My 2p worth of thoughts on latest chat. 1 person doesn’t rate O’Shea (that’s what a forum is for - don’t have to all have the same opinion) but think most fans including me believe he’s good enough for the PL. In regards to the £150 odd million spent, this was all spent on younger players from the championship so if sold, would probably make a profit on most of them. This was all we could do. No established PL players would join a relegation battle which is what everyone was expecting. 1 of the issues with back to back promotions was that we had no chance to set up a European / worldwide scouting network. Couple of ifs now. If we go back up and we fail again, then & only then (IMO) can we start questioning the manager
Mark Ashton has said we didn’t spend money on established, experienced Premier League players because they wanted higher salaries and wouldn’t accept a relegation wage cut. I can see the thinking - particularly as he made a point of not wanting to risk the club’s future like the last time we got relegated from the Prem - but I think we need to be a bit more aggressive next time. If we could bring in better experienced players on loan compared to this season - that would have helped. The £150m transfer spend figure is bandied around frequently, but we didn’t blow it all in one summer. Some of that money would be spread over the player contract length. A bit of a cynical accounting trick, but the big clubs all do it these days. Our club accounts are widely considered to be one of the most transparent in English football - from people like Kieran Maguire. With the dry financial comment out the way - if Thomas Frank moves to Spurs, I’ll be worried. Brentford apparently have McKenna down as their main target. As I said earlier in the thread, they’re likely to lose both Mbeuno and Wissa - their two best attacking players. With Frank going - who has done a brilliant job there - could it be too risky a move for McKenna, taking over a popular, successful long-term club legend? Despite this, I think he should take the job. He’ll have an established, proven PL squad and the recruitment team there have a knack for signing quality players. He’s far more likely to keep Brentford up and attract the interest of a bigger club than he is getting us back up to the Premier League and keeping us there.
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My 2 penny's worth. McKenna was totally out of his depth in the PL, he should done far better bringing our League 1 squad into the PL and then spending the same amount that most PL clubs have spent on their subs benches. He's too 1 dimensional, all we played was tippy happy football from the back and there's clearly been problems with squad morale which questions his man management.
