Duvel 2,446 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Maybe Brentford are at/or almost at their ceiling as a club, they've traditionally been a 3rd or 4th tier club throughout their history so maybe this is close to as good as it gets for them. If we had their scouting set up with our infrastructure and finances maybe we could have bought the players they bought, but held onto to them rather than be forced to sell to bigger clubs. Maybe a better scouting set up might have done better than Gestede for 7m, Saville for 8m and Assombalonga for 16m. The golden standard for us is to do what they are doing in the division above. Our infrastructure, fanbase and recent history would suggest we are a bigger club than Brentford. But let's be honest the best we could ever do is make up the numbers in the Premier league. If we could survive in the Premier league but still playing good football thats about as good as it could get for us as a club now. Buying players with potential and selling them on for bigger fees is the best way to being sustainable as a club and Brentford do it brilliantly. Are they a failure because they haven't been promoted? I don't think think so, I think they are already overarching as a club. The other side of the argument is that the fans of the 71 other clubs outside the Premier league are probably saying they should 'do a Brentford'. I'm sure our plan under Woodgate was to do something like that, however there's a difference between saying what you want to do and actually putting the right people in place to see it through. Also, in the clubs defence its probably a really difficult thing to do. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AllBoro10 2,232 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Any more info on Morsy ? Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,175 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Come on Brentford!😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites
uncle_rico 387 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Poly said: Any more info on Morsy ? It’s all gone worryingly quiet on Morsy, and Zohore. I know NW said he expected one to be announced tomorrow, but when they drag on like this they don’t look too promising. I think the one tomorrow will be Bettinelli too, as Fulham are waiting for Areola to sign before they will allow it to become official. Link to post Share on other sites
Tobermory 99 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 What date/time do we need to sign people by, in order for them to be eligible to play against Watford? Link to post Share on other sites
uncle_rico 387 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, Tobermory Whitby said: What date/time do we need to sign people by, in order for them to be eligible to play against Watford? Isn’t it normally 24 hours before? Signing and announcing are two different things though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AllBoro10 2,232 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, uncle_rico said: It’s all gone worryingly quiet on Morsy, and Zohore. I know NW said he expected one to be announced tomorrow, but when they drag on like this they don’t look too promising. I think the one tomorrow will be Bettinelli too, as Fulham are waiting for Areola to sign before they will allow it to become official. I wasn’t expecting us to sign Zohore anyway to be fair as I think we will get Sanogo and hopefully Woodrow. But I will be extremely disappointed if we don’t get Morsy. He would be brilliant for us. Link to post Share on other sites
scotty189 925 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Poly said: I wasn’t expecting us to sign Zohore anyway to be fair as I think we will get Sanogo and hopefully Woodrow. But I will be extremely disappointed if we don’t get Morsy. He would be brilliant for us. fingers crossed we hear something today, someone said yesterday Sanogo was training, and hopefully they done the keepers medical, and hopefully Morsy has made his mind up to join the mighty Boro Link to post Share on other sites
sanddancer 1,964 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 As a BORO fan I think the song is pretty adapt. You say it best (you say it best) when you say nothing at all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,311 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, uncle_rico said: Isn’t it normally 24 hours before? Signing and announcing are two different things though. Think for a night game its 5pm the day before, for a 3pm kick off I think it is lunchtime the day before 2 Link to post Share on other sites
edinboro 804 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, OldManGravz said: Think for a night game its 5pm the day before, for a 3pm kick off I think it is lunchtime the day before We signed Big Juke at 12 midday on a Saturday and he played at 3pm. Loan signings - such as Betinelli - have different rules I think. Link to post Share on other sites
edinboro 804 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Stubbs off to Fleetwood on a perm. Strange one given our lack of defenders. https://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/sport/football/fleetwood-town-poised-sign-middlesbrough-defender-sam-stubbs-2965570 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Maz 2,899 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, edinboro said: Stubbs off to Fleetwood on a perm. Strange one given our lack of defenders. https://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/sport/football/fleetwood-town-poised-sign-middlesbrough-defender-sam-stubbs-2965570 maybe we've had a transfer breakthrough1 (fingers crossed) or we only want in experienced CB on the bench Link to post Share on other sites
TAPOUT 361 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, edinboro said: Stubbs off to Fleetwood on a perm. Strange one given our lack of defenders. https://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/sport/football/fleetwood-town-poised-sign-middlesbrough-defender-sam-stubbs-2965570 I think when Woods was chosen in front of him v Shrewsbury the writing was on the wall. Paddy can slip in if needed. Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Johnson 612 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 With our challenges getting anyone in I am surprised a small squad can afford to move anyone on! We need 5-6 bodies in. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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