Academy & U21s

[Dreyski]

3 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Forshaw certainly was an absolutely pointless signing

Fleck 2.0

[KentExile]

Atcheson apparently taken off late with a head injury last night too

 

 

[KentExile]

Rovers U18s conceded 3 first half penalties but drew 3-3 away at Leeds U18s

Joseph (2) & Decandia for Rovers

Edited Saturday at 13:28 by KentExile

[arbitro]

Rovers u under 21's are at home to Leyton Orient tonight in the Premier League Cup. The game is being played at Lancashire FA HQ in Leyland and is free for season ticket holders.

Perhaps more in forlorn hope there might be a few first team squad players getting some game time. I use the word forlorn because in his tenure Ismael hasn't done so

[JPTSwindon]

Is this match on TV / online?

[KentExile]

2 hours ago, arbitro said:

Rovers u under 21's are at home to Leyton Orient tonight in the Premier League Cup. The game is being played at Lancashire FA HQ in Leyland and is free for season ticket holders.

Perhaps more in forlorn hope there might be a few first team squad players getting some game time. I use the word forlorn because in his tenure Ismael hasn't done so

Looks like Adam Forshaw won't be one of those, was taken off early last week and seems to currently be on holiday in Denmark

On the bright side, he is pictured cycling, so assume he is fit

[arbitro]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

Looks like Adam Forshaw won't be one of those, was taken off early last week and seems to currently be on holiday in Denmark

On the bright side, he is pictured cycling, so assume he is fit

Maybe it's just me but I would have thought his rehabilitation and fitness levels would have been the priority. Having said that he is working for a manager who organised training the day before a game around his birthday celebrations.

Edit:

Mystery solved. What's good for the gaffer I suppose. 🤔

 

Edited 10 hours ago by arbitro

[KentExile]

21 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Maybe it's just me but I would have thought his rehabilitation and fitness levels would have been the priority. Having said that he is working for a manager who organised training the day before a game around his birthday celebrations.

Edit:

Mystery solved. What's good for the gaffer I suppose. 🤔

 

What do we think are the chances that despite Atcheson likely being missing either due to a head injury or an international call up (if one doesn't stop him playing tonight, then the other will), Max Davies is also absent?

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by KentExile

[arbitro]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

What do we think are the chances that despite Atcheson likely being missing either due to a head injury or an international call up (if one doesn't stop him playing tonight, then the other will), Max Davies is also absent?

 

 

As an office junior he won't be allowed time off 😀.

 

[bluebruce]

On 04/10/2025 at 11:36, KentExile said:

Rovers U18s conceded 3 first half penalties but drew 3-3 away at Leeds U18s

Joseph (2) & Decandia for Rovers

3 first half penalties is wild.

[KentExile]

Unlike Ismael & Forshaw, Davies is in work on his birthday 😉

score/update

 

[Torgeir]

Joseph 🔥

[simongarnerisgod]

i can`t understant this

why henrikson and sidnei ar`nt getting minutes and tyjon,who seemingly does`nt ever play for anyone,either send tyjon out on loan or put him in the first team squad,his development is`nt being helped by the current situation,he`s supposed to be the next big hope,the lad needs to play imo

[Tugayisgod]

11 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Unlike Ismael & Forshaw, Davies is in work on his birthday 😉

score/update

 

Good to see Joseph getting a run out at this level.  Physically he's a beast at u18 level , so it should be interesting to see how he goes on tonight. 2 up front with Boggan ?

[rigger]

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i can`t understant this

why henrikson and sidnei ar`nt getting minutes and tyjon,who seemingly does`nt ever play for anyone,either send tyjon out on loan or put him in the first team squad,his development is`nt being helped by the current situation,he`s supposed to be the next big hope,the lad needs to play imo

They all need to be played at a level that they can manage.

[Mashed Potatoes]

9 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i can`t understant this

why henrikson and sidnei ar`nt getting minutes and tyjon,who seemingly does`nt ever play for anyone,either send tyjon out on loan or put him in the first team squad,his development is`nt being helped by the current situation,he`s supposed to be the next big hope,the lad needs to play imo

Tyjon is with the England Under 18 squad this week.

[KentExile]

1 hour ago, Tugayisgod said:

Good to see Joseph getting a run out at this level.  Physically he's a beast at u18 level , so it should be interesting to see how he goes on tonight. 2 up front with Boggan ?

Yep, I think so, it looks like 4-4-2 to me with Powell left wing and Doherty on the right

other option could be Doherty or Boggan as a 10, and the other on the right , with Joseph up top in a 4-2-3-1, but 4-4-2 makes the most sense

Edit - it seems Boggan wide right, Doherty wide left and Powell as a 10 in a 4-2-3-1, nobody in the  midfield (Vare/Strich/Powell) strikes me as being naturally a sitting/holding type,

I will be interested to hear what those who were at the game think of the makeup of the side this evening

 

Edited 51 minutes ago by KentExile

[KentExile]

6 hours ago, arbitro said:

As an office junior he won't be allowed time off 😀.

 

Do you have any idea what is up with Litherland and/or Dunn?  neither have played for the past few weeks

[KentExile]

1-0 up and Orient just gone down to 10