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  6. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    3 minutes ago, GreedyHarry said:

    This whole ‘academy’ thing is making me think.

    It is barking mad and unlikely to ever produce players for them and they’re bloody idiots for even thinking it might.

    But, I’ve just realised that they are conning money out of hard working people in Kuwait buy selling the dream of football stardom.
     

    It won’t be the really rich that get robbed as their kids will get whatever they want and probably play at an Academy in England.

    It won’t be the really poor who get robbed either as the dream will always have to remain a dream.

    It will be the hard working decent people similar to us, that try to improve their kids lot by thinking they are buying them a slice of a dream. They’ll do it by scrimping and saving and working overtime to pay for it. And they aren’t buying a slice of a dream, they are buying them a place on a summer school. A very expensive place at that.

    And that has really pissed me off that people could do that to others.

    Anyway……as you were.

    If it was that good, surely big teams or any club would’ve tapped into already? 
     

    business model is all wrong 

  7. Bristol R*vers dustbin thread

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    This is a classic case of companies finding a cheaper rate by going off shore, can’t afford an academy here so let’s take it abroad, then charging them for their services, is madness, any players who come through, would they be classed as homegrown? 

  15. Josh Stokes - Signed and Loaned Back

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    15 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

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    Bristol City have beaten off competition from Premier League Brentford and Championship rivals Coventry City to land promising Aldershot Town attacking midfielder Josh Stokes, Bristol City understands, with the Robins paying a fee in the region of £250,000 plus further add-ons.

    Stokes has undergone a medical at the High Performance Centre, agreed personal terms, and is expected to be confirmed as a City player this week, with the 19-year-old then being loaned back to the Shots for the remainder of the National League season.

    That has helped negotiations given neither Coventry or Brentford were prepared to agree to such a requirement. Stokes, who was on target in Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at Kidderminster, has scored 16 goals in 29 games for Aldershot after signing for just £5,000 from AFC Sudbury of the Isthmian League last summer.

    Among the add-ons included will be further appearance-based clauses, a 10 per cent sell-on and a provision to play a pre-season friendly at the EBB Stadium this summer, which should generate further revenue for the non-league club.

    Stokes has been signed with a view to the long-term, similar to his fellow January arrival Adam Murphy, and given the amount of competition to sign the former Ipswich Town academy player, it represents something of a coup for the Robins.

    He has reportedly been watched by Norwich City, the Tractor Boys, Sunderland, Charlton Athletic and Derby County, but City’s willingness to conclude a deal in January, ahead of schedule, and the pathway they continue to offer to young talent has helped secure his signature.

    Stokes has flourished under the management of former Bristol Rovers Director of Football Tommy Widdrington who’s moved him from operating as a wide forward into a more central playmaking role.

    Widdrington detailed in November how his star talent is bound for bigger things, and he’s been so blown away by his talent he demanded former teammate Matt Le Tissier watch him.

    Speaking to National League expert Tom Williams, Widdrington said: “His physicality and his mentality are far stronger than anybody would imagine for his age. Nothing fazes the lad, I actually think he goes to bed cuddling a football. I don’t think he’s got a vice in his life. And that’s a dream for anybody who’s thinking about knocking on my door because you’ll be getting an absolute gem in terms of the lad.

    “In training he makes me raise my eyebrows every day. This is real high praise but I was down in Southampton and I was sat with the player who played for Southamton, who was the best player I’ve ever been on a football pitch with and I said to him, ‘come and have a look at him’.

    "Because there are things that he does, probably not the technical side of it, but the perception and the vision and the awareness of what’s around him on a pitch, he’s right up there at a very, very high level.”

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    On a side note, I do like that shirt 

    Yes a friendly close to home for me

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  22. 4th Round vs Forest - Ticket details released

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    Just now, ExiledAjax said:

    Just based on the way the West Ham game went there will be tickets available even if it officially "sells out" to ST holders and Members.

    We saw people hand tickets back and then they go on sale again, right up to Kick off. There will also be the usual few people offering tickets on here.

    If you really want one then I'm sure you'll get one, just need to keep checking and be quick when the opportunity comes.

    Exactly what I did at West Ham, be fine, have no worries 😊

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