by Royals and Racers »
17 Nov 2020 10:39
Royals and Racers Palace 1 Royals 0 7 mins
2-0 27mins
H-T 2-0
I`m watching - it`s the 1st U 23 game at the new refurbished Palace Academy training complex- main pitch is superb- cost 1 million.
2 bad goals to give away, whereas the Royals have had plenty of the ball and should have scored at least one. Lawless gone off injured.
3-0 69 mins
4-0 85 mins
Samuels had to go off with possibly a serious injury.
5-0 89 mins
6-0 90 mins
F-T 6-0 funny result because Reading had plenty of the ball but missed chances whereas Palace scored most of theirs. The commentators- Mark Bright was co-commentator were very complementary towards Reading about the way we played and the fitness shown.
Over a week since this match was played and no report by Reading FC on the match at all- Is that a surprise ? Not really as there was no mention pre match, during and now after, on social media or the website. We know nothing about how bad the injuries are to Lawless and Samuels are. If i was involved with the Academy i would be well pi$$ed off at the coverage given to it by the club !!!
The only Academy news published was last Tuesday(the day after this Palace match) when they reported 4 players had been called up for England U 18 and U 19 training, including Samuels which they later changed to 3 taking out Samuels.
We have had 3 matches streamed by the opposition this season- Leeds, Stoke and Palace and not once have Reading informed the fans how to watch them.
I had hoped that things would change as my complaints last season were acknowledged by the Media team but nothing has changed !!!
When the U23`s have played at the Madjeski stadium, decent crowds of over a 1000 have turned up so there is interest in the academy from the fans.