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19 minutes ago, Trumpingtonvale said:

Could this be a prelude to recruitment of another 14/15 players for a B-team model as per Brentford - the model really we’ll described by Joe B on the “When was the last time we had so many local players in the first team squad?” thread?

The last time we had a "B" team was a success, I felt. It was only in place for a season yet it produced Hugill (who brought a fortune back in transfer fees) plus a couple of other players had League careers (Carvalho had a brief spell at Accrington and Alexander is still on Wimbledon's books). That's three players that made it out of the 13 brought in by Jimmy Bell.

The problem with it, I felt, was Smurthwaite wanted it to produce an instant return rather than seeing it as a long-term project where there would be a majority of players who don't make it - but one or two would progress every now and again and those players and subsequent transfer income would pay for the B team and quite possibly make a profit.

As a result, he pulled the plug after just that one season rather than persisting but even in that one season, the Hugill fee made a huge profit on the project showing it could work.

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27 minutes ago, boslemportvale91 said:

Yeah he announced on twitter he's leaving the club. Didn't say where he was going though 

Swindon fans were getting excited on Twitter yesterday hinting they have nicked a staff member off us 🤣🤣, as though they had, stolen our manager. And I'm being serious. Do they know he's just a coach

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1 minute ago, butt lane vale fan said:

Swindon fans were getting excited on Twitter yesterday hinting they have nicked a staff member off us 🤣🤣, as though they had, stolen our manager. And I'm being serious. Do they know he's just a coach

He is highly thought of at Swindon. 

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2 minutes ago, butt lane vale fan said:

Swindon fans were getting excited on Twitter yesterday hinting they have nicked a staff member off us 🤣🤣, as though they had, stolen our manager. And I'm being serious. Do they know he's just a coach

Bert the programme seller has moved to Cirencester.  

Good old Swindon. 

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