Wright loan extended.

[Simon C]

We have extended Tommy's loan until 21st of November. Click here He will then go off to the England Youth Championships as we expected. It looks as though Leicester are keen on him staying with us for longer as he has not had the number of games in the first team they would have wanted him to due to injury and suspension so I would imagine we are likely to see him back at GP after Christmas.

 

[Jimbee]

That's next Friday, so he can play tomorrow. Quite bizarre.

 

[Perivale Bee]

.....which has to be good news

 

[casual]

Tommy will hopefully enjoy his time with brentford and score goals left, right, and centre.Good luck tommy

 

[Simon C]

I think he will be in the starting line up tomorrow. It's a shame he still won't get a chance for a run in the first team as I don't think we have seen the best he has to offer yet.

 

[West Ealing Bee]

I would imagine this is to ensure he can play tomorrow, when a decision can be made about his long term future here.

There must still be a chance he will stay for the season, after he comes back from the England tournament.

 

[Pinch]

Only for about a month though I think he'll start tomorrow.

 

[Simon C]

Only for about a month though I think he'll start tomorrow.

Its until 21st November, thats next Friday not a month.

 

[Simon C]

He's back! Tommy has signed for another loan spell until 29th December.

 

[-superbees2k3-]

Yipee!!! :bound: :banana: :bound: :banana:

As you have probably guessed im a big fan

 

[JBN]

Good news, at least Wally has a new excuse not to play Peters.

 

[Mr Cynical]

So lets drop Tabb as well then shall we? Why couldn't we just get a bloody midfielder in!! Unless Wally's going to surprise us all and play Tabb in midfield?? Two good players in midfield?? Nah! That's ridiculous tactics!! Bring back Hutch!!

 

[W13 Bee]

Good news. I would like Wally to add a midfielder aswell as he does have a couple of other loans left.

 

[JTofBFC]

Much as I think Tommy Wright is a good prospect, am I the only one who feels these short loan periods can be unsettling for the team. He's here for a few weeks then off, then back and we've got him for another 19 days. Yippee.

Any particular reason why we can't sign him until the end of the season to give a bit of certainty to things.

Personally I think he and Jay Tabb up front could be a great combination, but if it's only going to be for 3 games, it's hardly worth seeing if they can gel together is it?

Strangest loan situation I can remember.

 

[Mr Cynical]

The trouble is he won't play Wright and Tabb, it'll be Wright and May with Tabby dropped to the bench again, to 'give him a rest'. I personally haven't been that impressed with Wright anyway, he's shown he's got something but hasn't been particularly consistent, it seems a waste of a loan to me...

 

[Snappy]

You never know, strange and unlikely as it may sound, he might drop Jay Smith and move Tabby back to CM with Kev. Let's just wait and see what happens at Stocky before making any assumptions or judgements.

 

[JTofBFC]

I think Wright hasn't been consistent purely because he hasn't really had a consistent run in the side. Which is why I wonder if a three week loan is a pointless exercise.

Three months or not at all I would say, although to be honest if Harrold is injured and Peters is out of favour as usual then Wright for May is certainly an improvement.

If the Wal does drop Tabb (and I mean to the bench and not just into midfield) then I'm afraid Wally will have lost any remaining respect I have for him. Tabb is older than Wright and May anyway isnt he, he hardly needs a rest after a dozen games.

It is May that needs a rest.........at least I need a rest from watching him. 2 goals in 18. You are the weakest link etc.....

 

[andyrew]

Let's be enterprising - Tabb to centre mid in place of Jay Smith and Tommy to partner May gives us a front six who can all hit the back of the net and play exciting football to boot - come on Wally what have we got to lose let's all do the Crewe and football our way into the top half of the table with 4-3 victories!

 

[WarrenBee]

May hit the back of the net!!

rofl lol rofl lol rofl lol

 

[Mr Cynical]

Wally play football??????
rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

 

[love and mercy]

What is Tommy going to do ?
Get injured ,get sent off .
I would rather see Harold play

 

[Pinch]

I think this is excellent news! Olé olé olé olé TOMMY WRIGHT WRIGHT WRIGHT

 

[casual]

Somebody please read todays chronnie it says tommy wont be at brentford for the whole season as Micky adams wants to call him back when he needs him if things go abit pete tong.

 

[Gee Bee]

Somebody please read todays chronnie it says tommy wont be at brentford for the whole season as Micky adams wants to call him back when he needs him if things go abit pete tong.

I would think that you could have a deal for the season, but with a call back clause within the deal. Would have thought many loan deals have this inserted.

 

[New Roader]

Exactly what we need, Wright back.
IMO Tabb should drop back to centre midfield and drop Jay Smith to the bench

 

[coventry bee]

Exactly what we need, Wright back.
IMO Tabb should drop back to centre midfield and drop Jay Smith to the bench

I'd drop Jay Smith from the bench especially if it was about twenty foot high !

 

[mhead bee]

The trouble is he won't play Wright and Tabb, it'll be Wright and May with Tabby dropped to the bench again, to 'give him a rest'. I personally haven't been that impressed with Wright anyway, he's shown he's got something but hasn't been particularly consistent, it seems a waste of a loan to me...

totally agree, TW and BM and well and truly in the wally "in " crowd.

