Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[JUAN PABLO]

Wissam Ben Yedder   a name on twatter being mentioned

[Toronto Villa]

So who's going to be our top goalscorer this season?

I think we will see Wesley with the most at around 12 but then a number of players in the 7-10 range. In the end as much as it would be great to have someone bang in 20 I don’t care where the goals come from as long as they do. Real Wolverhampton only scored 47 goals last season to finish 7th. Leicester/Everton low 50’s. If we can find any combination to get us to around 50-55 goals then we will be more than fine.

[UK Redsox]

Wissam Ben Yedder   a name on twatter being mentioned

Wes & Wis

[cdbearsfan]

Wissam Ben Yedder   a name on twatter being mentioned

You're just listing noises, now.

[eamonn]

My colleague at work is a Bees fan and said if Watkins is sold he is going to give up supporting them, he said he's tired of his club being raped and raided.

[Towser]

So who's going to be our top goalscorer this season?

Depends on who's taking the penalties. If that's Wes, then him. Otherwise, it could be anyone

Isn't Barry taking the penalties? If not why not?

[Risso]

It also tallies with what's being reported about Davis today. He doesn't score a lot just at the minute but he combines pretty well and clearly Smith sees that as the most valuable attribute in a centre-forward this season.

He doesn't not score a lot,  He doesn't score any (hardly).  As good as he is at holding things up, that's a very big problem.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

So who's going to be our top goalscorer this season?

Depends on who's taking the penalties. If that's Wes, then him. Otherwise, it could be anyone

Good point. VAR will mean a lot more penalties awarded, with last years World Cup being a prime example.

[cdbearsfan]

It will mean we concede a lot more penalties. We won't get anywhere near as many as last year.

[Hairbandinho]

My colleague at work is a Bees fan and said if Watkins is sold he is going to give up supporting them, he said he's tired of his club being raped and raided.

Brentford fans are odd. They seem to take pride in the amount of money they get from selling their best players and then signing new ones to replace them..

Here's an idea why don't your club try keeping these players and get promoted?

Bizzare

[paul_e]

Just to clarify, my point is that even in the easy games we weren't seeing masses of chances falling to our strikers because that's just not how we've been playing. Our style seems to rely on midfielders getting ahead of Wesley and I don't see hwy you'd play that way in pre-season and then start firing balls into the box for a striker to get ont the end of once the season kicks off. If you want to compare how we're trying to play with anyone from last year take a look at Liverpool. Salah and Sane got 22 each and Firmino, who generally played as the striker, got 12. Looking at who we've signed and how we're building attacks I'm pretty certain that we're trying to do something similar with Jota, ewl Ghazi and Trezeguet (Benrahma would be another who offers the same threat and Augustin looks like he'd be great for that as well) but also bringing McGinn and Jack into it more as well and hoping they pick up a lot of ball on the edge of the box.

Another striker would be great but all along I've said I'd like it to be someone who can play wide or or up front because I see a wide player being our top scorer this year. Smith has previous for this as well, Jota, Watkins and Benrahma all scored a lot for Brentford from that inside forward position and I suspect Maupay was originally signed to play there as well.

I agree with this.

More or less what I said earlier - agree too.

I've a suspicion Smith might want to play a bit like Liverpool with three quick mobile forwards who can play wide or down the middle, with the full backs providing additional width.  So Benrahma would fit that bill more so than another Centre Forward type like Wesley.  Trezeguet, AEG, Jota maybe Kodija, also possibly would work in that respect. Possibly even Wesley himself.   In which case a hold up type player might not play all the time, or be expected to bear the goalscoring burden -  and Davies would be adequate backup. 

Yeah I saw your post as one of the ones that got the point I was trying to make the first time (I'll admit that my first response wasn't clear). I just think it's pretty clear from the pre-season that we trying to make a lot more chances for players coming into the box from wide or deep. The one time where it didn't work was the first half against Shrewsbury (where Bjarnason wasn't holding on to the ball and our left side just didn't work) and the response was to bring Hogan in and look to get him in behind hence we're after someone who can break in behind as an alternative but I think Smith wants a bit more versatility so they can do more than just be an impact sub if we're struggling to find gaps.

[Keeno]

Wissam Ben Yedder   a name on twatter being mentioned

I've also seen that and am annoyed because there's no suggestion its him but it's made me very excited for absolutely no reason.

If we get him that would be a next-level signing. £40m release clause at Sevilla. Natural finisher. 20 goals last season in La Liga.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Linked with Newton Heath back in June - aged 28
Does that fit our profile now?

[jwarry]

Wissam Ben Yedder   a name on twatter being mentioned

I've also seen that and am annoyed because there's no suggestion its him but it's made me very excited for absolutely no reason.

If we get him that would be a next-level signing. £40m release clause at Sevilla. Natural finisher. 20 goals last season in La Liga.

5ft7 and 28, doesn’t seem to fit the model?!?

[mallo]

Wissam Ben Yedder   a name on twatter being mentioned

If he's the no 1 target then it's time to get the party poppers out! He is properly brilliant. However he was linked to Manu a couple of months ago and can't see it myself.