[Albion] How Is Brighton's Recruitment So Good?

[Tyrone Biggums]

 

[LamieRobertson]

The glue that hold it together …players such as Dunk, Gross, Veltman …Lallana are as if not more important, as the ‘stars’ that get talked about

 

[The Fits]

The glue that hold it together …players such as Dunk, Gross, Veltman …Lallana are as if not more important, as the ‘stars’ that get talked about

On the field ATM we are a much better side with AL. Our recruitment of younger players has been exceptional of late, but there is a point where we will need to find the next AL, the next Gross, the next Veltman. That will be the key and the proof our overall recruitment is as good as we all hope and the media are starting to suggest.

 

[Official Old Man]

30 minute video of a guy with a computer voice that could be summed up in the 30 second Paddy Power video.
Everton 'throwing darts' or Chelsea just 'bidding £30million more than another team'.
But it's not the team we have now that matters, more the B team we have for next year.

 

[Diallo]

The recruitment is so good because our scouts were ordered by Bloom to watch players potential signings through their 3rd eye (Pineal gland) instead of the same old, tried and tested 2 eyes we all know come with their limitations.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Patience, long term planning, brilliant processes of identification and development and above all a board of directors and fanbase (for the most part) that do not require instant gratification.

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Hmmm. Think we need to keep ourselves grounded on this one. Is it the same recruitment team that brought Locadia and Jahanbakhsh in on hefty transfer fees.

 

[Springal]

Hmmm. Think we need to keep ourselves grounded on this one. Is it the same recruitment team that brought Locadia and Jahanbakhsh in on hefty transfer fees.

No it’s not, not really. Pre Ashworth

 

[Stat Brother]

Rather enjoying all the attention going to all the usual members of staff.

So many 'experts' are going to shat themselves as and when Leo Ostigard wins Serie A and the Albion get another payday.

 

[Stat Brother]

Hmmm. Think we need to keep ourselves grounded on this one. Is it the same recruitment team that brought Locadia and Jahanbakhsh in on hefty transfer fees.

As the video says at the exact time the club did that it also signed Mac Allister, Bissouma and Burn.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Great share. Thank you @Tyrone Biggums

The big question really is, can we keep it up? My guess is that most Brighton fans, as ever, are just enjoying the ride. And maybe just a little more so at the moment.

 

[RandyWanger]

DATA.
It's the new gold.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

What a bloody awful voice. Couldn’t listen beyond 10 seconds.

 

[nwgull]

Bit unfair to paint Izquierdo as a bad signing, I thought. He was brilliant in our first season and we'd probably not have survived so comfortably without him. Was just unfortunate for all that he got what turned out to be a career-limiting injury in the world cup that summer and was never the same again. I'd say reason that his signing that didn't quite work out was the same as for Mwepu: bad luck beyond the club and player's control.

 

[Weststander]

What a bloody awful voice. Couldn’t listen beyond 10 seconds.

Same here.

He should stick to Corrie.

 

[SK1NT]

 

[nwgull]

Hmmm. Think we need to keep ourselves grounded on this one. Is it the same recruitment team that brought Locadia and Jahanbakhsh in on hefty transfer fees

Two players that cost us a combined £30m in isolation isn't great. But in amongst all the other transfers such as GroB, Bissouma, MacAllister, Lamptey, Veltman, Trossard, Caicedo, Cucurella and Mitoma, all of whose market value has more than exceeded what we paid for them, I think we can safely say that they're well in credit

 

[el punal]

DATA.
It's the new gold.

But is he as good as Mitoma?

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Two players that cost us a combined £30m in isolation isn't great. But in amongst all the other transfers such as GroB, Bissouma, MacAllister, Lamptey, Veltman, Trossard, Caicedo, Cucurella and Mitoma, all of whose market value has more than exceeded what we paid for them, I think we can safely say that they're well in credit

Agree. But goes to show that little gems can’t be uncovered on every occasion.

 

[Stato]

The bloke who does HITC Sevens may have a voice for silent movies, but he's good at deep dives into unheralded and unusual areas of the game. His video is one of the most well researched / informed I've seen during our current moment in the spotlight.

The only elements he seemed to gloss over were the use of the loan system to develop players and, where they do not make the breakthrough, move them on for a return; and the purchase of USG, Bloom's proof that his scientific methods being applied to the sport are reproducible.

Bloom is surprisingly unusual in football in that he runs his hobby like he runs his business. The sport is full of very rich people who have been successful in business. However, most of them don't seem to apply the methods that made their businesses successful to running a football club. It seems more the norm for them to buy into the myth that football is different and, on this basis, to do things that they would never consider doing in their usual field.