Academy & U21s

[bigsigarner]

To be fair Blackburn played six lads who were at school (u16) in second half. 

[bluebruce]

56 minutes ago, 1874 said:

Carter off and 4 goals conceded. Reading hadn't won a game all season

Was Carter off injured or as a half time swap to manage his minutes? I can only see that he came off in the 46th minute according to livescore.com, dunno if that's after a minute of ET or the first minute of the second.

From 1 up to a 4 goal capitulation second half. Looks like swapping Carter out for McIlroy caused problems. Nosegbe got on the pitch for Pitt in the 87th minute, and we conceded the final goal a minute later (after also conceding a minute before he came on).

[only2garners]

A 46th minute substitution means a half time change I.e. the sub comes on in minute 46. If it had been in injury it would say 45+whatever.

That sounds like giving him a half to build his fitness.

[roversfan99]

I think it was said earlier today that the plan for Carter would be to start at 45 minutes for the under 21s and build him up from there. If indeed he actually manages to get to the end of that very small journey up to 90 minutes in the under 21s.