I’ve heard a rumour today that Dunny is off, have nothing more but was wondering if anyone had heard similar

Not only watches them but raves about how good they are Apparently TM has already told some of the younger players that he can’t play them over “his lads” and by this I mean players he has paid money for, the Nuttall and Samuel situation is a prime example of this, Nuttall would have to be smashing in goal after goal for the 1st team every time he got a chance to be involved before Samuel....it’s a double edged sword how can TM go to the Venkys and ask for money for new signings if the ones he has brought in are being leapfrogged by academy players, it’s a tricky situation and one we all should be able to appreciate even if it is a little frustrating

Chapman injury apparently not the same as his initial injury....this time it is a hamstring injury but another part of his hamstring more muscular not tendon which if is the case it’s good news....fingers crossed for the lad

Goal keeper Olly Byrne who is a free agent after leaving Cardiff, is set to sign for Rovers, been on trial last week and impressed, another former United youngster

Connor Tompson has left Rovers by mutual consent....going on trial at a couple of clubs, he needs to be playing 1st team football somewhere which wasn't going to happen at Rovers....good luck to the lad let's hope he gets fixed up

Calum Wright has left Rovers and signed for Leicester City....3 year deal which will become a 4 and half year deal when he turns 18 you can't sign longer than 3 years until after you turn 18 For me it's not a bad thing as Stefan Mols, Dan Butterworth and Joe Rankin-Costello are all better players and can operate in the same positions as Wright and will be more affective as time goes by

Mahoney wouldn't of even looked to go anywhere if he had been given a chance instead of seeing his pathway blocked by unnecessary loan signings he made his mind up a long time before he finally got a chance in the 1st team to move on and he didn't quadruple his wages he quadrupled them and then some so it looks like to me you are not aware at all of the Mahoney situation....Thanks and I haven't said anywhere that our u23s are better than Harper but I did say they are as good if not further on in their development....so to pass judgment I would advise you watch some u23s games instead of spouting uniformed garbage....I hope that's good enough for you

Rakeem Harper isn't a bad player for his age....all I'm saying is if he's good enough for Rovers 1st team so are Hardcastle...Tomlinson....Mols...Grayson...Travis....Rankin-Costello....etc when you sign players for a specific area of the pitch in this case midfield the 1st question that should be asked is...is he better than what we've got? im not sure that's the case with this one...

They offered their opinion on the lad and said we have better...I don't think for one minute they said don't sign him at the end of the day TM is their boss....it's up to him if he takes their advice or not

I know some lads will have clauses with regards to new contracts based on 1st team appearances it's 5 starts and 10 substitute appearances at Rovers it's a generic clause which is just standard with young players contracts it doesn't mean though that it's set in concrete if the players agent pushes for renegotiation he is within his and the players right but most agents will wait for the right moment before diving in as it could affect the players progress at Everton it's 1 start in the first team and the contract can be renegotiated...so it changes from club to club

Not Lowe!!!! He has no input with the u23s

That's your choice bud...if you want to find hard to believe you do that...

But that's the thing these professional coaches....DD....DJ....are a little bemused as to what's going on....they both apparently told TM he needn't bother with Harper especially as they feel they have better players in the U23s already which are further on in their development and more than ready to be given a chance....it seems they are not being listend to... And it's not about throwing loads of kids in it's about opportunities for OUR own kids being blocked by a player from another club who is no better..... when Mahoney left why do you think it happened??.....he was blocked by loan signings from other clubs who shouldn't have been near the club....you will see similar instances as the Mahoney scenario come the end of the season again our U23s play in a decent standard against top young players higher than the u23s at Bournmouth but clubs like Bournmouth, Burnley, Watford and so on have big budgets running into Millions just for their U23s and don't be surprised if some of our lads are cherry picked by such clubs just to play u23 football especially as they will look and see the pathway to the 1st team blocked by other clubs loaned youngsters

Great game and performance tonight...this team and it is a team that's what makes this crop exciting for me are playing the 3-4-2-1 formation to perfection they all press together they hunt the ball in packs and have players who posses quality when required the 11 that started are the majority of the side that made it to the FAY cup semis a couple of years ago so it isn't a shock to me at the way they have started the season and the performances they are putting out there Rankin-Costello now has 4 goals in 4 games and has actually scored more goals from open play at this level than Joe Nuttall so far......not bad for a player that is essentially a midfielder granted he's an attacking one but still goal scoring midfield players are like hens teeth i do think there is something in Mowbray not wanting a Cat 1 academy for a league 1 club and I think he thinks he can hang a few of these players out to dry if so he's going to get bitten on the arse....I hope I'm wrong in this assumption this squad of players have something going on at the minute let's hope they can continue it as it looks like they will be together for the season looking at some of the players brought in on deadline day

Eric Kinder pushed Mansell, Warton, Hardcastle, Tomlison, and Platt up to the 21s as they were then very early 17/18 some stayed up there and some went back to the 18s he played a big part in pushing Rankin-Costello up to the 21s and he was playing 21s football at 16 which is pretty impressive and was sometimes the best player on the pitch and he's been there ever since only playing for the 18s in the youth cup he was also instrumental in pushing Dan Butterworth up to the 23s early into his scholarship he was 17 and seems he will be staying up with them Kinder was big in pushing them up but they do need to show they are capable to get the chance

Behind closed doors this one unfortunately using Readings Twitter feed

Finished 3-5 well done to the lads great result

3-5 own goal

The squad they have this season is very experienced at this level and very balanced even though the majority are still teenagers

2-5 Platt header from corner if this stays the same this is an exceptional result absolutely brilliant

2-4 Mols what a game Half time

2-3 another pen some game

3-1 Rankin-Costello header from Travis cross come on boys 26mins gone

I agree he's not a kid either he's 20....and has experience of 1st team football in Scotland

1-2 Reading pull one back 10mins