| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own 17:37 - Jan 22 with 2434 views | ParkRoyalR |
Best of luck to the lad and hope deal goes through.
Watford turned him down as 'was nt at level they wanted and there were quite a few things he needed to improve on', whereas Rangers said 'we can't see anything we can work on with you' which surely must have been miscommunicated as that's just beyond insulting to a young lad on trial, no wonder he nearly gave up on pro football. |  | | |  |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 17:45 - Jan 22 with 2407 views | daveB |
Good luck to him, he's a very good player. You would like to think if he came to the club now at 16/17 then he'd be kept on. |  | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 18:09 - Jan 22 with 2324 views | SonofNorfolt |
Just communicated with his dad, other teams offered better terms but he was impressed with Eddie Howe. |  | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 18:22 - Jan 22 with 2279 views | qprd |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 17:45 - Jan 22 by daveB |
Good luck to him, he's a very good player. You would like to think if he came to the club now at 16/17 then he'd be kept on. |
So that's:
Mepham for 12m (academy)
Tarkowski for 3m (plus add ons) (bought from Oldham)
Andre Gray for 6m (bought from Luton)
Scott Hogan for 9m (bought from Rochdale from 750k)
Jota for 6m (bought for approx. 1.5m from Spain)
Obudajo for 3m (bought from Leyton Orient)
And harlee dean, ryan woods, lasse vibe, jake bidwell. the list goes on and on
this is clearly a policy from brentfords football directors, which is forced on to the managers. managers always prefer to play more experienced players than youth, as its generally a less risky proposition and managers are scared that a few bad results will get them the sack
while we have made good progress with young players, the only way we can turn them into multimillion pound players is by actually playing them. there should be some directive coming from the top so that a player like oteh who can easily be a multimillion pound player is getting opportunities ahead of someone like matt smith who is a depreciating asset
its also hard to believe that we're this deep into January and almost none of our young players have been loaned out in either window | | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 18:29 - Jan 22 with 2258 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 18:09 - Jan 22 by SonofNorfolt |
Just communicated with his dad, other teams offered better terms but he was impressed with Eddie Howe. |
Eddie Howe seems to be doing great work with other young english players so he's done right not to chase the poundnote and go to another club who might have changed their manager before he even gets to the training ground. | | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 20:34 - Jan 22 with 1967 views | DejR_vu |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 18:22 - Jan 22 by qprd |
So that's:
Mepham for 12m (academy)
Tarkowski for 3m (plus add ons) (bought from Oldham)
Andre Gray for 6m (bought from Luton)
Scott Hogan for 9m (bought from Rochdale from 750k)
Jota for 6m (bought for approx. 1.5m from Spain)
Obudajo for 3m (bought from Leyton Orient)
And harlee dean, ryan woods, lasse vibe, jake bidwell. the list goes on and on
this is clearly a policy from brentfords football directors, which is forced on to the managers. managers always prefer to play more experienced players than youth, as its generally a less risky proposition and managers are scared that a few bad results will get them the sack
while we have made good progress with young players, the only way we can turn them into multimillion pound players is by actually playing them. there should be some directive coming from the top so that a player like oteh who can easily be a multimillion pound player is getting opportunities ahead of someone like matt smith who is a depreciating asset
its also hard to believe that we're this deep into January and almost none of our young players have been loaned out in either window |
Whilst staying competitive in the Championship and funding a new Stadium. Seriously impressive. | |
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| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 22:53 - Jan 22 with 1727 views | smegma |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 18:29 - Jan 22 by ParkRoyalR |
Eddie Howe seems to be doing great work with other young english players so he's done right not to chase the poundnote and go to another club who might have changed their manager before he even gets to the training ground. |
Erm, didn't he chase the pound note a few years ago and went to Burnley??? | | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 23:07 - Jan 22 with 1701 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 22:53 - Jan 22 by smegma |
Erm, didn't he chase the pound note a few years ago and went to Burnley??? |
Mepham not Howe | | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 00:20 - Jan 23 with 1614 views | Boston |
I remember when How signed Jack Hargreaves. | |
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| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 08:09 - Jan 23 with 1445 views | smegma |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 18:09 - Jan 22 by SonofNorfolt |
Just communicated with his dad, other teams offered better terms but he was impressed with Eddie Howe. |
He also wanted to play in front of 10k each week like at Griffin Park  | | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 10:25 - Jan 23 with 1267 views | daveB |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 22:53 - Jan 22 by smegma |
Erm, didn't he chase the pound note a few years ago and went to Burnley??? |
I doubt he was on big money at Burnley | | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 10:27 - Jan 23 with 1258 views | smegma |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 10:25 - Jan 23 by daveB |
I doubt he was on big money at Burnley |
I bet it was more than Bournemouth. | | | |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 10:56 - Jan 23 with 1210 views | daveB |
| Chris Mepham - He's One of our Own on 10:27 - Jan 23 by smegma |
I bet it was more than Bournemouth. |
Yeah but was more about him having a better chance of taking a team to the prem, didn't work out for him but don't think it was about chasing money | | | |
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