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Wildcard Wednesday: Who am I?!
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This is your Wildcard Wednesday, where we play a guessing game of Brentford players of the modern era. Join us to play along and let us know on social media how you got on!!
Host: Daniel Toppin
Lydia Batalona
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00:00:10
officialgspn
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Daily Brentford Podcast with myself, Daniel, where today we will be playing a little game and we'll be looking back at the Brentford players of our recent past ahead of next week's episode where we will be compiling our ultimate Brentford 11 of the modern era. I am joined by Lydia who's ready to answer some of my questions today. How how are we feeling about that?
00:00:33
Lydia
Uh, slightly nervous, but I'm sure as long as I don't embarrass myself too much, it'll be alright. It's a good game.
00:00:38
officialgspn
Yeah. I've assured her beforehand, I don't expect her to get the answer straight away.
00:00:44
officialgspn
You guys will be playing along at home as well. So if you do better than Lydia, just send us a message on social media and and you'll get a shout out in the next episode.
00:00:44
Lydia
Yeah.
00:00:55
Lydia
The next episode is just gonna be like 100% shout out.
00:00:59
officialgspn
No pressure then. And just before we get going, guys, we're a brand new company. So we are looking for your support over the coming season and beyond as we look to bring you the best and most in-depth coverage across the entire network. Whether this is a five star review on your favorite podcasting platform or a recommendation to your friends, we are very grateful for any support that we receive. So then before we get into it, I will just read out the rules. I will be giving Lydia five clues relating to a mystery Brentford player of the modern era.
00:01:28
officialgspn
And after each clue, Lydia will have a chance to guess who it might be. Of course, the first question, the first clues would be more broad. It could link to several players that have perhaps played Brentford in recent years, but Lydia can just give it a stab in the dark and she might, she might get it right. Who knows?
00:01:45
officialgspn
And you guys can obviously play along at home and see how you get on and to clarify the modern era. When I say the modern era, I'm talking from around the 2008, 2009 season, the year we won league two.
00:01:58
officialgspn
I think that was ultimately the start of our upward curve to where we are today. So that's just why I've identified that as the modern era. I won't be going towards players who played before then as Lydia is very glad because she was, she was, she's she wasn't born then.
00:02:10
Lydia
I get good.
00:02:16
Lydia
I'd like to preface this by saying I was five in 2008. If I do really badly, that's my excuse. ah
00:02:23
officialgspn
Not all of these players played in 2008. That is just the cutoff point.
00:02:25
Lydia
get okay yeah
00:02:29
officialgspn
So let's start with the first one. I made 210 league appearances for Brentford scoring six goals. So you might want to think about here, what sort of position might they play if they score six goals in 210 league appearances?
00:02:43
officialgspn
Who made this who who made this number of appearances Brentford?
00:02:43
Lydia
lipsstone
00:02:46
officialgspn
Who might you want to guess?
00:02:47
Lydia
I'm thinking Midfielders. 200. Dalsgard? I remember him.
00:02:54
officialgspn
Henry Dalsgaard.
00:02:55
Lydia
Yeah, but I can't remember if he scored or not. He must have only scored 1.
00:02:59
officialgspn
He must have scored. He was also a right back, but he must have scored.
00:03:03
Lydia
Yeah.
00:03:03
officialgspn
But unfortunately, that is not the right answer.
00:03:05
Lydia
It's not him.
00:03:09
Lydia
Okay, give me the next clue.
00:03:09
officialgspn
But bear with it. so Second, you're not meant to get it at this stage, otherwise it will kind of ruin the point of going through five plays.
00:03:13
Lydia
thank
00:03:17
officialgspn
So I started my career at Watford, only making one appearance for them and went on to play for many clubs, including Hereford, Peter Barr, Leeds United, Plymouth Argyle, Fleetwood Town, Swindon Town, Morcombe and most recently Rochdale in 2023.
00:03:30
Lydia
I'm
00:03:32
officialgspn
So that those are kind of in order. The Brentford spell comes between Peterborough and Leeds.
00:03:40
Lydia
trying to think.
00:03:43
Lydia
people we had that went to Leeds.
00:03:45
officialgspn
Or if you think of any players that Brentford have had who have spent the last few years around League One and League Two,
00:03:53
Lydia
I feel like that's quite a lot of them. oh yeah Okay, you retired in 2023.
00:03:56
officialgspn
Yeah, he retired in 2023, but...
00:04:02
officialgspn
Oh, I think he's retired at least. He's not with a club at the moment.
00:04:05
Lydia
When did Sam Saunders leave?
00:04:10
officialgspn
Do you think Sam Saunders only scored six times though?
