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Paul O'Brien
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I'm obviously missing something here. Where did AS say he brought DP in to support KO as people keep saying? I thought his main reason for adding DP was to prevent our central defenders (Phillips and Bennett) being unable to cope with big strong forwards. I know that DP said in an interview that AS wanted him because he had experience to support younger players, but I've never seen anything about him being brought in specifically to help KO.
Incidentally, I thought DP was excellent in the air on Saturday, but struggled with mobility otherwise. He seemed to pick up a knock after about half an hour which affected him. KO let one player past but otherwise was excellent, particularly given the complete and utter piece of long-haired uselessness that was in front of him. Can't comment about Monday's match though.
Incidentally, I thought DP was excellent in the air on Saturday, but struggled with mobility otherwise. He seemed to pick up a knock after about half an hour which affected him. KO let one player past but otherwise was excellent, particularly given the complete and utter piece of long-haired uselessness that was in front of him. Can't comment about Monday's match though.
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Sums up the old adage that you should "never go back". Second spells rarely live up to any success of the first one and with Powell unlikely to appear again for the first team (three-match ban, etc), most fans finally memory of him will be of him walking down the tunnel having let down the players, supporters and management.
A sad end but one which deserves no sympathy. Experienced professional or not, such behaviour towards a colleague is unacceptable in any walk of life and I'm sure he'll regret his actions for a long time to come.
A sad end but one which deserves no sympathy. Experienced professional or not, such behaviour towards a colleague is unacceptable in any walk of life and I'm sure he'll regret his actions for a long time to come.
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Brain-dead Bee
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If the video shows Powell hitting Osborne, that must be the end of his Bees career. possibly the end of his league career (I don't mean him getting a life ban, just that people will think twice about taking a veteran with a record of injuries if his temperament has gone). I thought he had played OK until then, but could have cost us promotion if we had lost
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'I brought Powell back in. Mark can feel a little hard done by because he has done ever so well. But I just felt that Karleigh didn’t have a great game last week, amongst others, but being a young lad this can be an intimidating place to come and I felt Powelly would calm him down a little and talk him through the game'
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I was told about this looking after Karleigh thing on Saturday, are Philiips and Bennett not up to the job then?
I can recall one game when Hayward was playing when at a corner we were defending Hayward virtually picked Karleigh up moved him to where he should have been and then got on with marking his player
I can recall one game when Hayward was playing when at a corner we were defending Hayward virtually picked Karleigh up moved him to where he should have been and then got on with marking his player
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Like many other bees fans I was watching the ball and didn't see the incident.
However after talking to some Bournemouth fans after the game they said that there was some gesturing between Powell and KO before they squared up and Powell nutted KO
However after talking to some Bournemouth fans after the game they said that there was some gesturing between Powell and KO before they squared up and Powell nutted KO
Idaho Bee
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I recall this happening as well. You did the same thing with me when I was blocking your view!
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Like many other bees fans I was watching the ball and didn't see the incident.
However after talking to some Bournemouth fans after the game they said that there was some gesturing between Powell and KO before they squared up and Powell nutted KO
so its gone from a few words to a push & shove to a strangulation attempt & finally a full on head butt. could be attempted murder by the end of tonight
not sure Sky Sport News picked it up either as last night they only showed the ref flashing the card rather than the actual incident so may not be on video & we will never know
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However after talking to some Bournemouth fans after the game they said that there was some gesturing between Powell and KO before they squared up and Powell rutted KO
:yuck:
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Sack/release him and save the money.
Totally unacceptable regardless of the result and the fact that Osbourne is excusing him like a battered wife (he only hits me because he loves me) doesn't change a thing.
Phillips is more then welcome back. Why continue with KO at right back if he needs a babysitter in Powell. I'd be just as happy with Halls or Newton at rb and that says it all for me. 78 games is it, and he still needs looking after.
Totally unacceptable regardless of the result and the fact that Osbourne is excusing him like a battered wife (he only hits me because he loves me) doesn't change a thing.
Phillips is more then welcome back. Why continue with KO at right back if he needs a babysitter in Powell. I'd be just as happy with Halls or Newton at rb and that says it all for me. 78 games is it, and he still needs looking after.
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I think the fact that Powelly's actions didn't cost us 3 points it should be forgotten and hopefully AS has really smoothed over any dischord as promotion/BFC is far more important. As for Powell, his past with BFC doesn't excuse this action but I for one am willing to over look it and move on, he's still a legend in my eyes and I would be glad to see him sign as he has another season left in him IMO.
