By Chris Dunlavy

PEP Guardiola, it’s fair to assume, would not have sanctioned Morgan Rogers’ loan to Blackpool had Mick McCarthy been at the helm in January. Nor, if he’s entirely honest, would Rogers have been so eager to trek up the M61.
On the day he arrived at Bloomfield Road, the 21-year-old attacker was looking forward to a reunion with Michael Appleton, his manager during a previous loan spell at Lincoln and an enthusiastic exponent of expansive football.
Appleton’s philosophy certainly curried favour with Guardiola. Sadly, it was equally popular with opposition forwards and a b...