HanoiVillan Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Brentfordnylons said: This only applies to players from Europe I believe and it’s not that straight forward but the club are addressing this and we do scout players all round the world. The system was formerly heavily biased to 'EU citizens', now it is heavily biased to 'active internationals playing for FIFA-top-50 ranked countries'. I guess you will change accordingly, though 'active internationals and especially those already playing in top leagues' will naturally be harder for Championship clubs to attract. If any club is going to be able to adapt I would expect it to be you guys, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 31, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 31, 2020 13 hours ago, Brentfordnylons said: Hope your right Isn’t there any rule about feeder and parent clubs being in the same division? Only joking. I genuinely hope you get up this year, it would be deserved and I feel for your fans constantly losing players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: The system was formerly heavily biased to 'EU citizens', now it is heavily biased to 'active internationals playing for FIFA-top-50 ranked countries'. I guess you will change accordingly, though 'active internationals and especially those already playing in top leagues' will naturally be harder for Championship clubs to attract. If any club is going to be able to adapt I would expect it to be you guys, though. I was reading it will be much easier to buy Argentinians or Brazilians now for example, than a French player in ligue 2. I believe because we could buy a non international Brazilian playing in the Brazilian top league, as the top league in Brazil gets good points as its a top league, but obviously ligue 2 in France doesn't get any points etc. Should be interesting to see how teams adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) I like the way Brentford go about their business. They play good football and their fans seem like a decent bunch. There aren't many teams in the championship I'd like see get to the PL before them. It would be nice to see them rewarded for running a club in the right way. Edited December 31, 2020 by av1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, MaVilla said: I was reading it will be much easier to buy Argentinians or Brazilians now for example, than a French player in ligue 2. I believe because we could buy a non international Brazilian playing in the Brazilian top league, as the top league in Brazil gets good points as its a top league, but obviously ligue 2 in France doesn't get any points etc. Should be interesting to see how teams adapt. Yes, you're right that a top team in Brazil would be easier to buy a player from than Ligue 2. The possible ways to gather sufficient points are: player's international appearances player's domestic minutes player's continental minutes final league position of player's last club continental progression of player's last club league quality of player's current club In terms of the final point, Brazil's top tier is Band 3, while Ligue 2 is Band 4. A player needs to get 15 points for a GBE ('governing body exemption'). A band 3 league contributes 8 points towards that, while a band 4 league contributes 6. Our hypothetical Brazilian could get the remaining 7 points necessary by eg reaching the final of continental competition (2 points), qualifying for the group stages of the Copa Libertadores (3 points), playing 30% of the games in that competition (3 points), and playing 30% of the team's domestic fixtures (2 points). That would secure more than 15 points and wouldn't require international caps, and would seem to suggest someone who's just a squad player at a top Brazilian side. A first team regular could get all 7 points simply by playing 80% of the available domestic league minutes. The Ligue 2 player would need 9 extra points, of which only 6 could come from playing every minute in Ligue 2. You can get 3 points for playing for a title winner in a band 4 league, so that would make 9. Therefore it's possible to sign a non-international from a Ligue 2 side, but only if they played 90%+ minutes for the champions and in no other circumstances. There's a full list here: https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/policies/player-registration/points-based-system EDIT: Should have made clear that those numbers are from the 22 and over categories, there's different numbers for U21 players. Edited December 31, 2020 by HanoiVillan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 3, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 31/12/2020 at 12:40, av1 said: I like the way Brentford go about their business. They play good football and their fans seem like a decent bunch. There aren't many teams in the championship I'd like see get to the PL before them. It would be nice to see them rewarded for running a club in the right way. Very interesting chap who owns them, if you’ve not read up on him then do, if you are interested in that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: Very interesting chap who owns them, if you’ve not read up on him then do, if you are interested in that sort of thing. Will do. Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 3, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 minute ago, av1 said: Will do. Thanks.. Here is a great I’m starting point, really interesting stuff. Or it is to me, it is very up my street. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davkaus Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I've got to say, I'd love for them to come up, it'd be massive for them even if they go straight back down, they're a decent, well run club with fans who haven't known much success. The poor bastards don't even have an Honours page on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just now, Davkaus said: I've got to say, I'd love for them to come up, it'd be massive for them even if they go straight back down, they're a decent, well run club with fans who haven't known much success. The poor bastards don't even have an Honours page on their website. Don’t, once they are up you’ll soon here how “overrated” they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted May 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 28, 2021 Could they finally make it into the promised land or are they going to choke yet again in the playoffs? On paper they’re the better team but that rarely counts for anything where Brentford are concerned. Can’t wait to see what happens tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted May 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 28, 2021 37 minutes ago, choffer said: Could they finally make it into the promised land or are they going to choke yet again in the playoffs? On paper they’re the better team but that rarely counts for anything where Brentford are concerned. Can’t wait to see what happens tomorrow. Completely forgot about the game tomorrow! Good evening lined up with that and the CL final. Happy days. I hope Brentford do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 They should beat Swansea comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 12 hours ago, villa89 said: They should beat Swansea comfortably. Not how Football works but I hope they do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted May 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2021 Deserve to come up but you just never know. We struggle against them for some reason so if they do not make it I will be ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 12 hours ago, villa89 said: They should beat Swansea comfortably. A lot of Villa fans said the same about Fulham a few years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, S-Platt said: Deserve to come up but you just never know. We struggle against them for some reason so if they do not make it I will be ok! We struggled because they played football on the ground and we didnt have the players tactically to outsmart them I think if they came up we would be OK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 12 hours ago, villa89 said: They should beat Swansea comfortably. What are you basing this on? They didn't during the season, they had two 1-1 draws. This could go either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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