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Did England focus on pace and pace in the attack instead of taking 1 or 2 like Australia bowlers of Neser and Boland?

I may be splitting hairs, but for the majority of the game, last night, Rovers looked to be playing more a 4-3-3 than a 4-2-3-1. Pre match, I had expected Tyjon to be the "10", but he looked to be one of two "8s" (sorry to those who hate the numbers thing), and quite often the other "8" Vare was more advanced than Tyjon. But how deep he was looked to be tactical rather than an individual choice (maybe that's the impression created from me watching on stream rather than live in person?) Tyjon did seem to push up more as the game got towards its closing stages and Rovers were chasing the winner

Reading a set of quotes from VI where he refers to “helping to develop” taveres there is no other point to us buying these types of players other than to sell them on for a small profit to continue to fund the club to sustain itself there will be little transfer activity unless we sell players first

Thanks for reply. Good, let's hope we can tie him down to a new contract Well that's good but we need to get these good young players tie down to professional contracts.

They must go but how do you engage with Owners who refuse to engage? All routes of communication appear to have been exhausted? What do they get out of owning us?...15 long and painful years on we are no wiser.

and unfortunately, Rovers have not yet given a pro deal to any of the players on display last night (unless Wilkinson got one.. they have still not officially announced his signing), which means if Arsenal (or other clubs) do try to poach them, we are not in the best position to keep them, and if we do lose them then we are not going to maximize their value

Tyjon played behind Joseph although at times he dropped off a little bit too much for my liking. He showed some really good touches and displayed good vision by being aware of players making runs. He tired late on, understandable after not playing too much recently. There were a few scouts there and I know one of them from Arsenal who I spoke to walking out. There was no indication of who in particular he was looking at but several Rovers players must have impressed him.

@arbitro how did Tyjon play and what role did he play? Thanks for good detailed match reported and I am delighted we won that.

Sure we were told money was important when a certain fella went to Derby.

I think it may be competition specific. Several other regulars for for u21s (Joseph, Decandia, & especially thinking of Vare) also featured last night too. FA Youth Cup looks to be seen by the club as a little more prestigious than just u18 league games. We have 1 u21 game & 1 u18 game next week, so I guess we will get a clearer picture after those match report https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/december/12/report--rovers-under-18s-2-1-southampton-under-18s/

A wholly spirited and committed performance saw the Rovers youngsters progress through to the fourth round for a game at either Birmingham or Coventry. With a smattering of first year scholars Rovers started the game on the front foot and played some good stuff against a Southampton team who were hell bent on trying to play out from really deep positions despite getting caught several times by a good Rovers press. Rovers took the lead through a smart finish from Joseph who impresses me more every time I see him. We perhaps should have added to that but a ridiculously poor decision allowing a clear foul to pass let Southampton in for an undeserved equaliser in the fifth minute of stoppage time (sound familiar?). Southampton came more into the game in the second half no doubt buoyed by their equaliser and the game was evenly balanced until the bad on of their centre halves sent off for a second yellow card after a foul on Joseph who was virtually unplayable. Southampton had to reshuffle and played a counter attacking game and in truth spurned a couple of good chances. With several Rovers players suffering from cramp changes were made and one of these, Harvey Higgins scored from close range in the last of six minutes of stoppage time after some incessant Rovers pressure. There were wild celebrations after the goal and it was great to see. Joseph and Vare caught the eye for me but there were quite a few just behind their levels. In the time Higgins was on he also impressed. I have said it before after seeing the under 18's but they do seem to be exceptionally well coached under Paul Butler.

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How come Tyjon has dropped to u18s when was in around 1st team?

Yeh I just saw this. Says it all that Cantwell had 0 faith in him hitting the target.

If it was that easy. It would have been done years ago.

And he would have a much better chance of that with Wolves than Boro.

We generally look better away from home and honestly I think if the home crowd are loud it will actually help rather than hinder. This is a must-not-lose, and I think we will do that - just. Pompey 1-1 Rovers

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I would say winning games, trophies and achieving things is the main reward. Money is great but most PL or championship managers/head coach arent poor. We arent going to agree on Edwards to move to Wolves. I understand his reasons after listening to his interview when he got the job but I still think Boro was a better bet to be in PL in the league. That's Wolves squad is bloody awful and summer recruitment was a disastrous for them. Taking the Wolves job was guaranteed relegation on his CV this season and his focus will be on next season and beyond. If you actually look at Wolves squad currently, how many would you really want for next season in the championship, my answer would be maybe 7 or 8 but 3 or 4 of those will want moves and not playing championship football like Larsen or Andre for example. They need a major overhaul of that squad and will he get the backing of Wolves owners to do so? That's the biggest question to ask here you won't agree on all that, @roversfan99so can agree to disagree and move on.

The only goal should be to remove them. I wouldn't care if they did give assurances about the club's future, because I don't trust them.

I'm a fan of that; to the point and with purpose. Though it's hard to see them doing anything other than ignoring it. On the general point / club video though, why are they making an issue out of a non-issue? It makes it sound like players/staff have been personally abused. All that has ever happened has been criticism of performance, as absolutely should happen. Can anyone, anywhere, point to an incident where anyone at the club has been unfairly targeted or abused?

This weekends games for our loanees, 3pm Saturday kick offs O'Riordan - score/update Barrett - score/update Olson & O'Grady-Macken - score/update Edmondson - score/update Wood - score/update Farkas - score/update

Rovers win 2+1 with (ironically) a 97th minute winner from Harvey Higgins Rovers other scorer Joseph, who caused the Saints defence plenty of problems with his powerful running and physicality. Other mentions to Frank Vare , but to me even though he only came on for the last 15 mins or so, Higgins really impressed against a tiring defence who were down to 10 men for the last 25 mins or so. Apart from his goal Higgins could easily have notched another couple. Another big lad but better technically than Joseph I would say on this showing

Focus gents, focus. 🏳