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The continuous silence from the board is deafening. Have you any idea what your are doing? Have you any idea at all? If so please share it with us.
Greg Dyke
You should Know how they work by now,
They will sit in a long meeting tommorow and then issue a statement on Friday about some bull crap, which will be all wrong and we will find out then they will blame the poor person who put the comments on the web site.
Brentford nothing changes for the better until it becomes dire.
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The Board have indicated, via the Chronicle that Leroy has a "target" and poor performances will lead to his job being on the agenda of the next Board Meeting, in around 10 days.
Do you want them to put a countdown clock on the O/S ?
Greg Dyke
Us people in Yorkshire do not get the Chronicle?
Why have they not put this on the OS?
We all know that you can not trust the media.
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no, I believe it was Bob, who sometimes tips off the Mirror about big transfers involving Brentford....
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no, I believe it was Bob, who sometimes tips off the Mirror about big transfers involving Brentford....
Look forward to big transfers then. Many of course are not priveleged to have access to the Chronicle.
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and you think thats rich in football owner/chairman terms
his new house was £2.8 million
Greg Dyke
no, I believe it was Bob, who sometimes tips off the Mirror about big transfers involving Brentford....
So the Board haven't indicated a thing in that case..........
Greg Dyke
he is a millionaire FFS
and you think thats rich in football owner/chairman terms
he isn't the owner
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I am getting somewhat bemused as from the posts I see some of these persons seem as in the dark as we are and the others don't post here as far as I know.
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well said. my thoughts were the same at the time BU took over. on one hand i was pleased that the fans would be more involved, on the other i was concerned that we had shot ourselves in the foot and that we would not be able to attract a big money invester. I do not thing that we have any such person within the ranks of BU. so god help us!
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Dyke sort it out
I have just read that the chairmans response to leroy`s exit.he says that whoever replaces him will have to work with the same players and there is no more money for new additions to the squad.What`s his game, does he really have the best interests of the club at heart. I think not! if he did he would have tried to find the extra money Martin Allen needed to strenghten last seasons team when we were so close to winning promotion, instead Allen left feeling he had taken the club as far as he could.
In comes leroy and now he`s gone and leaving us in the religation zone.
I am sick and tired of the board continuing to preach that we have no money and the club is in debt. sometimes in business you have speculate to accumulate, and the extra money Martin Allen wanted does not seem such a bad bet.
I would like to remind the Brentford board that this is about football and the success of the team is what it is all about, this is what I pay my attendance fee for week in week out. If this club has no ambition and I mean the directors not the fans we will never move forward in fact we could end up going backwards as recent events have proved.
What a rollercoaster ride my time following this club has been.In the 38 years I have not had very much to cheer about, but I continue to live in hope. When BU took control of the club I thought that it was a good idea. now I am not so sure we have made the right choice. The whole set up lacks ambition.
Extra funds needs to be put into the playing staff in order to safeguard our exsistance in Leauge 1. so my advice is to up the debt, and lets give it ago. After all promotion to a higher diversion will hopefully increase attendances, generate a larger slice of the pie from the football leauge and give us poor suffering fans something to cheer about. You never know where it will take us.
I have just read that the chairmans response to leroy`s exit.he says that whoever replaces him will have to work with the same players and there is no more money for new additions to the squad.What`s his game, does he really have the best interests of the club at heart. I think not! if he did he would have tried to find the extra money Martin Allen needed to strenghten last seasons team when we were so close to winning promotion, instead Allen left feeling he had taken the club as far as he could.
In comes leroy and now he`s gone and leaving us in the religation zone.
I am sick and tired of the board continuing to preach that we have no money and the club is in debt. sometimes in business you have speculate to accumulate, and the extra money Martin Allen wanted does not seem such a bad bet.
I would like to remind the Brentford board that this is about football and the success of the team is what it is all about, this is what I pay my attendance fee for week in week out. If this club has no ambition and I mean the directors not the fans we will never move forward in fact we could end up going backwards as recent events have proved.
What a rollercoaster ride my time following this club has been.In the 38 years I have not had very much to cheer about, but I continue to live in hope. When BU took control of the club I thought that it was a good idea. now I am not so sure we have made the right choice. The whole set up lacks ambition.
Extra funds needs to be put into the playing staff in order to safeguard our exsistance in Leauge 1. so my advice is to up the debt, and lets give it ago. After all promotion to a higher diversion will hopefully increase attendances, generate a larger slice of the pie from the football leauge and give us poor suffering fans something to cheer about. You never know where it will take us.
