Brentford (A) | Post Match Thread

Hate losing any game but it's not important in the scheme of things as the League was won with three games to go. My only reservation is some players won't have played for two and half weeks come FA Cup Final day. That said Pep's judgement is sound and we shouldn’t have any injuries to key players in two huge games that are the priority. That may be stating the obvious but we want our strongest possible line-ups in these two games.
 
Doctor Jimmy and Mr Jim said:
Some incredible posts on here post-match. Pretty much a 2nd XI loses a meaningless game. And people question our 'momentum'? Fuck the result, the most important thing was no injuries.

Listen......if you don't think our starting XI won't be anything other than 100% focused and wound up ready to go in both the FA Cup and CL finals then you are seriously deluded. These guys (and Pep) know what is required. Just let them get on with it FFS. Bigger the game, bigger the performance this season.
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A couple months back the thought of us losing at Brentford on the last day and Arsenal battering Wolves would (potentially) have brought up very different emotions.
Ofcourse I would have rather we won today but can't say I was massively fussed .
It was a fairly inconsequential game fielding a team that will look very different to our next 2 matches. (If I'm honest I was probably taking more interest in the games at the other end of the table in the 2nd half.)
Nobody knows how we or our opponents will avtually play in those upcoming finals, if luck or injuries come in to it or indeed what impact the officials will have on the outcome.
However, as you say, those City players will be 100% focused , really, really up for it and ready and will be 'raring to go' for sure. These players have played together week in week out (some for several years) and have battered some of the best teams in this country and beyond in that time. As you say "momentum' really shouldn't be a factor really with the quality, desire and professionalism of our players.( well, In my opinion anyway!)
 
Brewster's millions said:
I’m in my forties and I’ve got a knackered knee, but I’d get round the pitch quicker than him. And I’m deadly serious about that.

Like you say, he’s shown nothing at all and nothing in fact to suggest that another season will make any difference.

Newcastle won’t go anywhere near him, unfortunately. Maybe Villa might want him given that they’re in Europe next season, perhaps Everton will waste some more money and does us a favour, but he’ll be difficult to get rid off given he’s got five years left on his contract.

I was genuinely perplexed last summer as to why we signed him and he’s fallen well short of anyone’s expectations.
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you dont play for your country as many times as he has, if he is as bad as y our making out. pep has not bought many lemons.
 
BooksReject said:
Fucking momentum fuck momentum. Last time we went into a CL final we had demolished Everton, and we all know what happened next….
In Pep I trust. Did I mention fuck momentum?
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True and the last few seasons we've limped over the line due to injuries , had to sacrifice the fa cup , play dinho at centre back ect this year I think peps managed the rotation perfectly also learnt from his mistakes in the CL , these last 3 games will tell him a lot about who's going to make the squad next season , Dias , KdB , Stones Grealish and especially Rodri have had much needed rests
 
42 pages? Jesus Christ. First game Ive not watched live for years. Had a barbecue with the family instead. This was an end of season dead rubber. Meant absolutely nothing. We fulfilled the fixture.

It has absolutely no bearing on our next two finals. Chill the fuck out and relax.
 
Not fussed about the result, once the league was won attention has been on the upcoming finals, so it should be. Our key players have played a ridiculous amount of football these past few months, and all season. For them to get some rest before the final charge I feel is a massive positive.

A loss is never a good thing, but to have one in a meaningless game doesn't worry me at all.

It's been another great league season, a 3 peat secured with 3 games to spare is a massive achievement for us, especially with that rotten World Cup in the middle of the season.

Onto the 2 Cup finals and a chance for this squad to secure its place in history. Going to be a cracking next two weeks, I can't wait and the nerves for both have already set it. Bring it on.
 
Zinchilla said:
Agree - and that’s why they won’t be selected.

But according to many on here a while ago Ake and Rodri were shit. Apparently Rodri couldn’t turn and Ake couldn’t step up. Point is why the fuck do people slag off the players so easily?
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Rodders had a difficult first season but then went to another level in his second season and then became world class . Ake had injury issues early in his city career but really looked the part . Now he is immense and an integral part of the team . Pep,s coaching is the key to both these players becoming the players they are today . Not a chance pep can coach Phillips and Gomez to those levels . Vast majority of fans want all new signings to work out but sadly even with city and peps magic it doesn’t always work out unfortunately.
 
paulchapo said:
Stop fucking moaning you precious cunts in here that are! We've won the league for the THIRD season in a row with THREE games to spare, after chasing down a very good Arsenal side with an eight point lead. As well as that we've reached the fa cup final and the champions league final, thrashing Bayern Munich and Real Madrid along the way. In thar process we've played the best football I've witnessed in fifty five years of watching this club. In TWENTY FIVE games we've lost ONCE in a dead rubber game while playing the reserves.

Will resting key players lose us momentum? Nobody knows. Such is our system and the players knowledge of playing it I doubt it. The ones rested will be fit and raring to go. If we lose one or both finals I'm sure all the told you so whiners will be back saying it was because of this. It won't be. Two tough decent sides want to win these finals as much as we do. Bad luck, a worldie goal, the dreaded var and/or the other teams playing better could happen and we could lose. I hope we don't and if we put a performance in like against Liverpool, Arsenal and Madrid we won't barring something freak happening. Count your blessings, stop fucking whining, get behind the lads and stop thinking you know more than the best manager in the world, you don't.
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well said sir.
 
kippaxchris said:
Nobody has slated him. People have questioned the selection and some players ability from what I've seen but nobody has slated him.
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i don't think there was anything wrong with selection tbh, if we didn't miss our chances we could've won and then there was a risk of an important player getting injured with 2 finals coming up so it was a safe option not to take that risk in a meaningless game, had that happen pep would've looked liked a tit for doing so and we wouldn't stop hearing about it.
 
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