Dribble
Well-Known Member
Back down to earth with a bump! I'm fuckin pissed the fuck off!
Well played Brentford! They came with their physical, pacey 5-3-2, snuffed out our wide attacks, crowded their penalty area & we had no answers to get past their red & white wall!
We were poor in the first 20 mins & it was little surprise Brentford went ahead. We controlled the game, but just huffed & puffed around their area as we tried to get through up to 9 of their outfield players massed in their box.
I said on 15 minutes that only individual worldies would get us a result, & we saw one from Foden to equalise on the stroke of halftime.
VAR was frustrating, but aside from the Laporte foul I had no issues. As for the foul on Laporte, if him being wrestled to the ground isn't a penalty, then what the fuck is! \0/
None of our players particularly stood out & we suffered through not having an overlapping right back, which is why I barely saw Bernardo for the first 35 mins.
On a final note, I said at the start of the season, Gomez, Alvarez, Akanji & Philips would be key this season. Gomez isn't ready for regular PL/CL football, so with Walker out we've literally ONE senior full back AGAIN! Philips has been injured all season so far, Alvarez has been a moderate success, but only Akanji can be considered a success so far this season.
We need to sort out this full back issue which has been plaguing us for years! I'm fuckin sick & tired of playing a right back as left back & our first FB reserves being centre backs. We've gotta do better! :-|
It was Ivan Toney's day, so we've got 6 weeks to pick ourselves up, lick our wounds, dust ourselves down & prepare to go again.
Well played Brentford! They came with their physical, pacey 5-3-2, snuffed out our wide attacks, crowded their penalty area & we had no answers to get past their red & white wall!
We were poor in the first 20 mins & it was little surprise Brentford went ahead. We controlled the game, but just huffed & puffed around their area as we tried to get through up to 9 of their outfield players massed in their box.
I said on 15 minutes that only individual worldies would get us a result, & we saw one from Foden to equalise on the stroke of halftime.
VAR was frustrating, but aside from the Laporte foul I had no issues. As for the foul on Laporte, if him being wrestled to the ground isn't a penalty, then what the fuck is! \0/
None of our players particularly stood out & we suffered through not having an overlapping right back, which is why I barely saw Bernardo for the first 35 mins.
On a final note, I said at the start of the season, Gomez, Alvarez, Akanji & Philips would be key this season. Gomez isn't ready for regular PL/CL football, so with Walker out we've literally ONE senior full back AGAIN! Philips has been injured all season so far, Alvarez has been a moderate success, but only Akanji can be considered a success so far this season.
We need to sort out this full back issue which has been plaguing us for years! I'm fuckin sick & tired of playing a right back as left back & our first FB reserves being centre backs. We've gotta do better! :-|
It was Ivan Toney's day, so we've got 6 weeks to pick ourselves up, lick our wounds, dust ourselves down & prepare to go again.