Academy & U21s

[bigsigarner]

To be fair Blackburn played six lads who were at school (u16) in second half. 

[bluebruce]

56 minutes ago, 1874 said:

Carter off and 4 goals conceded. Reading hadn't won a game all season

Was Carter off injured or as a half time swap to manage his minutes? I can only see that he came off in the 46th minute according to livescore.com, dunno if that's after a minute of ET or the first minute of the second.

From 1 up to a 4 goal capitulation second half. Looks like swapping Carter out for McIlroy caused problems. Nosegbe got on the pitch for Pitt in the 87th minute, and we conceded the final goal a minute later (after also conceding a minute before he came on).

[only2garners]

A 46th minute substitution means a half time change I.e. the sub comes on in minute 46. If it had been in injury it would say 45+whatever.

That sounds like giving him a half to build his fitness.

[roversfan99]

I think it was said earlier today that the plan for Carter would be to start at 45 minutes for the under 21s and build him up from there. If indeed he actually manages to get to the end of that very small journey up to 90 minutes in the under 21s.

[MarkBRFC]

14 hours ago, KentExile said:

winning 1-0 at half time, Batty

Looks like Powell has jumped ahead of him, but you would think that Batty would be made for the wing back position from what I have seen of him in the past.

Another that surely has to be a better option than De Neve.

[KentExile]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Looks like Powell has jumped ahead of him, but you would think that Batty would be made for the wing back position from what I have seen of him in the past.

Another that surely has to be a better option than De Neve.

Its where Batty played at Accrington last season.  Picked up several young player of the year awards too

Powell probably more suited to being a creative wing back though

Edited yesterday at 11:57 by KentExile

[KentExile]

14 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Was Carter off injured or as a half time swap to manage his minutes? I can only see that he came off in the 46th minute according to livescore.com, dunno if that's after a minute of ET or the first minute of the second.

From 1 up to a 4 goal capitulation second half. Looks like swapping Carter out for McIlroy caused problems. Nosegbe got on the pitch for Pitt in the 87th minute, and we conceded the final goal a minute later (after also conceding a minute before he came on).

preplanned at half time

[riverholmes]

19 hours ago, KentExile said:

Carter starts, the wonderfully named Xavier Nosegbe is a new name on the bench, looks like he is a 15/16 year old defender.  Archie Walls & Ethan Low, as well as Theo Pitt (who starts) are also from our U16s

score/update

Said it before, but really think Garrett should be given a go at LB, as he was sometimes in his youth career.

Another thing, Khan has been criticised but there's a few U21 players that could be questioned. For example, how many goals have the forwards scored... Someone like Stritch plays pretty much every game but rarely gets an assist, let alone a goal. It is harsh to pick on him alone but the overall standard seems poor, which is especially worrying as more youth players get promoted to try to save the sinking ship.

The biggest criticism, of course, for the management and ownership who have left the squad weak and threadbare.

Edited yesterday at 13:39 by riverholmes

[KentExile]

U18 v Coventry preview, 7pm kick off

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2026/january/21/preview--coventry-city-under-18s-v-rovers-under-18s/

 

updates

[KentExile]

 

[islander200]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

 

Not sure if mentioned but this game is on YouTube now 

[KentExile]

14 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Not sure if mentioned but this game is on YouTube now 

thanks

 

[Penwortham Blue]

7 minutes ago, KentExile said:

thanks

 

1 5 up after 42 minutes !

[KentExile]

did anyone catch who is the academy kid on joint commentary?

Edit Charlie.. so I guess Charlie Clanford

Edited 2 hours ago by KentExile

[Cherry Blue]

1 6 ! First team are you watching?

[Paul Mellelieu]

1-7 now

[Bohinen1983]

1-8

How aren't some of these lads on the bench... Joseph looks a real handful.. Dunns tidy too.

[oldjamfan1]

1-8 with 20 mins to go 

[KentExile]

8 minutes ago, Bohinen1983 said:

1-8

How aren't some of these lads on the bench... Joseph looks a real handful.. Dunns tidy too.

I've been ranting about giving Powell & Joseph a chance for weeks.  Joseph has  just come back from injury though (but was fit before Christmas when we had no strikers on the bench)

 

Dunn has also only recently come back from injury

Edited 2 hours ago by KentExile

[KentExile]

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2026/january/21/report--coventry-city-under-18s-1-8-rovers-under-18s/

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Brilliant performance. Very enjoyable! Start them all vs Watford 🤣

[had.e.nuff]

27 minutes ago, Tim Southampton Rover said:

Brilliant performance. Very enjoyable! Start them all vs Watford 🤣

I didn't quite understand the thing they kept doing making them pick the ball up out of that net thing i thought it was something that only we had to do.