We actually started better than Brentford until that crazy and unnecessary penalty conceded for the first goal which turned the game. It seems Woodman always has a mistake in him, remember he threw the ball straight out to a Barnsley player in the last game.
We conceded the second goal with a breakaway counter attack from our long throw in to their goal mouth, exactly as per Barnsley game, committing eight players forward, Brentford were waiting for it.
Only Grimes raced back to cover, surprisingly the ref was just as fast and right behind him, the rest of our players were far too slow reacting.
We had a week to sort out these two issues of which Brentford were well aware of and exploited.
Why did Cooper revert back to 3-5-2 for this match. We started conceding too many goals with that formation and changed it several games ago. It was a Naughton mismatch marking Toney and Cabango was exposed. Cooper realised his mistake and reverted back to 4–3-3.
Why did we continuously pass back from favourable attacking positions when two goals down.