Ball Sup Blog... SUFC Unofficial Roster

[Groucho Blade]

I thought Coulibaly was a midfielder…

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Big News Roster Fans
We've found another way to monetise The Unofficial Roster (following our successful NFT Launch)

The Club have made me a financial offer to allow them to use The Unofficial Roster columns to divide the players into different Covid Bubbles.

We're going to enter negotiations tomorrow.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

I thought Coulibaly was a midfielder…

We included him as a midfielder in a previous version, but he reached out to us by one of the usual channels & we've reclassified him as a striker following the receipt of a Brown Envelope.

 

[cahill]

Some well informed people on this message board.

 

[Groucho Blade]

We included him as a midfielder in a previous version, but he reached out to us by one of the usual channels & we've reclassified him as a striker following the receipt of a Brown Envelope.

Nudge nudge wink wink say no more…

 

[MobileBlade]

We included him as a midfielder in a previous version, but he reached out to us by one of the usual channels & we've reclassified him as a striker following the receipt of a Brown Envelope.

And here was me thinking all it needed was a pint.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

SUFC have recently confirmed & jiggled a number of outward loan arrangements for Academy youngsters. And also confirmed a couple of Academy signings. I think Antwoine Hackford's loan has probably come to an end. But, we'll leave him where he is for the mo'. Here's the latest update to the Unofficial Roster.

In Jili Buyabu
In Miguel Freckleton
Beau Anderson seen at U23 last night
More Details on Loans

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Finley Potter is still with the U18s but has had an horrific time with injuries.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Finley Potter is still with the U18s but has had an horrific time with injuries.

(Noted, he'll go in the Unofficial Roster when he's "seen")

 

[EddieColquhoun]

(Noted, he'll go in the Unofficial Roster when he's "seen")

He played for the U18s whilst still eligible for the U16s

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

He played for the U18s whilst still eligible for the U16s

I saw him in October 2019

Wide Free Kick Whipped In

Nottingham Forest U18 2 v Sheffield United U18 3 U18 Professional Development League Saturday 19 October 2019 Played at Nigel Doughty Academ...

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[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Sorry, I'm clarifying in case there is a misunderstanding. The Unofficial Roster is effectively season specific. If a player is "seen on a Teamsheet" this season, he goes on the Roster. As Finley hasn't been seen yet this season, he's not on the Roster at the mo'.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Sorry, I'm clarifying in case there is a misunderstanding. The Unofficial Roster is effectively season specific. If a player is "seen on a Teamsheet" this season, he goes on the Roster. As Finley hasn't been seen yet this season, he's not on the Roster at the mo'.

Jack O'Connell?

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Jack O'Connell?

In the same group as Cut Me Some Slack I'm Doing Me Best Here.
I will NOT die on the hill of Finley Potter

 

[EddieColquhoun]

In the same group as Cut Me Some Slack I'm Doing Me Best Here.
I will NOT die on the hill of Finley Potter

He's on the roster on the official website.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

He's on the roster on the official website.

But intriguingly, players like Billy Blacker & Kurtis Havenhand aren't on the official website. Yet the Carrier Bag Firm have actually seen them play this season. The official website is basically a way for the club to sell Polyester, Crypto, Tokens & NFT. Finley Potter is virtual...

 

[EddieColquhoun]

But intriguingly, players like Billy Blacker & Kurtis Havenhand aren't on the official website. Yet the Carrier Bag Firm have actually seen them play this season. The official website is basically a way for the club to sell Polyester, Crypto, Tokens & NFT. Finley Potter is virtual...

Perhaps because they're both U16?

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Perhaps because they're both U16?

