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Post by bubba on May 17, 2021 8:29:23 GMT
Anyroadup, here's my predictions.
2nd Year Scholars
Given contracts
A.CLAYTON, E.ROUSE, D.DJUROVIC, C.NOAKES, J.WILLIAMS, A.CHANG, R.WALKER, A.MILLER
There was an article the other day alleging Everton were sniffing round Amari Miller, they can feck off.
Released
M.OAKLEY, K.CRAIG
Not sure
J.DUGMORE
Y.ZOHORE - not seen anything of him all season, don't know if he's injured or left the club, wouldn't be the first time youngsters have left without the club passing any comment.
Not so accurate on this one, the last four in my suggested offer of pro contracts plus Oakley who I thought would go have been offered new deals, presumably the rest with no mention made of them are being let go.
This is unusually brutal, blues normally retain the majority at least for a year and considering they've been pretty decent a bit surprising. You could read a few things into it but let's see what the next couple of months bring including the application for Cat 1 status for the academy.
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Post by monkeyman on May 17, 2021 14:06:36 GMT
Hopefully its a sign that the they are confident of getting Category 1 status? It would be nice to think that they've cleared the decks, in the hopes if us doing a bit of poaching ourselves in the summer. I won't be holding my breath on this, my gut instinct is that we won't get category 1 status, but hopefully I'm wrong.
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Post by bignumbernine on May 17, 2021 16:08:29 GMT
Can someone go over what the application process is for category 1? And if we did get it, what impact does that have?
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2021 21:14:48 GMT
There’s loads to cat 1 Educational facilities Contact hours Floodlights Playing surfaces Qualifications of coach’s The list is endless
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Post by bcfcrebel on Jun 10, 2021 19:39:26 GMT
Think we still have Clayton and Rouse don't we? Plus Daniel Djurovic, Kade Craig and Charlie Noakes in defence. You also have Josh Dugmore and Yohan Zohore
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2021 20:09:50 GMT
Think we still have Clayton and Rouse don't we? Plus Daniel Djurovic, Kade Craig and Charlie Noakes in defence. You also have Josh Dugmore and Yohan Zohore Non were offered contracts.
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Post by bubba on Jun 10, 2021 20:22:13 GMT
Think we still have Clayton and Rouse don't we? Plus Daniel Djurovic, Kade Craig and Charlie Noakes in defence. You also have Josh Dugmore and Yohan Zohore no, bcfc website is just shit at updating information.
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Post by bubba on Jul 4, 2021 11:22:59 GMT
Still no update on contract offers for Chang, Walker, Williams and Oakley in the U-23's.
Still no news on the new first year scholars, the ones named were gleaned from elsewhere.
It takes some doing for a club website to be second best on news to the Birmingham Mail.
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Post by bubba on Jul 15, 2021 19:23:56 GMT
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Post by bubba on Jul 15, 2021 19:26:25 GMT
contract lengths not mentioned but wait
STONE THE CROWS!
Yoanne Zohore has been dug back up, he's got a 3rd scholarship year.
Blimey was convinced he'd been murdered.
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Post by bertieauld on Jul 23, 2021 12:02:21 GMT
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Post by bubba on Jul 23, 2021 14:05:27 GMT
He's highly rated and a lot of clubs sniffing around as they do, it's basically Foday Nabay again though he's a few years older and a bit more of a sure thing than Nabay was at 14. He's had his head turned and wants to go for the quick few extra bucks being offered by prem clubs and like many before him both at blues and other clubs has probably been poorly advised.
With CAT 1 Academy status now we're asking a sizeable fee for a youth player (though plenty his age have gone for more) but these clubs telling him he's the greatest thing since... don't rate him high enough to risk what is a drop in the ocean given their revenues so it seems he's been advised by his parents, his advisors and/or admiring clubs, to see out his scholarship and not sign pro terms in hopes they can get him for a fee more to their liking.
You may think as I do if they really think he's the greatest thing since... that they wouldn't give a toss about a poxy (to them) fee and that refusing to pay it suggests they're just doing what prem club do these days and hoovering up league clubs youth players that show a glimmer of hope as cheaply as they can knowing that if ten flop but just one comes off they'll still be quids in. But that's because we're a little bit older, a little bit wiser and a little bit more cynical.
The ten that flop those clubs won't give a fig about and their footballing education and game time they should have been getting at 18, 19 and 20 years of age will have been lost rotting in their new club's development factory stunting and potentially completely wrecking their footballing development, it's a story that's been told many times before.
