Has Toney once apologised to Brentford's fans? I may have missed it but I don't remember any public quote from him expressing any sign of remorse.

There was a feature on Sky just before he came back which seemed to focus on how hard he'd been training in America over the autumn and what a great pro/player/all-round guy he is.

Quote from: eamonn on April 24, 2024, 12:27:20 PM

Quote from: Olneythelonely on April 21, 2024, 07:10:32 PM

Probably his best all round performance for Villa today. Was absolutely unplayable.

I get your point but I prefer the performances when he scores.

I'd say I don't care as long as we win. Which then made me look up our record in the league this season when he does score:

He's scored in 14 matches, out of 33 played.

Of the 19 he didn't score in, he got an assist in 5 of them, leaving 14 games he either didn't score or get an assist.

Of the 14 games he scored in, we won 11, drew 2 and lost 1.
Of the 5 games he didn't score but got an assist, we won 3, drew 1 and lost 1.
Of the games where he didn't score or assist, we won 6, drew 3 and lost 5.

All of which shows just how vital he is. When he scores, you can almost guarantee we'll win the game, and when he doesn't but gets an assist, our record is still very good. And all of that is with a defence that hasn't been nearly as good as it was last year. If he can do the same next year and the defence improves with the return of Mings, well, anything's possible.

Thanks Footy ;-)

I know that you don't need to 'like' players as such, if they do the business on the pitch. But all the players we have now seem like genuinely nice guys as well as top professionals, whereas even without the betting stuff Toney just comes as an absolute arsehole. I'd hate it if he was anywhere near our team.

They do. We seem to have an excellent team spirit and anyone with a questionable attitude should not be touched with a barge-pole. I'd sooner give Duran more chances, a player who was rumored to have said questionable attitude but beyond a few small strops when subbed has not been any kind of problem from what i can see.

Quote from: AV84 on April 24, 2024, 11:47:07 AM

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Brentford missed Mbueno more this season when he was injured than they missed Toney when he was banned. If I was a club looking for an attacking player in the summer I'd be looking at Wissa or Mbueno before I'd be willing to fork over whatever stupid price they'll want for Toney.

Mbueno is a super player, but isn't Diaby our man in that role?

I'm not saying we should sign any of them. I'm saying if we were a club looking for an attacking player (the kind that are being linked with Toney) I'd be pricing Mbueno and Wissa first.