Thursday Start for O'Riordan - lost 3-2 Friday On the bench Saadi - won 2-1 Not involved in matchday squad Mafoumbi - won 1-0

Eze turned 16 in September So we cannot offer him a pro contract until he turns 17 in 5 months time Tyjon on the other hand, they should be sorting out asap, also Dunn if he has turned 17 yet

The scary thing is, that is the market Rovers under the current hierarchy will be shopping in if/when they do decide to replace him (see Toth & Wahlstedt for confirmation of this). We had better hope that Michalski is good, (but not too good, so that he stays a few years)

Markanday goal from last night

That's a bit optimistic

I think its Watford

calf injury, probably out for rest of the season

Starts this evening for Markanday - won 3-2 - scored to make it 1-1 - withdraw in the 82nd minute with the score at 3-2 Litherland - lost 3-0 Play on Thursday O'Riordan - game is on Sky Sports Football at 8pm

Suspect you may be right, I imagine a certain number of appearances would have triggered either a contract extension or a bonus payment

as lightweight as he was, he had good off the ball movement and finishing ability. 2 attributes that are lacking in the squad as a whole

Very reminiscent of Dolan away against Coventry earlier in the season

If he gets to see out 26 games at Rovers, we will be as good as relegated by Christmas

Data scientists, so either player recruitment or player performance analysts Karthik Hariharan - Head of Data Science and Football Insights at Blackburn Rovers FC - joined in December Hrishikesh Dabir - Assistant Data Scientist at Blackburn Rovers Football Club - joined as an intern a year ago, before becoming permanent in the summer Edit - I think they are involved in player recruitment along with Asher Hines, as Adam Collins is in charge of player performance analysis A quick check of linkedin shows that Rovers lost a few people from the data dept. this season Jason Taylor moved to Boro 2 months ago Owen Bullman moved to Huddersfield last month Lewis Evans left in December - He was Rovers previous head of data scouting

Isn't he staying for the season because his release clause drastically reduces in the summer? Southampton saving some money by waiting?

They do have a very nice stadium and beer taps though So swings and roundabout eh? 😉

Definitely local, and think he is a fan, so maybe, but honestly, given who makes decisions at Ewood who knows?

nope, he had only just turned 16 at the time he signed, cannot even be a first year scholar until the summer He made "a commitment to a scholarship registration", but as we have seen previously... I recall Ashley Phillips agreeing to sign a future contract (before he was of age) before backing out, before Broughton convinced him to sign something Literal schoolboys cannot legally commit to anything

fixed it for you

Cant, even if all parties wanted to. They can only sign scholarship deals at most until they turn 17, and then can only sign 3 year contracts at most until they turn 18

I think that something in that range may be seen as a barrier to a players freedom of movement. But a fair share (much more than the current amounts, in the case of sell on fees, something like 5% for each and every year that the player was in the clubs academy, maybe capped at 50%) of future monies earned through either sales or performance would not be. Probably irrelevant either way as it wont happen, as it would not benefit those with the finances to grease the wheels of the current system

If you bought a stand alone "walk on" ticket to each game, instead of a season ticket, wouldn't you end up inadvertently funding Venkys running the club to a greater extent? Edit - to clarify, I am in no way stating that those who buy individual tickets are supporting the current regime, just that if it is a conscious effort to do this (as Rigger is suggesting) rather than being unable to commit to a season ticket for finance/time reasons/etc, that is in effect, then is that the inadvertent consequence?

Something like that, also fixed add on's (at a decent level) for future sell on fees, prize money (once the player is playing a certain amount of games) etc

I agree, My comment was based on the below post Personally wouldn't put anything past those in charge. If it is "within" then I imagine Waggott creamed his pants whilst rubbing his hands together & congratulating himself on his own genius at shafting a new employee as soon as he was through the door

Depends on if the break clause (if true) is within 3 months, or after 3 months. If it is after 3 months, then they will obviously wait. If it is within 3 months, he should be binned immediately, if not before 😉

He was subbed off in the 88th minute, not at the beginning of the half. I don't think we have to worry about this particular one