The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Sutekh]

Not sure if I’ve missed it but Scofield Lonmeni-Dekam (u18s) has now signed his first professional deal with Reading after joining from Liverpool.

[Royals and Racers]

Looks like a strong side out and a great half-time scoreline.

Winners go into the quarter-finals, with Bournemouth (2-1 away at Sheff Utd) and Colchester (1-0 at home to Swansea) already qualified.

The remaining ties are:

1. 9 Feb - Burnley vs Brentford
2. 9 Feb - Watford vs Charlton
3. 11 Feb - West Brom vs QPR
4. 11 Feb - Nottm Forest vs Sunderland
5. 17 Feb - Ipswich vs Blackburn

5 teams through to QF’s now
Reading
Bournemouth
Colchester
Burnley
Watford

3-2 wins for both Burnley and Watford tonight.

Looks to be a serious chance of us winning the competition, based on the position of each side in their respective leagues:

1. Ipswich (Cat 1; 4th) vs Blackburn (Cat 1; 26th)
2. Nottm Forest (Cat 1; 17th) vs Sunderland (Cat 1; 20th)
3. Reading (Cat 1; 21st)
4. Burnley (Cat 1; 27th)
5. West Brom (Cat 1; 29th) vs QPR (Cat 2; 13th)
6. Bournemouth (Cat 2; 3rd)
7. Watford (Cat 2; 5th)
8. Colchester (Cat 2; 16th)

2 qualifiers tonight are
Sunderland ( 6-1)
West Brom ( 1-0 )

[Royals and Racers]

Unfortunately the Royals are not in the competition this season but the PL International cup is reaching the end of the 64 matches group stage. Here are the qualifiers for the QF’s known so far.
Group A Everton, Real Madrid
Group B 2 out of Borussia M’gl, Valencia and Crystal Palace
Group C Real Sociedad, Dinamo Zagreb
Group D Dortmund, Man Utd
All matches in the comp are played in England.