Brentford (A) | Post Match Thread

[MCFC1993]

Thank god that's over.

Injury free, would have been nice not to lose but doesn't really matter.

 

[Vester]

Positive from the 3 dead rubbers this week:
No new injuries.
A lot of key players getting rested before the finals.

Negative:
Pretty much everything else, we played poor (by our standards) 3 straight games before 2 important finals, have probably lost a bit of momentum and rhythm at the most important time of the season.

Hopefully the positive outweigh the negative and the team comes out full of energy and back to their best when it matters the upcoming 2 weeks. But I would be lying if I said my confidence level before these finals have gone up after seeing our performances drop several levels in 3 straight games.

 

[SebastianBlue]

The only players that were disappointing for me—given the context of the game—were Mahrez and Gomez; the former because he didn’t look particularly arsed, the latter because he just doesn’t seem to be the required level (and he seems to be aware of that, which affects how he plays).

Otherwise, it was what it looked to be before kickoff: a training match for mostly fringe players, as most of our first team rest and recover.

I thought Foden looked fairly sharp (and didn’t get any help from the ref) and Laporte looked quite good generally. Phillips also wasn’t too bad, if not as imperious as Rodri, which is no shock.

And there were no obvious injuries, which was the main goal.

I understand the concerns about losing a bit of momentum and rhythm, especially given what happened in 2021, but I am sure Pep and the coaching staff are trying to manage fatigue and prevent injury and think that is priority over rhythm and match fitness.

We won’t know if that that was good gamble or not until next weekend.

For now, in Pep we trust.

 

[I'm Blue]

Couldn’t give a fuck

 

[vmsuhail]

That unbeaten run had to be over at some point. Monkey off the back in an irrelevant game.

 

[Matt the Giant]

Good!
No one injured, in a game without any meaning to us.

 

[jimharri]

Guardiola out. Get Lampard in.

 

[Dirty Harry]

But what about the momentum !?!??!?

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Dull but meaningless. Doubt some of them will be playing for us again.

 

[bert38]

down to business

 

[thanatos]

Kelvin Phillips does not belong at this club. At the very least Jack and others showed flashes in their first years. This has been downright ugly every step of the way. No idea what happens here because I doubt the club would sell him after just one year.

 

[minimalistic]

I would have preferred Pep to play a strong team today to keep people match fit and ticking over.

 

[dublin-blue]

Nothing game. All it showed us who is getting the chop this summer

 

[Mancity1980]

The thing is Brentford have played us twice at the best possible times to get a result. Fair dos to them though.

 

[blueballs84]

Deserved loss. Personally hope it's the last time we see Phillips, Gomez or Palmer in sky blue (unless Coventry buys them).

Hope this last week hasn't impacted our intensity for the 2 real matches coming up.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Meh.

Gets the scum giddy that's all.

 

[RayCTID]

It is great winning the league in how we did it but I really hope it doesn't come back to bite us. The positives we escaped injury free and

 

[DMA's]

Our recruitment needs to improve. The squad depth isn’t good enough thankfully the medical staff have worked wonders this year. Phillips, gomez, palmer need replacing

 

[wolviedinho]

Looks like the fixtures have really helped us this time around. The rest for the players is a huge bonus.

Palmer and Gomes don’t look good enough for city. Mahrez very unproductive.

It was a nothing game and we got to see how a few players look.

Sad to see Laporte go. Fantastic buy.

Champions again!!!!!!

 

[Bluemoon115]

Less important than the first pre season friendly.