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Silly comment. Barnsley are near the top because of their manager. We are nearer the bottom because of our manager. Under a better manager we could easily be in Barnsley's position. Our Academy lads would then, by definition, be getting in a team near the top of the league. You think Lenihan, Travis, JRC, Nyambe etc etc wouldn't get in Barnsley's team? I think you're way off the mark there. And the other teams at the top are full of players bought when those teams were in the Prem, so it's hardly a fair comparison, unless you are saying we should be producing lots of Prem-quality players worth tens of millions from our Academy? The simple facts are we are producing a lot of good Championship players who under a better manager would be a lot higher in the table. As ever, the problems lies with the manager, not with the quality of the players. Our Academy is phenomenal at producing players good enough for the league we are in. Nobody else is doing it. And there are a few more where they came from. Anyway carry on lads, you are doing Waggotts work for him, deriding the Academy and the value of Cat 1, and guaranteeing he has ready-made arguments to go to Cat 2, or whatever, when all we'll produce is a Jason Lowe every 4 years and fuck all else. Careful what you wish for.

'Mowbrayed' should be in the Dictionary.

There's a vacancy at Rovers for Head of Recruitment. You should apply.

If you're producing players via the Academy who are good enough for your 1st team you are saving a hell of lot of money in transfer fees. Travis, Lenihan, Nyambe etc would not be cheap, especially now as British players will be at a premium post-Brexit. And all that for the £2m a year it costs the club to run the Cat 1 Academy (grant excluded) Be careful what you wish for.

Has Conn got back to you?

He's posted a few isolated instances. Rovers 1st team could be half filled with Academy lads next season, all good enough for the Championship. Name me another club doing that in the Championship? Criticising the Academy is bizarre, it's the only part of the club that actually appears to function to it's full potential.

@roverseas great vid. cheers.

Everton's Finch Farm facilities & comparisons amid Blackburn Rovers' training ground plans - LancsLive "I didn't see it all because there is very intense security around there but I went into the buildings and different vantage points" - Waggott on his visit to Finch Farm. Fact-finding Waggott-style. He essentially got his mate to give him a leg-up and he looked over a wall.

David Conn (@david_conn) / Twitter Can't see it? have you got a link?

Report: Sunderland Under-18s 0-2 Rovers Under-18s - News - Blackburn Rovers U'18's doing well. I've read a few reports recently and Gilsenan and Baker always seem to be involved in the goals. Anybody seen them play? Any good?

Payne is in his prime playing for a team in a League 1 relegation fight. Nothing like Dolan.

Possibly, as they rely on the club for their stories. But I think a front page editorial was done on Kean saying he should go so I'm not sure you're entirely correct with that.

Great letter. Well done. Get it trending on twitter with the help of Cov fans.

There are websites for foot fetishist's. Er...apparently. Dolan's nothing like Jack Payne.

If it was twittered and Coventry FC/Fans group were @'d then it could get some traction. Sharpe is just a club lackey, sadly. Compare and contrast the work of the local journo's covering Cov.

Haha, I didn't see your original post. You're not bitter though, that's the main thing😉

Interesting. I'll be saying the exact same thing...as well as mentioning his 'performance-based' bullshit.

Coventrio

Really? I think we're being prepared for another season of possession-based tedium.

Lewis Holtby 7th, Bell 12th The top 3 are good, the rest are either unproven, average or shite.