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Conte has returned from Woking https://x.com/moorsie1/status/1878060448509014101
I don't know if the two club rule applies to non-league too but if so then Conte's not in a good position now, same as Eli King, having played for us earlier in the season. Even if it doesn't, it's hard to see him picking up a good move now. Maybe he can get his head down here and force his way back into the reckoning, he'd be something a bit different coming off the bench on form, but he hasn't done himself any favours at Woking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Ewan Griffiths is back from Plymouth Parkway too. They wished 'him and his wonderful family all the very best for the future' which means I'm forced to used the word sweet for the second time this week on here.
weirdly it looks has though despite playing a full 90 minutes in his first match for Kortrijk (and playing well)
he's not even on the bench for their game today.
hopefully he's not injured again
90 minutes for Colwill last night for Exeter. His team also scored an injury time equaliser.
And Eli King got 20 minutes for Stevenage as they won 1-0 at Orient in the last 16 of the EFL Trophy. A penny for his thoughts if he caught any of the South Wales derby before taking his seat in the stands to watch Stevenage lose at home to Wigan at the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Tom James and Jack Simpson started for Orient. Tom is still the last teenager to play for us in the Premier League (I think) along with Rhys Healey, that's a record they may hold for a while. Who was the last (and only) teenager to score for us in the Prem?
Not much else going on loan wise. Joe Thomas kept a clean sheet on his debut for Yate Town in a 2-0 win while Kieron Evans got another 90 minutes in for Newport at the weekend. They lost 3-2 at Port Vale and while Kieron appears to be playing well. the report I saw said he's not giving enough cover to the back 4 in his new defensive role and he'd be better used further forward. Sherlock, shit and no are three words that spring to mind, not necessarily in that order though.
Mats Daehli?
That's right. No prize I'm afraid but I've got a couple of winner's medals from gol hanging around upstairs if you want one of them. Daehli was subbed in that Chelsea game so Healey and James were the last teenagers standing, along with someone else who I'd completely forgotten had played that day. Do you want a stab at that while you're on a roll?Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
Declan John I'd imagine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loramski
Some of Tom James' friends/family were sat behind me that day and they were (rightly) going nuts when he came on. He's a solid enough career but part of that odd batch of Welsh players just after the Bale/Ramsey generation that never really hit the heights expected of them and left us with squads with big age gaps
Wales and City both. I don't remember Tom really being on Wales' radar but lads like O'Sullivan, Wharton, Abbruzzese and Coxe were but never kicked on, as with most of our youngsters in that period.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
It was Declan John who played against Chelsea that day, yes. He's ended up with seven caps but fits into the category of player you're talking about. He was still part of the Wales u-21 squad in 2015. They had a really good 3-1 win here against Bulgaria, with O'Sullivan and Yorwerth getting the goals, and it looked like a new generation of Welsh talent might be coming through but they flattered to deceive overall.
Here's the report on that game, with the squad included. Harry Wilson apart, its hardly a Who's Who of Welsh football.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31952436
How many had full caps there - 6? John, Sheehan, Lee Evans, Hedges, Burns & Wilson? Didn't Gethin Jones go on to play for Australia?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loramski
Players I count in that same bracket/generation are the likes of Emyr Huws & Tom Lawrence, never hit the heights
No sign of Tsunoda again for Kortrijk.
'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him'. Bringing Lazarus of Bethany back to life was one of Jesus's most notable achievements (apparently, his first mission was to get a decent 45 minutes out of Kanga of Ivory Coast but even he baulked at that one) and it came to mind as Eli King reappeared in the Stevenage matchday squad this week. Actually, I'm not going any further with the Lazarus stuff as I'd have to compare Alex Revell to Jesus at some point although the fact that Stevenage had to go to the Orient in midweek means there might have been some mileage in it.
Anyway, two substitute appearances for Eli this week and two wins. A lively cameo from him yesterday as Stevenage got an injury time winner at Barnsley, he had a long range shot tipped over then was involved in the build-up for the only goal of the game. Encouraging signs, hopefully Eli can kick start his season now. Wrexham away for Stevenage next up.
No such luck for our other loaned out players this weekend. Another 90 minutes for Kieron Evans but Newport continue to slip towards the trap door in League 2 after a 2-1 home loss to Swindon. Tom Davies got 90 minutes at left back after his recent transfer to Newport. Judging by how our u-21s have fallen apart since his departure he must've been in good form this season, I'll keep an eye on his progress there.
I'll also keep an eye on Malachi Fagan-Walcott as his team bid to become York's biggest success story since The Redskins. He scored in midweek against Oldham, who had one of our many young keepers, Jake Dennis, on the bench. Another keeper, Joe Thomas, let in three as Yate Town lost at home. Winger Baylin Johnson came on for Maidstone in their home loss to Worthing and it was a bad day for Exeter too yesterday as a terrible ten minutes before half time saw them go 3-0 down. Joel Colwill was subbed after 64 minutes and it finished 3-1.
