Brentford (H) - PL | Post Match Thread

[OB1]

Right now he’s the best I’ve ever seen. He’s like poetry in motion.

Astonishing.

 

[Saddleworth2]

De Bruyne was fantastic, however he had no one of any intelligence moving around in front of him.

Mate, he did some good work in the second half when we had control. First half not so much.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

A typical Fordyboy post.

Why is that a crazy suggestion? He's been cutting his teeth since 2008 and worked his way up from under 8 and 12 teams in Denmark. As Pep said after the game, it's a matter of time before he's at a big European club.

 

[bluelol]

I enjoyed the game and Brentford went for it which makes a refreshing change, we always seem a little disjointed for want of a better word after Internationals but as always the cream rises to the top. Come on you blues.

 

[Mifred]

I think if we didn’t have Haaland they probably would have too or at least drew. I hope he stays fit.

But we do have the Viking
4 Wins out of 4
It’s all about results and we have had the perfect start
And remember we usually finish strong
If only we has Lee Bradbury

 

[madloaf]

Haaland is simply the best striker in the world right now.. Only wish he would score hattricks and braces also against top PL teams.. 3 points are staying home, bring on Champions League..

Sniff

 

[levets]

Just a question....am I the only one who thinks first goal of Haaland,came from an assist of KdB?

It brushed/deflected off the defender, so Kev loses the assist

 

[hammocity]

Not too bad, thanks, J.

The support I’ve received from fellow Bluemooners has been as welcome as it is touching.

We really have built up a truly remarkable community on this board.

That's good, I genuinely had tears in my eyes when I read your post about Mrs V, she was obviously your soul mate and big Blue to boot, can't imagine the grief you are feeling but she'll be watching over you. Hope you find solace in the months/years to come and as always us Blues have the odd disagreement in here but we all know how important family and friends, especially blue friends are, take care fella, you're a top man.

 

[MMA]

Of course City were up for it.

We always want to win.
No doubt.
But there's levels mate and we've got a lot of levels to go to compared to Brentford.
Our quality saw us through.
If your being honest they could have had 3 or 4 in the first half.

 

[eyalluvitt]

You can see he’s declining……..probably last season with us?

I thought the same last season and he played him every week, can’t happen this year,

 

[eyalluvitt]

Credit to Brentford a proper footballing team. WTF was Johny doing for their goal ? Dear me.

Barnsley Breakdancing?

 

[Ducado]

We were a bit lacklustre but credit to Brentford on that showing they will have no worries this season

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Much better second half by City. Big credit to Brentford, they play great football. Erling is a machine, best striker ever and I think he's getting better.

 

[Dodge]

Brentford outstanding
City did enough
Haaland different gravy
Alex Williams in The Townley
Decent atmosphere
Savio plucking the ball out of the air like vintage Mahrez on crack

But, the highlight of the day was Knutsford Services. Loads of slapped arse scousers being serenaded by Blues and Forest fans with a highly amusing rendition of "Odoi made the scousers cry"

Fucking quality.

 

[cleavers]

Brentford outstanding

I thought they were very good for about 20 minutes, whilst we were an absolute comedy show in defence.

After that I thought they were like virtually everyone else at the Etihad, defensive and pretty fortunate, their keeper (and a post) kept it at 2-1, it probably should have been 4 or 5-1 in the end.

I thought they largely gave up attacking in the second half until the final 10 minutes, but that was because we'd not killed it off as we should have.

It's another win, that's ultimately all that matters.

Wasn't an easy watch because we couldn't kill the game off.

 

[cleavers]

But, the highlight of the day was Knutsford Services. Loads of slapped arse scousers being serenaded by Blues and Forest fans with a highly amusing rendition of "Odoi made the scousers cry"

LOL.

 

[OB1]

We always want to win.
No doubt.
But there's levels mate and we've got a lot of levels to go to compared to Brentford.
Our quality saw us through.
If your being honest they could have had 3 or 4 in the first half.

That Brentford gave such a good account of themselves but could have ended up being battered by City shows how up for it City were.

 

[Franny 1234]

Are Rico and Kov injured?

Kova was on a yellow
Rico was tactics we need more height.
Only injury was Savio I think.
Any Eddie doubters quite please.
Akanji was faultless
Gvardiol and Rodri were excellent.
As for the big fella he got us 3 points today. CTID

 

[HarrytheBlue]

That'll do. Only team with max points.

Credit to Brentford, we won't play many teams as brave on the ball as them.

Brentford were excellent - came with the attitude of having a go and taking risks rather than parking the bus, inviting pressure and almost certainly losing. They have decent players. As for us, this is our best start for many years - we're closer to our capacity than we normally are at this stage. Yes, some defensive rough edges to iron out, but I'm enjoying this start. Erling becoming unplayable - you can see the improvement on what was already stellar.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

An odd sort of game where we could have won 5 or 6-1. And yet I wouldn't have been shocked had it finished 2-2 or even worse. Amazing how much better a game is when the opposition actually try to attack, rather than just set up camp on the edge of their own box and hope for the best.

Might encourage a few others to have a go. Better strikers and it would have been rewarded.

Brentford were excellent - came with the attitude of having a go and taking risks rather than parking the bus, inviting pressure and almost certainly losing. They have decent players. As for us, this is our best start for many years - we're closer to our capacity than we normally are at this stage. Yes, some defensive rough edges to iron out, but I'm enjoying this start. Erling becoming unplayable - you can see the improvement on what was already stellar.

we won 6/6 last season.

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