The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Hound]

Sounds like a head injury - the academy Twitter has posted on it

Doesn’t sound from the tone of the tweet that it’s a long term thing so hopefully no major damage done

[windermereROYAL]

Discharged from hospital, probably had a CT scan, wouldn`t have been sent home i there were concerns.

[Zip]

Yep it sounds a lot more positive. I’m guessing Nelson may have been knocked unconscious.
Very good news that he has been released from hospital.

[Royals and Racers]

U 21’s get their PDL south division campaign off to a start tomorrow with an away game against one of the Northern teams Sheff Utd.The match kicks off at 5pm at the LNER community stadium home of York City. Unfortunate clash of dates will probably see mostly U 18 players taking part as most of the U21’s will be involved in the cup game at the SCL stadium.

[Hound]

U 21’s get their PDL south division campaign off to a start tomorrow with an away game against one of the Northern teams Sheff Utd.The match kicks of at 5pm at the LNER community stadium home of York City. Unfortunate clash of dates will probably see mostly U 18 players taking part as most of the U21’s will be involved in the cup game at the SCL stadium.

They’ll be playing the u16s - reckon we’ll need half the u18

[RG30]

What kind of team we expecting to play the Sheffield United game this afternoon? Have to assume it will be 16’s and mainly 18’s with the rest involved on 1st team duties.

[Royals and Racers]

What kind of team we expecting to play the Sheffield United game this afternoon? Have to assume it will be 16’s and mainly 18’s with the rest involved on 1st team duties.

McBurnie plays for the home team https://twitter.com/sufcdevelopment?ref ... r%5Eauthor

[Stranded]

Reading Team v Sheff Utd in the Development League

Coniah Boyce-Clarke
Ayyuba Jambang
Sam Paul
Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis
Ethan Burnett (c)
Abraham Kanu
Rashawn Scott
Hamid Abdel Salam
Nahum Melvin-Lambert
Claudio Osario
Adrian Akande

Subs

Josh Green
Thomas Norcott
Jeremiah Okine-Peters
David Nyarko
Caylan Vickers

Have only heard of a few of them to be honest.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Reading Team v Sheff Utd in the Development League

Coniah Boyce-Clarke
Ayyuba Jambang
Sam Paul
Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis
Ethan Burnett (c)
Abraham Kanu
Rashawn Scott
Hamid Abdel Salam
Nahum Melvin-Lambert
Claudio Osario
Adrian Akande

Subs

Josh Green
Thomas Norcott
Jeremiah Okine-Peters
David Nyarko
Caylan Vickers

Have only heard of a few of them to be honest.

Heard of CBC, Sam Paul, Abraham Kanu, Ethan Burnett, Rashawn Scott, Hamid Abdel Salam, NML, Osario, Norcott, JO-P, Nyarko and Vickers.

I think it's CBC, Scott, Osario, Okine-Peters and Vickers that are considered the most talented youngsters from that group. Hopefully that means more of the U23's closer to the first team will be involved tonight.

[Simon's Church]

Google suggests Jambang was most recently at Norwich and Akande was at Swansea.

[Snowflake Royal]

How much of an arse do you have to be to decide to have a triple barrell surname when you get married!

[Royals and Racers]

Sheff Utd 1 Reading 0 20 mins McBurnie
H-T 1-0
2-0 79 mins
F-T 2-0
No surprise to me but from a Reading FC perspective i don`t think the media dept knew the match was taking place today !!

[Brogue]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=44425

[tidus_mi2]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=44425

Probably not a surprise, we're a cat 2, aspiring to return to cat 1 club while Bournemouth are a cat 3 club.

Always find Bournemouth a bit of a joke, Prem club with League Two facilities.

[South Coast Royal]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=44425

Probably not a surprise, we're a cat 2, aspiring to return to cat 1 club while Bournemouth are a cat 3 club.

Always find Bournemouth a bit of a joke, Prem club with League Two facilities.

Much as I dislike AFC Bournemouth I would prefer a small stadium and moderate facilities for training and have 5 years in the Prem (and back there again) than for our players to have top of the range facilities and cat 1 or 2 Academy but labour near the bottom of the Championship.

I think Academy status is over-rated -clubs like Bournemouth still produce their own players and the longer they or similar smaller clubs stick around in the Premier League they will continue to attract promising youngsters and the alternative model used by Brentford seems to work well for them.

[tidus_mi2]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=44425

Probably not a surprise, we're a cat 2, aspiring to return to cat 1 club while Bournemouth are a cat 3 club.

Always find Bournemouth a bit of a joke, Prem club with League Two facilities.

Much as I dislike AFC Bournemouth I would prefer a small stadium and moderate facilities for training and have 5 years in the Prem (and back there again) than for our players to have top of the range facilities and cat 1 or 2 Academy but labour near the bottom of the Championship.

I think Academy status is over-rated -clubs like Bournemouth still produce their own players and the longer they or similar smaller clubs stick around in the Premier League they will continue to attract promising youngsters and the alternative model used by Brentford seems to work well for them.

At the end of the day they are beholden to their owner just as we are, just they spent much more wisely than us, even then they must have been teetering on the edge of FFP if they didn't go up.

At least we have some great facilities to fall back on if our owner lost interest, assuming we didn't go bust in the process, although with the restrictions we've been under perhaps we might have already been saved from that potential outcome due to the forced massive drop in outgoings.

[RG30]

Come and support our Under-21s this Monday as they face Burnley in their opening home match of the season at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

We welcome the Lancashire club tomorrow for a 2pm kick off and entry is free to all and is the perfect opportunity to see the next generation of Royals players and take in some football in the sun!

The West Stand will be open for the match with kiosks open for the sale of refreshments and on site car parking is available free of charge.

Noel Hunt’s side will be competing in the Professional Development League this campaign, which means we will be facing new teams and new challenges.

The young Royals began their campaign in York on Tuesday where they took on a strong Sheffield United side.

Goals from forward duo Oli McBurnie and Will Osula won the Blades the points with Hunt's side looking to hit the ground running on home soil on Monday.

Your support for the next generation throughout the season will be greatly appreciated - a chance to take in a free game of football at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, and see snippets of what's to come from our talented Academy!

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2022/august/12/free-entry-for-u21s-match-this-monday/?fbclid=IwAR3hnDtPC9LBHQnayLrjVfcoRuKdUo5J7wgYE0mQwCmVV_rgk23-r-iCCaU

[morganb]

https://mobile.twitter.com/TalkReading/ ... 0531686400

Princewill Ehibhatiomhan is on trial at Chelsea after turning a deal down with Reading.

[Royals and Racers]

U 18`s lost their season opener today 3-1 away at Wigan.

[Hound]

Bit random the thing about Tuma being head boy at Eton