General Manager Sack Watch

[Yellowmania]

Not certain Brentford having sponsorship from a betting company means they are not well run? Bournemouth are above far bigger clubs, have sold players for a lot of money and don’t spend anywhere near as much as some clubs in the prem. if you don’t think those two clubs are well run then not really sure who is?

You’ve only got to look at their player sales to see how well run they are.
They got huge fees for Watkins, Toney, Wissa, Mbeumo etc.
What a conveyor belt they’ve got with Thiago the next big one.

 

[Belgium Yellow]

You’ve only got to look at their player sales to see how well run they are.
They got huge fees for Watkins, Toney, Wissa, Mbeumo etc.
What a conveyor belt they’ve got with Thiago the next big one.

It's a business model, they even have a name for it these days - "moneyball" which I think is an imported term from the US which is hardly a surprise the way the game is going.

 

[Marked Ox]

It's a business model, they even have a name for it these days - "moneyball" which I think is an imported term from the US which is hardly a surprise the way the game is going.

Moneyball comes from Baseball and there was a film:

Moneyball (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Essexyellows]

Hate to say it but we need to be operated exactly like Brentford.

 

[SamLongSlidingTackle]

Watford are now just a Football Manager's pension contribution scheme.

It has got to be at the stage where a Manager has to worry they've done something wrong if they haven't been sacked by Watford.

I’ve sent my cv in. Fingers crossed

 

[Carpy]

Moneyball comes from Baseball and there was a film:

Moneyball (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Good film too, and I hate baseball.

 

[bazzer9461]

Not certain Brentford having sponsorship from a betting company means they are not well run? Bournemouth are above far bigger clubs, have sold players for a lot of money and don’t spend anywhere near as much as some clubs in the prem. if you don’t think those two clubs are well run then not really sure who is?

Bournemouth cheated to get where they are and now they’re there with a minimum 120 million income each year they’re sorted.
As regard Brentford I was always led to believe they were sponsored by a betting company which helped them climb the ladder

 

[holdsteady]

Bournemouth cheated to get where they are and now they’re there with a minimum 120 million income each year they’re sorted.
As regard Brentford I was always led to believe they were sponsored by a betting company which helped them climb the ladder

The owner of Brentford was a professional gambler who started up a firm called smart odds after falling out with Brighton owner Tony Bloom, who gave him his first job in the gambling industry. So, given that Brighton and Brentford’s owners money comes from exactly the same background I don’t think you can separate the two.

Bloom did well with Brighton but in a pretty empty market down there. Benham has achieved as much in a part of London where Brentford were the fourth biggest club, but this season look like being the highest placed of those four clubs despite Chelsea running up record debt levels while Brentford lost their two best players and manager in the summer for big fees.

They haven’t been bankrolled any more than any other club, less than a lot, just been very smart with it.

 

[yellowbow]

Hate to say it but we need to be operated exactly like Brentford.

Not going to happen while we have a very inexperienced head of football operations/DoF who appears to be slightly out of his depth, plus Tim.

It would be quite nice if GF showed up in this country a little more often too.

 

[holdsteady]

You can’t act like an incredibly well organised club with a clear plan being implemented by professionals who know their roles if you don’t have those things. You can say you are but that’s different.

I ageee with yellowbow above, having Ferguson, who is rarely in the country and, while seeming a nice enough bloke, doesn’t have his finger on the pulse is not going to push us up the levels that get increasingly tougher as you rise, we need a more hands person at the top.