Look. We've made quite a bit of money selling this Unofficial Roster to English & Overseas Clubs and (more lucratively) Agents acting for both clubs & players in the run up to the January Window. As a United Fan, I love Finley Potter to bits, but I can't monetise him because - and I say this with respect - no one else gives two fucks

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Full Transparency
Here's an extract from the Carrier Bag Firm PISS minutes (Player Inventory Strategy Sub-Group) in October 2019 when we last considered Potter's application to be included.
Bailey-Green & Macedo have subsequently played.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Look. We've made quite a bit of money selling this Unofficial Roster to English & Overseas Clubs and (more lucratively) Agents acting for both clubs & players in the run up to the January Window. As a United Fan, I love Finley Potter to bits, but I can't monetise him because - and I say this with respect - no one else gives two fucks

I should have known better than bringing this up.
Phil, I know you're speaking as your "Parody" "alternate identity", but he's a Sheffield kid who has had an unbelievably hard time.
Maybe Foxy could delete the last few posts.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

I should have known better than bringing this up.
Phil, I know you're speaking as your "Parody" "alternate identity", but he's a Sheffield kid who has had an unbelievably hard time.

Of course mate. I feel for him after making such an early break through to the 18s. As you can see, he's "in our system". Just not on the Roster as such. We'll give the fella a big hearty welcome back once he's on the grass. As an aside, we always welcome contributions like yours for names that we have missed or need to keep in mind.

 

[Bladethebrian]

SUFC have recently confirmed & jiggled a number of outward loan arrangements for Academy youngsters. And also confirmed a couple of Academy signings. I think Antwoine Hackford's loan has probably come to an end. But, we'll leave him where he is for the mo'. Here's the latest update to the Unofficial Roster.

In Jili Buyabu
In Miguel Freckleton
Beau Anderson seen at U23 last night
More Details on Loans

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Good format and in colour!!!

 

[Ned the Donkey]

Is there any way of predicting with even a vague degree of confidence which players are going to make it - whatever that means (say, >10 starts over 5 seasons for a professional team(?)); at every level the attrition rate seems extremely high.

Superficially/Naively if I was 16 and playing u16s or u18s football for a professional club, I'd imagine my chances of "making it" were high (as long as I put the hard work in etc). But it seems like it's nothing of the sort.

Maybe you could take a statistical approach eg (crudely):

1. If you've started 10 games in a season as an u18 for a EPL/EFL team, what's the percentage chance that 5 years laters you'll start 10 games in a season for an EPL/EFL team.
2. Looking at it from the other side: Of all the players who start 10 games in a season for an EPL/EFL team, what were the paths they took to get there. (This sounds like the kind of problem you could chuck machine learning at - if you had enough training data - and see if that came up with anything. AlphaPro anyone?)

 

[YorkBlade]

 

[FTPE]

Linked with Liverpool a year ago, I've not seen much of him but he's apparently a class act.

 

[LudlamBlade]

He posted this yesterday...



Big things coming ⚔

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

A very messy time of the year for the Unofficial Roster. Proper Loan Outs. Youth Loan Outs. Work Experience Loan Outs. Academy signings, without knowing the exact details. Kids bumped up v Wolves. Anyway. Today. Here's the latest update. Any errors or omissions, hit me up.

Loan Out Verrips
Loan Out Burke
Loan Out Amissah
Olsen
Starbuck
Osula
Gordon
Hackford
Barratt
Potter (correction)

 

[CharnockBlade]

A very messy time of the year for the Unofficial Roster. Proper Loan Outs. Youth Loan Outs. Work Experience Loan Outs. Academy signings, without knowing the exact details. Kids bumped up v Wolves. Anyway. Today. Here's the latest update. Any errors or omissions, hit me up.

Loan Out Verrips
Loan Out Burke
Loan Out Amissah
Olsen
Starbuck
Osula
Gordon
Hackford
Barratt
Potter (correction)

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I’ve been racking my brains as to who potter is, is he another we’ve signed or has he come up through the academy? TIA - edit - had a second read back and found it, apologies

 

[Yogi]

Linked with Liverpool a year ago, I've not seen much of him but he's apparently a class act.

Think that was a mix up with Kaide Gordon of Derby who Liverpool did sign bit of lazy journalism both lads from a similar area both K.Gordon.

 

[FTPE]

Think that was a mix up with Kaide Gordon of Derby who Liverpool did sign bit of lazy journalism both lads from a similar area both K.Gordon.

Kyron Gordon profiled as Manchester United battle Liverpool for starlet

The 18-year-old Blades centre-back is reportedly attracting Premier League interest from several clubs.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk