The squad in July

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Yeah 26 players but most will be academy players from the U23's and possibly even U18's. We don't have that many first team players as it is. Bit of a pain for those who may end up joining as we are in Spain currently.

[Hound]

More training videos on Twitter - saw one or two I didn’t recognise - prob u23 - possible sightings of Selles, Bowen and Ejaria in the background

[Stranded]

More training videos on Twitter - saw one or two I didn’t recognise - prob u23 - possible sightings of Selles, Bowen and Ejaria in the background

Someone has also "figured out" that Walcott appears to have been training and is in the video but you don't see his face.

[blythspartan]

Does anyone know if Mbengue will be staying next season?

[Stranded]

Does anyone know if Mbengue will be staying next season?

I imagine he does.

[blythspartan]

Does anyone know if Mbengue will be staying next season?

I imagine he does.

I hope so as he has bags of potential.

[Hound]

More training videos on Twitter - saw one or two I didn’t recognise - prob u23 - possible sightings of Selles, Bowen and Ejaria in the background

Someone has also "figured out" that Walcott appears to have been training and is in the video but you don't see his face.

Hmm, didn’t see that though guess it’s common knowledge he is training with us

[morganb]

Also from Twitter earlier today

https://twitter.com/Cameronseagell/stat ... HLIpw&s=19

Bloke bumped into McIntyre and Lumley. Lumley said he's not planning on coming back. Tom said he didn't know anything about the rumours regarding him leaving.

[Snowflake Royal]

Yeah 26 players but most will be academy players from the U23's and possibly even U18's. We don't have that many first team players as it is. Bit of a pain for those who may end up joining as we are in Spain currently.

Depends how you define them.

Bouzanis, Andresson, Yiadom, Holmes, McIntyre, Guiness-Walker, Hutchinson, Ejaria, Azeez, Carroll are all undisputedly first team players. That's 10.

Abrefa, Jahmari, Ehibhatiomhan, Camara all have mutlipe first team appearances and plenty of squad involvement. They should be expected to be part of the first team squad. That's 14.

Abbey, Senga, Craig, Boyce-Clarke, John Clarke have all made their debut and mostly been part of multiple first team squads. And should be expecting to compete for they first team squad. That's 19.

Dorsett is just back from a loan he should be expected as first team. That's 20.

There's hardly many makeweights

[SCIAG]

I'd group Jokull in with Dorsett. They're in a similar boat, loans to a good level last season. Dorsett has made his debut, Jokull hasn't, but that's mostly academic (unless you're Jokull).

A few triallists and a few makeweights.

[Royals and Racers]

Yeah 26 players but most will be academy players from the U23's and possibly even U18's. We don't have that many first team players as it is. Bit of a pain for those who may end up joining as we are in Spain currently.

Depends how you define them.

Bouzanis, Andresson, Yiadom, Holmes, McIntyre, Guiness-Walker, Hutchinson, Ejaria, Azeez, Carroll are all undisputedly first team players. That's 10.

Abrefa, Jahmari, Ehibhatiomhan, Camara all have mutlipe first team appearances and plenty of squad involvement. They should be expected to be part of the first team squad. That's 14.

Abbey, Senga, Craig, Boyce-Clarke, John Clarke have all made their debut and mostly been part of multiple first team squads. And should be expecting to compete for they first team squad. That's 19.

Dorsett is just back from a loan he should be expected as first team. That's 20.

There's hardly many makeweights

Matty Carson will be another.

[Hound]

Be nice to know if him and Dorsett have definitely signed. Obvs comms not the clubs strong point atm

[blythspartan]

According to twitter Walcott is very close to signing and has gone to Spain.

[Sutekh]

According to twitter Walcott is very close to signing and has gone to Spain.

So, unless he has ******* long arms, not close at all.

[morganb]

Nine young players have signed new paperwork on professional contracts with the Royals for 2023-24 ✍

John Clarke
Matt Carson
Hamid Abdel-Salam
Tom Norcott
Caylan Vickers
Harvey Maudner
Jeremiah Okine-Peters
Basil Tuma
Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis

Don't know if any are first team ready, perhaps -

John Clarke formally accepted the offer of a new deal, Hamid Abdel-Salam has signed a new contract rather than triggering an extension on his existing deal and Matt Carson has put his signature across paperwork which now permits him to play a part for the first team rather than terms restricting him to Under-21s football.

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/j ... graduates/

[Hound]

Good news

Yes would expect Carson and Clarke to be part of the first team set up. Maybe Tuma and Abdel Salam

And they were the faces I didn’t recognise from the training video

[blythspartan]

Yeah, this is very good news. I am sure it’s Vickers who a friend has been raving on about. Seems to think he’ll be a real asset in a year or two.

I believe we’ll see Craig emerge as a really good player in League One this season. He has something special about him for me.

[Snowflake Royal]

I thought John Clarke looked dedent in his cameos.

[Hound]

Noticed Craig has been featured quite a bit in the vids. A but meaningless maybe but seems quite central to things

I think he has a big role this year

[andrew1957]

No mention yet as to whether Dorset and Boyce-Clarke have signed extensions.