v Accrington Stanley (a) - 12/7/25 - Friendly

[WacoRover]

Bah

[yankfan]

25 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

if your good enough then your old enough

When there’s no one else better, your old enough. 

[philipl]

10 subs have come on. Only the sub already on remains on.

[simongarnerisgod]

interested to see what val does with kargbo this season,bearing in mind he looks like he`s never made a tackle ever,could be a real weapon on the counter because he can`t half run

[roversfan99]

That is one weak second team. First team isnt too strong either.

Obviously you cant take anything much from pre season, especially from the first game. But I wonder if anything can be read into the selection, especially the non selection of the very few senior players on the bench. Will De Neve be ahead of Kargbo initially? No surprise to see Gueye and Buckley not starting. Also seems like Ribeiro is ahead of Pickering.

Be interested to know what people thought of De Neve. Is he quick? 

[Damien]

Was carter’s injury a bad one or is it precautionary?

[Exiled_Rover]

Wonder who the trialist is.

[KentExile]

Looks like the trialist is a central midfielder, unless someone is playing where they normally dont

 

                                             Goddard

Houghton              Atcheson           Wharton                     Pickering

                              Buckley                 TRIALIST

Mullarkey-Matthews              Strich                        Kargbo

                                           Gueye

[philipl]

Just now, Damien said:

Was carter’s injury a bad one or is it precautionary?

Precautionary

[Theaxe15]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Wonder who the trialist is.

Bound to just be one for the youth team surely 

[KentExile]

1 minute ago, Damien said:

Was carter’s injury a bad one or is it precautionary?

 

[RTM08]

2 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Looks like the trialist is a central midfielder, unless someone is playing where they normally dont

 

                                             Goddard

Houghton              Atcheson           Wharton                     Pickering

                              Buckley                 TRIALIST

Mullarkey-Matthews              Strich                        Kargbo

                                           Gueye

Our squad depth is appalling and one of the main reasons we will never get promoted under this ownership. 

[MarkBRFC]

5 minutes ago, Theaxe15 said:

Bound to just be one for the youth team surely 

If it was they would just name him.

He's called "trialist" because he is a free agent, and incase he's any good and it alerts other sides.

Edited Saturday at 15:28 by MarkBRFC

[neophox]

So no one know who the trialist is? Has to be an unknown youth player.

[Mercer]

25 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Can you name many more out of the thousands that have played the game? Players like Rooney are the exception 

If you are good enough then you are old enough:

• Pele - international at 16 and playing and starring in World Cup winning team at 17
• Mbappe - international at 18 and playing and starring in World Cup winning team at 19
• Yamal - international at 16 and playing and starring in Euros winning team at 17
• George Best - United 1st team at 17
• Trevor Francis - Brum 1st team at 16 and banged 4 goals in 1 league game at 16
• Damien Duff and Phil Jones - PL debuts at 18

If Tyjon is going to be the player we hope and think he is, he should be playing 1st team football for Rovers this season.

 

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, MarkBRFC said:

If it was they would just name him.

He's called "trialist" incase he's any good and it alerts other sides.

it`s not the norwegion fellow from ajax is it

[rob_of_the_rovers]

I've heard it's someone called T. Dolan

[KentExile]

7 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

Our squad depth is appalling and one of the main reasons we will never get promoted under this ownership. 

It is worth noting that the U21s are also playing today, so it is possible that some of the other younger players are with them

Litherland, Garrett, Batty, Powell, Leonard, Wood, Dunn, Edmondson, O'Grady-Macken from the players who have been training with the first team/on the bench over the past year or so

 

* I am definitely not stating that we have wonderful strength in depth, just mentioning a few of the younger names who are missing 

Edited Saturday at 15:36 by KentExile

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, Mercer said:

If you are good enough then you are old enough:

• Pele - international at 16 and playing and starring in World Cup winning team at 17
• Mbappe - international at 18 and playing and starring in World Cup winning team at 19
• Yamal - international at 16 and playing and starring in Euros winning team at 17
• George Best - United 1st team at 17
• Trevor Francis - Brum 1st team at 16 and banged 4 goals in 1 league game at 16
• Damien Duff and Phil Jones - PL debuts at 18

If Tyjon is going to be the player we hope and think he is, he should be playing 1st team football for Rovers this season.

 

So you've just named some of the greatest players of all time.

And based on them being ready so young, if Tyjon is not yet ready, then what? Absolute nonsense.

Even if he develops into a good Championship or even Premier League player, he has done well.

You could name many other top historical players who also werent ready at this age.

[Hasta]

1 minute ago, Mercer said:

If you are good enough then you are old enough:

• Pele - international at 16 and playing and starring in World Cup winning team at 17
• Mbappe - international at 18 and playing and starring in World Cup winning team at 19
• Yamal - international at 16 and playing and starring in Euros winning team at 17
• George Best - United 1st team at 17
• Trevor Francis - Brum 1st team at 16 and banged 4 goals in 1 league game at 16
• Damien Duff and Phil Jones - PL debuts at 18

If Tyjon is going to be the player we hope and think he is, he should be playing 1st team football for Rovers this season.

 

He should play some games yes, but Jansen wasn’t playing for Carlisle in the bottom tier of the football league until he was turning 18.
 

Ollie Watkins hardly made a senior appearance in league two until he was almost 20.
There’s tons of quality players who just aren’t quite ready at 17.
 

[MarkBRFC]

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

it`s not the norwegion fellow from ajax is it

Definitely not.

It won't be someone who would command a multi million pound fee.

It will be a free agent who hasn't sorted a club out yet.

[philipl]

Rovers have managed all of one shot on target all afternoon.

[RoversClitheroe]

Just now, philipl said:

Rovers have managed all of one shot on target all afternoon.

Continuing where we left off

[philipl]

2 minutes ago, philipl said:

Rovers have managed all of one shot on target all afternoon.

The Key to making us score again!

[M_B]

2 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Continuing where we left off

That aged well