Brentford (H) | Post-Match Thread

[Bez]

Lethargic performance today. Brentford were well organised. Too many players dreaming of the world cup. That said, we've not been scoring many for the last several games. So, this has been coming. Perhaps the break comes at a good time. Disappointing.

 

[Father Paul]

8Unprofessional from a lot of the players with their eye on the World Cup. Cancelo is having a terrible season. Kev another stinker. Haaland had no service. Stones is pathetic at RB, especially going forward. Arsenal huge favourites for the title as they have had a more difficult run of fixtures and are going to be 5 points clear.

Cancelo needs a good kick up the arse for sure. I am somewhat worried about the rest of the season we appear to be a bit disjointed. The gap to the gunners does not concern me but we have room for improvement. It will be a frustrating six weeks methinks.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

This one’s on pep. How Gundo and KDB stayed on till the end was staggering they was fucking awful and then you take a defender off and put Foden there and guess what the goal comes down that side.

 

[Zenmanc]

Trying to figure out how in a set up where you can bring in 5 SUBSTITUTES and you play 10 minutes of stoppage time you use ONE. It makes no sense from an intelligent and logistical perspective.

Love Gundo but he was visibly gassed by midpoint of the 2nd thrashed wildly at at least two shots yet was still on the pitch at the final whistle.

Pathetic how Cancelo was fishing for that penalty and imo it's become the mindset... we can't seem to break down these types of teams so we'll hope for a cheap pen to save us.

Just don't get it. We saunter out there like we expect other lower clubs to just roll over and they make us look bad... I kind of wish they'd scored that 3rd goal to impress upon our players how much harder they need to work.

And our fans sit back expecting to be entertained vs. getting off their backsides and yelling and screaming in support.

We deserved this in the end and hopefully with the break we can come back next month refocused. Just hope the spectre of multiple weeks of meaningful international competition doesn't hamstring us with a few major losses due to injury.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Shocker, right from the off….half-hearted performance from us. Some well below par performances, most of them at the back…Stones..Akanji…Cancelo….gash.
Gundogan has looked spent this season in midfield, another poor show from him this afternoon.
KDB could barely find a pass.
Haaland in the wrong places at the wrong times
Cancelo can seriously go and do one…is having a dreadful season, lost the ball & conceded the foul that led to their 1st goal
It wasn't working in the 1st half and it wasn't working 30 minutes into the 2nd half but Pep seemed to think it was all going well.
Akanji is looking like a bit of a cart horse, lacks pace and got skinned for both their goals
Annoying, have to sit and stew on that for a month now...
Looking at the season, been some poor showings...Newcastle away, Palace 1st half at home, whole match at Liverpool, today, Leicester away was iffy
We seem quite lethargic at times

 

[waspish]

Not arsed am on the beach

 

[M Gaudino]

You clearly don’t understand nuance, tight here now arsenal are the best team and playing better football, they have had a far harder run in

Were miles off and Arsenal are odds on to win on that basis

Arsenal don’t stroll around disinterested for 90 mins like today

i dont think you know what odds on means since i just told you Arsenal are currently actually 9/2

 

[Shaffer92]

A bad day at the office really. Ederson aside, I don’t think there is another positive to take from that performance.

We haven’t really played well since beating United and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it’s since Walker has been out injured.

It's normal since he's been out to look back in hindsight on things differently but Walker was absolutely awful as well when he was fit and playing.

 

[kunaguero10]

At least we’ve got another game soon to put things right…. oh wait

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

Shit today but history says these three words. WE'LL BE BACK...

 

[lazerblue]

He typed this because I was fucking his mum up the arse. Sorry guys. Full disclosure

You had my sloppy seconds?

 

[Bluesince1979]

Never said he wasn't right, just they are dirty cheating horrible cunts and you should learn English, if we are throwing out insults.

Up to ref to get a grip. And if you are stooping to pointing out typos to try and get a point across then youre struggling

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Football on the shelf until after the joke of a World Cup.

And then we’ll go on and win the double of PL and CL.

Shambles of a season, the way this has been allowed to happen.

