Re the bold point, maybe this is why he has been loaned out? He has always looked very good technically, but the loan, even at the 7th tier, where results matter and in front of opposing fans, hopefully gets him to come out of his shell

Michalski's Bamber Bridge win 4-2 Eastham's Ashton lose 1-0 Honor's Clitheroe lose 3-2 Atcheson remained on the bench as Northern Ireland U21s lost 2-1 to Ukraine

Starts tonight for Eastham, Honor & Michalski

Hopefully that is the end of my recurring nightmare that he re signs for Rovers and gets injured after another 10 minute cameo appearance

Yes, Rafeal is Lennis brother Edit - and have just discovered that the Montserrat national team have been managed by Lee Bowyer for the past 12 months

The only thing that makes any sense is that when he was offered the deal there was a very real chance that due to financial restrictions, he may have been considered as being possibly a cheap squad filler, and since that time, fears over finances have calmed somewhat following sales of Gally and Sammie. But obviously we have owners that do not seem to operate on any sort of logic which we can fathom, so who knows?

Rovers finally confirm that Jalil Saadi has extended his contract as he gets a lovely Cypriot holiday for the rest of the season. This one may be a little more difficult to track as they do not seem to have any social media in English that I can find https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/september/10/saadi-secures-cyprus-switch/

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/september/09/loan-rovers--a-scoring-saturday-for-markanday-and-wood-/

But he did get Sorba Thomas on loan, a man guaranteed to propel us to promotion 😉

Hyam would also be up there alongside the three you named, & apparently Lewis Baker was on over £15K/week at Stoke, so I cant imagine they would loan him to a rival without a very large chunk of it being paid.

Like the contract extensions for Alex Baker and Jalil Saadi (which have both obviously happened as they get mentions on the club site re U21 fixtures) The club do have previous for not announcing things/terrible communication

One to keep an eye out for in a few years Fahuz Amusat U15s striker

Barrow also picked up Tom White after Rovers released him a few years ago https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/november/white-makes-barrow-switch/ Seems to be working for them, most successful period in their history isn't it? No clue how much Barrow use data in recruitment, but to be honest, it seems a very sensible strategy for localish lower league teams to pick up our cast offs, just as Rovers pick up academy cast offs from Man Utd, Everton,, Man City, Liverpool etc. I would have thought Accrington should have been at it for years (including being after loans from Rovers too)

Tyjon came off the bench as England U17 drew 0-0 with Israel

Garrett played 90 mins for Bristol Rovers as they lost 2-1 to Barnsley Markanday scored in a 2-1 win for Chesterfield v Grimsby Batty was taken off 10 mins from time with Accrington 2-0 down to Notts County Gamble came off the bench with the game at 2-2, as Fylde lost 4-3 to Yeovil Montgomery played the 90 mins for Marine as they drew 0-0 with Darlington Wood scored the 3rd as Annan hammered Stranraer 5-1 Eastham conceded a last minute goal as Ashton Utd lost 1-0 Michalski was in goal for Bamber Bridge who lost 5-1

Own goal? Wasn't it McGoldricks?

Starts today for Garrett, Markanday, Batty, Montgomery, Wood, Michalski, & Eastham (who is now on loan in the mouthful that is the Northern Premier League Premier Division until January) Gamble is on the bench for Fylde Wood and Markanday have both scored in the first half

Charlie Weston, who was released this summer, has signed for Barrow, joining Connor Mahoney & Sam Barnes https://www.barrowafc.com/news/2024/september/02/b-team-signing--charlie-weston/

Atcheson on the bench for Northern Ireland U21 v England U21 (who have Morton on the bench) Not an outgoing loan, but Beck on the bench for Wales v Turkey Pretty sure both games are on BBC Iplayer, but cant find the link for the U21 game yet Edit - Spoiler - neither of them got off the bench

He likes to play from the right, but he can play on the left. As I said previously, he is more than capable of playing from the left if required. I did not state that he preferred to play on the left. Rankin-Costello has said numerous times that he prefers to play further forward rather than as a right back, but you have no problem stating that you would prefer to see him as a right back (I am not having a go, but players can & should l do what is required of them) Given how Eustace likes to set up, I can see Cozier-Duberry playing more often on the right when Beck starts at left back, and on the left when Pickering starts at left back In an ideal world *, another wide player would also have been signed (Godo would seem to be the one that got away) * In a truly ideal world Rovers would have bought 2 wide players but hey ho

Max Davies has signed a pro contract https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/september/06/max-pens-pro-deal/

Cozier-Duberry is a left footed wide player as opposed to a winger. He can play both sides. Most of his highlights are when he has come in and curled one into the top corner, because these are obviously spectacular, but he is more than capable of stretching play from the left side if needed

JRC spent the majority of his time at U21 level playing wide left cutting inside onto his right foot. He did also feature in central midfield and wide right, And I am pretty certain that before he joined Rovers, he was a centre forward and then centre back for Man Utd at academy level There was part of one season where the U21s played 3 centre backs and he did play at right wing back during that period. For me, JRC dies his best work centrally, whether that has been as an inverted full back in 22/23, or in the period at the beginning of last season (before the wheels fell off Rovers season) when he played in central midfield, with Hill at right back and Brittain wide right. He has never had the pace to knock it past his full back and go down the outside to get a cross in, but his movement is excellent, and based on what he did as an inverted full back, there is no reason why he couldn't replicate that from a more advanced position (as Eustace has been trialing) if and when he is fully fit.

Goddard's Dundalk lost 2-1 to top pf the table St. Patricks. Former Rovers U21 Dan Pike also played Northern Ireland U21 play England U21 tonight at 7:45pm. Atcheson may feature (if fit). I think this link on the BBC site will show the game live

Elite Significant Contribution Which is probably the only time in their careers that elite will be used in any way to describe Wahlstedt & Telalovic