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Please can you explain where the extra funds are coming from when we are down on projected income on an already forecasted substantial loss.
Our cashflow doesn`t allow it and we are told our overdraft facility is used to the hilt.
We are already told all emoergency funds will be used to see us though the close season.
I would love to see us sign some quality players but can`t see how.
Our cashflow doesn`t allow it and we are told our overdraft facility is used to the hilt.
We are already told all emoergency funds will be used to see us though the close season.
I would love to see us sign some quality players but can`t see how.
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It surely can't be a surprise that the new manager won't have any cash for new players. Whoever we get will need to be a miracle worker.
I share your frustration. I'm now at 32 years of support. We all know that Allen exceeded the budget and still failed - and now look at the mess we are in. I don't see how we're in a position to "give it a go".
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So when the club gave MA an additional 400 - 500K last season on top of the starting budget were they not doing exactly what you are asking for now? Yes they did this with transfer funds and cup money, but they speculated and it didnt work. The way last seasons budget was going you could argue they'd have been better of keeping the money, but they didnt.
The league is full of clubs who have speculated and are now paying the cost. Unfortunately the club is now at a point where until they can clear the debt in some way all options are limited. It seems the current plan is to clear the debt as part of a bigger plan to move to a new staduim. I get the impression things are happening in the background, but perhaps thats just what they want us to think!
I understand how you feel and I am also loosing faith with the Bee's United, but without some Sugar Daddy waiting to come in and invest some serious money, the only hope we have is selling Griffin Park as part of a move to clear the debt.
The league is full of clubs who have speculated and are now paying the cost. Unfortunately the club is now at a point where until they can clear the debt in some way all options are limited. It seems the current plan is to clear the debt as part of a bigger plan to move to a new staduim. I get the impression things are happening in the background, but perhaps thats just what they want us to think!
I understand how you feel and I am also loosing faith with the Bee's United, but without some Sugar Daddy waiting to come in and invest some serious money, the only hope we have is selling Griffin Park as part of a move to clear the debt.
Greg Dyke
A BU run club won't work. Nice idea but it is doomed to failure. Unfortunately, it looks as though while we watch the BU experiment gradually crumble the club will be sliding down the league(s) as we constantly cut our costs to match our ever dwindling income.
Unless BU are able to come up with something a bit more radical than standing orders and bucket shaking that is.
To those who say, what else do you suggest, do you want another sugar daddy with millions to come in?
The answer is "yes I do". Hasn't done Reading any harm has it, they aren't all like Noades.
I'm not convinced of where Dyke fits into the current set up really, and I'm not all that sure he is either. If BU were to relinquish control though I'm sure he could be capable of helping to put something together.
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Dyke sort it out....
...I think he has done...
in the real world if the club had booted leroy out we would have had to pay him and then find the money for a new manager...mmmm double your money...just what the club doesnt need at the moment
Dyke had to play a canny game, unfortunately it takes time when you aint got the dosh...luckily leroy left mutually...
...now can someone answer the question I asked when he was appointed...why was he sacked from torquay...no one ever answered that one...looks like it was because he wasnt good enough!
Can we have a game show around the new appointment..."Im a celebrity can i be the manager"...my money is on David Gest with Dean Gaffney as assistant
...I think he has done...
in the real world if the club had booted leroy out we would have had to pay him and then find the money for a new manager...mmmm double your money...just what the club doesnt need at the moment
Dyke had to play a canny game, unfortunately it takes time when you aint got the dosh...luckily leroy left mutually...
...now can someone answer the question I asked when he was appointed...why was he sacked from torquay...no one ever answered that one...looks like it was because he wasnt good enough!
Can we have a game show around the new appointment..."Im a celebrity can i be the manager"...my money is on David Gest with Dean Gaffney as assistant
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Spot on bees 66,all i think we can hope on now is dyke trying to find a manager who can somehow get a couple of players on loan and the rest of the squad to pull there fingers out of there a***s and put some passion back into our club without spending.Its going to be tough but i cant see any other outcome. The football dont have to be pretty just a bit passion to lift spirits
Greg Dyke
A BU run club won't work. Nice idea but it is doomed to failure. Unfortunately, it looks as though while we watch the BU experiment gradually crumble the club will be sliding down the league(s) as we constantly cut our costs to match our ever dwindling income.
