“Hull City’s Harry Maguire signs for Leicester City on five-year deal” ran the headline. The fee associated with the move is reported to be some £12 m rising up to £17 m. I must admit: it took me by surprise. Granted Leicester could probably use another powerhouse centre half in the ilk of Huth and … Continue reading
Critics of the loan system in English football say that it is there for the benefit of bigger clubs helping them to stockpile young talent. They cite the example of Chelsea as taking things to the extreme. At the beginning of this season Chelsea had no less than 38 players out on loan. Half were … Continue reading
The last match of the 2014-15 season at Brentford typified the kind of football we had been witnessing far too often. Latics had dominated the game up to the 25th minute, at least in terms of possession. But once a wicked deflection had beaten Lee Nicholls a team with such brittle confidence was never going … Continue reading
“As much as I like Patrick Bamford – I think he is a terrific player – Murph has scored more goals and he has scored more in a squad that was pretty unfancied at the start of the season. He is the one that has the dragged us with his boot laces [into the play-offs] … Continue reading
Following Uwe Rosler’s appointment in December, Billy Grant gave us a fan’s view of the German’s time at Brentford (click here to see the previous article). Six months later we have come back to Billy to give us more of his insight. Billy writes for the Brentford fanzine http://www.Beesotted.co.uk (Twitter – @beesotted). He will … Continue reading
LOS THREE AMIGOS 