ProfFootball

John Mousinho will be a great head coach. He's been at OUFC not to be 'reserve centre-half' but to learn his trade with Karl Robinson while working on his UEFA Pro License. He's played an important role tactically with the club (e.g. on set pieces), and knows League One inside out. It also shows a real shift towards clubs valuing UEFO Pro Licenses, and coaches with up-to-date methods (keep in mind that the Pro takes 18 months and builds upon 4 levels of qualification below it). I have a hunch his character, temperament, and qualifications will be great for Pompey, and in a year's time we might even be a bit envious.

I am based in Oxford and watch a fair bit of Oxford City, in the National League South. Ewan Clark still has some way to go in his development. He's been through the Premier League academy system, and has been very good in his few first-team appearances, but not yet stand-out even in NLS. He's got some good attributes, though -- passing, tackling, energy vision; the potential to be a really decent box-to-box midfielder. He's also got a fantastic attitude. He is not yet Ayman Benarous or Alex Scott level, but is a different kind of player. I met Brian Tinnion at Oxford City vs Bath earlier in the season. He was watching Bath because of the Marlee Francois loan. But I think he discovered that OCFC has a really good youth system (Oxford won 5-0), and may well have been back. Meanwhile OCFC have tried to secure a couple of youth loans from BCFC (which haven't yet come off). On balance, I think this is well worth a punt, and I imagine he'll have a couple of loans after playing some under-23s to see how he gets on. Good luck to him.