Cliff Crown (CC): I would like to finish in the top two. It is a really tough league but we have a good squad. I echo Matthew Benham’s realistic aim which is to get into the top six.

Dean Smith (DS): I can’t change from what I told the players because I told them that I want to finish first. Why would you start any season without wanting to finish at the top? It is a really tough league with some big clubs like Aston Villa, Newcastle United, and Norwich City. That makes it a really exciting league but what better league to win then. We know that it will be tough but as long as we are competing in every game then who knows where you can finish. We saw what Bournemouth did a couple of seasons ago and if we could emulate that it would be brilliant.

Phil Giles (PG): I think the top six is incredibly realistic to be honest. If we go on how we finished last season, then it is definitely within our compass and maybe, with a fair wind, we can emulate what we did a couple of years ago.

Rasmus Ankersen (RA): I think top six is realistic. It is a very tough league and it all depends on who has the luck. Last season we were incredibly unlucky with injuries early in the season. The Championship changes week to week and the end of the season breeds a lot of optimism. You can feel that the players trust the project and feel they have a fair chance of getting into the Play-Offs.

PG: Jota can be recalled but we don’t have any plans to. It is slightly tricky to talk about an individual’s personal circumstances but there is information out there about what the situation is. In January we felt it was the best thing for him and his family that he went back to Spain. He had a baby and he is looking after his family right now. We are talking to him about the future and we will see how that pans out. I am not sure how that will pan out. He has a recall clause but the best thing for him is to remain in Spain.

PG: We have given Andy permission to speak to a couple of clubs. Nothing has been agreed but we are talking to him and a couple of clubs about him going out on loan next season.

DS: Emmanuel is training with us at the moment. He will be training with us tomorrow and I will be having a conversation with him tomorrow. I know him from my time at Walsall. He did very well on trial. He’s got a wonderful left-foot, wonderful temperament, and wonderful energy for the game but he trained with us for two days before getting 20 minutes against Kaiserslautern. He is not fit to where we would want him so tomorrow will be a conversation about whether he wants to stay longer to get fit and then we will make a decision from there. He is different to what we have got so I would like to cast my eye over him when he is fully fit.

RA: Sergi Canos was not cheap after how he performed last season. We really liked him and we would have liked to have seen him come back to Griffin Park. There were bigger clubs with bigger budgets in for him and in the end, unfortunately, we couldn’t match that.

RA: Alex Pritchard is too expensive. I don’t think that will be an option.

CC: Lionel Road is a process that seems to be dragging on but it is something that we have to go through. Having been successful in the Compulsory Purchase Order earlier this year we went through more legal process and something called a GVD was issued on Friday. That will take us another step along the path towards the new stadium but there is plenty more work to do. We are working as hard as we can to get there as quick as we can. As each month passes we do get nearer to where we want to be but these things do take time.

CC: It is too early to come up with a definite answer regarding Brexit. The discussions that we have had with our advisers show that there will still be plenty of demand for property in this area and it is at a price level that shouldn’t be too badly affected. In the property world who knows where we will be in two or three years’ time. We are cautiously optimistic that there won’t be any significant, adverse implications. There is no point in me saying that we will be in by a certain date. We are inching along with the process to get there as soon as possible without making mistakes. Realistically if we can get on site within the next six months 2019 is most likely as it is a two-year build project.

Mark Devlin (MD): Given that we are inching towards the new stadium, and that we are hoping to be on site in the early part of next year with a bit of luck, I have asked the Football League for further terracing dispensation for the lifetime of Griffin Park. That said we have already looked at what it would take to put in temporary seating in both Ealing Road and Brook Road. We already have a good idea about what that would cost us and what it would reduce the capacity by. The answer to that is about 1,000 but we are hoping that the Football League will see sense with the new stadium getting closer day by day.

MD: You can’t go past a landmark like that and not commemorate the efforts of the players and supporters at the time to keep QPR away from Griffin Park. There is another landmark in October which we plan to mark which is 4,000 league games and we will mark that date. I can see no reason why, next March, we can’t do the same.

RA: There is not a lot of help for Brentford, it was just bad luck. We were in a position where we could have sold Alan for a lot of money this summer and now we can’t. We have to hope that he recovers quickly and comes back before Christmas to play for us. We haven’t had contact with him about renewing his contract. We want him to focus on his recovery but soon we need to sit down with him and discuss the future. Then we will see what the options are.

DS: Alan was fantastic for us last season. It was such a horrific injury but it is great to see him back on the comeback trail now. He wants to get back as soon as he can. His recovery seems to be going well. He is round the Training Ground every day and has a smile on his face. He is in a good place.

MD: Quite a lot of Season Tickets have gone out and they will continue going out until Thursday of this week. Memberships will start going out on Wednesday. If anyone hasn’t received their ticket by the start of next week then a quick call to the Ticket Office will sort that out. We are up to 5,500 Season Ticket Holders so we are still a little bit down on last season but bear in mind that number included half-season tickets and comps. We are in a pretty good place given it is our third year in the Championship and we had an up-and-down season last year. Given all that we thought we would drop down to the 5,000 mark so we are pleased with how things are going.

MD: It has been some time since we had communication with the company involved with fraudulent activity when we got to the Play-Off final. We fought hard. The last time they would talk to us there was still a Police investigation on-going. The company refused to take responsibility for the problems that occurred. We tried to get a refund for all the fans to get their fees back and they refused to do that. We spoke to Bradford City and by this point they had pretty much given up the ghost because they suffered the same thing. Everyone had their money refunded to them but it has left a very sour taste in the mouth and it is certainly a company that we will never deal with again if we are in the same position.

MD: It took all the way up to April this year but we did reach a satisfactory outcome with the company we held responsible for the problems with the pitch. Other than saying that we reached a satisfactory outcome there is nothing more we can say as part of the legal process.