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I'm hearing we've put a bid in for this lad...

Yep, agree. All things considered it's a decent, refreshing signing 👍🏻

You should know by now that expressing a different point of view on here is often frowned upon...

Who's saying they're not happy with this signing...? It's almost as if some people are being "wet fannies" in their reactions to others' posts...

Yeah, fair point (although maybe "the exceptions that prove the rule" territory...?) One thing you can never accuse me of is thinking too hard about what I post, which it why it often comes out as utter drivel... If only some others on here had similar levels of introspection and self-awareness...

Just to be clear, I'm really happy with this signing. It's just that I get slightly nervous / wary after last year's shit show where we ended up having too many Championship standard and/or mediocre Premier League players on our books after the promotion transfer window. That said, I'm rather optimistic that Sport Republic have learned from those mistakes and we'll invest in some proper PL quality next time around rather than faffing around in the sub-£20m market.... P.s. I'm getting slightly light headed expressing an actual opinion rather than sitting on the fence...

Yep, fair point too 👍🏻

Yeah, fair point 👍🏻

Yes, absolutely. But isn't that the level we should be aiming to be at if/when we return...?

Yep... Roerslev joined Brentford in August 2019 and Ankersen left in December 2021. This transfer surely has Ankersen's finger prints all over it (I'm not making any judgement on that basis though)

It is of course reasonable to question his credentials (even though expressing doubt inevitably attracts the wrath of some on here)... The way I look at any transfer such as this is: "Why are Brentford seemingly happy to sell a player in his prime (26 years old), and a fan favourite to boot, when he's played over 100 PL games and a club like them surely needs players of that ilk to survive in that league?" The only logical answer is that they don't see him as high enough calibre in the PL now, even if they did beforehand. You could understand it if he was being enticed away by a better club, but this is a downward move for a relatively low transfer fee (supposedly / probably). Don't get me wrong, I think he's a great acquisition for a Championship side but if/when we go straight back up, the stark fact is that we'll have a player on our books that Brentford deemed not good enough for the PL anymore (or, at least, they feel there's better players available than him) So, yep, it's reasonable to look ahead and ponder if he'll work out in the long term, at the same time as being happy to have him for this season.

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You possibly don't to be fair.... My memory often plays tricks on me. For the record (serious mode for a second), this fella looks very good for this level and a decent option to have in the premier league

Yay, my stalker returns P.s. it was tongue in cheek (like 99% of my posts) you pilchard (no offence)

Marvelous 🤦🏻 #fouryeardeal

I guess that's what they call "solid"...

Signed for the season after next, innit...

Nutter... Mad... I see a pattern

At last.... A replacement for Stuey's hair...

Who?

If we offered £50m (extreme to illustrate a point) I'd wager they wouldn't give a stuff who we are...

Bazunu Sugawara* - Skip - THB - Manning Downes - Charles Robinson - Fernandes - Fraser Downs Subs: McCarthy, Welington, Quarshie, Edwards, Woods, Matsuki, Dibling, Archer, Stewart (* Yes, I know, but he's our only fit orthodox right back, if we were to play a traditional back four)

Head office in Mayfair?

Was thinking similar...

Indeed, I thought they were Loaded...