Tinfoil hat time The game has been rearranged for that day so that Eustace is not in the building to push for deals to be completed on deadline day as the first team will have travelled to London by then "Sorry John, there was a power cut, so we could not press send"

Starts tonight for Eastham - won 3-0 - Ashton Utd now up to 3rd place Honor - lost 2-1 Not involved in matchday squad Markanday - lost 1-0 - this is a Vertu Trophy match so I expect they are not risking him Goddard - drew 1-1 - Ebbsfleet won on penalties for an extra point - Goddard picked up a hand injury in training Powell - drew 0-0 - named in U21s starting lineup. loan officially ends tomorrow

Rovers U21 play Forest Green, kick off at 7pm, live stream here if anyone fancies the first half before the first team kick off later lost 4-2

I would imagine they would rotate Campbell with Rak-Sakyi, and Moore with Cannon. Teams with ambition like to have a squad and decent bench options Looks like they have plenty of space in a 25 man squad anyway, seeing as players aged 21 & under don't need to be registered unless they are on loan. They only have 22 players who are 21 and over (including BBD)

I think it was Jordan McCann, 2 years ago, from Lincoln And in searching for him, I have just discovered he left to join Arsenal last week, replaced by John Prince (internal appointment)

O'Riordan loaned to Crewe, should be a good move for him. Crewe 2nd in the table, O'Riordan was a regular at Crewe before moving to Rovers, and they have an injury to one of their current first choice centre backs (who is incidentally Rovers academy graduate, James Connolly) Eustace also confirmed here that Garrett will be loaned out again rather than used by Rovers this season, & McFadzean will be leaving, but unsure if that will be permanent or a loan News that impacts Leo Duru, Barrow have a new manager. As far as I can work out he seems to flip between playing 4 and 3 at the back, with overlapping full/wing backs either should suit Duru

Just saw that and thought the same, with the narrative being that he has the "Championship experience" Eustace wants If we count Championship experience as mainly sitting on the bench and appearing as a late sub

Jones hasn't been running the academy since the summer restructure, That is now Paul Gray but I would have thought that Jones would have at the very least been a useful sounding board, and likely much more Jones, (having been here for close to 15 years), spends about 6 months in a more senior role (and presumably in closer contract with Waggott, Suhail etc) and jumps ship

Jackson saying the same TLDR - He has taken another job, and is currently working his 6 month notice period Blackburn Rovers' Head of Academy, Stuart Jones, is set to leave the football club, The Lancashire Telegraph understands. Jones has been at Rovers for over a decade and has worked within the youth system in various roles during that time. He has overseen the development of some of the club's finest youth prospects. In an Academy restructure this summer, Jones was promoted to Head of Academy, focusing specifically on the development of players aged 17-21 to make them ready for the first-team or a senior career elsewhere. Reports on Sunday claimed Jones was set for new pastures and that is accurate. The LT understands that Jones has handed his notice in at Blackburn Rovers but will still be at the club for the next six months. Club sources state Jones is 'ready for a new challenge' after well over a decade's service at Ewood Park. The club now have an extended period to source his replacement and begin the handover process before Jones' exit in June. The Academy remains one of Rovers' biggest assets and so this is a critical role for Blackburn to fill. Paul Gray was promoted to Academy Manager in the summer during the restructure and could be an obvious internal candidate to step up again. Rovers have yet to announce the appointment of a new Chief Scout, the role designed to replace John Park. Rudy Gestede continues to lead transfers with the aid of Adam Owen and Steve Waggott, as well as input from John Eustace. Interviews took place before Christmas so an appointment may have been made, with perhaps a notice period being served elsewhere. Rovers are expected to confirm an appointment through the official channels when the time is appropriate. The club will also be looking for a new analyst, with one of their team set to move to Middlesbrough.

He was one of the "new senior leadership team announced in the summer", along with Owen, Gestede & Park If this is indeed true, it is typical to see that 6 months later, only half of them are left at the club. Jones must have been ok, was head of academy for about 10 years before his new role, and the academy has produced. Park likewise has a decent reputation.. So it is worrying that the 2 more experienced operators are gone and we are left with Adam Owen, whose career history tells us he doesn't tend to stay in place for long, and Gestede.

I missed that he had been sacked, was just reading through the match thread, although after reading the fans comments, it is no surprise to see him relieved of his duties. Hopefully whoever replaces him is not adverse to having a rampaging wing back

Reading the Barrow forum to try and get an idea on how Duru got on, it seems he played as a right back in a 4-3-3 despite the BBC graphic on their match report stating he was played as a right sided centre back (well done as always BBC). Not the busiest of forums, but their fans seems happy with Duru despite the result. Although it sounds like they have had (he was sacked last night) the League 2 equivalent on JDT managing them, too attacking/not considering the opposition/narrow forward line/no protection for the defence/no plan B/sleepwalking down the table/etc

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Only positive about today (random good Buckley performance aside), is that Rovers are still 5th owing to West Brom & Middlesbrough slipping up. Tired performance by Rovers, reinforcements (and pace) needed asap Edit - and another positive, Dingles out of the top 2