Ghost of Clough

It certainly would. I should clarify what I meant by very early 20's. Those 5 players are: Rinomhota (23), Richards (23), McIntyre (22), Holmes (21) and Olise (19). All have featured for at least 1735 minutes this season (all competitions).
 
Whilst on the subject of academies. This will be the second year in a row that a club without a Cat 1 academy has failed to stay up in the PL - Watford (2) and Bournemouth (3) the only sides last season, and Sheff Utd (2) this season who are not Cat 1.
There's a very strong correlation between academy status and league position, with Brentford and Sunderland the obvious outliers.

Similar applies to those who say we have no chance of playoffs next season in my opinion. Just look at Reading and Barnsley.
Take Reading for example. They finished just 7 points outside the bottom 3. They have pretty much the same squad as last year. Signed a 25 year old on a free from Shrewsbury and got 3 loans in - 2 squad players and a backup player. However, that year of struggle meant their promising youngsters gained vital experience. 5 of their 12 most used players this season came through their academy and are only in their very early 20's. Sounds somewhat familiar to our situation?

Similar applies to those who say we have no chance of playoffs next season in my opinion. Just look at Reading and Barnsley.
Take Reading for example. They finished just 7 points outside the bottom 3. They have pretty much the same squad as last year. Signed a 25 year old on a free from Shrewsbury and got 3 loans in - 2 squad players and a backup player. However, that year of struggle meant their promising youngsters gained vital experience. 5 of their 12 most used players this season came through their academy and are only in their very early 20's. Sounds somewhat familiar to our situation?

Similar applies to those who say we have no chance of playoffs next season in my opinion. Just look at Reading and Barnsley.
Take Reading for example. They finished just 7 points outside the bottom 3. They have pretty much the same squad as last year. Signed a 25 year old on a free from Shrewsbury and got 3 loans in - 2 squad players and a backup player. However, that year of struggle meant their promising youngsters gained vital experience. 5 of their 12 most used players this season came through their academy and are only in their very early 20's. Sounds somewhat familiar to our situation?

Just to add, it is worth listening to the Radio Derby interview in full rather than reading this typical BBC website clickbait article, which takes this comment completely out of context and writes the short piece around that. 
Presumably because the "journalist" who wrote it (I use the term loosely) knew exactly how people would react.
The whole interview is much more balanced and is quite a good listen. 

I think it's no worse him having ambition than the opposite,  where you seem to delight in  having us relegated before we actually are.
Either might happen, but what you talk about says more about the individual than the circumstance. 
 

What would you have liked him to say instead?
"The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace"
"The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion"
"The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs"
The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship"

What would you have liked him to say instead?
"The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace"
"The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion"
"The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs"
The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship"

What would you have liked him to say instead?
"The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace"
"The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion"
"The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs"
The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship"

Oh this.
The prospect gets me dizzy.

Does Forsyth need to reinvent himself as a forward then?

The record of both sides since Rooney was appointed manager:

The inexperinced 34 year-old Rooney, missing half the squad due to injury, (including one of the best players in the league), with a bunch of kids to fill in... vs the experienced and one of the best managers in the league, with one of the biggest squads in the league, with very few if any injuries.

What would you have liked him to say instead?
"The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace"
"The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion"
"The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs"
The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship"

What would you have liked him to say instead?
"The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace"
"The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion"
"The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs"
The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship"

What would you have liked him to say instead?
"The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace"
"The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion"
"The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs"
The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship"

What would you have liked him to say instead?
"The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace"
"The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion"
"The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs"
The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship"

Everyone knows you need to plan big to get medium.  i support it, i like dreamers

Why?
He said it's his "dream" to take us EVENTUALLY to a champions league place. Why shouldn't he have big aspersions of getting his club as high as possible?.
He's already said he'll build a squad to gain promotion so what the team are doing now will have no influence on the squad that hopefully moves us forward.
Do you really think we'll start next season with Ckr upfront? because i don't.
And don't say it can't be done, Look at Leicester. 

The record of both sides since Rooney was appointed manager:

The inexperinced 34 year-old Rooney, missing half the squad due to injury, (including one of the best players in the league), with a bunch of kids to fill in... vs the experienced and one of the best managers in the league, with one of the biggest squads in the league, with very few if any injuries.

As long as we only use Nick De Marco when it come to English Football Law then I'll happy.
I'll be happier still if we don't need him again.

The record of both sides since Rooney was appointed manager:

The inexperinced 34 year-old Rooney, missing half the squad due to injury, (including one of the best players in the league), with a bunch of kids to fill in... vs the experienced and one of the best managers in the league, with one of the biggest squads in the league, with very few if any injuries.

That's assuming they win their game in hand.
If we win just 1 of our final 5 games (which is a reasonable expectstion), Weds will need 11 points from their final 6 games just to take it to GD. It's extremely unlikely that they move above us.

As long as we only use Nick De Marco when it come to English Football Law then I'll happy.
I'll be happier still if we don't need him again.

As long as we only use Nick De Marco when it come to English Football Law then I'll happy.
I'll be happier still if we don't need him again.

As long as we only use Nick De Marco when it come to English Football Law then I'll happy.
I'll be happier still if we don't need him again.