01 Aug 2026 20:23:56
Gutted that Brentford have signed Mamadou Sangare while we continue to play Mount in the centre. He played well today but it's too big a risk to have him as the 4th option for the double pivot. I think Sangare will be an awesome signing and will be the one to watch next season.
01 Aug 2026 21:01:51
Mount's ability on the ball and off the ball is not in question. Technically he is a very good player.
Mount's issue is that he gets injured far too often. I hope that this has changed, but I'm just waiting for the day now that he picks up a knock or something, even though it's pre-season.
01 Aug 2026 21:40:25
He is a players' player. Great to play with when he is at his best. It's been too long since we have seen it due to his injuries. He needs to nail down a regular starting place in the team. I'm not quite sure where he should be aiming for tbh.
If another midfielder did come in, I think he will struggle to do that.
Bruno won't start energy game, but being his understudy won't get him the minutes he needs to get any rhythm.
01 Aug 2026 22:09:11
Carrick hasn't used Mount as 10 at all.
Pre-season. There's a reason why he's doing it.
02 Aug 2026 00:34:15
Can anyone name a Premier League game where Mount has played outstandingly well?
He is into his 4th year now at the club, cost £60m, and is one of the highest-paid players at the club.
02 Aug 2026 07:05:36
I do not think for one minute that any player, especially Mount, is ecstatic to have been injured as much as they have. Nor did he go out to be injured.
I agree, however, 100%, that he has essentially been a flop of a signing to this point, but we all know there is a fantastic player there.
Let's see how he goes after a good pre-season and remaining injury-free. Then I think he can be fairly judged. If, on the other hand, he lasts 5 minutes, then it's game over for me as well.
02 Aug 2026 07:42:44
I think Mount has had a great pre-season and looks to be forming a great partnership with Santos. As others have already said, it comes down to fitness.
02 Aug 2026 11:08:56
I know he had started every game deeper, Eric.i. I suggest that he won't start there ahead of Mainoo, Teilemens, and a possible addition.
I think he is starting there as we had nobody else to play in midfield.
I think Mount will find it hard to command a regular starting berth anywhere.
02 Aug 2026 11:26:19
Sangare, I think, will be a very good player who'll end up moving to a bigger club in a couple of years' time. At this moment in time, Brentford might be the best place for him. A good size, well-established EPL club that is settled and well run. It's the ideal place for him to adapt to the EPL with less pressure and expectations, but at a club that won't stop him moving on to a bigger club in a couple of years' time.
I thought he'd be a savvy signing for us as a cheaper alternative to some of the other names. However, he's still very much a developing player, and someone who'll need to play regularly if he is to reach that potential. Would he have got that with us? Given we have both Mainoo and Santos as younger, developing midfielders, do we really want to add a third player in that category, or would it make more sense to sign someone who's 25+ who offers something different to what we have as a more experienced, rotation option who is pretty much at their peak and doesn't require development.
As for Mount, his quality has never been in question, just his fitness. Sometimes players get over their injury issues, and sometimes they don't. Having heard about Giggs and his injury issues in his late 20s, and the changes he made to his lifestyle (yoga) to help him overcome them, acts to highlight that players can get beyond those issues and continue to play well into their late 30s if they are prepared to put in the work.
Likewise, players can do things that hinder their ability to stay fit, such as Bale and his insistence in playing golf despite the evidence suggesting that it was causing him to pick up more injuries.
Sometimes it can be simple changes to your lifestyle, reducing or stopping doing something, or starting to do something else to help.
What I do know, though, is that if Mount can stay fit then he will be a huge asset to us this season.
02 Aug 2026 14:25:59
Mount on personality, professionalism, and ability vs his fitness and wages is just about net positive.
But he needs to step up this season, make or break for me. Money needs to be on the pitch.