Morgan Rogers

[PeterWithe]

Lewis-Skelly?

[Somniloquism]

O'Reilly although he might have started too late.

[brontebilly]

Rogers might be a tap in for young player of the year. I'm struggling to think of any young players who've tore up trees this season. Delap got a few goals for a struggling side, Dibbling got hyped but didn't impact any games. Amad looked good before his injury. Palmer and saka havn't done much.

Palmer has 14 PL goals and 8 assists. Not sure what's happened his form lately but he was on fire earlier in the season. Rogers not quite at that level. Still 50 games played in all comps so far is some going from MR.

[Sexual Ealing]

They vote for it in March so Palmer will get it.

[cdbearsfan]

Surely he's about 35, now? He's been around for years.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I don't think Conference League really has any impact financially, it's worth buttons. As is the Europa League to a degree.

I don't think qualifying for either of these would really have any impact on need to buy and sell. The difference between being in, and doing well in, the CL as we have done this year, and not being in it, is absolutely huge. Tens of millions.

The Conference League is bad for us, because it requires us to have a big squad to complete the fixtures without generating the revenue to pay for them. 

And that's without considering the incovenience it causes in terms of having to travel to the middle of nowhere on a Thursday, and potentiallymessing with our Premier League fixtures and our energy levels when playing in them.

The Europa League is winnable for us - especially if we can maintain or improve on our current squad, and the prize for winning it is extremely valuable.

There are two less fixtures in the Conference then the other two, and Chelsea have shown they can definitely compete in the earlier stages with the reserves/ youth / bombsquad as they only added Palmer to the squad during the change window.

Chelsea are not a club we can emulate or should seek to emulate in that manner.  Chelsea basically had a separate squad for the Conference League and have had to undertake all sorts of financial engineering tricks to manage that.

We can't afford to have 30-40 active players in the squad at the same time as Chelsea have done; especially as the Conference League generates relative buttons.

[Sexual Ealing]

Surely he's about 35, now? He's been around for years.

I assumed he was the same age as Rogers. Must be that stupid goal celebration they do.

[SaddVillan]

https://www.premierleague.com/awards/young-player-of-the-season/2024-25

Vote early, vote often

[cdbearsfan]

I did but Bren has just voted 963,000 times for each of the other candidates so I don't think he's going to win. ☹️

[Somniloquism]

Only just realised Gravenberch is 22. I thought he was mid-20s when they signed him.

[cdbearsfan]

I've never heard of him.

[Tuscans]

🏆Morgan Rogers has won
@TheAthleticFC
's Premier League young player of the season, voted by subscribers and our team of writers.

A wonderful, unique footballer. IMO, there has not been a rise as swift or sharp as Rogers.

[eamonn]

Is that cos he gave them an exclusive interview at the start of the season about how his own pre-season started last May and he upped his fitness? Fair fucks though, Tanswell no doubt did the necessary.

[Louzie0]

He’s done so well and he’s improving all the time. He’s able to speak about his and the team’s performance after matches as well as coming across as an engaging individual with his feet on the ground and a great sense of humour in daft interviews online.

It was especially impressive to see him ( and JJ) congratulating the team after the U18 Villa Cup win; those lads would have felt so proud of themselves.

[dcdavecollett]

Yeah, Louz, I like to see the senior players attending these games.