Seems the U21s may be playing Sporting Braga at Haig Avenue tonight in a resumption of the Premier League International Cup, after a pause of 2 years due to covid.
Kick-off in 12 mins... Any intel?
That list of yoofs being offered contracts means that there's a few others (thus far unnamed) that appear to have not been despite being out of contract... Looks like they've been released, at least according to Transmarkt: Hughes, Hagan, Kristensen, Garcia. Mind you, they include Gibson in...
Any thoughts or insights into what happened with our new superstar this season just gone — Francis Okoronkow?
The kid had a real purple patch, scoring 6 in 7 games when he finally started playing at the end of November... then faded by the end of January and ultimately disappeared in early...
Just in the interests of Truth and Reconciliation, Niasse played only 6 games in PL2 out of 22 that season, so less than 30%.
He did score 8 out of 48 goals, so less than 20%.
But it's a great stick to beat Unsworth with.
Given the U18s line-up today, the only regular I can come up with who was not listed for the U23s last night is Kyle John. I think he'd played in every game for the U23s this season up until last Friday, when he was missing vs The Foxes.
Of course, that could mean he's out injured!