm
August 29:
Western Conference:
�2 BM Spurs vs Barataria Ball Players, Brian Lara Recreation Ground, 5pm
�2 WASA FC vs Carib FC, WASA Ground, St Joseph, 5pm
�2 Tunapuna Titans vs House of Dread, Constantine Park, 5pm
�2 Sparta TT FC vs T&T Air Guard, Eddie Hart Ground, 5pm
August 30:
Eastern Conference:
�2 Creek SCC vs Blast FC, Arima Municipal Stadium, 4pm
�2 FC Maloney vs Trinity Rangers FC, Maloney, 4pm
�2 SKHY FC vs Red Hill FC, Squadron Ground, 5pm
September 2:
�2n SKHY FC vs FC Maloney, Squadron Ground, 7pm