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Rovers in full control won 2-1. Liverpool manager says it was the worst performance of the season so we must have done something well Gave away a sloppy goal 10 min before the end. Keeper came flappin

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Chaddy, it is impossible to defend the kick-off time for the Burnley game.  It's another kick in the teeth for supporters.  I can attend but friends who work can't attend.  If I had been working I wou

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I've seen both on several occasions.  For me Wharton reminds me a bit of Tom Cairney. Box-to-box midfielder who can control a game with his classy passing. Left footed and looks like he has all t

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Would be nice to think we were developing these lads for us to promote to and strengthen the first team, rather than with the only intention of selling them at the first opportunity. Not to reinvest the fees and build the squad in that way but simply to pay the bills. It can’t continue forever.

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1-1 draw, goal from Murphy-Worrell. Not gonna lie, that's a pretty disappointing result against the likes of Colchester U21s, even with all the players we have out on loan. Looks like QPR drew with them too though. We're second in the 4-team group, behind QPR on GD, ahead of Preston by a point, Colchester by 2. Not sure how many go through.

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7 hours ago, bluebruce said:

1-1 draw, goal from Murphy-Worrell. Not gonna lie, that's a pretty disappointing result against the likes of Colchester U21s, even with all the players we have out on loan. Looks like QPR drew with them too though. We're second in the 4-team group, behind QPR on GD, ahead of Preston by a point, Colchester by 2. Not sure how many go through.

To be fair I saw us narrowly beat Colchester in the game at Leyland and they were unlucky not to get something from the game.

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No strikers coming through at U21s level? Tyjon is leading the line lately, though he's 16, and more of a second forward, I suppose.

Joe Boggan was on the bench recently, having not featured much, as far as I can tell, since he went to Macclesfield (where he didn't play, it seems). Otherwise, we don't really seem to have anyone, now that Leonard is returning to the first team squad. Looking very threadbare.

 

 

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41 minutes ago, riverholmes said:

No strikers coming through at U21s level? Tyjon is leading the line lately, though he's 16, and more of a second forward, I suppose.

Joe Boggan was on the bench recently, having not featured much, as far as I can tell, since he went to Macclesfield (where he didn't play, it seems). Otherwise, we don't really seem to have anyone, now that Leonard is returning to the first team squad. Looking very threadbare.

 

 

I think Tyjon is the one coming through at U21 level. That he's 16 isn't really the point, he's made it onto the first team bench a few times and even played briefly. Probably have some more first team appearances by the end of the season. If he's as good as made out, he needs regular U21 football to keep developing, so I'm not really concerned that there isn't someone getting in his way. Next year it will probably be Harvey Higgins pushing into the U21s, if not this season.

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Rovers U21s have played 17 games so far, by my reckoning - quite a few of them in various cup competitions, some against non-league, some against continental opponents. Tyjon and Bloxham are the best bet for goals in the U21s (aside from Leonard) but even they aren't scoring often. U21s goalscorers this season:

Harry Leonard - 5
Tom Bloxham - 4
Igor Tyjon - 4
Amario Cozier-Duberry - 3
James Edmondson - 2
Zack Stritch - 2
Leo Duru - 1
Lewis Bell - 1
Exaucé Mafoumbi - 1
Freddie Leatherbarrow - 1
Brandon Powell - 1
Adam Caddick - 1
Matty Litherland - 1
Paul Murphy-Worrell - 1

 

 

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16 hours ago, riverholmes said:

No strikers coming through at U21s level? Tyjon is leading the line lately, though he's 16, and more of a second forward, I suppose.

Joe Boggan was on the bench recently, having not featured much, as far as I can tell, since he went to Macclesfield (where he didn't play, it seems). Otherwise, we don't really seem to have anyone, now that Leonard is returning to the first team squad. Looking very threadbare.

 

 

 

11 hours ago, riverholmes said:

Rovers U21s have played 17 games so far, by my reckoning - quite a few of them in various cup competitions, some against non-league, some against continental opponents. Tyjon and Bloxham are the best bet for goals in the U21s (aside from Leonard) but even they aren't scoring often. U21s goalscorers this season:

Harry Leonard - 5
Tom Bloxham - 4
Igor Tyjon - 4
Amario Cozier-Duberry - 3
James Edmondson - 2
Zack Stritch - 2
Leo Duru - 1
Lewis Bell - 1
Exaucé Mafoumbi - 1
Freddie Leatherbarrow - 1
Brandon Powell - 1
Adam Caddick - 1
Matty Litherland - 1
Paul Murphy-Worrell - 1

 

 

Looking slightly more into the context behind some of those numbers

Tyjon has apparently played 528 minutes (spread across 8 games) for the U21s this season, which equates to a strike rate of about 1 in every 2 full games, which for a 16 year old in the U21s is not to be sneezed at

Boggan, has 5 in 6 this season for the U18s

Bloxham seems to be in the process of being converted to a right back (or at least experimenting with it) rather than a forward.  Albeit only in the past 2/3 games

The main goal threat for the U21s last season was Gilsenan with 13 goals in 15 games, and then 2 more goals in very limited minutes for the first team.  He has not been available so far this term due to injury.

 

For me, Rovers biggest issue with youngsters on the cusp of breaking through is they end up spending too much time sat on the first team bench or being the "21st man" and therefore not playing for any team (first/U21/U18/away on loan).   Which is mainly caused by a lack of investment in the first team playing squad

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11 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Is Mafoumbi any good?

I haven’t had a chance to see him play but seemed as though there was some fanfare over his signing this summer 

I am sure others have seen more of him than me, but so far, he does not seem to have stood out,   Has a decent amount of pace, and looks better as in inside left forward cutting in, rather than as a central striker from what I've seen of him

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15 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Is Mafoumbi any good?

I haven’t had a chance to see him play but seemed as though there was some fanfare over his signing this summer 

I have seen him play a few times and if you asked me for a decision right now based on that it would be a resounding no. However he is young, under contract and does have an asset in his pace so based on that and faith in the Academy coaches he has to be persevered with.

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