James Horncastle

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276 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard yesterday

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Ornstein latest: Brentford’s recruitment recipe · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

They are incredibly meticulous and well-prepared when it comes to player care and when it comes to culture. matched

So David talked about those presentations that they do, and Brighton do the same. matched

With Brighton, it's like, you're on the Thameslink. matched

You're next to Gatwick. matched

You're practically in London. matched

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The psych evaluations that these clubs do as well in terms of understanding the background of the player, the personality of the player. matched

I think there was a story around one of the players that Brentford signed where one of the recruitment team called up matched

the manager of the restaurant that this player would go to to see to try and understand his habits and what he was like okay there's no data points for that there's no data points telling me that emma payton when she goes for dinner she always has mozzarella as her like start what does that tell matched

that tell you about me matched

So there are all these things and I think it's the culture that they have been able to create at these clubs which the players leave or the executives leave. matched

You've seen for example Chelsea take... matched

Paul Winstanley, Sam Jewell, they take a lot of the Brighton executive personnel, transplant them in Chelsea, but Chelsea are not Brighton. matched

They don't have the same results or something like that. matched

And I think they're very, very good at creating a culture in which people can thrive. matched

And I think Herzler talked about this with Brighton as well, how some of the senior players went to him and said, look, we can't play this pressing style all the time. matched

You need to compromise a little bit. matched

And he listened to them. matched

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