The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Royals and Racers]

Holden
Ashcroft
Bristow
Tetek
Watson
Dorsett
East
Lawless
Onen
Camara
Nevers
SUBS
Collins(G)
Luzon
Azeez
Leavy
Melvin-Lambert

[Royals and Racers]

Royals 1 WBA 0 26 mins Onen
1-1 39 mins
H-T 1-1
2-1 65 mins Melvin-Lambert
3-1 69 mins Bristow
4-1 78 mins Azeez

[andrew1957]

Royals 1 WBA 0 26 mins Onen
1-1 39 mins
H-T 1-1
2-1 65 mins Azeez or Melvin-Lambert( depending on who you read)
3-1 69 mins Bristow
4-1 78 mins

Reading definitely up to 2nd now.

[Royals and Racers]

4-2 88 mins
5-2 90 mins

[Hound]

very impressive to be doing that well in the U23 as well as raiding a lot of the players for the first 11

[Royals and Racers]

FT 5-2 Melvin-Lambert with the 5th
Massive next match for the Royals a week on Monday(15th) with an away match at runaway leaders Leeds. Just 1 automatic promotion and the Royals currently in 2nd 9 points behind with a game in hand.
https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/e ... standings/

[WoodleyRoyal]

FT 5-2 Melvin-Lambert with the 5th
Massive next match for the Royals a week on Monday(15th) with an away match at runaway leaders Leeds. Just 1 automatic promotion and the Royals currently in 2nd 9 points behind with a game in hand.
https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/e ... standings/

how the oxf*rd are Blackburn u23's so good

[Royals and Racers]

FT 5-2 Melvin-Lambert with the 5th
Massive next match for the Royals a week on Monday(15th) with an away match at runaway leaders Leeds. Just 1 automatic promotion and the Royals currently in 2nd 9 points behind with a game in hand.
https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/e ... standings/

how the oxf*rd are Blackburn u23's so good

Maybe Leeds even more, as they only became CAT 1 this season, so it`s their 1st season in the PL 2

[Nameless]

FT 5-2 Melvin-Lambert with the 5th
Massive next match for the Royals a week on Monday(15th) with an away match at runaway leaders Leeds. Just 1 automatic promotion and the Royals currently in 2nd 9 points behind with a game in hand.
https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/e ... standings/

how the oxf*rd are Blackburn u23's so good

Maybe Leeds even more, as they only became CAT 1 this season, so it`s their 1st season in the PL 2

And vice versa some clubs that have along history of producing lots of talent from their academies seem to be not quite as strong at the moment.

[LightwaterRoyal]

how the oxf*rd are Blackburn u23's so good

Maybe Leeds even more, as they only became CAT 1 this season, so it`s their 1st season in the PL 2

And vice versa some clubs that have along history of producing lots of talent from their academies seem to be not quite as strong at the moment.

Was surprised to see how badly Crewe are doing

[Royals and Racers]

how the oxf*rd are Blackburn u23's so good

Maybe Leeds even more, as they only became CAT 1 this season, so it`s their 1st season in the PL 2

And vice versa some clubs that have along history of producing lots of talent from their academies seem to be not quite as strong at the moment.

I suppose one would also have to factor in how many players these U 23 teams have out on loan to other league/non league clubs to give them experience - ie the more successful the Academy is= the more their players are in demand from other clubs to use them ?

[Nameless]

Maybe Leeds even more, as they only became CAT 1 this season, so it`s their 1st season in the PL 2

And vice versa some clubs that have along history of producing lots of talent from their academies seem to be not quite as strong at the moment.

I suppose one would also have to factor in how many players these U 23 teams have out on loan to other league/non league clubs to give them experience - ie the more successful the Academy is= the more their players are in demand from other clubs to use them ?

But assuming they have a good conveyor belt there would be more good/ wellcoached youngsters coming along. You would expect the really top academies to factor in players having time out on loan as part of their development path.
It would be interesting to know how clubs plan the progression of their players through the whole system
I’m out of touch with our youngsters but my impression is we have a lot of good players in the u23 set up at a younger age than we did a few years back.

[Royals and Racers]

And vice versa some clubs that have along history of producing lots of talent from their academies seem to be not quite as strong at the moment.

I suppose one would also have to factor in how many players these U 23 teams have out on loan to other league/non league clubs to give them experience - ie the more successful the Academy is= the more their players are in demand from other clubs to use them ?

