Warburton to Norwich? Benham to Rayo Vallacano? A balanced view

Posted by BillytheBee Grant | Feb 16, 2015 | 6 |

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BillytheBee Grant

Following Brentford for 40 years plus now.. write .. blog .. videoblog .. podcast ... photograph ...eat .. sleep .. Brentford.. am known to attend the occasional England match too (16 World Cups and Euro tournaments now plus a couple of Womens Tournaments too) so can take a few knocks ...Run a grassroots girls football club... organised husky dog racing rallies for a living back in the day ... as you do ..You didn’t wanna go up!!

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Lewis on February 16, 2015 at 9:25 am
Sums the whole mess up nicely. Amazing how much that one story has shattered the harmony we’ve had going on this season. Hopefully today’s statement draws a big fat line under everything and we can salvage the rest of the season.
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- Dan on February 16, 2015 at 7:03 pm
  Bravo – Billy….like waking from a lovely dream to find you’ve wet the bed in reality!
  Still hope they can’t sit down and sort it out (shower and change the sheets).
  Beat Muff and it might look different…
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Woodybee on February 16, 2015 at 5:55 pm
Sorry Billy – in an attempt to be fair and measured amidst all the hysteria over the last week your article is generally a good one – but I’ve got to pull you up over a couple of matters. You’re blaming whover leaked the story as mostly culpable for this whole sorry saga – talk about shooting the messenger! Personally, I want to know what’s going on at my club – I don’t want a covert layer of secrecy to permeate the club and the fans to be kept in the dark. Of course there are always going to be disagreements within football clubs but personally I want to know if the Owner and the Manager want the club to go in different directions.
Secondly, Matthew Benham – has he been out of order? “Not at all” you say, “It’s his club”. Actually – it’s OUR feckin’ Club and Matthew Benham is just the latest custodian of OUR club in the same way that the Supporters Trust, Dan Tana and others have been in the past. Yes, he’s put an extraordinary amount of money into Brentford and we’re all grateful for that but that doesn’t give him carte blanche to make what on the surface look bizarre decisions without explaining the rationale behind those decisions. I think we’re all agreed that the Club’s PR has been disastrous on this matter and it’s taken far too long to clarify the situation.
Time will tell whether Benham’s making the right decisions or not but one thing is for sure season 2014 /15 will definitely go down as a game of two halfs.
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- malbee on February 16, 2015 at 7:40 pm
  Fact is Rosler and warbs wouldnt have had the finances to do what they have done if it wasnt for Benham the most generous owner and more importantly fan we have ever had by far. Do you really want to go back to the not so long ago loose change in buckets days.
  Back the man who has Brentford fc running through his veins, and it aint Warbs, because if MB gets driven out its league 2 at best for us and I hope the anti Benham brigade will be happy then. the word losers comes to mind A REAL BEES FAN OF 50 YEARS
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westberksbee on February 16, 2015 at 10:17 pm
Good article Billy – appreciated. I have been fed up this week but let’s remember the season isnt over yet. We’ll get back to winning ways – we’ll all be happier when we turn over Bournemouth.
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Bill Benn on February 17, 2015 at 10:19 am
Goods points Billy but MWs contract runs out a year today and that goes for everyday it’s 12 month rolling contract but still think if he wants to try for a better paid/prospects job no problem but it works both ways.
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