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Meanwhile, one player who will be staying with the Bees is French stopper Antoine Gounet who has agreed a new one-year deal after he was signed on a short term deal last season. The French keeper is thought to be highly rated by Bees Boss Uwe Rosler, but is yet to make a senior appearance for the Bees with stoppers Simon Moore and Richard Lee having both been in good form. However, Brentford fans will hope to see him given an opportunity in feature in pre-season.

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In what was a busy day for squad news, Tuesday saw the departure of Bees trio Sam Wood, Marcus Bean and Karleigh Osborne as Bees Boss Uwe Rosler trimmed his squad.

25 year-old Woody enjoyed a hugely successful start to his Brentford career following a close-season move from Bromley in May 2008. In his first season in League football e made a total of 43 appearances for the Bees in their League 2 title winning season, scooping the Supporter’s Player of the Season Award along the way. The following season saw him make a further 48 appearances including a starring role in the Bees’ memorable Carling Cup clash with Birmingham City at St. Andrews.

Having made a further 27 appearances last season, Woody found his opportunities limited this year under Rosler and having appeared only eight times in a Bees shirt, he joined Rotherham on loan in November. Indeed his appearance at Notts County in Brentford’s 1-1 draw was to be his last for the Bees as his loan spell with the Millers was extended to the end of the season. With his contract now up, Rosler has decided that the versatile left sided player is not in his plans for the future.

Meanwhile, Midfielder Marcus Bean has also been told his contract will not be renewed, bringing an end to a four year stay in TW8. The popular tough tackling midfielder joined the Bees from Blackpool at the beginning of July 2008 and played a pivotal role in the Bees’ League 2 title winning season. He has continued to feature prominently for the Bees in the subsequent three seasons back in League 1, notching up 143 appearances in total during his Bees career. However despite making 37 appearances under Rosler this season, it appears Bean does not feature in Rosler’s plans for next year and his appearance against Sheffield Wednesday at Griffin Park in the Bees’ last home game of the season will be his last for the club.

The final departure of the day saw Karleigh Osborne leave the Club with the highly rated centre half having failed to agree a new Contract to remain with the Bees. Having progressed from the Bees’ Youth Set-up, Osborne endured a tough start to his Brentford career. However loan spells at Oxford and Eastbourne Borough brought about a huge improvement in form and having secured a regular place in the Bee’s starting line-up towards the end of the 2009/10 Season, Osborne went into the 2010/11 Season as a first choice centre half. He didn’t disappoint, making a total of 51 appearances and winning the GPG Man of the Match Trophy at a canter.

His impressive form drew interest from Charlton in the close season which was successfully rebuffed but amid further interest from Reading in the January Transfer Window, 24 year-old Osborne signalled that his future may lie away from Griffin Park with his refusal to sign a new Contract. Despite discussions continuing no agreement has been reached and Karleigh has departed for pastures new, having notched up over 150 appearances in a Bees shirt with his appearances against the Owls in Brenford’s final home game of the season being his last.

We thank all three players for their efforts during their time in TW8 and wish them well for the future.

Bees Boss Uwe Rosler has confirmed that the club will listen to offers for defender Craig Woodman. The 29 year old left back has made 79 appearances for the Bees and was a virtual ever present in the side last season after joining from Wycombe Wanderers in the Summer of 2010. However he has seen his chances more limited this season under Rosler and has made only three appearances since the turn of the year after struggling to dislodge impressive Toffees youngster Jake Bidwell.

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The Scottish Sun are reporting that Brentford are leading the chase for Dundee United midfielder Scott Robertson.

The 27 year-old central midfielder has made over 100 appearances for the Tangerines since signing in August 2008 including 37 appearances this term, clocking up six goals in the process.

Although the Bees are believed to be one of a number of clubs tracking the Scott, Boss Uwe Rosler will hope that the opportunity to link up again with former Manager Alan Kernaghan will help the Bees fight off that competition to secure Roberton’s signature.

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Interviewer: Should Lascelles have stayed on the pitch following the first penalty?
Uwe Rosler: No, not in my opinion. The referee gave us the penalty but he should have shown more bravery. For me the player should have been off.

But it is up to us to score from two penalties. Everything went to plan, we got two penalties but we controlled the game and started to pass it around towards the end of the first half. They only hit long balls and had shots from outside the box.

The first goal is always very important and we should have been up by two.

Interviewer: What's your over-riding emotion? Is it pride in the performance?
UR: I can't fault my players. We went high risk and came back and got the goal. But in the heat of the moment we weren't doing everything right.

We showed a lot of spirit and desire to turn it around. Obviously we have to score from two penalties. It is as simple as that. Today we had some very good performances, but we also had players who under-performed.

Interviewer: Five points off the playoffs now, what can you say to Brentford fans to encourage them now, especially for he last home game?
UR: I don't think Stevenage will win at Sheffield United. We need to win our home game and see where we are. We are still mathematically in it. We want to finish as high as we can.

Interviewer: You came here with a plan which seemed to work quite well?
UR: I wasn't 100% satisfied when we had Clayton on the left. We changed that after 15 minutes. We started to play better before half time.

Interviewer: Will you be looking at the way you conceded the goals, because you haven't conceded many on this run?
UR: Definitely the first one. It was the fist time they had been in our box in the second half.

Interviewer: Football is always a learning process, will your players learn a lot from coming here on a day like today?
UR: We saw in the beginning that both teams were a little nervous and neither side got the ball down to play. Then we changed our shape and that helped an our nerves settled.

Obviously it is a learning curve and we have had a few of those now. I would have liked to win a few more of those. I think we are laying the foundations for next year.

Interviewer: The supporters really turned out and did you proud today?
UR: Fantastic. Great atmosphere. I just want to say sorry to them that we couldn't give them the win. We made mistakes, but hopefully everyone can see e gave it our all.

The following article is posted on behalf of the Brentford Independent Association of Supporters (BIAS).

BIAS are pleased to announce that a Fans Forum is to be held on Thursday 19th April 2012 starting at 7:30pm in The Hive at Griffin Park.
At this stage we are still awaiting confirmation of the final panel but Uwe Rösler, Mark Devlin, Gregg Dyke and Mark Warburton are expected to be on the to answer your questions.

The bar in the Hive will be also be open throughout the evening to provide liquid refreshments and bar snacks.
Admission on the night will be free but as these Fans Forums are always very popular events and as demand is expected to be high, please reserve places by e-mail feedback@bias.org.uk or by using the ‘contact us’ button on the BIAS website stating how many places you require. As we expect a high level of interest in this event, we are limiting reserved places to three places per application.

This is your opportunity to get the answers to the questions that you have wanted to ask. Maybe you have questions about Lionel Road, Griffin Park, the playing budget, our Development squad, loan signings, the transfer window, the club’s finances, the newly announced match day and season ticket prices, Brentford FC’s role in the community or the Club’s ambitions.

In order to accommodate as many questions as possible, please email feedback@bias.org.uk with your queries. We will form a composite question if there are several which are about the same topic. This doesn’t prevent you from asking questions on the night or asking for further detail once you hear the answer from the panel member.

Don’t miss out – this is your chance to ask the panel about their future plans for the Club.

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