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

Yeah, we'll see what happens. matched

I mean, I'm curious because people overlook the fact that when Keith Andrews was promoted from set-piece coach to head coach, it was also in the summer when they lost Wissa Mbwemo Norgat. matched

wasn't it? matched

Just losing those players. matched

Even if Thomas Frank had still been around, you'd be like... It's a lot of change. matched

That's a lot of change. matched

So to change the head coach and lose your two best goal scorers at that moment and then have your best ever Premier League season, it does go to show that with more continuity and continuing to follow this model and doing better and better and better, there's no reason why they can't lift some work. matched

I think that you, Tim, point in their evolution is now really important because when Brentford were coming into the Premier League, they were sometimes scared off matched

some of the opportunities to sign players really early so say Michael Alise for example I think there was there was an opportunity to sign Michael Alise but they looked at the agent fee and they were just like no we absolutely not we're not paying this we we don't know whether we'll be a Premier League club next year matched

was now that they're established, I think they can get some of the best young English London talent. matched

And they're obviously very prepared to go after that now. matched

And they can not park them in their B team, but certainly put them there, prepare them for the first team in a way that I think they were maybe a little bit hesitant to do in the past. matched

So if another Alisse comes along, I'm sure they would be quite confident paying him, having a place and a pathway for him. matched

And that's important because I think some of those other London clubs who have often felt like they've had the pick of the best London talent or Palace certainly made it a big part of their identity. matched

I think Brentford are there now to go after that. matched

And if you're a young player, you can see why you would choose to go and play for Brentford because of all the multifaceted things that go into that football club and them knowing where their place in the food chain is. matched

It's like, we will prepare you for the big move that you want in your career. matched

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No, and I know last week when we discussed this, David provided some more context on who signed who. matched

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