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Beat Colchester 6-0 earlier today.
Strong line up.
http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/brentford-ds-v-colchester-ds-14.09.12-366729.aspx

Oyeleke, German x2, Adeyemi, Pierre and Adams got the goals
 
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That result's worth starting a whole new thread for...

German knows where the onion bag is :sorted:
 

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Looking forward to the first player to make the breakthrough to the first team sometime this century
 

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Congratulations and good luck Max!
(The genetics are there, the skill is there.........so work hard matey, and who knows)
 

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blunstone said:
sadly i do agree....
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If they are good enough it will happen. Osborne came through the ranks to play in the first team on a regular basis, but they are few and far between. Tells you something about our previous youth policy, or lack of.
 

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I know we signed him slightly later in his development but Simon Moore was a youth teamer for us too I think. Or shall we just ignore him?
 

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It may be the case that the current development squad don't break through because they are a hastily assembled team from a mixture of places but that isn't the point. The academy set up is not a quick win but it is clear from results that we have quality at lower age groups and they need to have somewhere to progress to. Anyone who says that we shouldn't be doing it should look at Watford - read this article from 2010 - see some of the players who have come out of Watford and ask why they wouldn't want to try the same at Brentford. Do they really lack ambition that much?
 

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Firstly let me say I applaud Matthew Benham for funding an academy, I suspect he feels it may be a way of paying himself back for the hugh amount of cash he has and is putting into the club. But my fear is that should we uncover a real gem he'll be off to a bigger club quicker than you can say " agent". We cannot compete wages wise with the majority of Championship clubs and probably quite a few in League One.
I doubt we'll see many Academy players breaking into the team this season unless we get a few injuries, so it will be interesting to see if anyone makes it into the first team squad next season ?
There are a few first team contracts running out at the end of this season so maybe some of them will be replaced by our own players, and if this is the case the Academy set up will have proved a success.
 

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condorman said:
I know we signed him slightly later in his development but Simon Moore was a youth teamer for us too I think. Or shall we just ignore him?
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I think he signed professional terms with us having been released as a youth teamer by Southampton.

I don't side with the naysayers on this. We're trying to improve our return on youth investment, some of the players in the development squad having shown signs of being able to step up to first team football (e.g. Redwood, Reeves) but these glimpses of talent needs to be offset with the short-term trade off getting promoted to the Championship. And for that we need more experienced players. That's why Reeves development is best served going on loan to a league 2 football club, where he'll have lumps kicked out of him, rather than the sanguine world of the development squad. He'll be better for the experience.
 

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King Bee said:
I think he signed professional terms with us having been released as a youth teamer by Southampton.

I don't side with the naysayers on this. We're trying to improve our return on youth investment, some of the players in the development squad having shown signs of being able to step up to first team football (e.g. Redwood, Reeves) but these glimpses of talent needs to be offset with the short-term trade off getting promoted to the Championship. And for that we need more experienced players. That's why Reeves development is best served going on loan to a league 2 football club, where he'll have lumps kicked out of him, rather than the sanguine world of the development squad. He'll be better for the experience.
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Exactly. And not to mention the fact that the Academy Set-up is very much still in its infancy so any opinions at this stage over its success or otherwise are premature to say the least.
 

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Cannot understand why anyone should doubt the benefits of the dev squad, as I understand it this is a collection of players who for whatever reason have not made the grade elsewhere but have some ability which needs to be nurtured. Indeed some may just be late developers

Should they progress to be decent footballers then at present they are contracted to us so if clubs with more cash come calling then they will attract a transfer value
Equally having been given a 2nd chance they may wish to prove themselves with us, either way as a club we can only benefit and would hope that players with ability will be moved to first team contracts when that ability starts to shine

Watford are a case in point, and something I believe Warburton was heavily involved with, if we are half as successful with ours over the next decade, and it is a long term project, then we will have done very well
 

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I really can't understand the "just add water" views on the Youth and Development squads that have hardly had time to settle; they are both long-term projects. It's the same as a signing (like Fredericks) to the first team squad where, after a few appearances on the bench, the comments are "he'll be off next week". Some people can't see past the first 11 + 3 subs.