 

[Mariosfireworks]

You clearly don’t understand nuance, tight here now arsenal are the best team and playing better football, they have had a far harder run in

Were miles off and Arsenal are odds on to win on that basis

Arsenal don’t stroll around disinterested for 90 mins like today

I agree totally, Arsenal have played spurs, dippers, scum, Chelsea, but if you say on here Arsenal are a good side you get shouted down, called miserable, accused of not being a city fan, unless you sing from the hymn sheet people on here want you to, then you get slaughtered

 

[hertsblue]

Awful broken up season. I voted for a loss today because of our recent form, how we struggle v teams with pace, energy with physical players and with Toney wanting to make a point of being left out of the squad and our players minds on the World Cup.

We have been largely crap this season, bailed out often by Haalands goals
The team collectively look poor, zero pace, poor choices and finishing and since the 1st half v Rags have been extremely poor in most games.

The Good:
At worst we are only 5 points off the top and through the the CL knockouts before the break.

The Bad:
Our defence has been shocking these season. Pep cannot keep changing the back 4 every week. Cancelo is a liability, Gomez and the guy from Dortmund are reserve quality at best, Stones will never be a RB and we desperately need 2 new full backs, the failure to stop crosses, the positioning is poor.

Set pieces but our new coach starts soon. 10 corners again today without looking dangerous from any

Funishing. Still awful, Gundo could have had a hat trick today, that attempt in the first half with the keeper out of the area he sliced it.

Pep. Love the guy but his selections, lack of subs and this RB experiment in midfield is baffling at times.

A break from PL now.
Regroup after the World Cup, hopefully players are more focused as recently they have been weak in tackles, Brentford wanted it much more today and fought harder and showed a lot more desire than us.

stats today.
29 shots with just 6 on target, that is shameful with how often we just cannot hit the target. They had 8 on target from 10 attempts which shows how easy we are to attack. If it was not for Eddy they would have got more.
75% possession but as the result shows, means fuck all

And that awful ref and Var today, as close to trying to manipulating a result as you will get but if we took our chances and could defend then we still would have won

 

[nellyonthewing]

A result several games in the making. Our performances have dropped off markedly recently and we've been fortunate to nick points for a while. This was a Crystal Palace style game and its so so predictable when we come up against a fast physical side.
We move up the field like an obese 40 a day man and the final ball is appalling.
Teams have figured out double up on haaland and keep KdB quiet and we have little else. Our midfield and defence is shockingly slow and weak.

 

[Shaffer92]

5 POINTS CLEAR YOU MOTHER FUCKING PLASTIC WANKERS!

GET IN!!!

COME ON YOU GUNNERS, LETS AVE IT

YOU BLUE NOSE WANKKEEEERS

UP THE ARSE!

WE GOT SUPER MIK ARTETA
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED
TIERNEY AT THE BACK
GABBY IN ATTACK
WE'RE WINING THE FUCKING LEAGUE

SHIT ATMSOPHERE, SHIT GROUND, CAN'T GIVE AWAY TICKETS, MANAGER HAS TO BEG FOR AN ATMSOPHERE FROM THE DELINQUENT MANCS


5 POINTS CLEAR!!!!

EASY EAY EASY

Arsenal hasn't beaten us in the league in what, 5 years? lol

 

[bondsman]

So glad Pep pushed for 5 subs. Please stop changing the CB pairing Pep. Akanji been good but shit his pants against Toney. Few width minds on World Cup for me.

 

[BuryBlue1977]

i didnt see any problems with any of the VAR calls - take off your blue bias and you’ll see the ref got every major decision correct

Agree on 5 of them but the one on Laporte was a stonewaller

 

[bigalfromeccles]

I don’t agree with that at all. He rarely gave the ball away. How on earth was he bad defensively? And what were you expecting attacking wise? He’s not a right back

Bollocks..Hes an International and im sure hes been playing full back for a season or two now.GASH and shouldnt be near the team..If we had bought a decent left back in one of the 6 or 7 transfer windows when all the talk was we needed one and were going to get one...but we didnt