Gavin Mahon
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rebus
On my final warning
German Bee
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I don´t think so.Now the ground situation is looking a little bit more positive, Ron´s talking about how much he can spend on players next season.
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The Mighty RENTROD
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Ron has always been unusually positive about Gav and obviously rates him - can't believe he would let him go for £150 000
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Noades links kitty with ground move
Brentford chairman Ron Noades is to hold crunch talks with Hounslow Council next week over the future of the club.
He will try to thrash out a compromise deal which will see the Bees move into Feltham Arena by the start of next season.
Noades believes he can work closely with new acting chief executive Chris Langstaff, who last week revealed the authority would welcome an application to gradually develop the site.
Noades said: “I was delighted by Mr Langstaff’s comments and will be trying to arrange a meeting to work out the next move.”
Noades reckons the club’s transfer policy is linked to the current quest for a new home and suggests he may loosen the purse strings if Brentford get their dream stadium.
He insists that Brentford will not be left homeless even if the council tries to sell to the highest bidder: “Even if they did the buyer would be open to a ground-share with us as the central tenant." He said.
“If I felt we were in with a chance of moving forward with a new ground then I might have a clearer idea of what we could afford to spend next season.”
Noades links kitty with ground move
Brentford chairman Ron Noades is to hold crunch talks with Hounslow Council next week over the future of the club.
He will try to thrash out a compromise deal which will see the Bees move into Feltham Arena by the start of next season.
Noades believes he can work closely with new acting chief executive Chris Langstaff, who last week revealed the authority would welcome an application to gradually develop the site.
Noades said: “I was delighted by Mr Langstaff’s comments and will be trying to arrange a meeting to work out the next move.”
Noades reckons the club’s transfer policy is linked to the current quest for a new home and suggests he may loosen the purse strings if Brentford get their dream stadium.
He insists that Brentford will not be left homeless even if the council tries to sell to the highest bidder: “Even if they did the buyer would be open to a ground-share with us as the central tenant." He said.
“If I felt we were in with a chance of moving forward with a new ground then I might have a clearer idea of what we could afford to spend next season.”
Gavin Mahon
This is just a Team Talk "cut and paste" job from Jim Levack's article in this weeks Chronicle. As always Ron Noades gives no hostages to fortune and you can interpret his comments anyway that you wish.You can read into "available to spend" whatever you wish. Does he mean a transfer budget or is it "operating costs"? He also goes on to say that "we have lost 1000 off the gate and the market for players has gone dead" Not if Brentford are selling it hasn't and he has only to take a look at the sports pages of any newspaper to see how "dead" the market is.
The loss of "1000 off the gate" is a result of the boards policy to jack up the admission prices and again Ron should be talking about revenue not bums on seats as it was a calculated board decision to raise prices, sacrifice numbers and the ancillary income (programmes, burgers, hot drinks, Club Shop etc)for what they hoped would be matching revenue from the increased entry costs. I would say that this is Mickey Mouse stuff but Mickey would probably sue. But so what about the 1000. At a median £10 per head and even without allowing for the increased revenue for the remainder who continue to pay the increased prices then you are talking £230,000 per season (less in reality) and that revenue loss was substantially covered by the two Spurs games which could hardly have been budgeted for. Compared to the built in loss that this incompetent board of directors has created then it is a drop in the bucket.Ron Noades utterances are rubbish or he does not compare apples with apples but if you want to go on believing as there is nothing else to cling to then good luck to you. I posted yesterday regarding a Guardian survey showing that the Brentford Experience was the second most expensive in the Second Division and we were only 10p cheaper than Fulham. And still Ron wonders where the 1000 per match have gone. At a time when we need Marketing more than ever Mike Hynes has disappeared from the programme notes and poor old Samantha is left on her own. What a script.
The loss of "1000 off the gate" is a result of the boards policy to jack up the admission prices and again Ron should be talking about revenue not bums on seats as it was a calculated board decision to raise prices, sacrifice numbers and the ancillary income (programmes, burgers, hot drinks, Club Shop etc)for what they hoped would be matching revenue from the increased entry costs. I would say that this is Mickey Mouse stuff but Mickey would probably sue. But so what about the 1000. At a median £10 per head and even without allowing for the increased revenue for the remainder who continue to pay the increased prices then you are talking £230,000 per season (less in reality) and that revenue loss was substantially covered by the two Spurs games which could hardly have been budgeted for. Compared to the built in loss that this incompetent board of directors has created then it is a drop in the bucket.Ron Noades utterances are rubbish or he does not compare apples with apples but if you want to go on believing as there is nothing else to cling to then good luck to you. I posted yesterday regarding a Guardian survey showing that the Brentford Experience was the second most expensive in the Second Division and we were only 10p cheaper than Fulham. And still Ron wonders where the 1000 per match have gone. At a time when we need Marketing more than ever Mike Hynes has disappeared from the programme notes and poor old Samantha is left on her own. What a script.
Gavin Mahon
We lost a "1000" on the gates because prior to RL taking over we must have the worst home record over the previous 12 months in living memory, playing "hoof it" football at the start of which Ron said we are giving up for the season!!
Now the team is playing a bit of proper footie and even winning, people will return.
Now the team is playing a bit of proper footie and even winning, people will return.