00:04:15
Lydia
no wait no um that's that's what i'm thinking at the minute i can't remember no because now he's you didn't say Hanwell town did you because i know who went oh okay no i don't know then continue this please no guess unless yeah no guess
00:04:30
officialgspn
No, Hereford United was the first one.
00:04:35
officialgspn
No guess? No guess. All right. The next one is probably the biggest clue you've had so far. So I was born in Paris and I am now an academy coach at Middlesbrough, so he is retired.
00:04:47
officialgspn
But the first part of that clue might give you an idea of where he's from.
00:04:47
Lydia
Okay.
00:04:53
Lydia
Okay, I'm thinking like, obviously French background, but could be French speaking country origin. I'm trying to think people that have retired that speak French. I was thinking more paper obviously,
00:05:16
Lydia
not the goals and also he hasn't retired i'm just thinking french now um oh my there's one tombs hey okay i can't actually remember is he like tomani something i can't
00:05:27
officialgspn
Yes, you've got it, you've got it.
00:05:33
officialgspn
To my dear Garaga, so the next clue was, I was part of Brentford's promotion-winning campaign in 2013-14 and a fan favourite during my seven years at the club, often teased for my lack of goals from midfield.
00:05:46
officialgspn
Remember there used to be a chant about him where the fans would say they'd be on the pitch if he scored.
00:05:53
Lydia
No, but that sounds like a good job.
00:05:54
officialgspn
No?
00:05:55
Lydia
I don't remember that.
00:05:55
officialgspn
if Tamani scores are on the fifth, that one.
00:05:58
officialgspn
ah
00:05:58
Lydia
Okay.
00:06:01
officialgspn
Yeah, so I think, I mean, he scored six goals. I think they all came quite early on in his seven years.
00:06:06
Lydia
Yeah.
00:06:06
officialgspn
And I think he he spent several seasons without scoring. So initially, when I said 210 of Prince's and the six goals, you were right by saying a midfielder. But I'm surprised you said midfielder. I would have probably thought it would be more of a defender with that goal rate.
00:06:19
officialgspn
but You were right. um The last clue was, I was given a nickname by the Brentford fans as my name is quite difficult to pronounce.
00:06:28
Lydia
Hey, okay, that's good. I was gonna say that.
00:06:29
officialgspn
Brentford fans used to call him Dave.
00:06:33
Lydia
I just remember him from Teams. That's what we my dad would say. But they'd also call him Dave, or...
00:06:39
officialgspn
Some Brentford fans would call him Dave. Yeah, I didn't, but I wasn't one of them.
00:06:41
Lydia
One. Was that a Okay, why not?
00:06:45
officialgspn
His surname began with a D, I think. and
00:06:50
officialgspn
yeah So you've got the first one, you've got the first one. So we're gonna have a short break and then we're gonna go all over again and now your confidence is boosted.
00:06:55
Lydia
Hmm.
00:06:59
Lydia
yeah i'm actually i thought it'd be really old so okay that's a piece of my confidence a little bit
00:06:59
officialgspn
Let's hope to continue your 100% record.
00:07:51
officialgspn
Welcome to part two then. So as you said before the break, Lydia, they're not all old, these players.
00:07:58
Lydia
that
00:07:58
officialgspn
that The cut off is 2008, but many of them played obviously obviously more recently than that. So let's go straight into it again with the second round. So the second one is I made 94 league appearances for Brentford, scoring 36 goals.
00:08:15
officialgspn
Who do you think that might be?
00:08:16
Lydia
okay um
00:08:21
Lydia
More pay? No, I don't know what his overall goal is.
00:08:26
officialgspn
It might be about right for Morpe.
00:08:29
Lydia
That's one.
00:08:29
officialgspn
He may have made a few more league appearances, I don't know, but it's not Morpe.
00:08:32
Lydia
Yeah.
00:08:33
officialgspn
But that's not a bad guess at all.
00:08:34
Lydia
Yeah. no move
00:08:35
officialgspn
Obviously Morpe recently left us in now back in France.
00:08:40
Lydia
yeah
00:08:40
officialgspn
Second clue is, I played under three managers at Brentford, including Marinus Dijkhausen and Lee Carsley.
00:08:50
Lydia
Okay. So a bit before more pay, basically.
00:08:53
officialgspn
Yeah, that gives you an idea and of the timings.
00:08:54
Lydia
Yeah.
00:08:56
officialgspn
And you can probably guess who the third manager he played under is.
00:09:01
Lydia
Does it remain soil?
00:09:03
officialgspn
It's not Romain Sore, is there?
00:09:05
Lydia
Okay.
00:09:05
officialgspn
No.
00:09:06
Lydia
Right.
00:09:08
officialgspn
I don't think Romain Sore probably scored that many goals.