If we bring a player through and he's "off to a bigger club", then surely we have succeeded? It is exactly the sort of progression that will attract youngsters in the first place. Brentford FC is a very different proposition today than it was 5 years ago.
 

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Development Squad v Cardiff DS

I gather that our Development Squad beat Cardiff's 2 - 1 earlier this afternoon; interesting to see the side we put out; ie whether guys like Scott Barron played.
 

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Redwood scored the first and Norris the second. The only players involved near the first team was Reeves and Lee I think.
 

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Good to see Lee coming back and Redwood on the scoresheet. Been impressed when I've seen Redwood play.
 

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Easter 1959 said:
I gather that our Development Squad beat Cardiff's 2 - 1 earlier this afternoon; interesting to see the side we put out; ie whether guys like Scott Barron played.
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Report and teams are on the Brentford website.
 

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Easter 1959 said:
I gather that our Development Squad beat Cardiff's 2 - 1 earlier this afternoon; interesting to see the side we put out; ie whether guys like Scott Barron played.
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Richard Lee (sub Antoine Gounet h/t); Emmanuel Oyeleke, Sam Griffiths, Aaron Pierre, Leon Redwood; Jake Reeves (sub Stuart Dallas h/t); Josh Clarke (sub Alfie Mawson 81 mins), Charlie Adams, Tyrell Miller-Rodney: Luke Norris, Antonio German
 

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Easter 1959 said:
I gather that our Development Squad beat Cardiff's 2 - 1 earlier this afternoon; interesting to see the side we put out; ie whether guys like Scott Barron played.
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Barron tweeted that he done a full pre season fitness session today.
 

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Is going out on loan seen as being more developmental than being left to develop in the Development Squad?
 

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absenteebee said:
Is going out on loan seen as being more developmental than being left to develop in the Development Squad?
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I don't think so, one thing we can guarantee with the Development Squad is that they will play the same style and tactics that the first team will. You can't do that with loans.
 

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Pleased we beat QPR. But is our youth team, who have just lost 5 in a row, the same as our Milk Cup winning champions? If so; Louis Lancaster out!
 

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Development squad kick off today at 3pm against Ipswich at Griffin Park. Free admission on Braemar Road.

I might pop down for this given I live close, many others who are free thinking of going?
 

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1-0

Brentford:- Richard Lee; Kevin O'Connor, Sam Griffiths, Aaron Pierre, Scott Barron; Jake Reeves; Stuart Dallas, Emmanuel Oyeleke, Leon Redwood; Antonio German, Jimmy Spencer

Subs:- Antoine Gounet, Alfie Mawson, Josh Clarke, Charlie Adams, Luke Norris

22 mins Antonio German hits the bar from a Redwood corner kick.

29 mins - goal - Brentford 1 Ipswich Town 0

An own goal from Dave October - from a Leon Redwood free-kick
 

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1-1

Jacob Murtagh ‏@jacobmurtagh

Ainsley equalises for #itfc after German mugged of possession. 1-1 #brentfordfc

H-T 1-1
 

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71 mins -goal - Brentford 2 Ipswich Town 1

Luke Norris heads home a Stuart Dallas right side cross.
 

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F-T 2-2

Jacob Murtagh ‏@jacobmurtagh

Lawrence levels for Ipswich with the last kick of the game 2-2 brentfordfc #itfc


Groundhog day
 

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TeeJayBee said:
71 mins -goal - Brentford 2 Ipswich Town 1

Luke Norris heads home a Stuart Dallas right side cross.
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Ffs, are we playing with sodding wingers... Oh, we scored.
 

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TeeJayBee said:
Jacob Murtagh ‏@jacobmurtagh

Lawrence levels for Ipswich with the last kick of the game 2-2 brentfordfc #itfc
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Ffs, another last minute goal conceded. #consistentapproach ;)
 
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