Bellamy.

[the other bob wilson]

I stopped reading this thread when it became more focussed on the Daily Mail as opposed to Bellamy, but was reminded of it when I read Don Corleone’s post in the academy thread about how the players had lost something without him being there.

Personally I’d hoped that the Bellamy issue (which I consider a complete non-issue by the way) would have been resolved really quickly and he could have got on with taking the steps to become our next manager. Our loss will be someone else’s gain I fear

The Under 18s have only won two out of their last ten matches after leading their league all season until a fortnight ago. They've had medium to long term injuries to important players for much of the time, so that may be a reason for their recent decline, but the same applied for the autumn and early winter when Bellamy was at games and they seemed to cope well enough then - it's impossible to know for sure, but the results suggest Bellamy's absence is having an adverse effect.