Academy & U21s

[wilsdenrover]

If you’re not good enough, wait a while and the club will have dropped to your level.

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, Comfortably numb said:

It's been interesting to see someone like Diamini force his way into the managers thinking, a player who has not been getting the exposure of the likes of Joseph, Tyjon, Higgins and the like from academy regulars.

Presumably, he has impressed in training and caught the managers eye, unlike Gueye who seems to have thrown his toys out of the pram

It seems very much like the senior management rate him more than the u21 coaches.

[bluebruce]

4 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Sell him. His estimation of his ability exceeds my estimation for sure. 

Yep. At this point anything around a million with a decent sell-on would be happy days.

[Rogerb]

Wasn't there a bright prospect a few years ago in similar circumstances who signed for Leicester and seems to have disappeared 

[KentExile]

2 minutes ago, Rogerb said:

Wasn't there a bright prospect a few years ago in similar circumstances who signed for Leicester and seems to have disappeared 

Callum Wright, currently on loan at Wigan from Plymouth

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/callum-wright/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/502830/wettbewerb/GB3/saison/2025

[Rogerb]

8 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Callum Wright, currently on loan at Wigan from Plymouth

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/callum-wright/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/502830/wettbewerb/GB3/saison/2025

Not completely disappeared then. Mostly lower league with Cheltenham Blackpool. Couple of seasons in the championship with Plymouth. Thanks Kent

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, Rogerb said:

Not completely disappeared then. Mostly lower league with Cheltenham Blackpool. Couple of seasons in the championship with Plymouth. Thanks Kent

Definitely not the sort of career that warrants the decision to mug us off, mind. I'm sure his wage slip looked lovely for a couple of years though.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Tyjon could become another player we add to the list of those who might have achieved far more had they stayed at Blackburn, continued their development, earned regular first‑team minutes, and been given a fair shot at meeting the expectations set by the club and its coaches.

Instead, there’s now a real possibility he gets swallowed up in the depth of a bigger club, overshadowed by other talented players, and ultimately ends up on the loan carousel before fading from view.

Money = success in the eyes of many youngsters nowadays. If he doesn't want to be at Blackburn, time to go.