might be useful for you to post the link so that we can determine one way or the other 😉

We shall have to hope that whoever our new loan manager turns out to be, knows what he is doing then. The hiring of someone in that position would imply to me that the plan is to get more players out on loan than this season, and/or at clubs that are a better fit for their development

Ah yes, forgot that the League publish the lists later on But in my defence, the club normally do so at some point before that

If the plan is that Barrett is going to be an overage keeper for the U21s allowing Michalski to go out and gets a full season or 2 out on loan at a good level, then signing him up makes some sense. Although if this is the case, then it is a damning indictment on what the coaches think of the other goalkeepers Rovers have at that level. Personally I would have loaned out Michalski, have Solomon Honor as the U21 keeper next season, and Barrett would not have been given a contract (If injuries are picked up, recall rules for keepers are different as Bournemouth showed with Travers a while back) Makes much less sense however, if the plan is to have Michalski be first choice for the U21s,

Double tournament winners in Poland for some of our 2011 born and 2013 born players🏆🥇Well done to all the players staff and travelling supporters who represented the Academy and the club so well on and off the pitch U14s & U12s (I think) have both won tournaments in Poland I do wonder if with the first team not using the bus at the moment, they did a road trip through Europe with them, or got a last minute deal on EasyJet 😉

The first part is true. Michalski is Rovers best young keeper The 2nd part could be misinterpreted. Whilst Michalski has played for England U18s, he is not their first choice goalkeeper as your post could inadvertently lead people to believe, he has 3 caps at that level totaling less than 90 minutes, and was omitted from the squad last time around whilst still being eligible This is not to have a dig at Michaski, just to make sure that we are not getting ahead our ourselves with his development. He is not England's stand out in his position in his age group, he is one of several talented young keepers that England have at that level Also, as previously mentioned, he is now 18

The club had to let the players know by Saturday just gone (17th), but have no obligation to make the list public, so your guess is as good as anyone's

Hilton left in January, Eastham, Goddard & Kahn are out of contract this summer. Michalski & Honor are the 2 who are currently in contract from the U21s. Then we have Wolsoncroft, Thompson & Holt in the U18s

That is a terrifying thought 😉 https://www.playmakerstats.com/player/jack-barrett/660024 G M GC AST Premier League International Cup 4 360 6 0 Premier League 2 8 720 21 0 Northern Premier League 8 720 12 0 U21 PL Cup 3 270 7 0 National League Cup 3 270 11 0 Total 26 2340 57 0 B

Very strange decision, was not first choice in the 7th tier when on loan. He was signed as cover for Workingtons injured first choice and dropped once he returned, in the last few games of the season Workington didn't even bother naming him (or any other keeper) on their bench Over 21, so if included in the first team squad he takes up a squad place too

If they insist upon keeping VAR, then they should change VAR rules so that if VAR cannot say for certain within 30 seconds, then the refs/linesman's original decision stands

No surprise here, but for the sake of completeness Not involved in matchday squad today Vale - drew 1-1 - currently injured - finished 2nd in the "relegation" group Rovers are also currently looking for a new loan manager. This role was (at least partially) covered by Stuart Jones this season just gone, although he has now left the club

How long did he take to leave the pitch after he was subbed off? 😉

JDT brought 2 guys in with him (Remy Reijnierse & Ben Rosen), Eustace also brought 2 (Matt Gardiner & Keith Downing), Ismael has so far only brought in 1 (Dean Whitehead). So stands to reason (which is always dangerous when it comes to Rovers these days) there is a space. It was rumoured he wanted Murray as part of his backroom team when he signed, but Venkys/Waggott/Pasha refused to sanction his pay off.,.. from Eastbourne in the National League South! Which I assume was about the price of a fish supper Sounds like Murray has worked his notice, so I am adding 1+ 1 together

Imagine he will be at Rovers as a coach in a few weeks (Ismael connection from their time at Barnsley & West Brom)

well in all fairness, half the squad is out of contract next summer, so everybody who is left will all be needed in the first team squad, leaving a loan manager as quite superfluous And the rest of the squad (apart from O'Riordan & Atcheson) are out of contract the summer after, which presumably means they can sack everyone else at that point, to save a few more quid

That's a curious one. Darragh Tuffy took over as U18s manager in October But Kidd was still here in February, as he took over the U21s when we were between managers & the U21 team were assisting Lowe. So presumably Kidd has a new role, as otherwise he wouldn't have been around in February to take temporary charge of the U21s No clue what his role is now though. As usual, Rovers communication has been first rate 😉

Its all on his linkedin, which I linked, coaching various community trust teams etc from the late 90s from 2011 - 9 years youth coaching at Accrington, Blackpool & Preston. a year of being a "Spillerutvikler" (something to do with youth development) at Bodo Glimt (I don't speak Norwegian so relying on google translate for that) - from the dates, I guess Gregg Broughton took him on there and then he has been at Rovers since 2021 doing various things in the academy set up, strangely, he joined Rovers about a year before Broughton did, so I assume that Stuart Jones was involved in his initial appointment In terms of qualifications, various things including a coaching BA & Academy management qualifications

I think we should all take Chris Lindrops post as confirmation that you should never, ever, under any circumstances, try to argue with an idiot. They will inevitably drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/may/16/paul-gray-promoted-to-senior-academy-position/ Long story short Paul Gray promoted to Head of Academy John Prince promoted to Head of Academy Coaching Club are also advertising for a Loan manager https://www.rovers.co.uk/club/job-vacancies Looks like 3 positions to replace Stuart Jones who left recently, & Jordan McCann who joined Arsenal in January

There is at least a good 5 inch difference between Duru (5ft 9 or 5ft 10 depending upon source) & Wright (5ft 4) Not to say that Duru wasn't disappointing in the Rochdale game, he was poor that day, as was the rest of the team on that day

Possibly not yet. But given the communication skills of those in charge ar Rovers, its unlikely we will ever find out anyway Edit - Apparently it took 18 months for the Elliott tribunal (I suppose given when this was, it may have been delayed due to covid but I do not know for certain), and 9 months for the Ings decision (those are the 2 that immediately sprang to mind, but I am sure there will be others). So yes, it could be that it has not happened yet

Its like they both want to lose

kind of a hybrid winger/wing back, but very attacking