Thanks for another excellent (and entertaining) report. :thumbup:
Eli King is starting for Stevenage tonight, who are leading at Wrexham
Exeter lost 2-6 to Orient tonight. Colwill came on as a sub on 46 minutes
Great win for Stevenage, Eli King got 81 minutes. They play Exeter on Saturday.
Another 90 minutes for Kieron Evans tonight as Newport got a 1-1 draw at Salford. He gave away the penalty for Salford's equaliser but it's a decent point for them. Three crucial home games coming up for Newport in the next fortnight;18th placed Barrow on Saturday, bottom placed Morecambe on Tuesday then 23rd placed Carlisle the following Tuesday.
Kadeem Harris is at Carlisle, by the way, back from Ukraine (he was playing there, not fighting for Putin) and Turkey.
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/...ew-deal-blues/
Exeter have conceded seven goals in the first half of the two home games they've played since Joel Colwill signed for them. They were 4-0 down to Leyton Orient after forty five minutes last night when Joel was introduced and at least he played a part in them drawing the second half 2-2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loramski
Watched quite a bit of the Newport game, Keiron Evans was a bit unlucky with the penalty, but seems to be settling into his defensive midfield role - still don't think it's a position where you get the best our of him, but they've got a couple of lively ingers who he'd struggle to displace. Tom Davies started as well and gave a six out of ten type performance, while Cameron Antwi came on as a sub.
An interview with Eli King here after last night's win for Stevenage. He talks of a recent injury towards the end of it which I was unaware of, Riza didn't mention it when he talked about him being out of the squad there recently. Whatever problems Eli has had, it looks like he's rapidly putting them behind him. The local paper gave him 9/10 last night and said he was a clear and obvious man of the match. Great credit to him, he speaks well here too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJzrkqYPgo
King scores for Stevenage against Exeter, who have Colwill on the bench.
& made the 2nd. Exeter can’t cope with him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Doesn’t make sense that that Joel who was a hero at Cheltenham has gone to Exeter to sit on the bench.
Colwill’s landed in a bit of a disaster area there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
yeah I was reading an article about Exeter, seems like a right messQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
A quick round-up of how our loaned out players have got on this weekend.
Handballs are making more headlines than corduroy pillows this week (I'm having to borrow jokes today due to time pressure) as both Eli King and Kion Etete gave away penalties. King's handball was in the first minute of his game to give Exeter a 1-0 lead but at least that gave him the chance for redemption. He took that chance by pressing an Exeter defender into a mistake ten minutes later, moving the ball on and then calmly finishing when the return pass came to him. Stevenage won 4-1 to round off an excellent week for them, Eli had another good game and his season is finally moving through the gears. Joel Colwill's is stuck in reverse for now, he came off the bench in the second half as Exeter's terrible run continues.
Kion Etete gave away his penalty in the last minute of Bolton's game at Reading with the score at 0-0. My eyes aren't what they were but what seemed to happen was that Kion went to head away a weak free kick but missed it by so much that it hit his arm instead. Surely not? Maybe Pearcey can clear that up for us. Reading scored and won 1-0.
Kieron Evans was on the bench for Newport today as he was suffering from a knock. He came on in the second half and Newport scored through an own goal for a vital 1-0 win. Kieron had to go back off in injury time and is now a doubt for Newport's six-pointer with Morecambe in the week. Poor Tom Davies. Having secured a permanent move to Newport recently and got into the starting line-up he pulled his hamstring on Tuesday and is out for the season.
Ryan Wintle came on for Millwall in their third win in a row today to round off the EFL action. In the non-leagues, Jake Dennis was on the bench for Oldham, Joe Thomas was in goal for Yate as they won 4-1 at Cribbs (didn't Johnny Marr used to play for them?) and Baylin Johnson started for Maidstone, but missed a good chance, as they won 1-0 at home to Torquay in front of a crowd of over 3,000. The National League South is very competitive. Maidstone are second, one of four teams on 55 points with Torquay just three points behind.
Kortrijk play tomorrow. Ryotaro Tsunoda has a 'minor knock' (according to Tranfermarkt) which has caused him to miss the last two games. That guy deserves some luck. Saying that, he didn't play for us today so I guess he can count his blessings for that.
I'm not sure what thread this belongs in but as it involves Kieron Evans I'll put it here. Kieron is out for over for a month with a calf injury so Newport moved in for another player to bolster the midfield just before the deadline closed - Keenan Patten. Keenan was with us from a very young age until he was released in 2022, he's nearly 24 now and it's nice to see him finally get a shot at league football. He's been playing well for Barry and won a Welsh League player of the month award earlier in the season.
