Am I the only one who did not rate him and I still dont. I feel he is just very average player. He was no Rufus or Gomez. I did not even worry when we sold him.
Am I the only one who did not rate him and I still dont. I feel he is just very average player. He was no Rufus or Gomez. I did not even worry when we sold him.
Am I the only one who did not rate him and I still dont. I feel he is just very average player. He was no Rufus or Gomez. I did not even worry when we sold him.
Plenty have said it, I think it’s partly because he’s always compared to Gomez.
He was definitely replaceable, so in that sense he was average.
However I felt he had/has a lot of potential and will be a success in the Prem, even if he finds it tough next season.
He made his debut for us when he was just 18, he’s still only 21 now. He was rarely outstanding but he was comfortable and ready for it.
I think it’s also partly down to the type of player he is. He’s a decent all rounder - has enough height and strength to play CB, enough pace without being lightning quick, composed on the ball without being a great passer from the back, reads the game well enough without impressing like Gomez did. He has no obvious area of his game that really stands out over other defenders.
Yet he’s done enough in the Championship to move to the Prem. Some Brentford fans are probably saying similar, but no doubt he’s improved since he played for us. And if he keeps improving in all those areas he’ll do enough to stay in the Prem and do well there.
In 2014, Richard Murray said: " One of the key things that Roland's financial stability will bring us is that if we've got a good player we will be able to hold on to him, and not be in a position that we have to sell our assets before they have realised their full potential playing for us or their full potential in the transfer market.”
Am I the only one who did not rate him and I still dont. I feel he is just very average player. He was no Rufus or Gomez. I did not even worry when we sold him.
Me too.
I agree with you both .. but Smith is a good manager and he likes him .. soooooo
In 2014, Richard Murray said: " One of the key things that Roland's financial stability will bring us is that if we've got a good player we will be able to hold on to him, and not be in a position that we have to sell our assets before they have realised their full potential playing for us or their full potential in the transfer market.”
Someone should remind him and RD of this and also maybe explain to them what an asset is.
Am I the only one who did not rate him and I still dont. I feel he is just very average player. He was no Rufus or Gomez. I did not even worry when we sold him.
If the idiot could think even for the medium term his losses with us would have been massively reduced.
But no, he snapped off their hands for a pittance and loses out on millions. 25% of Brentford's profit on Konsa is about £2.2m, but Roly wanted all the money now. Twat.
Very similar with Joe too. Give him a proper contract in January instead of pulling it and there'd have been a very good fee for him too. So for the sake of half a seasons increase in Joe's wages, the idiot could perhaps have collected £3m upwards instead of the measly £300K development fee. Twat. (Did I say that already?)
In 2014, Richard Murray said: " One of the key things that Roland's financial stability will bring us is that if we've got a good player we will be able to hold on to him, and not be in a position that we have to sell our assets before they have realised their full potential playing for us or their full potential in the transfer market.”
I expect that Richard Murray believed it at the time - Duchatelet is, after all, loaded - but it has turned out to be one of the most horrendously inaccurate statements ever made about this diabolical regime.
What is particularly puzzling is that selling players is Duchatelet's raison d'être, as Meire made clear early on, but it turns out that he's absolutely hopeless at it. Whilst he has repeatedly said that he wants to sell the club, he has lamentably failed to do so and that could not, in any event, explain his dismal handling of key assets like Konsa, Grant and Aribo. He is simply useless - as he has been in all respects from day one - and incapable of even thinking 12 months ahead. What a tool.
In 2014, Richard Murray said: " One of the key things that Roland's financial stability will bring us is that if we've got a good player we will be able to hold on to him, and not be in a position that we have to sell our assets before they have realised their full potential playing for us or their full potential in the transfer market.”
In 2014, Richard Murray said: " One of the key things that Roland's financial stability will bring us is that if we've got a good player we will be able to hold on to him, and not be in a position that we have to sell our assets before they have realised their full potential playing for us or their full potential in the transfer market.”
I expect that Richard Murray believed it at the time - Duchatelet is, after all, loaded - but it has turned out to be one of the most horrendously inaccurate statements ever made about this diabolical regime.
What is particularly puzzling is that selling players is Duchatelet's raison d'être, as Meire made clear early on, but it turns out that he's absolutely hopeless at it. Whilst he has repeatedly said that he wants to sell the club, he has lamentably failed to do so and that could not, in any event, explain his dismal handling of key assets like Konsa, Grant and Aribo. He is simply useless - as he has been in all respects from day one - and incapable of even thinking 12 months ahead. What a tool.
And this is one of many reasons why prospective buyers won't pay for his mistakes, ever.
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There is no F in Sell-on Clause
As I put on twitter, if we do we wont see a penny of it as Roland will pocket it all.
Lets pray we dont have a sell on clause
cawley said on twitter earlier that he does not believe there is a clause.
I thought he went to Brentford for under 1M as they paid cash and Roland was desperate
He was definitely replaceable, so in that sense he was average.
However I felt he had/has a lot of potential and will be a success in the Prem, even if he finds it tough next season.
He made his debut for us when he was just 18, he’s still only 21 now. He was rarely outstanding but he was comfortable and ready for it.
I think it’s also partly down to the type of player he is. He’s a decent all rounder - has enough height and strength to play CB, enough pace without being lightning quick, composed on the ball without being a great passer from the back, reads the game well enough without impressing like Gomez did. He has no obvious area of his game that really stands out over other defenders.
Yet he’s done enough in the Championship to move to the Prem. Some Brentford fans are probably saying similar, but no doubt he’s improved since he played for us. And if he keeps improving in all those areas he’ll do enough to stay in the Prem and do well there.
Sickening. Fuck off Roland.
But no, he snapped off their hands for a pittance and loses out on millions. 25% of Brentford's profit on Konsa is about £2.2m, but Roly wanted all the money now. Twat.
Twat.
(Did I say that already?)
What is particularly puzzling is that selling players is Duchatelet's raison d'être, as Meire made clear early on, but it turns out that he's absolutely hopeless at it. Whilst he has repeatedly said that he wants to sell the club, he has lamentably failed to do so and that could not, in any event, explain his dismal handling of key assets like Konsa, Grant and Aribo. He is simply useless - as he has been in all respects from day one - and incapable of even thinking 12 months ahead. What a tool.