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So that's potentially £7.8m you will receive for selling Watkins to Brentford. Does that change your initial opinion he was sold 'too cheap'?

AFAIK all player payments are done in instalments. They're depreciated over the life of their contract. How a sell on fee is paid I don't know, I'd assume as a one off lump sum.

Well, the fee has been agreed in principle, personal and contract terms now need to be agreed as far as I know. Villa missed out on a deal for a player and have moved swiftly to secure this one, which is why they've had to meet our valuation. It'll be a shame to see him go, he's been a...

You may well get your wish! The auto's are all but gone, barring a massive calamity by the top two and us going on a winning run to the end of the season. Neither of which I can see happening. A play off spot is likely, but our record in the play offs is atrocious—never won promotion that way...

Yes! We're incredibly lucky to have an owner who fully understands the game and business and has created an environment where staff and players love to come and work.

Yes, no question. He's a Benham man and fully committed to the Brentford project. I may have mentioned it before, but it's worth mentioning again. One of the reason players, staff, coaches are successful at the club is because of the infrastructure and culture that surrounds them. Take them...

Also worth mentioning that in his interview after the awards, he mentions that his long term dream is to play for Arsenal one day. So there you go. Top London Prem club—Arsenal it is, they can have him for £80m + add ons! ;)

Not necessarily, but it's a good point. I suspect the judging criteria goes beyond a simple 'number of goals scored'. Mitrovic and Watkins, although being primarily goal scorers, play slightly different roles. Mitrovic is an old fashioned No 9, centre forward, goal scorer. He doesn't have much...

Them and a host of Premiership clubs I suspect. The number of goals he's scored/will score this season will make them sit up and take notice. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he scores 30+ goals this season. Mitrovic is ahead at the moment, but it's worth pointing out I think, Mitrovic takes...

Yep, sadly we've blown the auto's. I always knew injuries would be the only thing that could derail our season and so it's happened. I think everyone feared an injury to the front three, but losing Jansson has weakened the defence significantly. Also the midfield has been short of first choice...

Accepting it's a hypothetical, but a couple of points: I can't remember (if we've ever done it) the last time we've done that kind of deal (cash + player) in Benhams's ownership. i don't think it's ever happened. As someone else pointed out, it's just not how we do our business. We have one of...

I think tonight's game against Leeds showed just how tough a division it is. The division's two best defences against the two best attacks basically cancelled each other out. Neither wanted to lose but neither were good enough to create a clear scoring opportunity. It says it all that the two...

You can also look at it in the opposite way. Bowen was a very good player in an average side, if anyone was going to score the goals it was going to be him. The jury's out on how well he'll do in a team of better quality players and at a higher level. Watkins is the better of the two and the...

Yes, it's always a gamble, predominantly for the reasons I mentioned earlier—you get less time and fewer chances in the Premiership than you do in the Championship. There are plenty of examples too. Our own Andre Gray is now a bench sitter at Watford (I never rated him much because he missed too...

And so it proved to be. Not at our best today, but a lot of credit for that must go to Middlesbrough as with other sides they're working out how to deal with us. Watkins was tightly marked by two players for most of the game as he was against Forest as were the other two front men, but he still...