Academy & U21s

[KentExile]

3 hours ago, riverholmes said:

Does Dunn look like a prospect? It seems he’s struggling to stand-out in a poor team. 

He seemed to have no assistance in central midfield at all if Strich & Wood were meant to be his partners last night

 

In seperate news

U18s played the Digles today

Eze started, no sign of Higgins, who has not featured much in pre/early season for the U18s, & not at all for the U21s

result

Edited yesterday at 12:59 by KentExile

[MarkBRFC]

1 minute ago, riverholmes said:

Does Dunn look like a prospect? It seems he’s struggling to stand-out in a poor team. 

Saw an interview with him not long ago where he said he had to play a year down until under 12/13s as he was so small

Hopefully he's caught up a bit, but he's still 16/17 playing under 21 football so I dont think its fair to expect him to stand out just yet.

[had.e.nuff]

I think after watching last night that its going to be a long season for Rovers fans how low can Venkys take us at least the u21 cant be relegated until venkys decide to de fund them.

[Waggy76]

5 minutes ago, had.e.nuff said:

I think after watching last night that its going to be a long season for Rovers fans how low can Venkys take us at least the u21 cant be relegated until venkys decide to de fund them.

I suspect that last sentence is on their radar !

[Exiled_Rover]

15 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

I suspect that last sentence is on their radar !

They'd be mad to defund them - the Academy more than pays its way (and there's a bloody grant!).

[KentExile]

15 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

They'd be mad to defund them - the Academy more than pays its way (and there's a bloody grant!).

They are mad, that's the worry

[Hasta]

Under 18’s come back from 2-0 down to beat Burnley U18’s 3-2

Goals on 86th, 91st and 97th minutes all by Valentin Joseph.

Two red cards in injury time 

Edit -  no they didn’t. The official site got it wrong 🙄

Edited yesterday at 14:58 by Hasta

[KentExile]

2 hours ago, Hasta said:

Under 18’s come back from 2-0 down to beat Burnley U18’s 3-2

Goals on 86th, 91st and 97th minutes all by Valentin Joseph.

Two red cards in injury time 

Unfortunately it looks like it was 2-2 & Joseph missed a penalty before equalising

But still, coming back from 2-0 down that late on to get something shows some spirit

 

 

Edited yesterday at 15:01 by KentExile

[Hasta]

1 minute ago, KentExile said:

Unfortunately it looks like it was 2-2 & Joseph missed a penalty before equalising

 

 

Well that’s bizarre are it was Rovers website where I first saw the result as 3-2, so even they initially got it wrong.

[KentExile]

Just now, Hasta said:

Well that’s bizarre are it was Rovers website where I first saw the result as 3-2, so even they initially got it wrong.

lol, we probably shouldn't be too surprised Rovers got something wrong

[philipl]

How did our keeper get a straight red in the 97th minute?

[KentExile]

24 minutes ago, philipl said:

How did our keeper get a straight red in the 97th minute?

Burnley player was sent off at the same time, so possibly fisticuffs at dawn?

[arbitro]

13 hours ago, KentExile said:

Burnley player was sent off at the same time, so possibly fisticuffs at dawn?

It was around the time of the late equaliser so my assumption would be that we 'over celebrated' and wound up the cavemen. A friend said Wonstencroft is a Blackburn lad so he will know what it really means when we play that lot 😂.

Or perhaps something after the final whistle.

[arbitro]

This is from yesterday's under 18 match against Burnley. Difficult to tell what is happening from a still but the bloke with the cap on doesn't look like he should be on the pitch.

 

 

[Colt Seavers]

On 23/08/2025 at 10:40, riverholmes said:

Does Dunn look like a prospect? It seems he’s struggling to stand-out in a poor team. 

Yes, I would say he looks a prospect. I think he is still just about 16 but regularly playing in the 21's which is obviously a huge leap in terms of experience, relative strength etc.

His body shape is nothing like his dad's. He is more a Buckley or Adam Wharton type. He plays very much in that style too; just in front of the back four, playing on the half turn with nice, crisp passing and decent vision. He is confident, despite his youth. I imagine he would possess his dad's unshakeable self belief when playing in his own age group. He has a good engine. 

Very early days obviously but definitely one to watch.