KentExile

Why? He is over 21, so needed to be named in the 25 man squad to be able to play

No mention of Schaper being called up in Rovers official story on this https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2026/february/06/flynn-chosen-for-england-u15s-squad-/

That is already the case, but initial fees are difficult. Unless they are enormous they would do little to put some teams off, and even then, and for some players would be woefully inadequate Anyone below 16 shouldn't be allowed to be poached - in an ideal world... but what if a players parents legitimately move for a new job? And then if those cases are then allowed, then the system is open to abuse Maybe the whole system could be standardised? Something like all of the below? Initial fee of £100K multiplied by number of years the player has been at the academy. That could potentially mean close to a million straight out of the gate and would dissuade many from gambling on poaching Future sell on fee of X% multiplied by number of years the player has been at the academy A flat fee for each of the first however many first team appearances Another flat fee for a first international appearance... this may have to be a different figure depending upon which nation the player ends up playing for.. an appearance for France/England/Spain is worth a lot more than an appearance for the Cook Islands

Scott Wharton as "club captain" with Tronstad as his stand in

Completely agree I assume banning youth moves completely would be against some sort of law anyway, and would probably go too far in favour of the clubs. The only thing I can possibly think of though is having a huge weighting (starting at 50%) in favour of the team who has been poached from in terms of a sell on fee

Indeed, Rovers are not innocent in this though Eze came here from Accrington just over a year ago, Tyjon himself was poached from Rochdale a year before that

That seems like a cop out on the part of whoever was doing the deducting

I thought Schaper was South African & didn't get his move to Chelsea because of visa issues? Born in Benoni, South Africa, Camden began his football journey at a young age, initially playing for SuperSport United. I presume if he now qualifies for England, those issues no longer apply

I presume you have been mislead by Rovers website, which incorrectly claims he was one of 11 subs on the bench against Sheff Wed. Obviously only 9 are allowed Forshaw also incorrectly showing there

He is But, he is also injured, which seems to have been missed/overlooked by many Had his jaw & cheekbone fractured in an U21 game a week or so ago, possibly out for up to 8 weeks following surgery National League for a month or so at the end of the season may be below his level, but will allow him to get a few minutes in and get back up to speed rather than having him playing U21 games

Unless its 3 of Hedges, Pratt, Garrett & Kargbo missing out, all of which could be plausibly be attributed to injury/fitness, we should be able to tell who has made the decision based on who is missing

Savage has had very good reviews from fans of Macclesfield & Forest Green. Had both of those playing some very nice football... but, both of those teams are/were one of the the financial heavyweights in their respective divisions, so it remains to be seen if Savage can be successful when he is coaching one of the paupers in any given division. I also don't think he would put up with Venkys/Pasha/Rudy etc for a second

I missed this one Zak Gilsenan has been on loan at Buxton in the National League North to hopefully regain fitness, so far has 2 goals in 3 games

Match report from U17s semi final win team Rovers put out is below (those in bold are from our U16s) Holt Pitt Decandia McIlroy Low Vare Ball Higgins Lister McCoy Joseph Subs - Wolsoncroft, Nosegbe, Walls, Flynn, Clanford I would like to highlight that West Brom had a wonderfully named player on the scoresheet, Justin Seven-Seven