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Hampton
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The fact we are relying on a team who finished 19pts below us in league 1 last year to be worse to than us stay up speaks volumes as to how far backwards we have gone this season.
Hampton
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Taking anyone off to put Keon Clark on is a bad decision full stop.
walgarthjohn
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Yes because it failed against Bolton didnt it!
jeffs right
Vital Football Hero
Call for Cooks head? He should have gone weeks ago.
jeffs right
Vital Football Hero
Leave the forward on rather than hoof it up to a donkey would make sense. Taking the hapless Massey off and moving James into that position may have helped but the way Cook approached this game it may not have made much difference as Jacobs/Pilkington and Massey didn't exactly play as proper wingers.
3 shots on target at home stinks of a negative performance.
And that was arguably our easiest game, of the remaining games. 2 points dropped, in my opinion. Not sure where we will pick up many points from.
This is spot on. The only way we can open a team up to create a chance is if Powell comes up with something on his own, which he did today but Massey miss the chance.
I put it down to two reasons. Firstly the attacking players just aren’t good enough to do it. With respect to likes of Jacobs and Massey, they’ll never be top end Championship players who can play that sort of fast one touch football, the difference in quality between those two and Watkins/Benrahma was clear to see. It does make you think how well Powell could do in a better team with better players around him.
Secondly the manager isn’t a good enough coach to implement it and teach the players.
We know what Paul Cook is good at coaching wise, he sets the team up knowing exactly what each of their roles are and what to do without the ball. We’re very good at the basics and solid defensively without Kipre, but when it comes to more advanced stuff like fast one touch football, movement off the ball, he can’t seem to teach the players how to do it. It’s either pump the ball in the box from wide, or give it Powell and hope he does something.
Kenny Morris
Vital Squad Member
Hardly "parked the bus", did you actually go to the game???
Martinez1986
Vital Squad Member
Lets call a spade a spade the opposition were better than us in passing fitness and experiance at this level we however created the better chances had a goal disalowed hit the bar and keeper made a couple of good saves Walton on thther hand had one decent shot to save .
IMO it's Brentford we need to get up to in the next level of this league next season I believe we are capable of doing so .
IMO it's Brentford we need to get up to in the next level of this league next season I believe we are capable of doing so .
dwdan
Vital Reserves Team
The only way we are going to improve is to sign better quality players and that's in the hands of the owners. Many of the current squad were great last season in League 1, but the Championship is a big step up. Brentford are a good footballing team and the number of fouls we commited on Maupay early in the match demonstrated the awareness we had of his goal threat. A point gained and if Massey had more composure it would have been all three. Morsy my MOM closely followed by Fox.
moonay
Vital Football Legend
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Erm...... haven't you been Cook's biggest critic of playing players out of position? So, now, you want Cook to move a 19 year old right back, who admittedly has been playing excellently in (defensive) midfield out to the right wing...... and judging by your other comments, you want him to hug that wing too. ?
You sometimes try too hard to find fault.
I know you're not wearing rose tinted glasses but I know you need good long distance glasses.
hindleymonwafc
Vital Champions League
I actually thought Brentford's give and go triangle passing was an absolute joy to watch but spoiled by their antics rolling around. It was a good point for us .
walgarthjohn
Vital 1st Team Regular
Will 40 points keep us up i think it will take 44 points to have any chance
Lazysid
Vital 1st Team Regular
Explain why we will need 44 pts to have any chance?
Is it still Rotherham that you think will finish above us with their 3 wins you previously predicted?
Have you looked at the current form table.
Lazysid
Vital 1st Team Regular
and guess what happened....
NorthernSoul
Vital Reserves Team
I thought we were the better side but there wasn't much between the sides.
Brentford produced most of the passing in their own half but a sloppy pass or interception meant they didn't create a single clear cut chance all game, their best effort was Robinsons misplaced pass landing to Maupay just outside the box forcing Walton into his only save of the match.
Contrast that to Masseys one on one, Dunkleys header tipped round the post, Dunkley hitting the cross bar and the disallowed goal (was it offside) we created all the clear chances and that is what a game is judged on, creating and ultimately scoring, not how many passes defenders do to each other.
As has been mentioned, Brentfords diving and play acting was embarrassing, they're getting a reputation for it, remember Watkins dive in the FA Cup against Barnet? They kept clutching their heads and falling to the floor whenever no one was even near them, it was very strange. A very cynical team as well with their fouls. Not sure what their manager is going on about, maybe he meant his own team was dirty and it got lost in translation.....
Brentford produced most of the passing in their own half but a sloppy pass or interception meant they didn't create a single clear cut chance all game, their best effort was Robinsons misplaced pass landing to Maupay just outside the box forcing Walton into his only save of the match.
Contrast that to Masseys one on one, Dunkleys header tipped round the post, Dunkley hitting the cross bar and the disallowed goal (was it offside) we created all the clear chances and that is what a game is judged on, creating and ultimately scoring, not how many passes defenders do to each other.
As has been mentioned, Brentfords diving and play acting was embarrassing, they're getting a reputation for it, remember Watkins dive in the FA Cup against Barnet? They kept clutching their heads and falling to the floor whenever no one was even near them, it was very strange. A very cynical team as well with their fouls. Not sure what their manager is going on about, maybe he meant his own team was dirty and it got lost in translation.....
walgarthjohn
Vital 1st Team Regular
so how many points do you think will keep us up