But assuming they have a good conveyor belt there would be more good/ wellcoached youngsters coming along. You would expect the really top academies to factor in players having time out on loan as part of their development path.
It would be interesting to know how clubs plan the progression of their players through the whole system
I’m out of touch with our youngsters but my impression is we have a lot of good players in the u23 set up at a younger age than we did a few years back.

It would also be interesting to know the average age of the players in the U 23 teams over recent seasons, as i sense that the U23 teams are including more u 18 players than maybe they used to do. It also appears to be that 1st team squad players who are aged U 23 do not necessarily play for the U 23`s at a lot of clubs.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Bristow short listed for PL2 player of the month for Jan, more good stuff from the U23's

[Royals and Racers]

Next up for the U 23`s is very likely to be the most important match of the season. The Royals are away to Leeds on Monday February 15th with the match being played at the Thorp Arch training centre KO 1pm.
1 team is automatically promoted from the PL 2 2nd div. Leeds are top with 34 points from 15 games. The Royals are 3rd with 22 points from 13 matches ( 2nd are Stoke 24 from 15).
The match is being streamed live by LUFC on you tube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskuROnyqR0 stream starts at 12.55pm

[Royals and Racers]

Boyce- Clarke
Watson
Bristow
East
Stickland
Luzon
Leavy
Lawless
Onen
Camara
Nevers
SUBS
Holden(G)
Samuels
Ashcroft
Ajose
Melvin-lambert

[Royals and Racers]

Leeds 1 Royals 0 43 mins
2-0 44 mins
HT 2-0 superb stream- for 40 mins we were good value at being level, but it all went pear shaped with the 2 quick fire goals.
3-0 52 mins- bad Boyce- Clarke error
FT 3-0 That`s almost wrapped up promotion to Div 1 for Leeds. Reading need to finish in top 5 for the play-offs - with 2nd or 3rd ensuring a home tie.
Full match video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskuROnyqR0

[Royals and Racers]

The Royal`s 2nd match this week is another important fixture. On Friday the 19th at Bearwood KO 1pm against 2nd in the table Stoke.
The Royals have 10 league matches left to play with 7 at home and only 3 away.
The play-offs will start immediately at the end of the regular season and the 2nd will play 5th( 2nd at home- just one match) and 3rd will play 4th( 3rd at home)
After today`s matches the league table looks like
1 Leeds P 16 pts 37
2 Stoke P 16 pts 27
3 Crystal Palace P 15 pts 23
4 Reading P 14 pts 22
5 Aston Villa P 15 pts 21
6 Wolves P 13 pts 20
7 Fulham P 15 pts 19
8 Middlesbrough P 14 pts 18
9 Burnley P 15 pts 18
10 Norwich P 15 pts 17
11 Sunderland P 12 pts 16
12 West Brom P 12 pts 14
13 Newcastle P 12 pts 13

[Fox Talbot]

Leeds 1 Royals 0 43 mins
2-0 44 mins
HT 2-0 superb stream- for 40 mins we were good value at being level, but it all went pear shaped with the 2 quick fire goals.
3-0 52 mins- bad Boyce- Clarke error
FT 3-0 That`s almost wrapped up promotion to Div 1 for Leeds. Reading need to finish in top 5 for the play-offs - with 2nd or 3rd ensuring a home tie.
Full match video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskuROnyqR0

Stream and commentary very good but Reading soft and flabby. Both fullbacks Watson and Bristow roasted and not much upfront. Switched off at HT, doesn’t seem to have got any better second half.

[Royals and Racers]

Leeds 1 Royals 0 43 mins
2-0 44 mins
HT 2-0 superb stream- for 40 mins we were good value at being level, but it all went pear shaped with the 2 quick fire goals.
3-0 52 mins- bad Boyce- Clarke error
FT 3-0 That`s almost wrapped up promotion to Div 1 for Leeds. Reading need to finish in top 5 for the play-offs - with 2nd or 3rd ensuring a home tie.
Full match video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskuROnyqR0

Stream and commentary very good but Reading soft and flabby. Both fullbacks Watson and Bristow roasted and not much upfront. Switched off at HT, doesn’t seem to have got any better second half.

Yes commentator i agree was good. The match reminded me of the away match at Palace where we lost 6-0. We looked ok for most of that match but let in 6 goals. Even the Palace commentary team said how good we were that day. Today for the 1st 10 minutes in the 2nd half we could have scored 2 but the stupid 3rd goal finished that impetus.