This was proved at wycombe when after harrold bags a hat trick, tabb get 5 odd goals in so many matches etc., wally brings in TW who had been out for 4-5 weeks injured and BM who had just finished a 3 week suspension straight into the side as soon as available. Both looked very very rusty to be kind to them but this just shows what wally is all about I am afraid.

I like TW and BM but neither has set the world alight yet and by christ we need a midfield!!

 

[wanderingbee]

totally agree, TW and BM and well and truly in the wally "in " crowd.

This was proved at wycombe when after harrold bags a hat trick, tabb get 5 odd goals in so many matches etc., wally brings in TW who had been out for 4-5 weeks injured and BM who had just finished a 3 week suspension straight into the side as soon as available. Both looked very very rusty to be kind to them but this just shows what wally is all about I am afraid.

I like TW and BM but neither has set the world alight yet and by christ we need a midfield!!

here here well said. I think that tommo was good, he showed good stuff for a kid, but he was a little hot headed and injury prone, so instead of going back and getting the same man again when I think we have enough in our squad already to cover that area. now a midfielder, that would be adventurous wally eh? soory firmly off the wally fence now, he is f****ng clueless

 

[RT]

The only problem i can see with Tabb moving into midfield would be the fact that we don't have an out and out ball winner in midfield. With Hunt, Rougier, O'Connor and Tabb, there isn't a lot of grit in the midfield, and we may well get overun in games, like Newcastle did without Gary Speed, or Man U with Keane. I would have thought that filling that role would have been of importance, but then again, who knows what to expect with Wally these days.

 

[Trandy]

Division One here we come:bound: :banana: :bound: (nice ring to it that).

Tommy is absolute class in my eyes - and any half chance will end up in the opponents net.

May and Wright up front, and hopefully allow Tabby to drop back into midfield.

Brilliant move, by our brilliant manager. Downes for Prime minister.

 

[mhead bee]

Division One here we come:bound: :banana: :bound: (nice ring to it that).

Tommy is absolute class in my eyes - and any half chance will end up in the opponents net.

May and Wright up front, and hopefully allow Tabby to drop back into midfield.

Brilliant move, by our brilliant manager. Downes for Prime minister.

have you been on the pop?

TW is very unproven but nobody denies his potential, what we really need is a midfield but our manager is so short sighted he doesn't realise this.

He has also brought in about 20 players into the club in 2 years..some good, some bad..but he still believes matt somner is a left back after 1 and half seasons of playing him there has made no attempt to bring in a left back.

Brilliant manager my ar5e..clueless much closer to the mark..as for 1st division..we are far closer to dropping into the dog fight at the bottom than we ever are of getting near the play offs!

 

[Gee Bee]

but he still believes matt somner is a left back after 1 and half seasons of playing him there has made no attempt to bring in a left back.

To be fair, we have Frampton who has played left back for a mjority of his professional career, and no doubt it was the intention to play him there. But he has turned out to be injury prone, every time he gets on or even starts the following match he is unavailble. Fieldwick has played there and doesn't imho look strong enough. WD said at the fans forum, that MS best position was centre back, but circumstances have dictated that he ahas played mainly left back, mainly due to Frampton bad luck. Fieldwick also had an injury. Personally I believe long term, we have good enough left backs and that includes MS if needs must.
However a central midfield player is essential imho.

 

[mhead bee]

To be fair, we have Frampton who has played left back for a mjority of his professional career, and no doubt it was the intention to play him there. But he has turned out to be injury prone, every time he gets on or even starts the following match he is unavailble. Fieldwick has played there and doesn't imho look strong enough. WD said at the fans forum, that MS best position was centre back, but circumstances have dictated that he ahas played mainly left back, mainly due to Frampton bad luck. Fieldwick also had an injury. Personally I believe long term, we have good enough left backs and that includes MS if needs must.
However a central midfield player is essential imho.

I have not been over impressed with frampton full stop and fieldwick looked great at forst but has just got steadily worse ( ) so it is frustrating that we have not looked at that position at al when it is really one of the weakest, agree with the midfield though!

 

[alikat]

The only problem i can see with Tabb moving into midfield would be the fact that we don't have an out and out ball winner in midfield. With Hunt, Rougier, O'Connor and Tabb, there isn't a lot of grit in the midfield, and we may well get overun in games, like Newcastle did without Gary Speed, or Man U with Keane. I would have thought that filling that role would have been of importance, but then again, who knows what to expect with Wally these days.

And are you suggesting that Jay Smith and/or Hutch are ball winners?!?!?!

The truth is that our central midfield has been utterly hopeless for the last season and a half and the wally seems to have either no idea what to to about it or no inclination that there is even any shortfall there.

I quite rate TW, but I agree with other comments that he is doing nothing to strengthen our weakest area, i.e. central midfield.

A year and a half without decent central midfielders just points to one fact - the wally is the worst manager at this club in my living memory. Without a decent midfield, you're not going to reach the play offs, and the way we are going, it could be a LOT worse than that.

