The Grace Kelly!

It looks like Julian Kelly is going to make his second start in place of the suspended Liam Rosenior this weekend. And I am really hoping for a result as good as his first start, a 1-0 victory over Wolves.

He has played a few times this season and seems as good as Rosenior, an attacking right back that is often found out of position, shooting horribly wide but still, Kelly is a promising player that will learn with more experience he receives. He needs to take these opportunities and he may become a first team regular sooner rather than later.

He may have to handle pressure a little better as before the Wolves game he threw a wobbly when Kevin Doyle’s cleverly aimed a pair of pants that hit him on the head. It’s been a while since Doyle cleverly aimed anything.

Still, I have no worries about Kelly playing he will do well. The other youngsters that have played this season have all done brilliantly.

God forbid, if Reading don’t get promoted this season and I can look to the next one to see a decent berth of young talent coming through. Alongside Kelly, you have Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Robson-Kanu, James Henry, Adam Federici and David Mooney who all have real potential making good and breaking into the first team on a regular basis.

Fair enough, we would not be promoted with those players but we would not do as bad as Southampton and be in the bottom three. We could sell all of our experiences players for hefty fees as that would not condemn us into administration. Perhaps I would give Michael Duberry away, just to get rid of him.

The Academy is finally doing a decent job, supplying youngsters that can challenge the first team. Sir John Madejski have been doing a fantastic job building up crap ends of Reading and his latest attempt is his school and as he trying to turn local Whitley CHAVS into accepting human beings.

And if a few gifted footballers come out of the school, it would be fair play to him for doing that. Maybe a scallywag that comes from Northumberland Avenue could dodge, dive, and make it into the first team.

Some players that Reading nurtured in the past have gone and made a name for themselves elsewhere.

Simon Cox has scored 27 goals for Swind*n this season but he could have in our squad challenging all the misfiring strikers up front at present.

Still if we kept him for another year, he could have commanded a substantial fee and actually earn a profit. Darius Henderson left Watford for Sheffield United for £2 million for a player who sold for something ridiculous like £20,000. That could have been our money. And it could have turned out to be money well spent.

The academy is now worthwhile and I eagerly anticipating the next Reading play that hails from Reading to put on the famous hoops.

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