Short version they'll offer them more money right now than blues can sensbly afford to and the kid and/or his advisors reckon that's the most important thing, it's a free country.
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Post by bertieauld on Jul 23, 2021 16:07:43 GMT
Yes, that is what I thought, thanks for your response bubbs,
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Post by bubba on Nov 3, 2021 19:40:35 GMT
The shitshow that is our club under these owner's stewardship have still not provided any information on this year's intake of first year scholars, in fact ifyou head over to bcfc's U-18's squad list here www.bcfc.com/birmingham-city-u18/ 7 of the first 9 players listed aren't even at the club anymore aswell as the listed coach Mike Dodds. This is the kind of shit that passes as fine when nobody cares.
In any case I have been able to glean some information from other sources and have now updated the first year scholars above, perhaps BCFC can copy it from here.
#BSH - we do what we want
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Post by bubba on Nov 21, 2021 18:31:05 GMT
Fcuk me, these feckers are on the ball.
Thanks for putting this out 6 months after they signed, top work.
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Post by bluescharlie on Nov 27, 2021 20:02:04 GMT
Jordan James now signed pro until 2024
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Post by bubba on Dec 9, 2021 16:08:54 GMT
The club have revamped the website including now finally updating all the different squads. Some have been promoted to the first team squad despite not really being first team squad players and imo should really still be listed in their respective age squad lists unless a regular first team squad member but it's a minor personal gripe and at least they've finally done it.
Still one player missing from the first year scholars, M.Dance and almost none of the players out on loan have been included but guessing that's because they did a photo shoot recently whilst those players weren't at the club to get their pictures taken.
I haven't moved anybody out of the squad I have them listed in above and don't see the point as believe it more realistically reflects where they are, when that changes I shall as always move them.
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Post by TILTON on Jan 16, 2022 16:47:16 GMT
Assume JJ will get a new pro deal, or have they already tied him down?
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Post by expatjohn on Jan 16, 2022 16:56:54 GMT
Assume JJ will get a new pro deal, or have they already tied him down? 2 posts up.
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Post by bubba on Jan 16, 2022 18:23:35 GMT
Assume JJ will get a new pro deal, or have they already tied him down? 2 posts up. and in the squads above, I usually update within hours and pretty much always within a week.
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Post by bubba on Jan 24, 2022 21:06:57 GMT
Rumours that blues 2nd year scholar Nguepissi was actually in the baggies U-23 team today playing against blues as a trialist for them.
UPDATE
Now moved to them permanently after blues chose not to offer him a contract.
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Post by westheathen on Feb 18, 2022 15:47:50 GMT
Has our boomerang returned yet 😁
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Post by bubba on Feb 18, 2022 16:03:32 GMT
No they threw him a bit further this time.
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Post by bluenosekro on May 2, 2022 7:43:53 GMT
Last season I edited and removed posts once they'd been up a while with exceptions made for posts of ongoing interest and information, in order to keep the thread short with the squads always on the front and only page.
Walker, Chang Williams and Oakley all finish 23
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Post by bertieauld on May 2, 2022 18:00:00 GMT
No, I think they are all English nose
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Post by bubba on May 3, 2022 12:29:40 GMT
Walker, Chang Williams and Oakley all finish 23
None of them had their contracts disclosed. I suspect they are all either ending ths Summer or this Summer with a year's option but the club declined to publish details.
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Post by bubba on May 9, 2022 6:57:53 GMT
The whole takeover thing may mean yet another long wait for publishing of the retained lists and scholar updates.
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Post by jazzzy786 on May 15, 2022 9:26:53 GMT
Great name Boomerang
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Post by bubba on May 15, 2022 11:32:08 GMT
I should probably give him his real name back but he's allegedly had the glitterati looking at him and didn't go anywhere, was being released then got a new contract then went on loan but is coming back. I've said many times I've seen him play probably 7 or 8 times and in most of those games he was imo the worst player on the pitch and I'm amazed if the stories linking bigger clubs with him was true, though in fairness he was playing out of position in most of those games I saw and he was better in his first team appearance at CB than all those U-23 games at leftback. I'lll gve him his name back when the retained lists are announced, which if we don't get taken over will probably be around xmas.
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Post by bcfcrebel on May 15, 2022 18:39:09 GMT
All I can take from this ATM is we desperately need Left Backs, only 1 natural LB at the club and it's still unknown whether he will get a new contract and tbf hasn't the greatest pedigree for the Championship, an elder statesman who I can't remember the last time he played LB and a youngster who I'm genuinely surprised is still at the club tbh
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