Was selling Brennan smart or not?

[The Voice of the Thorpe Area 0]

Ok, when I 1st heard the news that Jimbo was off, I was hardly in tears. He hasn''t had the best time at Norwich, partly because he''s not better than Drury, and whenever he got a game, it was in the centre of midfield, with his partner in crimer Simple Simon Charlton.

BUT, in a time where we are struggling to put 5 players on the bench, would it have been not a bad idea to keep him until the summer? We didn''t get a fee for him, so we''d be missing out on nothing, and he can''t exactly be earning 100k a week!

I''ll eat my words though if we get a few players in before the end of the month, but am I the only person here who is a little persamistic of this?

[Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0]

well... whats the point keeping him now? he is only keeping a youngster out of the team, he gets barracked when he gets on the pitch, his confidence is totally shot, he messes up because of this. He is played out of position more often than not. He would be off in the summer. He has had a torrid time at norwich.  I for one wish him well, he just wasnt destined to have a good time at norwich.

[0peteddMMyyyy0Falseen-USTrue 0]

Jimbo soon to be followed by WLY, who would have gone by now if Worthy had had his way.  Where would be now without his recent goals?

[Huddy 0]

In my opinion the place on the bench will be better served buyt an eager academy player wanting to do well, rather than a lazy git, who wants to leave. Rossi Jarvis, Spillane, cave brown, Ryan J when fit, Shackell, henderson and even chris martin deserve there chance and could get it now Mr i cant be bothered has left. These yougsters have talent and need to be allowed to show their stuff.

[Bentleys Slicked Back Greasy Hair. 0]

IMO he had left to free up wages for the soon incoming Dean Lewington. He is a left back/ midfielder for the MK Dons and one of the best in the league one, and unlike Brennan is the most enthusiastic, determined individual I have seen. Future captain me thinks.

[Alex Harvey-Jones 0]

We didn''t sell him though did we?? Didn''t he go on a free? I''m not surprised Brennan has left and think it is probably best for his career and for the club. I belive he is better than he has shown the Norwich fans and this will give him a chance to start afresh!

What does surprise me is that Worthy has let him go now and for free. It''s amazing the number of players we let go without commanding a transfer fee.. Ok he was out of contract at the end of the season and he is now off the wage bill but surely we could have got a nominal fee like the £50 000 we paid for Robinson which would have been better than nothing!

Also we have such a small squad and were down to playing youngsters the other game - it seems mad to let him go before we''ve brought in anyone new?? If we were prepared to let him go for free anyway, why didn''t we wait till the end of the season and use him as cover when he was going to leave for free anyway - it''s not like we''ve benefitted financially from this and are now another man light!!

[Branston Pickle 3,638]

It is surely a good thing for all concerned as he wasn''t going anywhere at all with us and we can use a youngster whilst saving his contract costs. 

It is whether it is smart at this particular point in time that I''m unsure of - we still have a long injury list and have so far signed no-one in the transfer window, so this leaves us even further down on our already woefully thin squad number of experienced players.   That said, he was often rather ineffective when he came on so I don''t really suppose this matters too much - one of the youngsters will come in and be much more up for it.

 

[Huddy 0]

Is Lewington Fact, fiction or i heard it from best mates, girlfriends, babysitters uncle.

[still holding out for new heroes 0]

Lewington has looked fairly decent the few times Ive seen him, think he played CB against us once as well...shame hes a ginge

[Rudolph Hucker 0]

We could afford to let Brennan go as we now have sufficient central midfielders.

[ZLF 271]

It does leave us desperately short of cover and it seems bizarre to let him go when already bemoaning the small squad size and having a dislike to letting youngsters having a go.

 

I can only assume some cover is on its way; if not this looks like another way for keeping the too small squad excuse going.

 

I like the way the PR team used the same statement, bar name & club for his departure as was used for Holt;  some evidence of cost cutting?!?

[lucky green trainers 0]

after the watford match its probable that charlie is not adequate cover for an injured drury.  unfortunately, because of his height, he is vulnerable to long diagonal balls played over him.  we rarely got the opportunity to see brennan play left back, but perhaps if charlie had been subbed by him in the second half its possible we could have been tighter down the left side and not conceded.  as usual worthy failed to act upon an obvious situ-a-shun. surely a watching brennan would''ve seen the danger watford posed down the left side and wonder why he didn''t get a look in. in fact, it probably confirmed to him he would never get a game at left back, unless it was in circumstances of hobson''s choice. 6 days later brennan is off, quicker than prawns left on a hot window sill.

[MadDan 0]

" It''s amazing the number of players we let go without commanding a transfer fee.. "

Much the same way it''s amazing the number who join without a fee. Also amazing the number of players who will have that stipulation written into their contract.

[derwent 0]

2000/01

Zema Abbey: £350,000

Gary Holt: £100,000

Adam Drury: £500,000

Paul Peschisolido: Loan

2001/02

Clint Easton: £100,000

Paul Crichton: £150,000

Mark Rivers: £500,000

Neil Emblen: £500,000

Marc Libbra: Free

David Nielsen: Loan then £200,000

Andy Roberts: Loan

Trevor Benjamin: Loan

2002/03

Paul Heckingbottom: Free

Nicky Southall: Loan

Keith Briggs: £65,000

David Healy: Loan

Leigh Bromby: Loan

2003/04

Jim Brennan: Free

Damien Francis: £240,000

Marc Edworthy: Free

Elvis Hammond: Loan

Darren Huckerby: Loan then £750,000

Peter Crouch: Loan

Kevin Harper: Loan

Leon McKenzie: £325,000

Mathias Svensson: £50,000

Kevin Cooper: Loan

2004/05

Paul Gallacher: Free

David Bentley: Season loan

Youssef Safri: £500,000

Simon Charlton: £250,000

Thomas Helveg: Free

Darren Ward: Free

Mattias Jonson: £800,000

Gary Doherty: £750,000

Dean Ashton: £3 million

Graham Stuart: Free

2005/06

Matthieu Louis-Jean: Swap deal

Jason Jarrett: Free

Peter Thorne: Free

Jurgen Colin: £250,000

Andy Hughes: £500,000

Dean Marney: Season loan

Kevin Lisbie: Loan

Calum Davenport: Loan

Dickson Etuhu: Loan then £450,000

David Wright: Loan

Carl Robinson: Loan then £50,000

Danny Bloomfield was given a one-year contract in May 2001 but never figured in the first team squad.

Cant see too many IN free''s that have been worth it here

[Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0]

I here Jim was Solid if not spectacular, after being given an appearance at Left Back yesterday...  I guess he will have to feel his way back into that position eh....