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U18s play Forest today, kick off 12:30 line up and score updates here

Saadi remained on the bench during a 2-1 win this eve

Mainly moaning at the ref and things like kicking the ball away/standing over the ball to prevent a quick free kick. The moaning is just silly, but preventing a quick free kick/break is commonplace and obviously encouraged by managers as an equivalent of committing a foul to stop a quick break and "taking one for the team" According to the same article, Cantwell is also sailing close to a ban (4 yellows so far), I would imagine this is for much the same reasons

Dolan suspended tomorrow, https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24706584.blackburn-hit-fresh-blow-attacking-absences-pile/

Starts tonight for O'Riordan won 1-0 Atcheson & Montgomery won 3-0

Live here for those who cant make the game. Kick off 7pm

It was a comment made in jest, hence the silly emoji which accompanied it. Moran is a technically adept player who more than capable of hurting us if he is allowed to do so, but as we know from experience, he will go hiding if the going gets tough. Its up to Rovers to make sure that he goes hiding tomorrow.

If Moran is the one tasked with putting him under pressure, Buckley would have all the time in the world 😉

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/november/05/preview--rochdale-v-rovers-under-21s/

I have corrected his job description for you 😉

ACD is injured/not fit https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/november/04/senior-trio-out-of-stoke-showdown/

Starts tonight for Michalski & Farkas as they lost 4-1

Pears in team of the week for 2 different stats sites. Whilst I don't think he was awful at the weekend, surely there were a few better performing keepers who didn't concede 2 goals?

He took all the free kicks for Arsenal against our U21s last week. Looked quite technical, but I agree, Other positions are surely a greater priority for what will surely be a tiny budget, and Eustace wouldn't play him ahead of Travis and Tronstad, so seems a waste. Edit - Just thought that it might make sense (from Waggotts perspective) as a cost cutting measure if for instance Bakers loan is cut short

Seems the "official line" is that he is injured

Edmondsons goal for Macclesfield yesterday This is also ones for the fans of "proper 1-11 numbering", Edmondson wearing #3 and playing as an attacking midfielder lol

Ipswich's wage budget when they were in League 1 was £19.8M which is about average for a championship club, then they would have had promotion bonuses + the wages whoever they signed once they were in the championship https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/24205704.ipswich-town-accounts-2022-2023-financial-year-revealed/ And £5M of transfer fees last season too with no sales https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ipswich-town/transfers/verein/677/plus/?saison_id=2023&pos=&detailpos=&w_s= Luton's wage bill in their promotion season was apparently £27.6M, a £10M increase on the previous season, which I think was mainly on expensive loans https://swissramble.substack.com/p/luton-town-finances-202223

They both had large wage budgets (*) when they were promoted from the championship. This was especially true of Ipswich who had an average Championship wage budget when they were in League One Edit - * compared to pretty much every team without parachute payments

Edmondson has scored for Macclesfield

National League Cup (U21s) & Premier League Cup (U18s) games on Tuesday The Rochdale v Rovers U21 game will be free to stream on https://www.nationalleaguetv.com/

About £500K wasn't it?

Who could you play as actual wingers from the current (fit) squad? I would be more inclined to play a back 3, with Beck and Brittain as wing backs and Cantwell behind 2 strikers. GK Hyam Batth Pickering Brittain Travis Tronstad Beck Cantwell Ohashi Gueye At least Beck and Brittain can put a cross in, and having 3 men behind them would allow them both to concentrate more on going forwards

Starts today for Batty won 2-0 (FA cup game which cup ties him, which implies he will remain there for the rest of the season) Edmondson scored the 4th in a 5-1 win Eastham drew 1-1 Honor lost 4-3, conceding 2 late goals Michalski lost 2-0 On the bench Farkas came on for the final 10 minutes in a 2-0 defeat Not Involved in squad Markanday Not involved in FA cup game, which may imply a January recall (won 3-1) Garrett Not involved in FA cup game, which may imply a January recall (taken to extra time by Weston Super Mare) O'Riordan Not involved in FA cup game, which may imply a January recall (won 1-0) Wood lost 5-0 Davies won 3-0 Edit - Not really worth its own post, Saadi remained on the bench throughout Sundays game in a 3-2 win

The U21s record since the start of October is won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2, far from stellar, but not quite "used to getting beaten" https://www.rovers.co.uk/Matches/u21?view=results The U18s on the other hand have won only once this season and that was in mid September https://www.rovers.co.uk/Matches/u18?view=results