Ghost of Clough

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Bradley responsible for another goal FFS

Good break but Bird a bit slow releasing the ball. Should have played Mendez-Laing in IMO.
Cashin's header destined for the top corner but headed clear.
Now BRADLEEEEYYYYY!!!!!!!

11 goals/assists in 11 U18 league games this season and he's still only 16 (until tomorrow).
I think it's a really special crop of players and wouldn't be surprised if we challenge for the title next season. 9 of today's starters are only first year scholars. 

11 goals/assists in 11 U18 league games this season and he's still only 16 (until tomorrow).
I think it's a really special crop of players and wouldn't be surprised if we challenge for the title next season. 9 of today's starters are only first year scholars. 

It looks like he spent 4 years as an auditor at KPMG, followed by 7 years as Head of Statutory Reporting at Chelsea prior to joining us as CFO. He only stepped up as CEO in 2018 after being on the board from 2017.
John Vicars was COO up until his retirement at the end of the 17/18 season. Sam Rush was CEO up until 2017. David Williams and John Kirkland were also on the board from 2017 to 2019. I wonder how much of a say Pearce actually had when he club opted to change amortisation policy and selling the stadium.

2-0. Osong
 

U18s just kicked off vs Stoke
Price
Eames   Banks   Osayande   Gill
Hawkins   McAndrew
Trialist   Allen   Osong
Oguntolu 
Subs: Hardy, Cox, Tola, Agustien, Green
 
Cox will very likely come off the bench for his first appearance since November. He had played in every U21 game up until that point.

2-0. Osong
 

Madleys overall record reffing us: 5W, 1D, 4L, 2 reds against (0 for), 2 pens against (0 for)
Barnsley's record: 0W, 1D, 0L, 0 reds, 0 pens

Stuff like this is why people don’t like Maguire.  Skim reading that tweet makes it sound like Quantuma have been charged with wire fraud, when in fact it’s a “company makes profit” non-story.  I’m sure it’s deliberately worded that way as click-bait.

Selling the stadium was a mechanism to spend MORE under P&S rules, and isn't a sign of an owner unwilling to continue funding the club - as per all the other clubs to have done the same and not gone into administration.

In the 21/22 PL season, Man City, Brighton, Burnley, Brentford, West Ham, Aston Villa and Liverpool were the only teams to make an accounting profit (£141m combined). However, in the two years previous, the same teams made a combined £509m loss, with only Burnely making a profit (£0.5m in 19/20).
West Brom are the only current Championship side to have made a profit in 21/22 - £5.4m (thanks to their £45m parachute payment). The 5 Championship clubs to have submitted their 22/23 accounts have all made a loss (£84.3m combined) - Norwich, QPR and Bristol City all losing in excess of £20m.

Define "decimated". In terms of players, we lost only Ryan, Eze (who joined us at the start of that season), and Kellyman from our academy sides during adminstration. Williams was a fringe first teamer by the time we sold him. In terms of staff, I beleive we no longer have any vacancies for academy roles.
Define "dreadful". Last season, the U18s finished 7th last season (2 points off 4th) and are currently 4th (3 points off 3rd) this season. Results for the U21s this season still aren't great, but if you'd watch them you'd know they aren't too far off the pace - evidenced by having lost by more than 1 goal only twice in all compettiions since September (a record which our first team also has).
It defeinitely won't take a "geenration" to get back to the levels we were at previously.
Warne has had a number of academy players participate in first team training. That doesn't mean he's willing to give them a go in the first team though. It also doesn't mean Warne is a good or bad judge of player. As I've stated many times before, there is also a difference between the ability of a squad/fringe player and a regular starter. Examples I gave in the past were Brown and O'Shea being good squad players at Man Utd, but less impressive as regulars for a struggling Sunderland side. You could also look at current PL sides and their use of academy players. For example, Liverpool have given Bobby Clark 6 appearances this season, but if they were to loan him out to a L1 side.
"If they're good enough" is only true if a manager is willing to give them a go. Thompson was good enough for 25 Championship games in the 21/22 season (1521 mins) but only good enough for 10 under Warne last season (159 minutes). Warne isn't the only manager guilty of it, but he absolutely is afraid of putting young players in incase they make mistakes.