by morganb » 17 Feb 2020 09:30
by Hendo » 17 Feb 2020 09:31
muirinhoStrandedNameless
No excuse.
If the club had any sense they would be creative.
Perhaps there is someone who takes a major interest in the Academy sides, has decent knowledge, goes to lots of games....
Perhaps the club could approach them and ask them if they fancied being the SM person for the Academy games ?
I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to put a small team of volunteers together, especially if it meant getting access to some of the closed games at Bearwood.
If you run a business on a budget you have to find ways to get stuff done....
Fair enough but maybe the club have done some research and figured there just isn't the interest to suggest a more in depth coverage is needed esp. at under 18 level. They will have plenty of data on who is reading what on their site, social media interaction and the like. They maybe just not be the numbers.
This is a good point. I wouldn't see myself as being particularly up-to-date with what is going on with academy and u-23s, but every time we have a debut, the STHs around me have no idea who the player is, and if he is ours, or has come in on loan. They usually ask me!
The main titter feed has 340,799 followers. The Academy feed has 3,374.
by Stranded » 17 Feb 2020 09:49
Royals and RacersStrandedNameless
No excuse.
If the club had any sense they would be creative.
Perhaps there is someone who takes a major interest in the Academy sides, has decent knowledge, goes to lots of games....
Perhaps the club could approach them and ask them if they fancied being the SM person for the Academy games ?
I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to put a small team of volunteers together, especially if it meant getting access to some of the closed games at Bearwood.
If you run a business on a budget you have to find ways to get stuff done....
Fair enough but maybe the club have done some research and figured there just isn't the interest to suggest a more in depth coverage is needed esp. at under 18 level. They will have plenty of data on who is reading what on their site, social media interaction and the like. They maybe just not be the numbers.
Volunteers will work to a degree but you will still need someone to manage them plus a lot of youth games are the morning of first team games. The pool of people who would volunteer would be dedicated fans who are also very unlikely to choose missing a first team game to go and send a few tweets.
I would think that there is less interest in the U18’s than the U 23’s. However to not cover the semi on Saturday at all - preview, twitter live coverage and report is appalling- have they only 1 person employed who would have been rightfully in Sheffield to cover the 1st team.
There is interest in the academy, and after all we are Cat 1 - attendances are reasonable when matches are played at the Madekski stadium, less at Wycombe.
by Royals and Racers » 17 Feb 2020 11:10
by Snowflake Royal » 17 Feb 2020 17:39
NamelessStrandedRoyals and Racers How to cover an U 18 semi-final match- lesson 1 from Man City https://www.mancity.com/news/academy/ma ... nal-15-feb
It's almost like Citeh have got more resources available to cover such things than we do.
No excuse.
If the club had any sense they would be creative.
Perhaps there is someone who takes a major interest in the Academy sides, has decent knowledge, goes to lots of games....
Perhaps the club could approach them and ask them if they fancied being the SM person for the Academy games ?
I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to put a small team of volunteers together, especially if it meant getting access to some of the closed games at Bearwood.
If you run a business on a budget you have to find ways to get stuff done....
by Snowflake Royal » 17 Feb 2020 17:40
StrandedRoyals and RacersStranded
Fair enough but maybe the club have done some research and figured there just isn't the interest to suggest a more in depth coverage is needed esp. at under 18 level. They will have plenty of data on who is reading what on their site, social media interaction and the like. They maybe just not be the numbers.
Volunteers will work to a degree but you will still need someone to manage them plus a lot of youth games are the morning of first team games. The pool of people who would volunteer would be dedicated fans who are also very unlikely to choose missing a first team game to go and send a few tweets.
I would think that there is less interest in the U18’s than the U 23’s. However to not cover the semi on Saturday at all - preview, twitter live coverage and report is appalling- have they only 1 person employed who would have been rightfully in Sheffield to cover the 1st team.
There is interest in the academy, and after all we are Cat 1 - attendances are reasonable when matches are played at the Madekski stadium, less at Wycombe.
In your opinion. We are on this site because we are already pretty avid fans - yet the academy page is only 253 pages long and it started 7 years ago. Quick comparison - Rival Watch - where we aren't even speaking about our club is at 242 pages and started in 2017. In the last 20 or so pages probably 50% are you either posting the result or whinging that the club haven't.
