The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

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3-1 (Tanner 2 & Fosu)

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4-1 Tanner hat trick

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5-1 Ugwu

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6-1 Ugwu, full time

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Booooooooooooooooooooo

[winchester_royal]

#wescoregoals

Have that Watford, you Uche-stealing oxf*rd.

[Pepe the Horseman]

What happened to that guy we stole from Hull(?)?

[MouldyRoyal]

Cardwell? Injured I think...

[winchester_royal]

What happened to that guy we stole from Hull(?)?

Injured atm, been playing and scoring for the u18s though. Only a first year scholar so not really expected to be doing more.

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Reading u21s are 1 up against Aston Villa. Craig Tanner scored from the spot after Gozie Ugwu was brought down in the box.

A few senior Villa players including Gary Gardner, Joe Bennett, Jordan Bowery on the pitch

Our team is

#readingfc u21s v #AVFC

Team:
Stuart Moore
Niall Keown
Shane Griffin
Pierce Sweeney
Michael Hector
Jack Stacey
Aaron Kuhl
Aaron Tshibola
Tariqe Fosu-Henry
Craig Tanner
Gozie Ugwu

Subs:
Dan Lincoln
Sean Long
Dom Hyam
Samúel THE FRIDGE Friðjónsson
Shepherd Murombedzi

Villa are doing live updates on their twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/

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0-2 to Reading after 36 minutes with Jack Stacey scoring.

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H/T - 0-2

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

H/T - 0-2

Go on the young uns!!!

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Just back from a meeting, 0-2 F/T. Strong team for Villa there, great result.

[royalgrumpy]

What is really pleasing to see is so many of these U21's pushing for a chance in the first-team. OK, realistically it'll be next season at the earliest, but to have five (and that's only in my opinion) impressing so much this season, to add to McCarthy and Obita breaking through, is fantastic to see!

Gozie Ugwu
Craig Tanner
Aaron Tshibola
Aaron Kuhl
Michael Hector

[Ian Royal]

I'm genuinely excited about quite a few of our young starlets.

[Royal Ginger]

Nonce thread

[Wimb]

What is really pleasing to see is so many of these U21's pushing for a chance in the first-team. OK, realistically it'll be next season at the earliest, but to have five (and that's only in my opinion) impressing so much this season, to add to McCarthy and Obita breaking through, is fantastic to see!

Gozie Ugwu
Craig Tanner
Aaron Tshibola
Aaron Kuhl
Michael Hector

Also excited but they've all got work to do on loan spells before we can get too carried away.

Hector's already shown what he can do but Tanner, Kuhl and Tshibola are totally untested so need to make that step over the next couple of seasons.

Ugwu always seems to have bright starts then fade away wherever he goes. I'm hoping that most of that has been down to niggly injuries but at this point he's still more Bignall than Long

[andrew1957]

What is really pleasing to see is so many of these U21's pushing for a chance in the first-team. OK, realistically it'll be next season at the earliest, but to have five (and that's only in my opinion) impressing so much this season, to add to McCarthy and Obita breaking through, is fantastic to see!

Gozie Ugwu
Craig Tanner
Aaron Tshibola
Aaron Kuhl
Michael Hector

Also excited but they've all got work to do on loan spells before we can get too carried away.

Hector's already shown what he can do but Tanner, Kuhl and Tshibola are totally untested so need to make that step over the next couple of seasons.

Ugwu always seems to have bright starts then fade away wherever he goes. I'm hoping that most of that has been down to niggly injuries but at this point he's still more Bignall than Long

The ones that are really exciting are Kuhl and Thsibola. Interestingly Kuhl is still an under 18 (still 17 in Sept) and I don't think it is a surprise that he has been promoted to the under 21's at such a young age as these two players were superb together at under 18 level. I think you might find that they break through at a younger age than you might expect and could see them as a bedrock CM partnership in a future RFC league side - hopefully at PL level.

We also have Hector, Tanner, Stacey, Hyam and Kelly that are very good. I am sure this is the best batch of young players to come through at one time in n RFC history. Exciting times.

[winchester_royal]

What is really pleasing to see is so many of these U21's pushing for a chance in the first-team. OK, realistically it'll be next season at the earliest, but to have five (and that's only in my opinion) impressing so much this season, to add to McCarthy and Obita breaking through, is fantastic to see!

Gozie Ugwu
Craig Tanner
Aaron Tshibola
Aaron Kuhl
Michael Hector

Also excited but they've all got work to do on loan spells before we can get too carried away.

Hector's already shown what he can do but Tanner, Kuhl and Tshibola are totally untested so need to make that step over the next couple of seasons.

Ugwu always seems to have bright starts then fade away wherever he goes. I'm hoping that most of that has been down to niggly injuries but at this point he's still more Bignall than Long

Agree to a point, but wonder how motivated the club are to send the likes of Tanner out on loan. Loan spells in the loser leagues aren't necessarily the best option for the development of all younger players, and given that there would be no shortage of takers for our better younger players it does seem that we think they're better off staying in and around the club, training with better players abd coaches rather thank getting kicked around a muddy pitch by conference players.