Henrik Dalsgaard (Released)

[Bridge Bee]

Sign him up

 

[Mark H]

Deserves another year

He attitude in the playoffs definitely settled the younger players around him.

 

[Robi Bee]

Henrik had been one of those players who has gone a bit under the radar in his time at Brentford, but I suspect his influence this week in the squad was massive. Looked relaxed and in total control in his interviews.

 

[twickersbee]

Contract Extension Please

 

[SH]

Sign him up and transition him to the coaching staff (if he wants to stay in UK). A model professional who plays the game the right way, he could teach up-and-coming youngsters so much.

 

[SmiffyBee]

Mr Benham
Please offer this guy an extended contract.
Thanks.
SB.

 

[liverbee]

Mr Benham
Please offer this guy an extended contract.
Thanks.
SB.

Totally. He's got plenty.

 

[hardybee]

Has made a massive difference having him for the play offs. What is the issue with his contract? Is it we’ve not offered an extension or we have but he wanted to leave?

 

[-superbees2k3-]

deserves a contract extension as cover for RB/CB IMO

 

[gbems92]

Thank god he was back for the play offs, made a huge difference

 

[Leedsbee]

Seemed to bring a huge feel good, fear nothing positivity to the squad when he came back from injury. Huge part of our journey seems to appreciate being able to live the dream without any jealously or resentment of others. Thank you Henrik.

 

[thickobee]

It was Henrik that jumped into the melee following Fulton’s foul on Jensen and prevented his team mates (principally Jansson) from overreacting and risking a booking.
A really first class and mature action.
Gold star and a smiley face Henrik!

 

[shaun]

What a bloody good signing he was. Absolutely top notch for us.

 

[Raise The Roof]

When we have sold class players, often we have replaced them with better. But I think we will be far poorer without Henrick, and I do hope he decides to stay. I presume he has to persuade his family first - the “hard discussion” he mentioned in his excellent interview. (I wanted to strangle those stupid reporters in that interview - so many of their questions were below the belt - but Henrik remained statesmanlike at all times). He is a total star and centurion.

 

[EalingRoadSnowball]

New contract please, capable centre back and still a massive threat attacking down the right

 

[nathanbee]

New contract please, capable centre back and still a massive threat attacking down the right

Also, in terms of senior players, he provides the calm head to Pontus's slightly more fiery approach. An example being when Fulton took out Jensen, Henrik was keeping the players back and Pontus looked like he was ready to thump Fulton.

 

[EalingRoadSnowball]

Also, in terms of senior players, he provides the calm head to Pontus's slightly more fiery approach. An example being when Fulton took out Jensen, Henrik was keeping the players back and Pontus looked like he was ready to thump Fulton.

Yeah, difficult to buy his mentality and the experience he's gained with us

 

[MikeL]

When he was out, we faffed around at the back. But on his return, he ran up the right flank and made a significant contribution to the attack

 

[GuyBee]

Also, in terms of senior players, he provides the calm head to Pontus's slightly more fiery approach. An example being when Fulton took out Jensen, Henrik was keeping the players back and Pontus looked like he was ready to thump Fulton.

Indeed he pushed Pontus away

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

If he goes he goes holding onto the title as our best RB in many decades.. Superb signing. It was a pleasure seeing all the players celebrating, but HD and SC celebrating just stood out for me. They really get our club.

 

[badgerbee]

Absolutely.
One of the major (BFC) downsides of all this will be the inability to give players like Henrik the send off(s) they deserve. As I'm sure there'll be others we won't see in the Red and White stripes again after this season...
Hopefully we'll get the chance to do something in a full house at LR at the start of next season......

If it is to be "goodbye", so pleased we got the chance to see Henrik at LR and Wembley!!!
And performing fantastically to boot!!! ??

 

[Frothybaby]

If it is to be "goodbye", so pleased we got the chance to see Henrik at LR and Wembley!!!
And performing fantastically to boot!!! ??

Some of us didn't.

 

[Beeswaxnees]

I would definitely be disappointed with our club if we didn't offer him a new 1-2 year contract.

 

[Mr Cynical]

I would definitely be disappointed with our club if we didn't offer him a new 1-2 year contract.

I get what you're saying but...

a) we can't afford to be sentimental, we have to have the best squad possible to give us a chance of staying up and better. Henrik going may free up space for a player who is as good or better and with potential future resale value..

b) Decision might not be in our hands..

 

[BFC1997]

In his interview after the game it was mentioned he hasn’t seen family for over a year.

Not saying we have necessarily put anything on the table anyway, but if a club back home in Denmark is willing to offer him a 2-3 year deal then that would probably be quite appealing compared to any single year extension here.

 

[liverbee]

On the pitch, nobody has contributed more to the team over the last few years.

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

I would definitely be disappointed with our club if we didn't offer him a new 1-2 year contract.

