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IIRC Clive wrote something in the summer about us using the British ancestry of some of our Australian contingent to get around the restrictions on number of overseas signings, or something like that (apologies if I've got that wrong).
So I can see why we might find it useful to get a foothold in the A-League if we're going to keep going with that recruitment strategy. Although I might be a bit more enthusiastic if some of our young Australians looked capable of holding down a first team place.
Google's AI says the answer to that is collected but not published! Which is a pity. I would love to know how much ground Burrell covers compared to the Championship average
AI Overview Comprehensive, real-time running data for the English Championship is primarily used for in-depth analysis by professional clubs and media partners, and detailed metrics like total distance covered or high-intensity running per player are not publicly available in a single database. General statistics can be found on official football data websites.
Where to Find Running Data Detailed statistics are typically proprietary, but general information can be found through:
Official League Partners: Official stats packs and data analysis are provided by the EFL to its partners. Limited information may be found on the official EFL website through their "Stat Packs" or news updates.
Opta Analyst: Opta provides in-depth football statistics and analysis for various leagues, including the Championship. You can explore their data on the Opta Analyst website for general performance metrics, though running data is often part of more premium services.
News Articles and Post-Match Reports: Sometimes, specific records or notable running statistics (such as the furthest distance a goal was scored from, as noted in a December 2025 report for Abdul Fatawu) are mentioned in post-match summaries or dedicated analysis articles.
Third-party Stat Sites: Websites like FBref.com offer various stats like possession, passes, and defensive actions but rarely include detailed running metrics like total distance or sprint distance per player.
General Averages Based on typical football analysis, a professional outfield player in a top-tier English league generally covers 10 to 12 kilometres per match. While specific running data for the 2024-2025 or current 2025-2026 EFL Championship seasons is not publicly listed on major statistical websites, some player attributes are highlighted in other contexts, such as speed ratings from video games which identify players like Coventry's Milan van Ewijk and Portsmouth's Josh Murphy as among the fastest players.
You make a fair point about Kone not scoring heavily (yet!), but for me he looks more dangerous in the box than Dykes, Armstrong, or Kelman all of whom have been sold fairly recently.
If you want to look at numbers then Kone and Burrell have 15 between them this season. Kelman (4), Armstrong (3), and Dykes (2) have 9 between them.
But the player development/trading model isn't just about spotting and developing talent. You also have to be a tough negotiator when it comes to horse trading.
Charlton fans were laughing at us when we paid over the odds for Macauley Bonne. We were the ones laughing when Bristol City gave us £2.5m for Sinclair Armstrong.
In total the Dykes, Armstrong, and Kelman sales are reported to have brought in something like £6.5m + add ons.
If Lee and Les were still running things would we have pulled in £6.5m+ for those three? I'm not so sure.
Nourry appears to drive a hard bargain. If he can continue that trend then his tenure here might work out well after all. We shall see.
PS - in other news our old favourite Lyndon Dykes is being linked with Ipswich and Charlton. It might be interesting to see how effective him and Kelman could be as a pair up front at this level.
We've sold Armstrong and Kelman for a profit in the last 18 months or so and replaced them with Kone and Burrell who certainly look like upgrades.
But it's a lengthy process and a difficult trick to keep pulling off. It took Brentford several years of steady progress before they were in a position to trade in players like Watkins and Toney.
I agree with you, although you might have slightly missed my point.
When Brentford signed Watkins he was a 22 year-old with 21 goals in L2 for Exeter.
When they sold Watkins they replaced him with Toney who was a 24 year-old with 40 goals in L1 for Peterborough.
So yes to reinvesting some of what you've brought in from sales, but also look to bring in incrementally better talent as you go, if you want to move forward. Otherwise you will keep going back to square 1.
"Would it not be better to look for ‘the next Ronnie Edwards’, as Millwall did paying £1m each for Crama and Tanganga, both of whom are quickly going to be shifted for huge profit, than going in all hot and heavy for the actual thing because he had a good loan spell?"
I guess the answer to this is to look at the Brentford example.
When they cashed in on players they reinvested in progressively better talent. When they sold Ollie Watkins in 2020 they replaced him with Ivan Toney. (Admittedly for a fraction of the Watkins fee!)
If you really want to progress up the league you can't keep going for promising youngsters who might come good. At some point you have to take a punt on proven talent.
(BTW - Millwall signed Tanganga after a successful loan, and when he signed for them he was already 25 - three yeas older than Ronnie Edwards! And according to Transfermarkt the fee was €1.8m)
Bowler was subsequently signed by Forest when they got to the PL in 2022 but he didn't get a game for them either, although he did get four games on loan at Olympiakos in the Greek Super League.
In the last decade all of the following have played in the Premier League after leaving us:
- Charlie Austin - Eberechi Eze - Luke Freeman - Joe Lumley - Ryan Manning
Asmir Begovic and Alex Smithies were with Premier League clubs after us but didn't play in the PL.
And then there's Harvey Elliott and Raheem Sterling (bit more than a decade ago in Raheem's case) who were with us as youth players but got pinched before they could turn out for us.
So far I've made all the running on this. All you do is put forward facts that don't stand up to scrutiny, so you jump to a different fact, and another, and back to where you started.
Going round in circles with someone who isn't interested in what I say gets a bit tedious after a while.
You're even trying to tell me I'm gullible for believing that Ainsworth keeping us up is a success.
So it should be a piece of cake for you to convince me that Ainsworth keeping us up was actually a failure.
So if you want to keep this going you make the running. Convince me that GA keeping us up was actually a failure.
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