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Neil Smith

Neil Smith

Podcast producer and co-host of The Brighton Base, a Brighton & Hove Albion podcast; founder of 72Q Productions.

Oct 7, 2026

4:49
... it's quite impressive
4:50
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4:51
I think, I think they probably go into two different buckets, I would say.
4:53
I think Van Hecke and Baleba certainly are the ones that we were using to, to build and structure our team around.
5:02
Uh, Welbeck, I think, was sold for a different reason, and I think Welbeck was sold because as a, as a model, as we all know, Brighton want to try and promote and make the most out of their young talent, and I think Danny Welbeck, ironically, was too good.
5:19
[laughs] You know, he was, he was actually performing so well at the age that he was that it was stopping other players getting in the side and, and developing, which is sort of goes against our model slightly.
5:31
So I think when the opportunity came up for him to move, I think Brighton were relatively okay with it because they knew they had players in line to come in.

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