Recent content by boris

I’ve no doubt about that but I reckon a lot of people will just leave this one and not go. There will be free tickets available everywhere outside our end later.

I think our end will be half empty tonight.

Not very well at all, he certainly hasn’t progressed since he left here.

I’ve genuinely never heard of that before. It’s usually just trialist and I could post loads of examples from lots of games this week alone however I’m thinking that once they’re over 18 that might mean they can be named.

We must have signed him this week. He’d be listed as a trialist if not. The only other option is a loan which I don’t think would happen with a 2nd year scholar at this stage.

They're better than us but they're not as great at all and all these players, and I do mean virtually all of them have been brought in at 15 or 16 for lots of money both on the table and under it. They haven't been developed by their academy at all. I also know a lot of these players and...

He’s just got a really poor group of players this year although next years aren’t much better either. That’s not me defending Baines. I don’t know what he’s like as a coach but I do know these players and I also know he’s got some really good coaches alongside him.

We’re not the bench mark. As I have said for sometime, we’re a poor side but there’s quite a few poor cat 1 teams around now. Liverpool are a poor side despite there freak result yesterday. I can see cat 2 teams doing very well in this competition this year myself. International call ups mean...

He has, spotting players is one thing (we’re ok at that), persuading them to sign (ahem) is another. I’ve heard rumours of Martin Waldron coming back in some capacity. That would be the best think we could possibly do.

This isn’t a super Chelsea side. I think there’s a good chance Palace will beat them in the next round but I’ve also said all along how poor our 18s are. Our coaches are good as well. Kieron O’Driscoll, Baines’s assistant is excellent. It’s the recruitment that’s the issue. Hopefully that can...

I hope it’s Harrisson playing number 10.

That's it, he won't be here for long now but when they signed it was either both or neither. TBF to Odin, he's done very well out of it. He's got himself a very big contract that will set him up quite well although I don't think he's made any effort to look after his money.

The commentators are talking some nonsense about the league Stockport are currently in. Stockport are in the youth alliance which is the cat 3 level and a really good standard. They’ve also got a couple of players playing who’ve already played for their first team that are top of league 2.

They’ve got a couple of scousers in the team tonight.

We’ll murder Stockport, who’ve got quite a weak team out, but I don’t really see us going very far in the tournament this year.