The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Royals and Racers]

We have been drawn at home to Stoke City U 21’s in the last sixteen round of the PL Cup. Date TBA
It was hardly a draw i have found out !
Us as Group A winners play the runners up from Group B
Group B winners play runner up Group A
Group C winners play runner up Group D
Group D winners play runner up Group C
Etc etc

[Royals and Racers]

Next up for the bottom of the league U 21’s Royals is a home PL 2 fixture at Aldershot’s FC ground on Monday 19th January KO 7pm against Blackburn Rovers who are 23rd( out of 29).

Tonight

[Royals and Racers]

QPR are going all out to become the 30th CAT 1 Academy.
Does anyone have access to the Training Ground Guru ( TGG ) Academy Productivity rankings for 2024/5 ?? ( available to members only)

[Royals and Racers]

Next up for the bottom of the league U 21’s Royals is a home PL 2 fixture at Aldershot’s FC ground on Monday 19th January KO 7pm against Blackburn Rovers who are 23rd( out of 29).

Tonight

Blackburn preview.
https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2026/janu ... under-21s/

[Clyde1998]

QPR are going all out to become the 30th CAT 1 Academy.
Does anyone have access to the Training Ground Guru ( TGG ) Academy Productivity rankings for 2024/5 ?? ( available to members only)

I don't, but an article on the TGG website says QPR were 50th in 2024-25: https://trainingground.guru/qpr-to-appl ... e-academy/

EDIT: Found the ranking:

[Royals and Racers]

Stevens
Ahmed
Abrefa
Hicks
Sackey
Duah
Okine-Peters
Rushesha
Evans
Camara
Osho
SUBS
Welland
J Williams
Howard
Jones
Patton
Peter Scott in the stand tonight- Alex Pearce on touchline.
Reading 0 Blackburn 1 32 mins
H-T 0-1
Leam Richardson watching from the stand.

[Clyde1998]

Stevens
Ahmed
Abrefa
Hicks
Sackey
Duah
Okine-Peters
Rushesha
Evans
Camara
Osho
SUBS
Welland
J Williams
Howard
Jones
Patton
Peter Scott in the stand tonight- Alex Pearce on touchline.
Reading 0 Blackburn 1 32 mins
H-T 0-1

Interesting team - seeing Stevens; Abrefa; and Camara playing. Seems to be a bit more of a willingness lately to use first team players in the U21s, allowing for our younger players to go on loan.

[Royals and Racers]

1-1 55 mins Ahmed
2-1 71 mins Patton
3-1 85 mins Patton
4-1 87 mins Patton
Patton hat-trick after coming on after 62 mins
F-T 4-1 Royals 1st win in the league this season.

[Clyde1998]

1-1 55 mins Ahmed
2-1 71 mins Patton
3-1 85 mins Patton
4-1 87 mins Patton
Patton hat-trick after coming on after 62 mins
F-T 4-1 Royals 1st win in the league this season.

Good to see Patton got a hat-trick after coming off the bench. Did you go? Did anyone stand out tonight?

[Royals and Racers]

1-1 55 mins Ahmed
2-1 71 mins Patton
3-1 85 mins Patton
4-1 87 mins Patton
Patton hat-trick after coming on after 62 mins
F-T 4-1 Royals 1st win in the league this season.

Good to see Patton got a hat-trick after coming off the bench. Did you go? Did anyone stand out tonight?

No i couldn’t - not well. My mate went and fed me info as the coverage once again of the Academy by RFC is nothing short of pathetic !! Patton i would imagine MOM.
3rd from bottom after tonight- P 10 to play 10

[Royals and Racers]

Busy week for the Royals U 21’s. On Thursday 22nd January they play the dead rubber group A PL Cup match away to Bournemouth KO 7pm. The match is at AFC Totton’s Snows stadium.
Monday 26th January sees a return to PL 2 league action with an away game v Nottingham Forest KO 7pm. The match is at the Loughborough University stadium.
The U 18’s return to league action on Saturday 24th January away to Leicester City KO 12pm. The match is at LCFC’s training ground.

[Royals and Racers]

1-1 55 mins Ahmed
2-1 71 mins Patton
3-1 85 mins Patton
4-1 87 mins Patton
Patton hat-trick after coming on after 62 mins
F-T 4-1 Royals 1st win in the league this season.

Good to see Patton got a hat-trick after coming off the bench. Did you go? Did anyone stand out tonight?

No i couldn’t - not well. My mate went and fed me info as the coverage once again of the Academy by RFC is nothing short of pathetic !! Patton i would imagine MOM.
3rd from bottom after tonight- P 10 to play 10

My mate has said that both Ahmed and Hicks played well.