'We couldn't wait 10 years to bring players through'

[Getty Images]Brentford made headlines when scrapping their academy and instead created a new, innovative B team model in 2016. In part, due to the new Premier League rules, Brentford have re-started an academy in what might, on first look, seem like a u-turn. However, the B team remains and this is a club in a very different position to where it was 10 years ago, as director of football Phil Giles, explained: "We had an academy but closed it in 2016. The reason for that was that we were a very