What’s the process of signing a player? – a breakdown of Brentford’s scouting system

Posted by BillytheBee Grant | Apr 21, 2016 | 5 |

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BillytheBee Grant

Following Brentford for 40 years plus now.. write .. blog .. videoblog .. podcast ... photograph ...eat .. sleep .. Brentford.. am known to attend the occasional England match too (16 World Cups and Euro tournaments now plus a couple of Womens Tournaments too) so can take a few knocks ...Run a grassroots girls football club... organised husky dog racing rallies for a living back in the day ... as you do ..You didn’t wanna go up!!

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Rob on April 21, 2016 at 11:47 pm
Great podcast gents. My first ever podcast, and probably the most insightful thing I’ve found out about the Bees in a long while, if not ever. Really does show what a fine tightrope we are treading financially.
When you discussed the transfer process, you mentioned that MB, Flemming, Dean and Phil are the ones that make the decision on who to buy, and all need to give the thumbs up. What I understood was that whilst Dean has an influence on precedings, he doesn’t get to overrule MB and Phil if they like someone sufficiently, and indeed that’s one of the reasons MW left as he wanted control over his team. Is that the case or have things reverted to how they were.
Cheers chaps, keep up the good work
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- Beesotted on April 25, 2016 at 12:24 pm
  Thanks for listening. Yes we thought that this podcast would clarify a lot of things. The transfer committee was in fact Matthew Benham, Rasmus Ankersen, Dean Smith and Phil Gilles. Smith has a big input into the players he wants and who he wants to come in. However, the decision is made by the committee. From what we understand everyone can put their input into why a player should or should not be bought. And they eventually reach a decision amongst themselves. We were told by MB in our interview with him that Brentford would never buy a player of the head coach strongly was not happy about that player being signed. However, it was important for valid reasons to be given and the whole process to be discussed.
  In the end its down to relationships and trust. If the relationship is strong enough between the deciding parties, they will come to a decision that all of them eventually will agree with.
  But the Head Coach definitely does NOT have a veto on players (which means that he can block a player sale unreservedly OR authorise the purchase of a player without it being agreed by the committee).
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Chris on April 22, 2016 at 8:44 pm
Am a regular listener who found the latest podcast one of the very best and most interesting, the info on the new stadium, scouting and (even if you don’t agree) the arse podcast. Well done. Keep up the good work. And thanks for the podcasts.
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- Beesotted on April 25, 2016 at 12:25 pm
  Thanks for listening to the podcasts. Hopefully, you will tune in weekly from now on.
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westBerksBee on September 10, 2017 at 9:26 pm
Excellent Podcast – really enjoyed it and am ordering the book. My theory is Benham will hold back big spending (by Bees standard) until a mid season when he will judge the odds to be in our favour. We were excellent at Villa, shame we didn’t take 3 points.
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