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Sack/release him and save the money.
Totally unacceptable regardless of the result and the fact that Osbourne is excusing him like a battered wife (he only hits me because he loves me) doesn't change a thing.
Phillips is more then welcome back. Why continue with KO at right back if he needs a babysitter in Powell. I'd be just as happy with Halls or Newton at rb and that says it all for me. 78 games is it, and he still needs looking after.
Oh dear God.
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Sack/release him and save the money.
Totally unacceptable regardless of the result and the fact that Osbourne is excusing him like a battered wife (he only hits me because he loves me) doesn't change a thing.
Phillips is more then welcome back. Why continue with KO at right back if he needs a babysitter in Powell. I'd be just as happy with Halls or Newton at rb and that says it all for me. 78 games is it, and he still needs looking after.
more 'poppy cock'.
Powell is at least committed, maybe KO needs some of 'that commitment' too? DP was brought in, as Les Bee has said we got nothing from Chesterfield and got caught a few times v Wycombe, Powell came in to do a job with his height, and it showed against Fletcher yesterday how strong DP is.
Ko continues at right back because he has pace and height, distribution is getting better and he is our future. Remember Bates and Millen not being so good early in their careers. He needs guidance because he hasn;t had any for 3 years, surely you can work that one out, but then maybe not.
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LOL Millen could be dodgy in particular! Karleigh is one of those players who could pop up in the future as the finished article. If we were to hypothetically lose patience with him I would hate to see him acheive that development with another club.
He is an athlete with pace and strength which is increasingly more important in the modern game. AS obviously has faith in him which is good enough for me and I would rather he matures at BFC than elsewhere. Remember he is a centre back.
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John O'Mara, Gordon Sweetzer, Steve Philips, Danny Mundee.......and Paul Priddy!
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Couldn't make the party at Bournemuff but must say it sounds like I will regret it for every more. Silly things happen between team mates, lets get over it now and I must ask how well did Cozy play for the 50 minutes or so that he was on the pitch as he still made the Sun's team of the day.
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LOL Millen could be dodgy in particular! Karleigh is one of those players who could pop up in the future as the finished article. If we were to hypothetically lose patience with him I would hate to see him acheive that development with another club.
He is an athlete with pace and strength which is increasingly more important in the modern game. AS obviously has faith in him which is good enough for me and I would rather he matures at BFC than elsewhere. Remember he is a centre back.
Am not going to knock Karleigh, who is showing some improvement, but if he has played almost 80 games, I wouldn't compare him with Millen (who presumably reached that number at a younger age), who by then was looking one of our best ever (since I started in mid 60s) CBs. Karleigh is hovering around the "adequate league 2" level, and hopefully progressing beyond it
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Couldn't make the party at Bournemuff but must say it sounds like I will regret it for every more. Silly things happen between team mates, lets get over it now and I must ask how well did Cozy play for the 50 minutes or so that he was on the pitch as he still made the Sun's team of the day.
I think the Sun sent their boxing correspondent, which explains Darren's high rating
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Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both players were with us next season. I am confident Andy will be a good judge of the situation, it seems Powell regrets what happened, I wouldn't write him off. And The Times draws attentiuon to Bournemouth's two big forwards and that Powell was needed for such opposition.
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Maybe Powell reads the GPG and has been hired to take out Osborne :box:
to the zoo perhaps, or maybe a film tonight ?
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to winning, to getting a player ie KO (who does need guidance IMO) in the correct positions at corners etc, DP wants to 'win', that's commitment in my eyes after watching us go down with such a lack of it.
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If you assumed I was comparing Karleigh with Millen, I wasn't. I was merely agreeing with W_P who said Millen didn't start off that great.
Yes Karleigh's has got quite a few games under his belt but the large majority of them have been in weak sides. I think 3 years under Andy Scott's wing and he wouldbe further along in his journey.
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Especially when we are so close to promotion. I could understand it if we were bottom and had given up without a fight, but when this set of players have fought so hard to achieve this success it really fks me off to see any players getting crap from the fans at this stage.
The pasting KO gets when all he is doing is playing regularly in the best team in the division whilst going for the championship is a fkin embarassment to our club.
I had a right go at him for the stupid penalty versus thre gills but let it go now ffs. We are a point or two away from glory, why continue to slag off one of your own players with just a couple of games left.
