Earlier this year PluckyLittle

admitted that they were reviewing their options, including reinstating a full Academy.

What Brentford do is take cast-offs from other Academy set-ups.
Which is OK but a) they will never grow a Murphy b) we know that the One Of Our Own concept drives club togetherness.

Posted By: Henclrikus on June 21st 2022 at 13:30:23

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KidWatch, updates from yesterday (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 21, 13:11:49
- Which was the club that sort of abandoned organised reserves competition? (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 13:18:25
  - "25 press-ups and we go again" (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 21, 13:53:30
    - So outdated (n/m) (Other Football) - ChampsChamps2023, Jun 21, 17:12:38
  - Earlier this year PluckyLittle (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 21, 13:30:23
    - All clubs take cast offs tbf. Even us (n/m) (Other Football) - DH Yellow, Jun 21, 14:25:51
      - Bunch of Arsenal's most recently? (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 15:14:01
        
        Presumably Barden & Martin could have gone to Brentford (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 21, 15:31:34
        
        Brentfords Moneyball Machine said no (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 15:48:37
    - Yeah, but their plan does make some sense given they're in london (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 13:35:36
      - so why are Crewe a success then? (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 21, 13:43:02
        
        Are Crewe a success? They certainly were. Who have they pumped out the last 10 years (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 14:14:43
        
        Jumbo and Garry (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 21, 14:27:05
        
        when was the last time Crewe sold a player (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 21, 14:10:02
        
        They run a full Academy setup and break even (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 21, 14:24:58
        
        I don't suppose they have (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 21, 15:31:49
        
        Was it Dean Ashton? (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 14:20:10
        
        Dean still 2nd (apparently, almost 20 years later) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 14:21:51
  - Would you be happy for the instrument(s) to be located and played next to your seat (Other Football) - munter, Jun 21, 13:25:08
    - ... (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Jun 21, 13:29:58

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