Problem is you dont know what decision and agreement the club has with him. He might have signed the one year extension with the understanding that he was going to leave this summer. If there was a time to leave it would be now on a high. Hes been awesome for us, but hes had two full on seasons, i wouldnt want my lasting memory of HD being a difficult season in the prem with him struggling against the better players in the league. I imagine he wants a couple od seasons back in Denmark nearer to his family.

 

[Mikey Bee]

It wouldn't surprise me if both he and Marcondes have agreed terms in principle with other clubs on the understanding that the signing of any contracts would be dependent on what happened with us. Both are Brentford players until June 30th which gives them, and us, time to make decisions.

 

[jlove]

It wouldn't surprise me if both he and Marcondes have agreed terms in principle with other clubs on the understanding that the signing of any contracts would be dependent on what happened with us. Both are Brentford players until June 30th which gives them, and us, time to make decisions.

I think this is probably the case, all with the full knowledge of the D's of F for some time.

 

[liverbee]

I think this is probably the case, all with the full knowledge of the D's of F for some time.

That's my guess, but I'm sure the DoFs make a bit of a sport out of sending us all up the garden path as well as confusing us with apostrophes.

 

[TadB]

Problem is you dont know what decision and agreement the club has with him. He might have signed the one year extension with the understanding that he was going to leave this summer. If there was a time to leave it would be now on a high. Hes been awesome for us, but hes had two full on seasons, i wouldnt want my lasting memory of HD being a difficult season in the prem with him struggling against the better players in the league. I imagine he wants a couple od seasons back in Denmark nearer to his family.

It will be interesting to see exactly what happens between now, and the 30th June, however, I cannot imagine any footballer turning down an opportunity to play in the worlds top league if such an opportunity was offered.

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

It will be interesting to see exactly what happens between now, and the 30th June, however, I cannot imagine any footballer turning down an opportunity to play in the worlds top league if such an opportunity was offered.

It might not be offered. As per Marcondes we cant be sentimental. Many a club make that mistake.

Got a feeling we will see a younger player on the same level as HD to compete with MR.

 

[WARFIELD BEE]

On the pitch, nobody has contributed more to the team over the last few years.

Top guy, and plays with a smile on his face.

 

[Beeswaxnees]

Problem is you dont know what decision and agreement the club has with him. He might have signed the one year extension with the understanding that he was going to leave this summer. If there was a time to leave it would be now on a high. Hes been awesome for us, but hes had two full on seasons, i wouldnt want my lasting memory of HD being a difficult season in the prem with him struggling against the better players in the league. I imagine he wants a couple od seasons back in Denmark nearer to his family.

If you had watched his Wembley pre match video 'which was excellent I might add' he never acted or seemed like a player who was leaving this summer, but a player who understand our club and what it meant to win at Wembley. He was excited by being so close to the possibility of playing in the Premiership next season.
Not sure why people are writing him off and suggesting he won't cope in the Premiership, this is a player who has played in a World Cup against the best in the world.
He should be offered a minimum of one year contract with a one year option to extend.

 

[IslandBee]

It might not be offered. As per Marcondes we cant be sentimental. Many a club make that mistake.

Got a feeling we will see a younger player on the same level as HD to compete with MR.

I don't think it would be sentimental to keep him. Both he and MR were in our starting line-up Saturday and if we continue to play three at the back HD could play a big part in the prem in that position.

 

[AB]

I don’t think there’s any real question of his ability to play well for us in the PL. It is more whether he wants to and whether BFC has alternatives in mind. If he doesn’t want to stay for family or other reasons that’s understandable. If he’s open to staying but we have other preferred options that’ll be reflected in any offer (cf Donaldson in 2014). I get the impression both player and club will deal with things in a professional and friendly way.

 

[twickersbee]

Henrik signing a new contract would be a win-win situation, he would be able to add playing in the prem to his already impressive list of playing credentials and we would have a great player with a faultless attitude to play on the right in our defensive back three. I am not sure what is not to love about Henrik signing an extension to his contract if and when he does.

 

[Beeswaxnees]

I get what you're saying but...

a) we can't afford to be sentimental, we have to have the best squad possible to give us a chance of staying up and better. Henrik going may free up space for a player who is as good or better and with potential future resale value..

b) Decision might not be in our hands..

I am not sure why people suggesting Henrik won't be able to cope in the Premiership, this is a player who has played in a World Cup, we should be adding to the RB position but not let Henrik go. Suggesting to let Henrik go so to free up space for another player; this could be said about half of our squad to be honest in terms of Premiership quality and if we did that, we would be know better than Fulham. I think with Henrik being a senior player within our squad with vast experience compared to other players we have, he would be a very important player going in to next season.

