Swansea City v Brentford

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:03 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:57 pm
You have a problem with our recruitment so you have a go by suggesting we missed out by signing a lad from a League Two club who hadn’t stood out.

Brentford's scouts saw his potential.

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:05 pm

This.

kentonclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:57 pm
The time to nab Ollie Watkins was when he was the standout player every week at Exeter City but snapped up by Brentford for a reported £1.8m.

Brentford definitely pick up some bargains and not all of them from overseas leagues.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:05 pm

claretandy wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:03 pm
Brentford's scouts saw his potential.

And Brentford were a lowly Championship club when they signed him and Brentford don’t work like most clubs.

superdimitri · Post by **superdimitri** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:50 pm

I think its a valid comment regarding recruitment. Lots of fans want us to be picking out these gems..and its especially more relevant now the market has changed and we're priced out of most deals for championship talent.

I want to see us signing some young players with potential. Not boring old pros. Yeah the pros like Bardsley have been brilliant, but its not looking to the future is it.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:11 pm

superdimitri wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:50 pm
I want to see us signing some young players with potential. Not boring old pros. Yeah the pros like Bardsley have been brilliant, but its not looking to the future is it.

Would be good. Had we done that we might have got players like Pope, Taylor, JBG, Westwood etc.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:17 pm

Do Brentford still scout/buy players based on the MLB stats system?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:35 pm

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:17 pm
Do Brentford still scout/buy players based on the MLB stats system?

I think so.

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:51 pm

It is not the MLB system it is one devised by the owners company smartodds

https://www.smartodds.co.uk/About/Overview

superdimitri · Post by **superdimitri** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:11 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:11 pm
Would be good. Had we done that we might have got players like Pope, Taylor, JBG, Westwood etc.

Yeah, but the point is we can't sign those kind of players any more. Dyche himself said we have been priced out by the market. That is why those players were signed a few years ago now.

They also weren't 'that' young. When we signed the likes of Ings, Mee and Trippier they were a lot younger.

To put that into perspective. Trippier is younger than Westwood, yet played for us in 2011 and played in the premier league for us in 2014.

Since we can't sign Charlie Taylors at an affordable amount any more, we either sign older, or younger. I'd prefer younger.

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:48 am

Dimitri when was the last time you enjoyed Burnley ?

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