5/26/2023 0 Comments Last Chance Academy by Alex Lidell![]() ![]() With the appointment of under-21s manager Noel Hunt, who stepped up to first-team duties, young players will get more of a chance not only this season but also beyond. The sacking of Paul Ince showed that the club believed not only results were not good enough in the short term, but also that Paul Ince had the reluctance to use younger players. Even if means attracting young promising players which other clubs will then want to buy for large sums of money.” This shows progress and a realisation that that is how you remain financially sustainable in the Championship. Head of football operations Mark Bowen said in his open letter recently that things needed to change: “That strategy has to filter into our academy. This has started to become underutilised in recent years, but is something the club have stressed they want to get back to. We developed young players for free and when they were ready for the first team we blooded them and gave them a chance. ![]() The list could go on and on it was the hallmark of the Madejski era. ![]() That’s largely down to the late great Eamonn Dolan who oversaw the growth of the club and helped the development of many that came through the academy, whether that be people such as Jem Karacan, Alex Pearce or Simon Church. The academy is something that Reading have been able to take immense pride in over the years. ![]()
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