uttoxram75 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 1 hour ago, eezzeetiger said: and you haven't used it... apart from half our squad for the whole season being from the academy and just kept us up. Just wait til they grow up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Clearly some ffp wheeze dreamed up by demis roussos. Change grabbans name by deed poll to gribben, shave off his face pubes and pass him off as a 17 year old academy product. Voilà - all costs now allowable ? Rinse and repeat..... Glenn moray, brice simba, Jack calbock.... Welcome to the class of 22... eezzeetiger and Comrade 86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 To he fair to forest they've had a good academy for a while, so giving it the bells and whistles of cat 1 probably makes sense. Can't see why we wouldn't retain our cat 1 status. It's probably the only good thing at DCFC right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Forest academy better than ours by a long way regardless of Cat. status. Red_Dawn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenBr Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 8 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said: To he fair to forest they've had a good academy for a while, so giving it the bells and whistles of cat 1 probably makes sense. Can't see why we wouldn't retain our cat 1 status. It's probably the only good thing at DCFC right now. We'll retain as long as we dont drop down a league. It needs to start seeing a few more returns on the investment though if we want a reason to keep it. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Sunderland in League One have a category one academy. Just saying. Indyram, RadioactiveWaste and Comrade 86 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 47 minutes ago, angieram said: Sunderland in League One have a category one academy. Just saying. Do you think Mel is committed to the expense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 6 hours ago, Mostyn6 said: Forest academy better than ours by a long way regardless of Cat. status. Not sure Big Tommy H and Will H will agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Just now, Boycie said: Not sure Big Tommy H and Will H will agree. One produced 20 years ago and the other 10. Hmmm. eezzeetiger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Mostyn6 said: One produced 20 years ago and the other 10. Hmmm. Matty cash and Ben osbourne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: One produced 20 years ago and the other 10. Hmmm. Perhaps we should abandon league status and concentrate on the u23s. Winning everything before us at a youth level. Selling them for a profit, turn PP into a music venue. Sounds like a plan to me Edited May 26, 2021 by Spanish TigerTedd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Boycie said: Matty cash and Ben osbourne? Dawsons, Prutton, Jenas, Morgan, Burke, Paterson, Darlow off top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: Dawsons, Prutton, Jenas, Morgan, Burke, Paterson, Darlow off top of my head. How old? Hmmm Edited May 26, 2021 by Boycie Paterson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Mostyn6 said: Dawsons, Prutton, Jenas, Morgan, Burke, Paterson, Darlow off top of my head. Some fantastic players there and some of them still tearing up the league to this day too... Premier ram, Van der MoodHoover and Boycie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 10 hours ago, Mostyn6 said: Forest academy better than ours by a long way regardless of Cat. status. More successful, but better at this moment in time. Sibely, Bird, Buchanan and Knight currently in our first team. A lot expected from Gordon and Delap now at Liverpool and Man City (the latter part of the first team next season). Hendrick, Bogle and Lowe all in the PL this season, whilst Hughes will be back there next year. The production line of players ready to step up from the U23s. There's also the group of youngsters who were snapped up by Man Untied in January. uttoxram75, Boycie and Comrade 86 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: More successful, but better at this moment in time. Sibely, Bird, Buchanan and Knight currently in our first team. A lot expected from Gordon and Delap now at Liverpool and Man City (the latter part of the first team next season). Hendrick, Bogle and Lowe all in the PL this season, whilst Hughes will be back there next year. The production line of players ready to step up from the U23s. There's also the group of youngsters who were snapped up by Man Untied in January. You tell him. Where’s he gone anyrode? No doubt he’ll throw in that Brereton or however you spell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 20 hours ago, Boycie said: How old? Hmmm Younger than Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 16 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said: More successful, but better at this moment in time. Sibely, Bird, Buchanan and Knight currently in our first team. A lot expected from Gordon and Delap now at Liverpool and Man City (the latter part of the first team next season). Hendrick, Bogle and Lowe all in the PL this season, whilst Hughes will be back there next year. The production line of players ready to step up from the U23s. There's also the group of youngsters who were snapped up by Man Untied in January. Sibley can’t get a game. Bird can’t kick a ball properly. Buchanan is mocked by significant numbers on here. Knight already burned out and ready to drop down the leagues to find his level. Guarantee that Gordon and Delap won’t be any better than Mason Bennett. Hendrick is a success story. Lowe can’t get a game and we purchased Bogle! eezzeetiger and Comrade 86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Mostyn6 said: Sibley can’t get a game. Bird can’t kick a ball properly. Buchanan is mocked by significant numbers on here. Knight already burned out and ready to drop down the leagues to find his level. Guarantee that Gordon and Delap won’t be any better than Mason Bennett. Hendrick is a success story. Lowe can’t get a game and we purchased Bogle! Premier ram and RadioactiveWaste 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) Our academy has been the consistent positive coming from the club over the past 20 years. It's up for debate whether the purpose of the academy is to produce a constant flow of players for the first team or players who can be sold for big money that keeps the club going. Forests ticks both boxes really. It has probably brought in £70/80m in revenue over that time and has produced loads of players for the first team. Worrall will be the next one sold I imagine. Or Mighten. Over the last 6/7 years alone we've produced and then sold Bamford, Appiah, Brereton, Burke, Osborn, Cash, Darlow and Lascelles. And then you add in the golden generation of the late 90s, early 00s and it's one of the most prolific academies in the country this century. Edited May 27, 2021 by Augustus Red_Dawn and eezzeetiger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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