 

[IslandBee]

I don’t think there’s any real question of his ability to play well for us in the PL. It is more whether he wants to and whether BFC has alternatives in mind. If he doesn’t want to stay for family or other reasons that’s understandable. If he’s open to staying but we have other preferred options that’ll be reflected in any offer (cf Donaldson in 2014). I get the impression both player and club will deal with things in a professional and friendly way.

I have absolutely no doubts on this score!

 

[JohnOmarasShorts]

I am not sure why people suggesting Henrik won't be able to cope in the Premiership, this is a player who has played in a World Cup, we should be adding to the RB position but not let Henrik go. Suggesting to let Henrik go so to free up space for another player; this could be said about half of our squad to be honest in terms of Premiership quality and if we did that, we would be know better than Fulham. I think with Henrik being a senior player within our squad with vast experience compared to other players we have, he would be a very important player going in to next season.

More than half of our squad, for Toney you could argue that a 2 division jump in just over a season is a step too far. I'm not saying that's the case just an example of how the reasons for Henrik not being retained seem rather odd. Yes he may want to move on for any number of reasons and yes we may have alternatives lined up but the way he's being dismissed by some seems bizarre.

 

[Leonardo]

Being linked with FCM

 

[BlueJayBee]

I am not sure why people suggesting Henrik won't be able to cope in the Premiership, this is a player who has played in a World Cup, we should be adding to the RB position but not let Henrik go. Suggesting to let Henrik go so to free up space for another player; this could be said about half of our squad to be honest in terms of Premiership quality and if we did that, we would be know better than Fulham. I think with Henrik being a senior player within our squad with vast experience compared to other players we have, he would be a very important player going in to next season.

Bingo!

 

[Mr Cynical]

I am not sure why people suggesting Henrik won't be able to cope in the Premiership, this is a player who has played in a World Cup, we should be adding to the RB position but not let Henrik go. Suggesting to let Henrik go so to free up space for another player; this could be said about half of our squad to be honest in terms of Premiership quality and if we did that, we would be know better than Fulham. I think with Henrik being a senior player within our squad with vast experience compared to other players we have, he would be a very important player going in to next season.

Not saying he's not good enough, just that we may be looking at something different. If we're going to stick with 3 at the back then he's not going to play wing back IMHO. If he's vying for the CB spot then we really need more pace back there. We have a limit of 17 players that aren't home grown over 21 so we need to use those spots wisely.. If we could have as many players in the squad as we like then yes, no brainer.

 

[shouldbee]

We don't if he wants to leave, has anyone asked him ?............If he wants to go fair enough but if he's happy to stay we should get him to sign a contract, IMO it would be mad not too.

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

I don't think it would be sentimental to keep him. Both he and MR were in our starting line-up Saturday and if we continue to play three at the back HD could play a big part in the prem in that position.

Yes. My opinion is i would offer him one. What im trying to say is i wouldn't offer him one like Marcondes just off the back of a performance or two in the PO's.

Both are good enough. There are different factors and issues for both.

 

[TadB]

It might not be offered. As per Marcondes we cant be sentimental. Many a club make that mistake.

Got a feeling we will see a younger player on the same level as HD to compete with MR.

As I said it will be interesting to see how the summer unfolds in the meantime it is fascinating to read the various speculations/opinions put forward.

 

[IslandBee]

Yes. My opinion is i would offer him one. What im trying to say is i wouldn't offer him one like Marcondes just off the back of a performance or two in the PO's.

Both are good enough. There are different factors and issues for both.

Completely agree!

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

As I said it will be interesting to see how the summer unfolds in the meantime it is fascinating to read the various speculations/opinions put forward.

Its going to be a stress free summer. Im not feeling too worried about players leaving. The potential incomings will be interesting.

 

[TadB]

Its going to be a stress free summer. Im not feeling too worried about players leaving. The potential incomings will be interesting.

I agree, I am with you no worries. I firmly believe that all the players will wish to stay, and play in the Premiership, and those who do not will be ones that the club for one reason, or other will be content to see move on. I therefore expect to watch for new signings, I do not expect what are referred to as Big Money signings, but maybe 3/4 who will add quality to an already top quality team. We are likely to see changes but not any drastic change.

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

I agree, I am with you no worries. I firmly believe that all the players will wish to stay, and play in the Premiership, and those who do not will be ones that the club for one reason, or other will be content to see move on. I therefore expect to watch for new signings, I do not expect what are referred to as Big Money signings, but maybe 3/4 who will add quality to an already top quality team. We are likely to see changes but not any drastic change.

Yep. I dont expect to see drastic changes but the main thing for me is we need some quality in squad depth and PACE. Our back line looks a bit slow and out wide we need some more attacking options.

The PO win was huge for us. Lose and we prob see the last of JDS, Henry, Toney, Raya. Win and we now add to that quality and maybe tie some of them down on longer contracts.