Danny

Judging purely off the words of James Horncastle, I can only imagine him leaving Atalanta if he can be offered serious assurances that he will be backed at Inter. I also think in England we have a very rigid view on managers and players. If they make it here they're great, if they struggle they're shit, if someone does a bad job they'll never be good enough etc. But we've seen with Leicester City alone that two managers who were written off were able to win major trophies. Look at Ancelotti at Madrid, he was written off as a manager not too long ago as someone who underachieves and now he's dominating Spain and could well win another Champions League.

Have to say Chelsea for worst club, City are the suave, sophisticated serial killer and then Chelsea are the texas chainsaw massacre lol

You know I’ve just remembered that they have signed Savio from their feeder club system so I don’t think he’ll be going there anytime soon

Honestly it doesn’t seem like it is. In terms of Twickenham I imagine it’d be viewed as a chance to use it once or a few times a year to help build fanbase/provide more opportunities for people to attend. Still mental and will most likely be hated by most of our supporters, not to mention rugby fans. In terms of the stadium, Benham has always said that stadium and matchday revenue isn’t that important in relation to tv money, and that for most clubs it’s what you do with that money that makes a difference. For example if you look at Liverpool’s income matchday revenue makes up about £80m whereas media made £242m. Obviously £80m isn’t to be sniffed at but once you get below the 60k seater stadiums the matchday revenue drops off a lot and I think at that point it’s about what advantage you can gain from being smart with your money rather than making a little bit more. The reality is that we could have moved further out into Hounslow and built a 25k-30k stadium with room to expand but the preference was to always stay in Brentford and I think it’s to our advantage, the stadium is packed out most games, the atmosphere is arguably one of the best in the league, especially when we’re up against the big 6. I think you struggle to get that by going bigger, you only have to look at Fulham to see whats happened there. Grand stadium, mix of modern and historic but you never really hear about how the fans create a massive atmosphere. Compare that to not just us but even QPR, smaller ground, can fill it out and create noise. That has to be the preference for going bigger just for more revenue. Look at Anfield, a lot of complaints about the new stands theyve built and the reduction in atmosphere.

I know they won’t sign him but Olise is a Pep/Man City winger. He would be unreal there. Would be interesting to see him avoid City/PSG and go to a club like Liverpool if they were to lose Salah in the Summer.

There is an incredibly stupid rumour going around a brentford forum, from someone who generally/supposedly gets info from people inside the club….that we are planning a move to Twickenham Honestly what a fucking ridiculous thought, 17250 seater to 60k

Its a massive shame for their fans, feels like it could be a Portsmouth moment tbh but at least Pompey won the FA Cup and got to play against AC Milan and Ronaldinho. Those memories can take you a long way in League 2 lol

Honestly Forest cannot go down quick enough, the owner is a nightmare and their buy every player under the sun recruitment philosophy is a terrible way to run a club. I don’t think they’ll do it but for the sake of the league I hope Luton stay up.

@Devil If you wanna have a discussion about what you think I’m wrong about or unfair about I’m more than happy to do that, you will probably disagree with me at points and I will probably disagree with you at points and that’s fine. But theres no need for trying to work out underlying agendas, I could easily sit here and talk about you still living in SAF’s us versus them mentality and being incapable of taking criticism, but the reality is more likely that we think about football differently based on our experiences with the game and so come to different conclusions that don’t seem logical when compared with each other. The irony is one of my best mates is a United fan but the only times I have disagreements about the club with anyone is on here. Which in fairness is probably a reflection of my lack of will power not to post the first thing that jumps into my head lol, but is mostly due to what I wrote above about approaching the game from different positions.

Did you not see your entire team visibly embarrassed today? Yes of course it’s fun to watch United be shit, what normal person wouldn’t find that entertaining after seeing decades of dominance. I enjoyed watching Gerrard slip a title away, sometimes people just like to get fun out of watching football lol. But no, its not hatred, generally just bemusement at how much the club spends and still manages to get so much wrong. I genuinely don’t think theres another team in the league who could win this badly against Coventry City…thats not hatred, just an observation as to where you are as a club right now. An observation I would imagine is shared by many, many people, likely Jim Ratcliffe included in that.

dont criticise United or its hatred, got it!

Takes a lot to make getting to a Cup final an embarrassing achievement but United really know how to get the job done

Fair play McNeill, certainly has a big goal in him when it matters

Stonewall pen not given there, mental

I think its harsh to give that as a penalty but honestly could go either way. But the ball from Gibbs-White, outside of the foot, so fucking good