Academy & U21s

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2 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

I wish him many more injuries.

Nothing trivial.

[KentExile]

On 05/09/2025 at 23:07, riverholmes said:

Was Tyjon ever prolific? In past season or so, he hasn't seemed to have had the impact for the U21s or England youth that his hype would suggest. That said, he is a lot younger, of course, and suffered numerous niggly injuries. I just wonder if he's burning out early.. or whether it is something of a plateau before further development.

https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2025/Sep/06/england-mens-under-18s-morocco-match-report-20250609

Seems he was on the pitch for 25 minutes.  He came on with the score at 1-1 to score the 2nd and 3rd goals for England in a 4-1 win

Edited September 7 by KentExile

[K-Hod]

Pasha be rubbing his hands together at that news.
‘Sell sell sell!’.

[bluebruce]

7 hours ago, K-Hod said:

Pasha be rubbing his hands together at that news.
‘Sell sell sell!’.

Well nobody knows if he is gonna be any good...

[bluebruce]

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25447683.blackburn-rovers-sanction-loan-deal-previous-success/

George Pratt, 1 month loan to Chorley.

[KentExile]

Sam Barnes is now with Altrincham, played 5 games so far

 

[Tom]

Shame for the lad, he’s now 24 and I think those 5 games for Altrincham is the most he’s played for a single club maybe even for all clubs combined at a senior level 

Seems Harry Chapman played against him for Gateshead coming off the bench!

[KentExile]

 

[KentExile]

U21s are away to Coventry this evening in the Premier League Cup, 7pm kick off

Preview

score/update

 

Edited September 10 by KentExile

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, KentExile said:

U21s are away to Coventry this evening in the Premier League Cup, 7pm kick off

Preview

score/update

 

Took them a whole 4 minutes to be 1 nil down. Coventry u21s operate a league below ours.

[bigsigarner]

Finished one all. Two games unbeaten. 

[bluebruce]

58 minutes ago, bigsigarner said:

Finished one all. Two games unbeaten. 

Our goal from Jayden Sargent off the bench I see, only came on in the 75th minute. There was a bit of hype about him in the U18s last season I recall. I'm struggling to find his age, but the only thing I can see is from that Rovers Xtra account 3 months ago, stating he was 15 at the time! I'd assume 16 now, but a very good sign if he is starting to play and score for the U21s already. May be one to watch.

Stats:

10 league appearances for the U18s last season, with 5 assists and 1 goal over 544 minutes (equivalent to just over 6 full games, and a goal contribution almost exactly every 90 minutes). Although no goals or assists for them this season in 3 games and 198 minutes (equivalent of 2.2 full games).

Only one 9 minute appearance for the U21s this season before this match, in the PL2 against Brighton, and 4 for them last season, 3 of which were in this competition, the PL Cup. None of them last season were for more than 69 minutes, but he still got 2 assists, including 1 against City in the PL2 in a 16 minute cameo.

If he really is 15 or only just 16 these are promising numbers. I wonder if he'll start to break into the U21s properly this season.

[KentExile]

On 10/09/2025 at 23:57, bluebruce said:

Our goal from Jayden Sargent off the bench I see, only came on in the 75th minute. There was a bit of hype about him in the U18s last season I recall. I'm struggling to find his age, but the only thing I can see is from that Rovers Xtra account 3 months ago, stating he was 15 at the time! I'd assume 16 now, but a very good sign if he is starting to play and score for the U21s already. May be one to watch.

 

He is a 2nd year scholar (the same year group as Tyjon), which means he is 17 (unless his birthday was earlier this month in which case he is 18)

 

In the same thread which claims Sergeant is 15, it also states Joe Boggan is 17, which is also incorrect. Boggan was a scholar a year before Tyjon and Sergeant which makes Boggan 18 or 19  nów (19 according to the Premier League)

 

Scholar years in football work in the same way that school years do, 1st Sept until end of August

1st year scholars are basically 1st year college/6th form

and likewise, 2nd year scholars are 2nd year college/6th form

 

 

Full match report from the 1-1 draw with Coventry

 

 

Edited Friday at 19:42 by KentExile

[KentExile]

U18s came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at home to Stoke this morning

Sergeant started, getting an assist for Rovers first goal before Stoke were reduced to 10 men at the end of the first half

Leatherbarrow, Joseph & Kelley-Quinn with Rovers goals

Is Higgins injured?  Not seen much of him at all this season (I seem to recall him playing once in pre season, but not at all since the season started)

Edited Saturday at 12:02 by KentExile

[KentExile]

Not sure if this found its way onto the site last month.  National League Cup highlights of the U21s 2-0 defeat to Brackley (also posted the lineup from the game below in case anyone needs to put names to numbers)

The game with Rochdale this evening is being streamed live for free, 7pm kick off, stream from 6:45pm apparently

Preview

 

Edited 5 hours ago by KentExile

[KentExile]

I think Bruce was first out of the blocks with this one a few weeks ago

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

If the weather picks up I’ll go, it’s only a 20 minutes walk to the ground for me. I take it you can pay on the gate.

[KentExile]

4 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

If the weather picks up I’ll go, it’s only a 20 minutes walk to the ground for me. I take it you can pay on the gate.

Not sure, but apparently you can get a free ticket online, so might be worth you doing that just in case

https://rochdaleafc.co.uk/tickets/

https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14291&isFromDashboard=True

Edited 10 hours ago by KentExile

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

Not sure, but apparently you can get a free ticket online, so might be worth you doing that just in case

https://rochdaleafc.co.uk/tickets/

https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14291&isFromDashboard=True

Thanks a lot for that. If I can’t pay at the gate I’ll just watch it at home. Looks like the modern trend of making it difficult to attend games has spread even to meaningless  “ egg cup “ games at non league clubs now.

[bluebruce]

7 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Thanks a lot for that. If I can’t pay at the gate I’ll just watch it at home. Looks like the modern trend of making it difficult to attend games has spread even to meaningless  “ egg cup “ games at non league clubs now.

Surely you're tech savvy enough to get yourself a free ticket online Tyrone? You've been at this internet stuff for a good while now!

[KentExile]

 

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2 minutes ago, KentExile said:

 

Looks to be a strong selection.

[KentExile]

Former Rover McBride opens the scoring

[KentExile]

The assist for Rovers equaliser was glorious, finish not bad either

 

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Batty doesn't look interested in the game. He used to have a hell of a turn of speed, but isn't showing anything.