Honestly thought BWP played a lot better beside him, he was incredibly unselfish and clever in an around the box. Was never a outlet target man, but encouraged us to get the ball down the feet and move off him. He obviously had his limitations as more players at that level do pace and finishing being two of those but I must admit I think his performace against Colchester Away was one of if not the best forward performances I saw last season.
Bees boss Uwe Rosler said: "We are delighted to finally get Paul; it was a long battle to get him.
"Without Paul's commitment and desire to want to play for Brentford, the deal would not have happened.
"It is fantastic to see a player like Paul prepared to make sacrifices to join us and it is pleasing for me that he believes in what we want to achieve.
"I know that Paul wants to join us for the right reasons and I thank him for that. He will bring us quality and the experience of winning promotion three times from this league."
signed a 3 year contract, probably less money but security for three years. Good luck to him.
Bees boss Uwe Rosler said: "We are delighted to finally get Paul; it was a long battle to get him.
"Without Paul's commitment and desire to want to play for Brentford, the deal would not have happened.
"It is fantastic to see a player like Paul prepared to make sacrifices to join us and it is pleasing for me that he believes in what we want to achieve.
"I know that Paul wants to join us for the right reasons and I thank him for that. He will bring us quality and the experience of winning promotion three times from this league."
signed a 3 year contract, probably less money but security for three years. Good luck to him.
Typical greedy footballer. Took a pay cut just so he could play football after Charlton bent over backwards to keep him and even offered him the special number 39 shirt. : - )
Just find it strange that we had turned down offers for Clarke for not being good enough. Thought we'd be more desperate to get rid of him than Hayes?I
Good luck Paul. His backheel goal early in the season was one of my favourite goals last season....................................
Apparently photos of him in a Tranmere shirt in his back garden were about to be leaked to the News Hopper so he had to cut his losses and leave before he was hounded out.
Important to move him on, as he had another two years on his contract and there was no way Chris Powell was going to play him unless we suffered a rash of injuries. Rosler's talk of Hayes making personal sacrifices suggests that there may have been a compromise in relation to the next instalment of Hayes' signing on fee ( usually paid over the life of the contract) and a trade off between lower wages, on the one hand, and an extra year's contract and playing some football, on the other. Sensible guy and good luck to him.
As someone has remarked earlier in the thread, hopefully we can now get rid of Clarke. It may have to be on loan but he should be able to do a job at League 1 or 2 level.
We'll need to get another forward in but I suspect that may be on loan.
Apparently photos of him in a Tranmere shirt in his back garden were about to be leaked to the News Hopper so he had to cut his losses and leave before he was hounded out.
Good luck Paul. He's a smart player with a decent eye for goal, but he's a yard of pace or a but more physical presence short of being a Championship standard striker, but he's a very good player at League 1 level. I think we'd have still got promoted with him in the side and BWP may have scored a few more goals, but overall he's not as good as Yann who was just plain too good for most teams to handle last year. The difference was marked when Hayes stood in for Yann away at Huddersfield.
It's shame it didn't work out for him here but that's football and I wish him luck, even if his new manager is a bit of a prick.
Good luck Paul. He's a smart player with a decent eye for goal, but he's a yard of pace or a but more physical presence short of being a Championship standard striker, but he's a very good player at League 1 level. I think we'd have still got promoted with him in the side and BWP may have scored a few more goals, but overall he's not as good as Yann who was just plain too good for most teams to handle last year. The difference was marked when Hayes stood in for Yann away at Huddersfield.
It's shame it didn't work out for him here but that's football and I wish him luck, even if his new manager is a bit of a prick.
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Wish him all the best.
"Without Paul's commitment and desire to want to play for Brentford, the deal would not have happened.
"It is fantastic to see a player like Paul prepared to make sacrifices to join us and it is pleasing for me that he believes in what we want to achieve.
"I know that Paul wants to join us for the right reasons and I thank him for that. He will bring us quality and the experience of winning promotion three times from this league."
signed a 3 year contract, probably less money but security for three years. Good luck to him.
He should do really well at Brentford.
As someone has remarked earlier in the thread, hopefully we can now get rid of Clarke. It may have to be on loan but he should be able to do a job at League 1 or 2 level.
We'll need to get another forward in but I suspect that may be on loan.
LOL!
I rated Hayes and thought he made a great contribution to our success in the early part of last season.
Good luck Paul, I'm sure you'll do well at Brentford and I hope you do.
It's shame it didn't work out for him here but that's football and I wish him luck, even if his new manager is a bit of a prick.
"Tough decision to leave Charlton, want to thank the fans for all your support and messages, really gonna miss the place especially the lads!"
I liked Hayes, he could hold the ball up well and was good at placing his shots. He will do well for them.
Will score shit loads at Brentford.