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Reply | Keith Andrews
at 12:18 13 Jun 2025
Bookies don't normally cut as short as 1/9-1/10 until there's sustained, solid backing for him.
Nothing has leaked online in the press either, so there's sure to be internal backing or those ITK. |
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Reply | Keith Andrews
at 12:07 13 Jun 2025
Andrews always struck me as a smart cookie. He talks a good game as a pundit on the EFL and obviously has a keen eye for details being a set-piece coach. Brentford don't normally go down the conventional route when employing bosses either.
WTF was all the fuss about? *mops brow* [Post edited 13 Jun 12:07]
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Thread | Keith Andrews
at 11:58 13 Jun 2025
Now 1/6 on to be the new Brentford boss...
Anything approaching 1/10 is effectively a done deal in terms of weight of money I'd say.
EDIT: 1/9 offered now at Paddy's. I imagine someone with Irish links there knows something (hopefully!) [Post edited 13 Jun 12:00]
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Reply | Injuries
at 10:57 13 Jun 2025
Ogbene will be ready for pre-season.
He was a huge miss last season. He had a magnificent first half for us at Brentford and the team looked really balanced in that opening 40-odd mins prior to his injury. |
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Reply | Hmm, The Athletic framing Omari’s performance
at 09:34 13 Jun 2025
I think he's a goner if he carries on playing like that. £35m will be a snip for a Forest or a Brighton.
Nevertheless, £65m in the bank (on the P&L sheet) and we keep everyone else... we'd probably take that, no? I know we've been talking to Kwame Poku's agent for the best part of a year, I wonder if he comes into the equation if we can sell Omari early enough? |
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Reply | Frank confirmed as Tottenham manager (n/t)
at 20:52 12 Jun 2025
There's one saving grace that a lot of people haven't spotted. Frank's right-hand man Claus Norgaard remains at Brentford.... Maybe just maybe he's Brentford's continuity guy?! |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 13:00 10 Jun 2025
I think there's quite a difference between Brighton and Brentford, personally. Brighton are definitely a bigger club, with deeper pockets. Their wage bill is circa 50% bigger than Brentford's.
In fact, some reports have said Brentford's wage bill was only narrowly bigger than ours this season. |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 12:42 10 Jun 2025
I'm with you on that one. If Kieran isn't prepared to build us/stabilise us in the PL then move on to a mammoth club, Brighton was the one that made the most sense. |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 12:35 10 Jun 2025
The bigger problem is that he wants to move back to manage in Germany. |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 12:10 10 Jun 2025
Forest bought multiple elite-level players (and paid far more than Brentford ever have to secure them). |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 12:02 10 Jun 2025
I'll be gobsmacked if they are in European contention in 2025/26. |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 11:58 10 Jun 2025
That depends, doesn't it? How deep are Brentford's pockets? |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 11:57 10 Jun 2025
He's had a hand in every new infrastructure project here. He's helped design and build the new training ground. (Most) of the players in the squad are here to work/learn with him. The club has been built around him. Brentford would be a very different remit. Their budget/salary structure is one of the lowest in the PL too. They are smart operators but there's a reason why Frank is moving on.
I dunno. I just feel like Kieran strikes me as a guy that likes the idea of building something rather than leaving with a job half-finished. |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 11:40 10 Jun 2025
But a top 10 finish won't be as easy for them next year, surely? Everton, Spurs, (dare I say United?) and even Crystal Palace should finish above them. Their fans aren't enamoured by appointing McKenna according to their main forum.
If he finishes 13th/14th with them, no-one will be clamouring for him to take charge of a Chelsea or Spurs in 12-18 months' time. Plus he'll be viewed as a worse manager than Frank in the eyes of their fans.
I don't doubt it's a good environment to work in - it's what's got them to punch above their weight - but I think it's fraught with as much (if not more) danger than trying to bounce back with us with parachute payments. |
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Reply | If McKenna goes....
at 11:32 10 Jun 2025
If I'm honest, none of them really hold a candle to KMac in terms of people skills, tactical smarts and knowing the club inside out. It's a depressing thought.
Of all the potential destinations, I did not expect him to go to f00king Brentford who have already hit their glass ceiling.
There's so much damage he could do to his reputation there. It'd be a struggle just to maintain what Frank has achieved IMO. |
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Reply | Jens .....
at 20:08 9 Jun 2025
I don't believe it's nonsense at all, according to a current teammate. |
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Reply | Phil: Cajuste latest?
at 15:16 9 Jun 2025
Neither of that is true.
We're pushing for another season loan with an obligation to buy next summer. |
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