00:09:11
Lydia
um
00:09:11
officialgspn
I think he scored a few.
00:09:13
Lydia
It's quite a lot.
00:09:14
officialgspn
Not necessarily that many. I mean, 30-16-94 is what?
00:09:19
officialgspn
Better than one in three?
00:09:21
Lydia
Yeah.
00:09:22
officialgspn
um Third clue, anyway, let's move on.
00:09:24
Lydia
Hmm.
00:09:27
officialgspn
I made 11 appearances for my national team scoring just once.
00:09:34
Lydia
Okay, I don't know why that makes me feel like the team, it's a national team that isn't very good. There's not that many chances. So I'm thinking like a random obscure country, but I don't know.
00:09:49
officialgspn
I don't know, we've had a fair share of internationals recently. I mean, maybe but maybe more in Dijkhausen and Carsey's time, maybe not so many, but...
00:09:59
Lydia
Um.
00:10:03
Lydia
No, next clue.
00:10:05
officialgspn
I scored my final goal for Brentford away against Reading before departing for the Chinese Super League shortly after.
00:10:11
Lydia
Oh, wait. I remember, was it Vibe that moved to China?
00:10:15
officialgspn
Yes, you got it.
00:10:17
Lydia
Yay, okay, good.
00:10:18
officialgspn
Two out of two. Las A.V. base. So it was Denmark, and the national team.
00:10:23
Lydia
was definitely not. Okay, they're not that bad. I was thinking like something really random like, what's a San Marino or something like that?
00:10:25
officialgspn
yeah
00:10:33
officialgspn
San Marino. We've had obviously a number of internationals for Denmark over the years, I think.
00:10:38
Lydia
Yeah.
00:10:40
officialgspn
that is often where my brain goes to when you think of a Brentford player playing internationally and obviously we've had so many Danish players over the years. So the last career the last clue was going to be, I ended my career playing for FC Midjilad, that team, the Danish team who are us who are our sister club at the time.
00:10:55
Lydia
yeahly
00:11:00
officialgspn
So yeah, you've got it. I thought you might have said, I mean, he wasn't the only one that departed for China. I mean,
00:11:07
Lydia
oh Oh, Nico.
00:11:08
officialgspn
The other one, yeah, Inaris, yeah, obviously wouldn't have scored that many goals and that maybe would have played more for us as well.
00:11:09
Lydia
you know Yeah.
00:11:13
Lydia
Yeah.
00:11:15
Lydia
I feel like Vibe was one of the first players, like, I remember seeing, and if that makes sense, like.
00:11:16
officialgspn
but
00:11:25
officialgspn
Yeah, he was good, but probably a bit underrated.
00:11:26
Lydia
Yeah, you always have like a man bun as well. I just remember.
00:11:29
officialgspn
Yeah, and it didn't really feel like he scored that many goals.
00:11:32
Lydia
No.
00:11:33
officialgspn
and One in three is not bad, but by the end of his time at Brentford.
00:11:35
Lydia
so
00:11:37
officialgspn
Yeah, alright, let's go to another break and then we'll be doing this all again one more time to see if Lydia can keep up 100% record.
00:12:15
officialgspn
So then welcome to part three. So you ready to go one more time?
00:12:20
Lydia
Okay, yeah, I don't wanna break this record now.
00:12:21
officialgspn
Let's go.
00:12:24
officialgspn
You'll be fine. The first clue is I made 144 league appearances for Brentford scoring 14 goals.
00:12:35
Lydia
Okay. um Yeah, I continue. I'm thinking midfield.
00:12:42
officialgspn
What sort of position are you thinking? Middlefielder? Okay. I began my career at QPR in 2002 and ended my career at Wycombe in 2019.
00:12:55
Lydia
Okay. Start from QPR. Try to think. I can't remember people that we got from QPR.
00:13:05
officialgspn
Well, he was at QPR in 2002, so I probably wouldn't focus on that too much if you were born around that time because you probably don't remember.
00:13:09
Lydia
Okay. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's very true. Yeah. I've got no clue. Okay. Continue.
00:13:18
officialgspn
But you may remember him playing for Wickham at the end of his career and around 2019.
00:13:23
Lydia
um no one's screaming out to me no okay the only jamaican player that i can remember that sawyers did he pay
00:13:27
officialgspn
I think there were a period, actually, when a lot of ex-Brentford players were at Wickham. No? Nothing screaming out to you at the moment. OK. I made one appearance for Jamaica in 2011.
00:13:53
Lydia
I can't
00:13:53
officialgspn
I think he was St. Kitts and Nevis and also a bit after the period where this player played for Brentford.
00:14:05
Lydia
think of any other Jamaican players.
00:14:09
officialgspn
We can move on.
