U-Turn On Brentford’s Academy Vision Announced

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   Russell Turner on May 11, 2016 at 10:08 pm

   I’m no surprised the Academy is folding due to losing money. I worked at the academy in the transport section and they wasted money on transport as if it was going out of fashion, much of the wastage was avoidable but a lack of communication and bad management resulted in a fortune being spent on cabs when internal transport was available. It was total chaos and if other sections of the Academy were run in a similar way I’m not surprised people were leaving in their droves !

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   David Carney on May 12, 2016 at 9:36 am

   It seems to me that both kids and parents that have a dream of a future as a footballer would leap at the chance of being recruited (at any age) by a club that operates in the Premier League – and preferably consistently at the top of the Premier League. We, as supporters of Brentford would love to see talented kids dreaming of playing for Brentford, but the brutal reality is these kids (and parents) dream of Manchester (United and City), Arsenal, Chelsea, etc and only if they cannot secure a home with one of those clubs will look elsewhere. Just look at the value of TV rights for the EPL compared to alternatives. The same goes with the junior coaching and development talent – everyone wants to be associated with the elite.
   Brentford have shown how many good talented young players exist in the lower divisions, both in the UK and elsewhere. The return on the recruiting model at Brentford is obvious when you look at the likes of Judge, Gray, Tarkowski, Odubaju, Hogan, Woods, Button, etc.
   The conveyor belt of identifying unpolished diamonds from clubs desperate for a few hundred thousand thousand, that can be turned into both millions and players that will get Brentford to the Premier League is just so much more logical.
   Perhaps in ten years time when Brentford are regularly in the top four and playing in Europe an Academy can be re established, but until then, cash is scarce and must be used wisely. Brentford have quite remarkable success rate identifying young talent in the lower divisions, so it makes wonderful sense to concentrate and develop further the successful and profitable parts of the Brentford development strategy.

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   dave on May 15, 2016 at 9:19 pm

   i wonder if this is the end of OSE AIBANGEE ???

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     George on November 24, 2016 at 7:18 pm

     Can only hope.Either way the way he goes about business is awful. People will soon see through him.

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