Overall, it has been very depressing being a Bees fan since the wally has been in charge and I frankly see no light at the end of the tunnel unless there is a change in the manager (fat chance!).

 

[saffrey]

I think Wright hasn't been consistent purely because he hasn't really had a consistent run in the side. Which is why I wonder if a three week loan is a pointless exercise.

3 week loan at christmas could be very handy with games coming thick and fast... there are 4 games in that period, a chance to stake a claim, and one more injury in the squad for competition of places.

 

[Trandy]

have you been on the pop?

TW is very unproven but nobody denies his potential, what we really need is a midfield but our manager is so short sighted he doesn't realise this.

He has also brought in about 20 players into the club in 2 years..some good, some bad..but he still believes matt somner is a left back after 1 and half seasons of playing him there has made no attempt to bring in a left back.

Brilliant manager my ar5e..clueless much closer to the mark..as for 1st division..we are far closer to dropping into the dog fight at the bottom than we ever are of getting near the play offs!

Not at all. Wally knows the teams downfalls - as he said at the fans forum he knows Matty isn't a great left back. However, his defensive abilities put him above Lee and Framps.

I totally agree with you re centre midfield. I like Kev in there - his best position IMO. We do need a defensive midfielder - a Charlie Oatway to protect the back 4 and give the ball to Tony and Steve as much as possible. But realistically we haven't got the finances - the stark reality of it.

I think Tommy Wright is the man though - we bemoaned our luck last year about not having a striker to put them away. With Tommy on the pitch I feel we can score at any time. He has that something about him. I would rather have him at the club, than not.

I reckon I should go and make a website about him

 

[RT]

And are you suggesting that Jay Smith and/or Hutch are ball winners?!?!?!

The truth is that our central midfield has been utterly hopeless for the last season and a half and the wally seems to have either no idea what to to about it or no inclination that there is even any shortfall there.

I quite rate TW, but I agree with other comments that he is doing nothing to strengthen our weakest area, i.e. central midfield.

A year and a half without decent central midfielders just points to one fact - the wally is the worst manager at this club in my living memory. Without a decent midfield, you're not going to reach the play offs, and the way we are going, it could be a LOT worse than that.

Overall, it has been very depressing being a Bees fan since the wally has been in charge and I frankly see no light at the end of the tunnel unless there is a change in the manager (fat chance!).

Well, they aren't the best in the world i can agree with you, but its a weakness that we have, so why not get a battler in?

 

[mhead bee]

Not at all. Wally knows the teams downfalls - as he said at the fans forum he knows Matty isn't a great left back. However, his defensive abilities put him above Lee and Framps.

I am not sure he does though, if he knows matt is a weakness there why has he let him play there for 1 and half years. I agree LF and AF have not impressed at all in that position, but why bring in 5 forwards and not look to deal with a really weak area.

If wally thinks that may/wright are the ones for him, why bother with harrold and the other bloke we just signed who will never get a go.

I don't believe all that "one for the future" stuff because he doesn't play these players at all, he never gives them a chance. He always gets another untested loanee in instead and gives them a whole season to prove it whilst our full time players rot. He did it last year as well!

 

[Stanley]

Not at all. Wally knows the teams downfalls - as he said at the fans forum he knows Matty isn't a great left back. However, his defensive abilities put him above Lee and Framps.

I totally agree with you re centre midfield. I like Kev in there - his best position IMO. We do need a defensive midfielder - a Charlie Oatway to protect the back 4 and give the ball to Tony and Steve as much as possible. But realistically we haven't got the finances - the stark reality of it.

Good point, Wally has £12k per week to juggle with, I am sure he would like to get a better player than Hutch or Jay S in but that would have been at the expense of say Sonko or Rougier or whoever.

He's trying to squeeze a quart out of a pint pot, a fact that has not really sunk in with many on this board IMHO.

 

[love and mercy]

Why on earth are we bothering with Tommy Wright .
Is he honestly better than anything else we have ?
It might be good for Leicester city but what good is it for us.
Wally please explain

 

[Thomas Bathurst]

Wally doesn't seem to realise it doesn't matter who you have up front (Ben May, Tommy Wright, Jay Tabb, Kev O'Connor, Matt Harrold, Alex Rhodes, Tony Rougier or the departed Jide Olugbodi), if you don't have any creativity in midfield (or don't even try to open teams up) then you are not likely to score goals. Wally seems to bring in (or try) forward after forward, and yet STILL doesn't address the midfield problem. England U19 Internationals will look sh*t in our side, because they so rarely get a look in during games or when they do it's having to deal with long balls lumped up from the back.

Please nobody tell me there isn't another Sidwell 'type' at Chelsea, Arsenal, Fulham, Southampton, Portsmouth or wherever itching to get a run in somebody’s first team! The reason Wally does nothing about central midfield is that he doesn't perceive it to be a major problem. He even stated at the beginning of this season that he was happy with Smith & Hutchinson, despite our lack of shots, goals or creativity in the second half of last season. That just about says it all, as far as Wally is concerned. Unless he goes, we are doomed. Please make my Christmas Wally and piss off.