Unless BU are able to come up with something a bit more radical than standing orders and bucket shaking that is.
To those who say, what else do you suggest, do you want another sugar daddy with millions to come in?
The answer is "yes I do". Hasn't done Reading any harm has it, they aren't all like Noades.
I'm not convinced of where Dyke fits into the current set up really, and I'm not all that sure he is either. If BU were to relinquish control though I'm sure he could be capable of helping to put something together.
Couldn't agree more. The BU board (however well-meaning some may be) will eventually have to accept they're out of their depth and the only way forward will be to hand over control. Only Dyke himself will know if he'd have the stomach for some of the action but I agree he doesn't look comfortable with the current arrangement.
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Can you explain why you believe that to be the case?
I know its "traditional" to slate the chairman when times are tough, but surely we all knew what it said on the tin when GD joined the board? After all, i think we needed/wanted him more than the other way round?
He is a "trophy chairman", there to open doors behind the scenes etc, has lent BFC a six figure sum by all accounts, has lots of other commitments so was never gonna be "hands on" at GP.......hardly Public Enemy No.1 though, or have i missed something
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Can you explain why you believe that to be the case?
I know its "traditional" to slate the chairman when times are tough, but surely we all knew what it said on the tin when GD joined the board? After all, i think we needed/wanted him more than the other way round?
He is a "trophy chairman", there to open doors behind the scenes etc, has lent BFC a six figure sum by all accounts, has lots of other commitments so was never gonna be "hands on" at GP.......hardly Public Enemy No.1 though, or have i missed something
Well said PJ. BFC wanted Greg, they ASK him to join the ship.
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Can't see where this is coming from bigman...he said from day one that he would not be a day to day chairman....think questions have to be asked of Brian Burgess who has kept his head under the parapet during all of this...
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You're supposed to be one of the sensible ones.
I believe he is being used by those at BU to be the bad guy and really pull in the purse strings, now I know we need to be careful but I also think he is going to far and will cause the club to go into administration due to attendance figures dropping so low. No cup games, no players to sell in Jan, and the loan window closing in 5 days Ealing Road roof costing more than planned, what is GD doing to change this? Handing the blame for the new manager to the MD
Sorry I feel as low as I have ever been as a Brentford fan and I believe GD is as much to blame over that as anyone else
Noades, Webb took money from us, I believe GD will stop money from coming in due to his actions - both situations are bad for our club
Good night, see you in a few days off travelling
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Maybe some aspects of the media mate, but I can assure you everything in that story was true, although SmiffyBee got it wrong in assuming the story was fed to the Chronicle by the board - it came from good old-fashioned journalism, ie building up good contacts. All academic now anyway.
Hope life in Yorkshrie is treating you well. It was a pleasure writing the stories about your shirt appeals and helping the kids at the Thai orphanages. Are you still involved in that?
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Can you explain why you believe that to be the case?
I know its "traditional" to slate the chairman when times are tough, but surely we all knew what it said on the tin when GD joined the board? After all, i think we needed/wanted him more than the other way round?
He is a "trophy chairman", there to open doors behind the scenes etc, has lent BFC a six figure sum by all accounts, has lots of other commitments so was never gonna be "hands on" at GP.......hardly Public Enemy No.1 though, or have i missed something
Er, hang on a second. Everyone else on the BU Board has put in £200,000 in order to qualify for a seat. Greg Dyke has put in £100,000. We are a cash strapped club. I do not expect him to become a bottomless pit of cash but I do expect him to ante up as much as everyone else.
The trade off would be lots of good publicity for Brentford and the use of his contacts in football neither of which is in much evidence at the moment.
I don't think he's the cause of all our problems but he is too invisible for my liking.
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...What to do in the event of a conflict of interests
Part 21
section c
subsection iii
.........if in the event of being a director of both the parent company and the subsidiary company, the director in question is required to relinquish......(and as in the manner of abee, if I may borrow, continues for a further...erm, 57 parts.............)
rebus
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rebus
On my final warning
Edmundo
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But they haven't complained about the catering at Griffin Park yet. Open goal that they are missing there! 
Les Beeavinu
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Portilllo and Abbott are giving him one hell of a verbal beating.
Has Abbot complained about the discrimination in sacking Rosenior yet?
Edmundo
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But they haven't complained about the catering at Griffin Park yet. Open goal that they are missing there!
I shall text Andrew Neil immediately