29 Aug 2014 17:04:29
Shane duffy has joined blackburn for 1.5m, shame it didn't work out, good luck to the big man

1.) 29 Aug 2014
29 Aug 2014 18:10:48
If Duffy leaves, then I reckon that leaves us with just 3 'club-trained' players aged over 21 - Hibbert, Osman and McAleny - who we can name in the Europa League squad. As we now don't have the required 4 'club-trained' players, the squad will only have 24 players.

2.) 29 Aug 2014
Yeh let's hope we bring in cb don't want to be stuck with alcraez in the Europa league may as well play u at cb swan can't be as bad as alcraez but good luck to big man

3.) 29 Aug 2014
Hi Sid

By this definition:
UEFA defines locally-trained as those who have been trained by their club or by another club in the same national association for at least three years between the ages of 15-21.

So we're sound to class jags, baines etc I think.

4.) 29 Aug 2014
Young Rocky: UEFA split 'locally trained players' into two types: 'club trained' and 'association trained'. Baines, Jagielka, Barry, McCarthy and Gibson are 'association trained', while Hibbert, Osman and McAleny are 'club trained' (as was Duffy). We must have at least 4 of each in our Europa League 25-man squad. We can only have a maximum of 17 non-locally trained' players in the 25-man squad. So, without Duffy, our Europa League squad is limited to 24 players.

5.) 29 Aug 2014
29 Aug 2014 23:46:59
Perhaps its a sign bobby will use young Tyias Browning instead of Duffy?

6.) 30 Aug 2014
Cheers CS 2, I didn't read deep enough into it then.

7.) 30 Aug 2014
BebingtonBlue: I agree that Browning looks to be the player that's taken Duffy's place in the pecking order. I also expect Galloway to get closer to the first team squad sooner rather than later.