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He has 2 years left on his contract so I reckon the fee will be around £70m-£80m personally. The current precedent for a £100m striker is Lukaku who scored 30 odd goals in total for Inter. Then you’re looking at £100m+ for Grealish who has never scored more than 10 goals in a season. Toney has 35 goals and 11 assists across 2 seasons in the Premier League, to put his assists into context this season our second top scorer has 6 goals. I think if he was on a 5 year deal we’re pushing 90-100 but I think we settle somewhere near 80m

As per Thomas Frank. Not sure we will actually get bids that high but thats 20+ goals a season for the next 5+ years at a minimum for whoever pays it

@The Palace Fan what is likely to happen to Eze this Summer with 2 years left on his contract? Honestly if Spurs lose Kane, them tying up Toney and Eze would be a phenomenal watch.

@Storts thoughts on Alonso?

Buy back clause? Does seem weird that between the League Cup, Champions League group stages and league congestion that they can’t make room for him

I remember watching Chelsea vs Bournemouth earlier in the season, Mount was so good floating between Bournemouth's outrageously highlines. Obviously he won't get that space at Liverpool but I wonder if having him operate in such a potent counterpress will get the best out of him in terms of goals and assists.

Pontus Jansson to leave Brentford for his boyhood club Malmo in the Summer. Absolute club legend, two play-off finals, one promotion, two seasons in the Premier League and a move to the new stadium to boot. Not to mention this collection of beautiful tweets from Leeds United when we first signed him.

I’ll be honest I found Discord to be a lot better to use. I feel like on a personal note forums can make things needlessly argumentative but the easy chat nature of Discord means you’re less interacting with someones argument or posts and it feels more like you’re interacting with an actual person. It’s like opening whatsapp. I do feel like the forum is a step-back after using Discord, even though some disliked it.

When he does get banned I imagine we will move to a front two of Yoanne Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo with one of Schade, Lewis-Potter and Damsgaard pushing into to potentially make it a front 3. All 3 of the latter will definitely get more minutes off the bench imo. Our replacements for Ivan Toney when he eventually leaves us will likely already be at the club, so a change in style of play might be on the horizon to bring the best out of whoever that is. In terms of Toney’s value it is a worry but for me the only way this effects his value is if the ban runs into next season. Otherwise it’ll be the fact he only has two years left on his current deal that will bring his value down to around £50m.

Only some of them, others he has denied so imagine its still going to be a lengthy process

I really liked series 2, thought it was a lot better than the first tbh. For me the first series peaked mid-season with that scene and then it just became a bit ordinary. Season 2 though had me hooked all the way through, I like how rather than turn it into a murder mystery, they use the murder to improve all of the stories that runs around it.

Just finished watching Invasion on Apple TV. It's apparently had middle of the range reviews but I really enjoyed it, liked that it focus' more on the human aspect of an alien invasion rather than going all guns blazing straight off the bat. There were 4 main storylines that the series follows through and I only found one of them difficult to care about, the other 3 were well scripted, interesting and made the prospect of an alien invasion more interesting when you get to view it through different lenses.

Happy belated birthday @Spike!

Yeah, and in general I am of the opinion that we shouldn’t hold boxers to certain standards when at the same time we’re asking them to mentally prepare to fight for their life. But I think a mixture of his age and the fact that no one really seemed bothered by it is what makes it worse.

It was a really good fight and a KO looked like it was coming when Eubank kept landing those upper cuts. Was a great TKO by Smith. I’ve never been a massive fan of Eubank and came into this wanting Smith to win, but after the homophobia in the presser it ruined the hype around the fight for me. The way Boxxer and Sky have tried to sweep it under the rug too is a shame for the sport.

Get your wallets ready…

Mathias Jensen has signed a three year deal until the 25/26 season with an option to extend to the 26/27 season. Great news for us as his contract was running out. Due to injuries and covid he started slowly last season, but from January onwards he was one of our best players and unsung heroes as Eriksen took all the credit. He is one of the first names on the team sheet now and is the type of player we need to keep if we have intentions of getting into Europe.

The Sky Sports News machine is amping up the Raya to Spurs rumours. I'll be honest I don't expect that we'll keep Raya and going into this season it felt like this would be his last, for me he is easily in the top 3 keepers in the league. I think Allison and Ederson have shown at different times that they have world class, almost unmatched skillsets. Away from them I think Raya is head and shoulders above Martinez, Ramsdale and de Gea. I will be honest and say I've not seen a lot of Brighton's keeper, so can't make an argument on whether or not I think he's better, equal or worse. But still, with Raya's contract situation, his shot-stopping ability, calm in big matches and his distribution I think this Summer would be the perfect time for Spurs, Chelsea or Newcastle to make a move for him.

I can’t lie I came into thread and saw the words “Poor daniel masterbates” and then “Brentford fan has” and had a mini heart attack as I started to question whether I have a pulled it out and gone at it at a game in front of the cameras lol. Fortunately I haven’t. That Everton video is the epitome of football fans isn’t it, bar a minority everyone is all bark and no bite, some gentle hands on his back to let him know that hes not in enemy territory haha

Anyone play career mode? I'm slowly starting a career with Brondby IF in the Danish Superliga, plan is to win multiple Champions League titles with a team full of Danish stars. Difficult to start with as most of their players are in the 60s ratings and they have a transfer budget of £9m, which is about the average cost of the average Danish player playing abroad, let alone top tier talent.

Outside of the stadium has looked rundown and pretty shit for a while now, this is a good upgrade. They just need to sort the the lower gray wall timeline they have that's faded.

A really good look at how we're the third best side in the league at winning games when we take the lead first. Interesting to see we made the most subs last season and so far this season, just goes to show the increase in subs doesn't just benefit bigger teams. https://theathletic.com/4054378/2023/01/11/brentford-close-out-victories-premier-league/?source=emp_shared_article

No idea tbh. Cricket crowds in England seem to be one of the same, friendly piss ups

Not the countryside but London has a great amount of parks. Kew Gardens, Hyde Park (walk round the serpetine), Finsbury Park to Ally Pally walk which starts on a disused rail line turned into country walkway with Highgate woods (and pubs) and a nice view of London on the way. Regents Park and Hamstead Heath are nice (can swim at the heath in the summer), Holland Park is more of a gardens but also nice too.

For Lords youre best off getting a hotel near Kings Cross Station and you can get a train pretty much straight to the ground in less than 5/10 minutes. Plus if you do any sight seeing Kings Cross is also good to get you into all the touristy areas within 5/10 minutes. It used to be a massive shithole with crackheads and prostitutes everywhere and that is definitely still visible at times. But the area is mostly now a gentrified food and shopping district. Just don’t stay in a hostel, over here theyre less backpackers and more halfway houses. Especially in and around Kings Cross.