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Osborne in league two is a clown in League one he is a mistake
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Personnally I think that the whole right hand side will be too weak for league one.
Halls is better at distributing the ball than Osborne but is not as good in the air nor is he as quick. If we could merge both together then we might be getting somewhere.
Perhaps give Newton a go he is a better right back than right mid
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Powell was a very silly boy, and AS has made his feelings known about the situation. But thankfully we got the three points...so lets start thinking about winning on saturday
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Powell was a very silly boy, and AS has made his feelings known about the situation. But thankfully we got the three points...so lets start thinking about winning on saturday
Absolutely true. I bet many would be surprised at the number of altercations, between team mates, that happen throughout the year at training grounds up and down the country. In many respects it is good that we have two players who are totally committed to the cause, not that I condone what happened.
It's over, done and dusted, so lets get on with the business of winning the league.
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Exactly.
If we call ourselves Brentford supporters we are there to bloody well SUPPORT!!!!!!!!
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Powell went over the top, but can we really have a go at him for being so passionate? Two years ago we would have loved to have a player with his determination for the game. I am sure AS is gong to deal with the matter in a a proper way. My bone of contention on this one is the behaviour of Hollands of Bournemouth who has surely got to be one of the biggest rats of all time.Even the Bournemouth OS states it probably went against them when we went down to 10 men.I hope they remember that when they go down to to Blue Square never to come back league.lol
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Lets not go down the road of pointing the finger at Hollands of Bournemuff! It should not have happened end of............ Let teams like the Pykies blame the other team for their players faillings. We're bigger and better than that!!! Plus WE ARE GOING UP, COME ON YOU BEEEEEES.
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Pitman and Holland's parts in this do need remembering, pair of snitching little tossers.
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Agree we are better than that, so that is why I pointed out his stupid actions, which in the end result worked against him, so I do point the finger at an absolute ******.Lets not go down the road of pointing the finger at Hollands of Bournemuff! It should not have happened end of............ Let teams like the Pykies blame the other team for their players faillings. We're bigger and better than that!!! Plus WE ARE GOING UP, COME ON YOU BEEEEEES.
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...... Let teams like the Pykies blame the other team for their players faillings. We're bigger and better than that!!! Plus WE ARE GOING UP, COME ON YOU BEEEEEES.
To a certain point I'm with you. We're lucky that we don't have any feigners or divers player for us....apart from Ryan who is bloody useless at it.
You tend to think that when one of our players stays down that he sadly bloody injured.
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To a certain point I'm with you. We're lucky that we don't have any feigners or divers player for us....apart from Ryan who is bloody useless at it.
You tend to think that when one of our players stays down that he sadly bloody injured.
You've got to say that this season when our players have gone down injured they have been well and truely injured and that's a fact. Nathan, Jordon, Charlie, Kev & now Brett ( OK he fell down the stairs at home but it's put him out for the rest of the season), but on the bright side it sounds like just a week after being carried off Damian could be back for saturday
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I still haven't been able to find footage of the incident. And it seems that the vast majority of those present missed it because it happened so quickly.
A lot of the reports seem to suggest it was a silly, heat of the moment thing, and that admittedly Powell was stupid on this occasion. But also, it also appears from one of the online newspapers and BBC Radio London that it was some momentary pushing, shoving and throat grabbing, and once again a referee couldn't wait to pull out the red card on the Brentford player.
Time to get over it now and I hope Powell gets the chance to make amends.
A lot of the reports seem to suggest it was a silly, heat of the moment thing, and that admittedly Powell was stupid on this occasion. But also, it also appears from one of the online newspapers and BBC Radio London that it was some momentary pushing, shoving and throat grabbing, and once again a referee couldn't wait to pull out the red card on the Brentford player.
Time to get over it now and I hope Powell gets the chance to make amends.
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I saw most of it and Powell had to go. Osborne should also have gone in my judgement and if it had been Fletcher and Powell they would both have been off. After Powell was dismissed the referee again spent some time with his assistant and Bennett was involved at length as skipper. I had braced myself for Osborne going too and there was relief when he only got a yellow. If it had been two Bournemouth players then I would have expected them both to be off and we would all have been saying that they got exactly what they deserved.
Here is an extract from Osborne's interview re the incident.
"I got off luckily. It’s all sorted now and we’re best mates again."
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I thought this at the time, and was amazed that they were able to suggest one was worse than the other, if two reds had been shown then there was probably not a lot we could have done......although we would have held out anyway