[Blandy]

Sorry to hear your lad is leaving Blandy. Can i ask who it is or should i keep my nose out 

Haha. No problem mate, you won’t have heard of him but his name’s Jonathan (or Jono) Bland. He wasn’t offered a scholarship at Albion, had a few offers and has decided to sign for Barnsley.

He’ll obviously still be in touch with most of the lads in the 18s & I’m still in touch with the Dads so if I hear anything juicy I’ll keep you posted 

[gazberg]

Haha. No problem mate, you won’t have heard of him but his name’s Jonathan (or Jono) Bland. He wasn’t offered a scholarship at Albion, had a few offers and has decided to sign for Barnsley.

He’ll obviously still be in touch with most of the lads in the 18s & I’m still in touch with the Dads so if I hear anything juicy I’ll keep you posted 

Thanks for that mate. Again, sorry to hear he is leaving but glad he's got fixed up with Barnsley. Hopefully he fulfils his dream of going pro!

Does he get his footy skills off you or best not answered 😂

[JMullen95]

Haha. No problem mate, you won’t have heard of him but his name’s Jonathan (or Jono) Bland. He wasn’t offered a scholarship at Albion, had a few offers and has decided to sign for Barnsley.

He’ll obviously still be in touch with most of the lads in the 18s & I’m still in touch with the Dads so if I hear anything juicy I’ll keep you posted 

Thanks for the insight. I’ve reffed Jono in Albion academy games over the last few years and I’m not just saying this as a token gesture but I thought he was one of the standout players in that age group alongside the players you mentioned in a previous post.

Anyway, good luck to him at Barnsley, hope it goes well for him, I’m sure he’ll know who I am.

[Blandy]

Thanks for the insight. I’ve reffed Jono in Albion academy games over the last few years and I’m not just saying this as a token gesture but I thought he was one of the standout players in that age group alongside the players you mentioned in a previous post.

Anyway, good luck to him at Barnsley, hope it goes well for him, I’m sure he’ll know who I am.

That's nice of you to say so, thank you. Especially seeing as I'm pretty sure, Jono being Jono, you will have had some "forthright discussions" with him during the course of his Albion career 

I'll pass that on to him, thank you.

[JMullen95]

That's nice of you to say so, thank you. Especially seeing as I'm pretty sure, Jono being Jono, you will have had some "forthright discussions" with him during the course of his Albion career 

I'll pass that on to him, thank you.

No, in all honesty, I don’t think I ever had any major disagreements with him.

I do remember one time though against Bristol City on the main pitch where he wiped someone out. I said to him “you know as well as I do if this game wasn’t on the main pitch I’d have yellow carded you for that all day” and he was like “yeah fair enough” 👏

[Baggie79]

I notice that Finley Thorndike has signed for Blues, always seemed promising for our younger squads.

[Albertbaggie]

I notice that Finley Thorndike has signed for Blues, always seemed promising for our younger squads.

Hadn't he just been at Villa as well? Done the ha-trick of clubs in less than 12 months. Good luck to him

[timdon]

Ted Cann, Josh Hall and Reece Shaw have all signed new deals. Cann for another year, and the other two for 2 years. All good, but the club really need to decide who their best 3 goalkeepers are in the near future.

[Dan]

Curious to see Reyes Cleary hasn't signed up anywhere yet and there doesn't seem to be any news linking  him elsewhere. You'd have thought he'd have had his next club done by the return of pre-season training.

[smethwickw]

New signing for the U23's.

https://www.westbromnews.co.uk/2022/07/01/west-brom-seal-signing-of-former-southampton-youngster-ramello-mitchell/

[Baggie79]

New signing for the U23's.

https://www.westbromnews.co.uk/2022/07/01/west-brom-seal-signing-of-former-southampton-youngster-ramello-mitchell/

Southampton paid £500k for him him when he was 15/16, they bought him from Birmingham in 2019 I think it was.

[NJS]

The real star of the England U19 cup final victory yesterday was Tim Iroegbunam.  He came in and settled the midfield which immediately allowed Chukwuemeka and even Quansah to move forward.  He spread the ball well.

Pity we haven't got someone like that in our academy .  Wonder if we could loan him for a season.

[Dexy]

Ted Cann, Josh Hall and Reece Shaw have all signed new deals. Cann for another year, and the other two for 2 years. All good, but the club really need to decide who their best 3 goalkeepers are in the near future.

Believe i read Shaw was being hunted by big clubs and was almost certain to go.

[SmethDan]

Ted Cann, Josh Hall and Reece Shaw have all signed new deals. Cann for another year, and the other two for 2 years. All good, but the club really need to decide who their best 3 goalkeepers are in the near future.

In further good news so have Josh Shaw and Reece Hall.

[timdon]

In further good news so have Josh Shaw and Reece Hall.

Haha, yes, that's even better news 

[BournvilleBaggie]

Fair play to the club tying down Shaw and Hall. I thought shaw was a going to. Albion have some decent youngsters at the moment.
They need a break somewhere.
Interesting what will happen to Richards and Tulloch.

[AlbionFan]

Albion have confirmed that Zac Ashworth and Caleb Taylor have signed new deals running to the summer of 2025. Great news ✍️ #wba

I suspect they will be going out on season long lones as a result

[royhan]

Excellent news. Both players could have a huge future

[gazberg]

Excellent news. Tie down the better ones and let the dross go. Nice to see some decision making finally happening with the young uns.

[timdon]

More good news on the youngsters. Need to get O'Shea sorted asap now

[smethwickw]

Albion have confirmed that Zac Ashworth and Caleb Taylor have signed new deals running to the summer of 2025. Great news ✍️ #wba

I suspect they will be going out on season long lones as a result

I think Taylor will but I can see Ashworth staying and challenging for the LB spot.

[baggie96]

Cleary played for u23’s today and scored 

[gazberg]

Cleary played for u23’s today and scored 

He did say it was time to get back on the goal trail on his Instagram a few days ago and then today he said "game time" or similar. Weird situation if we are letting him play for us to keep fit

[baggie96]

He did say it was time to get back on the goal trail on his Instagram a few days ago and then today he said "game time" or similar. Weird situation if we are letting him play for us to keep fit

Must have signed a contract. We didn’t let him play for u23’s at end of last season so can’t see why we would now.

[gazberg]

Must have signed a contract. We didn’t let him play for u23’s at end of last season so can’t see why we would now.

Was today a friendly?


EDIT - I posted this in ex-players thread

"Looks like Cleary has got himself somewhere now, on Insta he's just put "cant wait to get back to that scoring feeling   "

Interesting to see where he ends up and if anyones daft enough to pay 20k"