JohnMc 2,473 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I still back Warburton but McParland can get as far away from our club as possible as far I'm concerned. He's a liar who works to assist favoured agents not clubs. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,430 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 From today's Daily Bedlam. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4209188/Brentford-transfer-analysis-continues-pay-dividends.html'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4209188/Brentford-transfer-analysis-continues-pay-dividends.html Brentford made a 2,000 percent profit on striker Scott Hogan as their transfer analysis continues to pay dividends... just don't call them Moneyball Brentford working wonders in the transfer market thanks to analytical approach Scott Hogan was bought for just £650,000 but sold to Aston Villa for £12million Andre Gray, James Tarkowski, Moses Odubajo have also been sold for big profit Owner Matthew Benham says Brentford will continue astute attitude to transfers By Simon Jones for MailOnline sale of Scott Hogan was another example of how their analytical approach to transfers has worked under owner Matthew Benham. Hogan's departure to Aston Villa followed on from other recent sales such as Andre Gray, James Tarkowski and Moses Odubajo. They were bought for a collective £2.55million initially and sold on for £33.5m giving the club a healthy profit. Benham, who established Smartodds, a business based on using data to predict the outcome of sports events to customers including professional gamblers, has spoken in the past of his dislike for the phrase 'moneyball' believing it has a bad press and is open to misinterpretation. He prefers to say he uses scientific data alongside the human appraisal of a player. Aston Villa paid £12million to sign Scott Hogan from Brentford in the January transfer window Aston Villa paid £12million to sign Scott Hogan from Brentford in the January transfer window THE MONEYMAKERS PLAYER Andre Gray James Tarkowski Moses Odubajo Scott Hogan BOUGHT £550,000 £350,000 £1m £650,000 SOLD £9m £6m £3.5m £12m Former director of football Frank McParland was brought in from Liverpool to help instigate Benham's plans and signed Andre Gray from Luton Town for £550,000, Tarkowski from Oldham for £350,000, Odubajo from Leyton Orient for £1m and Hogan from Rochdale for £650,000. Further astute additions were made with the £250,000 signing from Blackburn Rovers of Alan Judge, a target for Newcastle United, and the £1.2m signing of coveted Spanish midfielder Jota from Celta Vigo. The approach has continued under Rasmus Ankersen and Phil Giles. Manager Dean Smith, who re-signed Sergi Canos and added Florian Josefzoon last month before agreeing a new contract extension himself, said: 'People are paying crazy money. Andre Gray was sold to Burnley for £9m in 2015, earning Brentford a profit of £8.5m 'We might get a lot of money in for Scott (Hogan) but you can’t go and replace a player for the money he’s gone for at a club like this. 'We are not an Aston Villa or a Sheffield Wednesday. We have to be more astute in the market. Value is the important thing and nobody came to the fore that was of value to us.' Brentford have scored a goal every 30 minutes since Hogan left. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4209188/Brentford-transfer-analysis-continues-pay-dividends.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Am hearing open warfare has broken out amongst our custodians with MW expected to be sacked sooner rather than later , there is no one lined up that everyone agrees on or on the way forward. Shambles 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,416 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) Lifted from FF: jellybeans 1st Team Regular Join Date 27-07-2011 Posts 1,673 Re: McParland set for exit from a Brentford fan.... "FMP is the biggest **** in football. When he was our sporting director he leaked so much inside news about the owner and Warburton to the papers for a massive pay off. Him and that bald twat Warbs then tapped up players (not even ones you were trying to sign) and would work about 2 days per week and claimed loads in expenses. It was all very shady. In Jan 2015 Benham offers Warburton a blank cheque to get us promoted. Warburton said no the squad is good enough. Benham was furious we made 0 prem signings in January. February - Frank leaks all this to the news and announces that Warburton had a contract stand off. Club then say Warburton and FMCP have to go as neither want new deals." All sounds too familiar. Edited February 10, 2017 by ian1964 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Regardless of who is leaking what to whom and for what reasons, there's starting to be too much noise for this just to be one journal stirring things up (which was always the possibility given Keith Jackson's history). All is not rosy, but how bad is it? And DK is pretty noticeable in his absence again. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublusince1982 243 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 It will all come out in the next few weeks I imagine, mostly about an agency he seems to work too closely with 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Am hearing open warfare has broken out amongst our custodians with MW expected to be sacked sooner rather than later , there is no one lined up that everyone agrees on or on the way forward. Shambles If half the stuff I've been reading is true, it's a mess. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Superscoreboard @ClydeSSB 14m14 minutes ago More #Rangers boss Mark Warburton has rubbished reports that head of player recruitment Frank McParland is leaving 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Superscoreboard @ClydeSSB 14m14 minutes agoMore #Rangers boss Mark Warburton has rubbished reports that head of player recruitment Frank McParland is leaving That'll be cheerio then..... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Am hearing open warfare has broken out amongst our custodians with MW expected to be sacked sooner rather than later , there is no one lined up that everyone agrees on or on the way forward. Shambles If this is all true then our current custodians need to take a long, hard look in the mirror - both individually and collectively. The manner in which they are doing their business with sneaky leaks in the press, social media sniping and just generally washing dirty laundry in public is unbecoming of our (once great) institution. Mr Struth would turn in his grave. An abomination. And, yet, sadly some will see it as a "success" or "job done". When can we ever get back to doing things the RIGHT way ? So sad 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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