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score/update I assume it will be Kahn Pitt McIlroy Eze Wilkinson Potter Farkas Clanford McCoy Doherty Joseph From what I've seen, Clanford looks very fast on the right wing, McCoy is more the modern type of winger cutting inside from the left onto his right foot (although looks like he may be playing as a 10 today), McCoy made his U21s debut off the bench last night Assuming its the same player, Mbonzale was part of our U13 squad less than 2 years ago

a couple of other former U18s/U21s have found new clubs Teddy Ramwell is in Spain Tom Bloxham must love blue & white halves

We may have Wood, Tyjon, Litherland, Michalski/Honor, and possibly Montgomery in todays side, but apart from that, it will be U18s I think

Another member of staff gone, & to the Dingles https://trainingground.guru/bulletin-board/ Adam Collins has left Blackburn Rovers to become Head of Academy Operations at local rivals Burnley. Collins had been Head of Performance Analysis for both the first team and Academy at Rovers since November 2022. He has previously worked for both Manchester United, as Performance Analyst for the first team, and Manchester City, as Head of Performance Analysis for the Academy, as well as for Sheffield United and Scunthorpe United. Writing on LinkedIn about his new role at Turf Moor, he said: “It takes me back into the Academy and learning environment full-time, where my passion has always been….at an exciting time, with the Academy recently returning to Category 1 status.” Looks like he was already replaced over the summer

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/september/22/report--rovers-under-21s-1-1-middlesbrough-under-21s/ Report from last night

Really? I am not sure how I just posted some details about his career post his failed Rovers transfer and then made what i thought was a silly throwaway comment No offence intended though

Such a negative impact so that he got a move to a Premier league team, and was decent enough for them to be a regular in their matchday squad for half of his first season at Brentford, and now at the age of 21 is a regular starter in a League 1 team I genuinely think that Football Manager games have warped peoples perceptions of how quickly young players should and do develop

Is this one there? Its Darragh Tuffy

I saw something that the EFL make their decision this evening, not sure if it said that decision will be communicated today though

Are you at the U21 game this evening? If so, who was manager following Sherons departure? I assume Tuffy? Edit - also if so, enjoy the game 🙂

U21s are at home to Middlesbrough this evening Imagine that those who are missing will be involved in the U21s game v Blackpool tomorrow afternoon

Or maybe tiddly winks, ludo or scrabble 😉 But seriously, yes, there should be a protocol set in stone, not "if the game is over 75 mins old then the EFL will randomly decide that "something" will be decided" I genuinely wouldn't care too much if it was that the team captains have to duke it out using their respective teams on FIFA, as long as that was the rule set in stone from the start

bingo

The ridiculous part is that there is a choice given in the rules, either the result stands, or the game is is replayed in full Why isnt is just one or the other? or if they did want to have some nuance based on how far gone the game is, option one if the game is less than X minutes old, and option 2 if the game is more than X minutes old?

Fair comment Mark, AI is a long way from infallible, to say the least. Which is why it is important that when we do "ask AI", we state that is what we have done, which is in fairness to Bruce, what he did also. I have no issue with statements like that which are prefixed with "I asked AI" or similar, as they can (and should be) be fact checked when needed

Nope, signed for them on Thursday, made his debut yesterday

Who? Gally hasn't played at all this season - is apparently just recently back in training Vale made his debut yesterday for Northampton Or did you mean to respond to someone else?

Liverpool did a nice write up for us, shame our own club haven't bothered yet with anything beyond a graphic https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/u18s-match-report-liverpool-suffer-heavy-defeat-blackburn Didn't realise at the time, but Patrik Farkas' brother was on the bench for Liverpool https://www.anfieldwatch.co.uk/liverpool-fc/news/exclusive-meet-the-15-year-old-liverpool-wonderkid-who-has-england-fighting-for-him/

hopefully back in training during October international break, which presumably means not playing until November

TGH now starting

imagine that when in possession, our 4-2-3-1 will become a back 3 with Miller and Ribeiro flanking Wharton, allowing Alebiosu to push forward

He played as a right sided centre back in a back 3 for Hibs (apparently 10 times), and plays right back & right wing back for Australia Not had much experience as a centre back in a back 4, pretty sure that the defeat to Bradford was his first game playing there

Any news on Mansbridge or Leeming? Not seen much (if any) of them this season

Not been seen on the pitch since pre season https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/july/31/report--rovers-under-18s-1-0-crewe-alexandra-under-18s-/ Can't be quietly moved on as he is under contract for another 2 years https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/may/15/introducing-the-class-of-2025-/

booooooo