Academy & U21s

[rigger]

finished 3-3.

[Tom]

45 minutes ago, rigger said:

finished 3-3.

Another game with a youth team throwing away a lead 

[rigger]

8 minutes ago, Tom said:

Another game with a youth team throwing away a lead 

It might be the case that the match results don't matter (no promotion or relegation). So nobody practices defending a lead as a team.

[arbitro]

In the space of six days we have yielded two goal advantages on three occasions.

At any level of football that puts a big question mark against the quality of defending.

I noticed Matty Litherland was missing last night again and he wasn't in either team last week when we had back  to back games. Given that we are throwing away leads like confetti I can only think his absence is down to injury (although there hasn't been any mention of this anywhere).

[KentExile]

Tom Bloxham Interview

There is more, click on the link above for the full thing, but I found the below to be interesting

 

When asked about his conversations with senior figures at the club, Bloxham was straightforward. “I wouldn’t say I had many. I must say I was surprised my move to Grasshoppers was made so difficult,” he admitted.

RoversXtra understands that Blackburn were firm in negotiations with Grasshoppers, initially pushing for a high sell-on clause while removing the training fee. After a lengthy process, an agreement was finally reached on September 1st, with a 25 percent sell-on clause in place, which allowed the training fee to be waived.

When asked about the general feeling among the youth players at Blackburn, Bloxham chose his words carefully. “I don’t want to speak on behalf of others, but a lot has changed during my two-year spell at Blackburn,” he said.

When asked for his thoughts on the ownership at Blackburn, Bloxham admitted it wasn’t an area he could give much detail on.

Bloxham said “I can’t comment on the ownership, I honestly haven’t got much insight to tell, unfortunately, or I would,” he explained. “Football is a business at the end of the day, and the club is always looking to make and save as much money as possible.”

That said, he did open up about frustrations over how his own situation was handled during his move to Grasshoppers. “I would’ve liked my transfer to be dealt with a lot better. What they did was allowed, but morally I feel it was wrong. To release a player and still ask for compensation and sell-on fees, to the point it could have stopped a move happening, was just so frustrating from my end.”

He also revealed just how complicated the move became behind the scenes. “It took involvement from the EFL, FA and PFA to speak to Blackburn and help this move to Grasshoppers get over the line, and perhaps without them it wouldn’t have happened. For them, I’m very grateful for their involvement.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[KentExile]

 

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[arbitro]

It's always a good feeling to beat that lot and today was no exception. 

We started quite slowly and could have conceded in the first minute as Eze sloppily let a high ball bounce and just about recovered to get a challenge in with the help of some assistance from the keeper.

However once we got a foothold in the game we were dominant and could easily have won by more although Burnley did miss a couple or dolly's. 

It was good to see Harvey Higgins looking fit and healthy. He showed some neat touches when he came on and was only denied a scoring return by a good save from the Burnley keeper who was outstanding.

It was good to see our youngsters seemed to have an understanding of our disdain for that lot - no doubt aided and abetted by the locally born lads.

[KentExile]

report from the 3-3 draw last night