bigash_swfc Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Reading sign Nelson Oliveira on loan Damn it. I was hoping they'd sign Sam Winnall. Edited January 22, 2019 by bigash_swfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steelcityowlsfan Posted January 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2019 Heard we are signing Marcus Rashford on a 5 year contract. He won't officially join until we reach the premier league but we've agreed to pay £20 million a year over the next 5 years. In the meantime Man Utd have sent us a Rashford sticker book and a copy of Jaap Stams autobiography. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Mikel might be a decent signing. Especially since the nation's cup will be played in the summer rather than its old February window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 hours ago, modboy said: Shows how far we have falen behind since Wembley with a very stale squad Indeed mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloxwich Owl Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 West Brom are in the hunt to sign “highly-rated” Charlton centre-forward Karlan Grant, according to the Daily Mail The newspaper claimed that Huddersfield and Middlesbrough are also interested in signing the 21-year-old. It is understood that Grant’s deal at The Valley expires at the end of the season and he could be on the move for a fee of £2million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northanstonowl Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 7 hours ago, steelcityowlsfan said: Heard we are signing Marcus Rashford on a 5 year contract. He won't officially join until we reach the premier league but we've agreed to pay £20 million a year over the next 5 years. In the meantime Man Utd have sent us a Rashford sticker book and a copy of Jaap Stams autobiography. Best post of 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheriwozgod Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Marc Pugh and Nelson Oliveira.......................both of those would have improved our squad but its all like groundhog day............when will our owner realize that EVERY club in the world has to sell at some time to raise funds to aid survival / recruitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 9 minutes ago, sheriwozgod said: Marc Pugh and Nelson Oliveira.......................both of those would have improved our squad but its all like groundhog day............when will our owner realize that EVERY club in the world has to sell at some time to raise funds to aid survival / recruitment. Don't disagree, but who is going to buy our players which would have an impact on FFP? Big money not being spent in the Championship and we have nobody PL quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheriwozgod Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, striker said: Don't disagree, but who is going to buy our players which would have an impact on FFP? Big money not being spent in the Championship and we have nobody PL quality. I agree mate, we have left it way too long and the asking price for most of our saleable assets has dwindled rapidly, but we have to make a start sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 11 hours ago, WalthamOwl said: Wow that’s a very impressive signing for them. He was out of contract jan 1st, according to some on here players out of contract in Jan are rubbish anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I suspect we do want to sell some players, but the players we want to sell earn more money with us then anyone else is prepared to pay them. I do agree with the general consensus that we need to balance the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 22 hours ago, gurujuan said: They’re a strange model, they get all their youngsters from other academies, Mepham I think was with Chelsea. They don’t develop their own. Their reserve side doesn’t even play in a league, playing mostly friendlies overseas They cancelled it as there's 5 better academies in London and then thought losing their best youths to then wasn't worth it anymore. They still have an academy up to 16 year olds and then the best ones proceeds to Brentford B, their u23s. Buts it's unofficial so they don't pay into the elite player development scheme, nor do they enter youth leagues or cups in our country. Players are potentially more happier too they get to play against some of the best youth squads in Europe most weekends, and don't have any competitive fixtures to out pressure on them. Except for a few regional cups they enter on behalf of Brentford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, Birley Owl 1867 said: They cancelled it as there's 5 better academies in London and then thought losing their best youths to then wasn't worth it anymore. They still have an academy up to 16 year olds and then the best ones proceeds to Brentford B, their u23s. Buts it's unofficial so they don't pay into the elite player development scheme, nor do they enter youth leagues or cups in our country. Players are potentially more happier too they get to play against some of the best youth squads in Europe most weekends, and don't have any competitive fixtures to out pressure on them. Except for a few regional cups they enter on behalf of Brentford. Thank goodness for EasyJet then, or travelling all around Europe every week, would work out very expensive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full fathom five Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 15 hours ago, gurujuan said: I’m confident our team of skilled negotiators can get all the deals, both in, and out, over the line, even if they are left until the last day They are now in the case after spending literally seconds on setting up club1867 mark2. They can now focus their full energies into the signing of Ben Marshall and Michael Mols Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, gurujuan said: Thank goodness for EasyJet then, or travelling all around Europe every week, would work out very expensive What Brentford does costs many millions they have to sell players each year to fund the enterprise. I would find it annoying to sell your best players each year when you could easily have a promotion winning team if not devastating it by selling off two or three players each year as a minimum. mepham did look good in some games but has actually gone through a rough patch when team not defending well at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, Quist said: What Brentford does costs many millions they have to sell players each year to fund the enterprise. I would find it annoying to sell your best players each year when you could easily have a promotion winning team if not devastating it by selling off two or three players each year as a minimum. mepham did look good in some games but has actually gone through a rough patch when team not defending well at all. The Brentford fan I know suggests that they’re selling players for more each year which allows them to gradually raise the standard of the squad and the investment they can put back into producing even better players to sell. So hopefully that and the new stadium will eventually put them in the premiership on a sustainable footing. I’d bet they get there before us and stay there longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Oooo rag on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Birley Owl 1867 said: They still have an academy up to 16 year olds and then the best ones proceeds to Brentford B, their u23s. Buts it's unofficial so they don't pay into the elite player development scheme, nor do they enter youth leagues or cups Brentford don't have an academy at all. Just a B team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 47 minutes ago, Sonny said: The Brentford fan I know suggests that they’re selling players for more each year which allows them to gradually raise the standard of the squad and the investment they can put back into producing even better players to sell. So hopefully that and the new stadium will eventually put them in the premiership on a sustainable footing. I’d bet they get there before us and stay there longer. They have to get really lucky to get promoted. Selling key players off each year does nothing for stability and you need some core stability in a side. They sold wood and it fell apart this season, they reached play offs a couple of years ago and have not threatened since, I know a couple of Brentford fans and are not keen on losing best player each season. Mepham was promising but he is third or fourth centre back they have sold in last 3 seasons, having a solid centre of defence is key requirement for success in Championship. If owner is not lining his pocket the cost of scouting operation for them must be £15 million a year which is even more expensive than I thought it was. Surprisingly many of players they sell on do not do as well as expected and this will also impact future fees they receive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Quist said: They have to get really lucky to get promoted. Selling key players off each year does nothing for stability and you need some core stability in a side. They sold wood and it fell apart this season, they reached play offs a couple of years ago and have not threatened since, I know a couple of Brentford fans and are not keen on losing best player each season. Mepham was promising but he is third or fourth centre back they have sold in last 3 seasons, having a solid centre of defence is key requirement for success in Championship. If owner is not lining his pocket the cost of scouting operation for them must be £15 million a year which is even more expensive than I thought it was. Surprisingly many of players they sell on do not do as well as expected and this will also impact future fees they receive. I’d be delighted with the way things are going if I was a Brentford fan. In the championship with progressive owners and a new stadium being built. It will propel them forward. The club is so well ran that I wince when I tell him what’s going on at Wednesday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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