That hardly screams that we have a fan base who have much more than a passing interest in Academy fixtures - we can probably name some of the top prospects but I can honestly say I couldn't give a toss that the u18s lost to Man City at the weekend because at that level of football the result is not important - I really couldn't be bothered to read a report on it especially one written by a fan with too much time on their hands. Same if we'd won - it's nice if the team is doing well but all I really care about is that there is a pathway for players to make the first team if they are good enough. I'm sure I'm not alone on that on here and definitely won't be in the wider fan base.
We get the level of focus on the academy games that are needed for our fan base i.e. minimal with a bit more on the games fans can actually attend - it feels right to me and isn't an area of major concern.
by Royals and Racers » 17 Feb 2020 17:48
by Stranded » 17 Feb 2020 18:01
Royals and Racers Yes i’m wrong the coverage of the academy is brilliant.
1 RFC website - no preview of tonights match at all
2 Reading Fc academy twitter have mentioned it today but many people i would suggest won’t know the game is on because i’s not on the website
3 still no mention anywhere of last Saturday’s semi for the U 18’s.
Some of you are more than happy to slag off the players but won’t accept the coverage of the academy is cr*p !!!!!!
by Stranded » 17 Feb 2020 18:04
Royals and Racers Yes i’m wrong the coverage of the academy is brilliant.
1 RFC website - no preview of tonights match at all
2 Reading Fc academy twitter have mentioned it today but many people i would suggest won’t know the game is on because i’s not on the website
3 still no mention anywhere of last Saturday’s semi for the U 18’s.
Some of you are more than happy to slag off the players but won’t accept the coverage of the academy is cr*p !!!!!!
by URZZZZ » 17 Feb 2020 18:09
StrandedRoyals and Racers Yes i’m wrong the coverage of the academy is brilliant.
1 RFC website - no preview of tonights match at all
2 Reading Fc academy twitter have mentioned it today but many people i would suggest won’t know the game is on because i’s not on the website
3 still no mention anywhere of last Saturday’s semi for the U 18’s.
Some of you are more than happy to slag off the players but won’t accept the coverage of the academy is cr*p !!!!!!
It is crap because no-one really cares about the games (at least not enough on a regular basis). If they did it wouldn't be crap.
If the club can see there is a big need to improve academy coverage they will. At the moment, it really doesn't appear that there is.
by Royals and Racers » 17 Feb 2020 18:22
by Royals and Racers » 17 Feb 2020 20:10
by Sutekh » 17 Feb 2020 20:53
by Royals and Racers » 17 Feb 2020 21:32
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by morganb » 18 Feb 2020 08:48
by Sutekh » 18 Feb 2020 14:01
by Royals and Racers » 18 Feb 2020 14:47
by Stranded » 18 Feb 2020 15:32
Royals and Racers Could one of the experts on here who are adamant that the club don`t cover the academy in full because there is no interest in the academy from the fans(or enough of the fans) explain why the club are always very quick to tell us of a contract signing- maybe these experts know that it`s only when they play that we are not interested !!
by Royals and Racers » 18 Feb 2020 16:20
StrandedRoyals and Racers Could one of the experts on here who are adamant that the club don`t cover the academy in full because there is no interest in the academy from the fans(or enough of the fans) explain why the club are always very quick to tell us of a contract signing- maybe these experts know that it`s only when they play that we are not interested !!
Err because when they sign a professional contract it means they are on the pathway to the first team i.e. the club think they have a future with us as a professional and could reach the first team in the next couple of years.
My view, as I have been quite clear on is that fans (or enough) are interested in a pathway to the first team so signing of contracts is newsworthy and should be reported on, a report on a 4-0 defeat to Stoke isn't something that will pique big enough interest.
Hope that clarifies.
Though if you really, really want to read the reports of all the academy games (bar 2), you can find them here: https://www.readingfc.co.uk/matches/under-23-fixtures/ - it's really not difficult to find them if you are interested enough.
by Snowflake Royal » 18 Feb 2020 17:36
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