00:14:10
Lydia
yeah move on
00:14:12
officialgspn
Nine of my 14 goals were scored during Brentford's league two promotion season, although I remained a mainstay in the side for three seasons in league one. So this gives you like an idea of time scale.
00:14:25
officialgspn
So we won promotion in 2009 and he stayed in the team.
00:14:28
Lydia
yeah get twenty twelve twenty but i yeah no i can't think of anyone i
00:14:29
officialgspn
So he was part of that promotion team, but then he stayed in the squad for at least the next three seasons. So you're probably into 2012, 2013.
00:14:48
Lydia
can't think of anyone jamaican that's the thing that's throwing me off unless someone's like got like a grandparent that's you know like cole parmer It's got a random Jamaican grandparent.
00:14:59
Lydia
and No one's...
00:14:59
officialgspn
Yeah, possibly. I mean, I mean, players like Ethan Pinnock could have played for rig England and obviously more recently has decided to play for Jamaica.
00:15:02
Lydia
Yeah.
00:15:07
officialgspn
So he could have been in that situation as well. Of course, he wouldn't have been good enough for England, given that we were at in the depths of league one and league two back then.
00:15:10
Lydia
Yeah.
00:15:14
Lydia
You're in, yeah.
00:15:17
Lydia
Nah, continue, continue.
00:15:18
officialgspn
but Last one, this might break her.
00:15:21
Lydia
i Actually, I'm not feeling hopeful for this run.
00:15:24
officialgspn
and Following my retirement from football, I returned to Brentford as a scout where I remain today.
00:15:34
Lydia
Okay, I had no idea that we had a former pay. That's a scalp.
00:15:38
officialgspn
I don't think the scouts tend to be prominent figures. like I don't think we tend to know who the Brentford scouts are.
00:15:43
Lydia
Yeah.
00:15:46
Lydia
Yeah, I'm stumped. You've got me on this one. I've got no idea.
00:15:48
officialgspn
No random guess.
00:15:53
Lydia
Everyone I could have thought would have thought of.
00:15:57
officialgspn
So he was a midfielder, you're alright with that?
00:15:58
Lydia
um twitter know
00:16:02
Lydia
but I was going to say Alan Judge but I don't think he could have played for Jamaica and that's the wrong time as well.
00:16:09
officialgspn
I would just play for Ireland.
00:16:11
Lydia
said Wait, what time would you have been there again?
00:16:13
officialgspn
He's more of a defensive midfielder.
00:16:20
Lydia
Like 2009 to 2013?
00:16:22
officialgspn
Yes, he he was part of the promotion school in 2008, 2009, but then he he carried on for three seasons in Ligue 1.
00:16:32
Lydia
No, I don't remember any...
00:16:34
officialgspn
His surname is something you can eat.
00:16:36
Lydia
Yeah.
00:16:42
Lydia
um Oh, wait. No, I do remember hearing people talk about... Is it some someone being...
00:16:49
officialgspn
Yes, yes, Marcus Bean.
00:16:52
Lydia
Okay, that was... That was literally just... I feel like I shouldn't get that point because I didn't actually remember the person. Just someone talking about this.
00:17:02
officialgspn
Yeah, maybe we'll have to move the threshold so we go about maybe after 2012 for you.
00:17:08
Lydia
Yeah, I'll
00:17:10
officialgspn
But we got there in the end. yeah You need an extra clue, but but we got there in the end. Maybe I could have put that in at the end. But no, what we can do in future episodes, we can do this again. Maybe you can make some as well. I mean, they're so but pretty harsh.
00:17:21
Lydia
be pretty harsh as well with age timing, but also I don't want to offend you.
00:17:25
officialgspn
I thought I was quite quite easy on you here.
00:17:28
Lydia
Yeah, to be fair, the first two, that was actually decent.
00:17:32
officialgspn
Yeah I mean there's so many run for players anyway that have played for the club in the last few years or in the last 15 or so years so I think this might be a good one to revisit at some time and it's a little game so if you're playing along at home let us know how you got on.
00:17:37
Lydia
Yeah.
00:17:43
Lydia
Mm.
00:17:47
officialgspn
Let me let me know if I was too harsh or if i or if they were too easy for you. and And that will do for today's episode. Thank you for listening to the Daily Brentford Podcast. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. And once again, we would be extremely grateful for your support, as this will enable us to go bigger and better moving forwards. Daily Brentford can be found on X, Instagram, and TikTok under the handle at GSPM Brentford, where you can let us know how you've got on today. We'll be back tomorrow for our crossover episode with the team at Daily Wolves ahead of our game at the GTEC this weekend. Until then, from myself and Lydia, thank you for being with us.
00:18:22
Lydia
Thank you.