My fellow contributor to The Mag, Simon Ritter, takes umbrage in his article at the fact I have rubbished his little club from West London (Brentford).
They are a rubbish club that are playing the system.
Little club with tiny ground that only the select few can get into.
Never been to the GTech stadium, probably never will, but why would I want to take part in the undermining of clubs that want to compete?
Brentford have an owner with a business plan. A plan to make money by buying cheap and selling big. Using a business model and football club as a vehicle to make money.
Sound familiar? We once had a guy doing the same thing at Newcastle United.
Brentford go under the radar being a plucky little club but with Premier League status.
Was Yoane Wissa worth the money?
Simon Ritter recalls how Brentford were the top team in London one hundred years ago, or thereabouts, well what have they done since? A hundred years of solitude.
Their pokey little ground had a pub at each corner. Big deal.
Newcastle’s ground has hundreds within walking distance from it.
Simon Ritter, an erudite and articulate writer, misses the point I was trying to make with my initial comments about Brentford.
I went to Griffin Park to see Hartlepool play, as well as Carlisle and several others over the years.
The point that seems to have been lost and which I was trying to make is that some supporters like my mate Jon from Burnley who supports them (Burnley) know that their club has limitations.
He does not want his club to be a yo yo club that gets beat every week in the Premier league. My Burnley mate does not want his club to be a makeweight and plaything of the teams at the top of the Premier League, unlike Brentford who are taking the big six pay-off and just happy to be in the Premier League for as many years as possible.
My issue is, as stated in my article, that if Brentford continue to be a successful business model for investors then football is the loser.