Brentfordnylons

1 hour ago, hippo said:

Never a PL player IMO.

Will be sorry to see him go but we need better if we want to improve on mid table finishes.He is  in his last year of contract and we have already signed his replacement.Was a joy to watch most of the time last season but was part of our soft under belly problem.

46 minutes ago, Lerner's Driver said:

Hunch, or is this the opinion of Brentford ITK's?

We know he’s going and out of the clubs being quoted as in for him Villa seem to be the most attractive for him.He wasn’t scouted by Dean Smith but once he signed he along with his coaching staff improved him greatly and he had a great relationship with him.

1 hour ago, LondonLax said:

Call me greedy but I’d like to see Maupay on the end of Wesley’s through ball rather than Hogan this season.

Greedy,looks very likely now Maupay could well be on his way to you.

4 minutes ago, eholm said:

Just not convinced we are in for him. With the DS links and previous business i.e. Konsa, we would have sorted it out earlier had Smith been keen.

Was thinking the same but hope he goes to a PL 

2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Think he’ll do well in the prem? 

Hope so,will be a big challenge for him being 5’7” but he has a heart of a lion.Surprised Dean hasn’t signed him yet as he knows all about him and his undoubtably talent for scoring goals 

19 minutes ago, thunderball said:

Brentford lining up a new bargain bin striker - nearly done, likely as a replacement for Maupay....

Seems very likely that Maupay is off now and it looks like Brighton or Villa being favourites.

31 minutes ago, HeyAnty said:

Its why I wouldn’t sign Maupay.  You would have to be a zola’ist level to be good considering his size. Is he not 5ft7 or maybe even smaller

I tend to agree you have to be very special to be successful in the premier league at 5’7”

2 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I haven’t seen much of Maupay. Is he a Hogan style grafter that is actually good at football and can finish? 

Hogan had a better goal scoring record for us 21 in 33  Maupay 37 in 85 for us.Two very different type of players Maupay is a very aggressive player who considering his size is very strong on the ball and operates better around the 6. Yard box.I was surprised DS couldn’t get Hogan back on track when he joined you and think if he wanted Maupay he would have been in for him by now as he had a great relationship with him.It would be a big step up for him in the PL and maybe Dean has doubts. 

25 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said:

GASP!! Do you realise Brentford are the best run club in the world and have a secret formula that nobody can ever find and copy. If it’s the Brentford way it’s the best way. Wash your mouth out with soap young man. 

Now now,it’s not bad though we improve managers and players most of the time as you are aware of

5 hours ago, KMitch said:

Brentford are a club which is run like a business trying to turn a profit vs a football club trying to get promoted.  They're punching well above their weight right now, but when you're gambling on a bunch of unknown tryers and every offseason end up selling the ones who were the best performers, then not reinvesting the funds into more quality, it gets hard to progress up the table.  Because they aren't reinvesting most of their profits into more players, they're essentially gambling on progression every season.  Moneyball only gets you so far, when you have a small budget.  It's going to take some luck for them to get promoted without spending more in the transfer market.  Bournemouth sold players during their meteoric rise, but reinvested the funds into the next level up of targets and held on to their key players when there weren't great replacements available.  Brentford, on the other hand, seem content to be a Championship mid-table feeder club for bottom-half Premier League teams.  

I think you are right on some of those points and yes we have been happy to have  top half finishes however I believe this coming season we are going for it.We have signed 5 players all 6 ft plus and aggressive something we have been missing and we can hopefully keep either Maupay or Benrahma we could very well finish in the play offs.Konsa is a good signing for you and although I’m not happy to see him go the fact that we have signed Pinnock and Jansson makes us overall better off defensively.

9 minutes ago, DakotaVilla said:

Cracking signing and a bargain at 12m. Might have work to do on heading but his ball carrying stats were better than Axel’s last year. 

When you look at what’s being quoted for Maquire and even lewis Dunk yes it’s a bargain remember we couldn’t ask for more as it was in his release clause.Im happy as we have brought in 2 brutes in Pinnock and Jansson to firm up our soft under belly 

1 minute ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

Safe to say this isn't a Villa scouting department signing. This smells Deano a mile off 

Would have thought that was obvious as he did have a big part in us signing him last summer 

3 minutes ago, Lerner's Driver said:

Heading is a pretty big part of any Centre Back's game, no?

Of course but I’m talking about his timing of when to attack the ball which is something he will improve he’s still very young and Dean Smith knows all about that side of the game

1 minute ago, Johnnyp said:

When Brentford pissed goals for a while after Smith left last season what was that ? Mepham, Konsa, a collective ? Seemed to concede some silly goals.

Chief culprit was Bentley in goal not helped by Mepham and his expected move to Bournmouth Barbet and Jeanvier were in poor form so not ideal for a young central defender in his first season in the championship.we then went to 3 centre backs and this had a positive effect and we saw the best of Konsa.We have just signed 2 6’4” central defenders but sure Konsa would have been the 3 rd starter next season if he had stayed.

1 minute ago, Johnnyp said:

Can't agree mate. Konsa is signed to play. A fit Chester pushes him but Konsa, if signed, will start.

Dean Smith obviously knows what he’s all about and I’m certain he will be a starter.

9 minutes ago, omariqy said:

Re Maupay and Brentford. Probably is clickbait but lets remember Brentford are a shop window for these players. That is the attraction. They know if they perform then they may get a move on to the next step. That is by no means meant as disrespect. We were the same with the likes of Gueye, Veretout and Benteke. If they are seen to be blocking moves for players or inflating fees then agents will be more reluctant to get their clients to their club. Trust me as I work with agents these kind of thoughts go through their heads. The good agents are always thinking the next move ahead. 

You are right there,most of the players we have sold over the last 4 seasons for big money have played under 50 games for us including Hogan Jota Gray Mepham ect.The attraction is as you say shop window and I would add in London we can show plenty of examples of players moving on to big clubs for high wages.Not great for us fans but it’s a price we have to pay for being able to compete in the championship.I hope we can keep hold of Maupay and Benrahma as we might just give it a go this season now we have strengthened our defence

53 minutes ago, desensitized43 said:

It certainly does have more than a whiff of click-bait about it.

That’s what it is and there is over 100 pages of biters on Sheffield United forum they are now saying Villa are going to beat them to it.The truth is we haven’t up until midday today had any bids in for him and they think we are desperate to sell him as we have spent 12 mill on 3 players this last couple of weeks.Oh and yet another player coming in to be announced later this week from Spain.Dont want Neil to leave but if he does I hope he joins Villa

47 minutes ago, Made In Aston said:

3-5-2 with Brentford 

No he played 4 3 3 We only went 3 5 2 when Smith left 

21 minutes ago, Made In Aston said:

I think it was one of the Brentford fans on here. I might be wrong though! 

Forget him looks like Maupay is a done deal sadly.

1 hour ago, Zatman said:

Was Jota the main creative reason for Hogan goal record at Brentford? More curious than suggesting them as a front 2

Doubt if they played together much as Jota came back to Brentford the same month as Hogan left for Villa.

To answer the question haven’t stopped since the announcement.

15 minutes ago, GENTLEMAN said:

*Rochdale 

Sorry stand corrected,got a feeling he will come good but will be somewhere else.