His brother Robbie was here too but suffered from injuries, I think there was another brother as well. TOBW knows more than me about them, I seem to remember him knowing their dad.
Anyway, an article about the signing here if anyone's interested.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cn4zgkkkjjno
There was another, older, Patten brother on City’s books as well (Ryan?) - I thought Keenan had a chance of making it with us, so it’s not a total shock to see him getting a chance with County.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loramski
Think I’ll have a look at tonight’s County game, a win would make a relegation battle a lot less likely for them.
kyle Patten?Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Correct rjkQuote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Thanks, more evidence of my forgetfulness with names!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Keenan Patten wasn't in the Newport squad last night as they scraped a very important win over a Morecambe team which deserved at least a point on the balance of play. Cameron Antwi started for County and David Tutonda played left wing back for Morecambe.
Who do people fancy for the coveted Loan-watch player of the season award?
It looked like Joel Colwill had it in the bag - but Exeter look like they're in a real mess, so a good opportunity for someone else to capitalise.
Would Fagan-Walcott be eligible?
We need a poll - and a reminder of the runners and riders!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
good question, I would say yes, but only up until they made it permanentQuote:
Originally Posted by PontBlue
The Loan d'Or certainly was a coveted trophy back in the day. A look at the names on it makes you realise how tough it was to win - Kevin Theophile-Catherine, Elton Velinjonka (that's what you get for hiring a cut-price engraver) and Idriss Saadi. A who's who of Cardiff City big-hitters. It feels like the right time to bring it back. I'll get Idriss to send it over at the same time he returns the pair of crutches I lent him when he was here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
It's pretty open this season, yes. Four lads in League One is a novelty. It's going to be interesting to see how Michael Reindorf goes at Bristol Rovers, if Joel Colwill can turn it around at Exeter and whether Eli King can keep his recent run of form going at Stevenage. And while Kion Etete got off to a dodgy start at Bolton he has plenty of time to make an impact there, the winner at Wembley in a play-off final might sway the judging panel. (Jon's idea of a poll is a non-starter. Eli King's family and friends have got some history when it comes to that kind of thing, they can't be trusted)
It's with great sadness that i announce that Idriss Saddi announced his retirement from football on the 1st January 2025. Source-Wiki ( i know that some on here will struggle with this news (remember the fallout with Velikonja) so i'm sure that Mike will set up Counselling Zoom calls with Blue Matt if anyone feels the need to pour out their frustrations, anger, disappointment etc.
I hope the club have taken their black armbands with them to Stoke in Idriss' honourQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
We all know they read this thread to keep with our loanees
I dare not look at what Freddie Gounongbe is up to these days.........Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
I'm going to take a break from doing a loan report this week and hand it over to AI instead. Never used it before, fingers crossed. I've prompted it to be factual but to include a joke in the middle for contrast so there shouldn't be any difference to usual.
Colwill. J. (Exeter) - Exeter play on Tuesday but Colwill. J. is cup-tied
Dennis. J. (Oldham) - Unused sub. Won 1-0.
Etete. K. (Bolton) - Named as sub but replaced before kick-off. Won 4-3.
Evans. K. (Newport) - Injured. Won 3-0.
Johnson. B. (Maidstone) - Subbed after 61 minutes. Lost 1-0.
What's black and white and eats like a horse?
A zebra.
King. E. (Stevenage) - Subbed after 57 minutes. Lost 2-0.
Reindorf. M. (Bristol Rovers) - Bristol Rovers play on Tuesday.
Thomas. J. (Yate) - Played full game. Won 2-1.
Tsunoda. R. (Kortrijk) - Kortrijk play tomorrow.
Wintle. R. (Millwall) - Came on in the 74th minute. Won 2-0.
Tsunoda came on for the last 20 minutes for Kortrijk today. They lost though and look destined to be in the relegation playoffs again - 10 points from safety with 5 games to go.
Interestingly, Joel Colwill was a feature in a BBC article today about loans, nice paragraph or two about his season, photo and a quote from the Cheltenham manager: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/a...s/cqjvp9prrz1o
Not sure if that gets him into the City Loan Hall of Fame among all our other luminaries or not?
Thanks for posting that, it's an interesting article. Tough on clubs like Cheltenham - you provide an environment for a lad like Joel to shine but when he does you get punished for it by having him taken off you.Quote:
Originally Posted by LA Bluebird
Maybe you're joking or maybe you don't realise how high Etien Velikonja set the bar for entry into that particular Hall of Fame, I'm not sure. No disrespect to Joel Colwill but letting him in now would be a bit like giving someone a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for being an extra in Coronation Street.