Brentford (H) - Tues 20th Feb, 19:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Ric]

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Stones
Ake
Rodri
Nunes
Bernardo
De Bruyne
Foden
Haaland

 

[jaiguruKun]

Surely Oscar Bobb deserves a start?!

 

[Baker Boy]

Ederson

The Flasher
Dias
Stones
Ake

Bernie
Kova
Rodders
Kev
Foden

Nordic Meat Shield

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I wonder whether it's worth a punt on Brentford scoring with their first shot, after we've had a dozen on target and where VAR has indicated after their check on half a dozen pens that we can all fuck off - no pen. Might be evens.

 

[shevtheblue]

I think Alvarez will start again tonight, we know how Pep is with these kind of things - he usually doubles down on it. But teams that play a deep block are fine for him, where we struggle is teams that counter us because he leaves huge holes in the middle, Brentford will mostly counter direct. Brentford are a physical team, i think we need to go physical at the back to match them.

Ederson

Akanji - Stones - Dias - Ake

Rodri

KDB - Foden

Bernardo - Haaland - Doku

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I think Alvarez will start again tonight, we know how Pep is with these kind of things - he usually doubles down on it. But teams that play a deep block are fine for him, where we struggle is teams that counter us because he leaves huge holes in the middle, Brentford will mostly counter direct. Brentford are a physical team, i think we need to go physical at the back to match them.

Ederson

Akanji - Stones - Dias - Ake

Rodri

KDB - Foden

Bernardo - Haaland - Doku

I wish refs would see it the way we see it, but there would be a stark difference between the way the two 'physicalities' are treated. Our physical side will see him ripping off his pocket to get out a yellow, and VAR will offer Brentford any number of pens for the slightest contact that wouldn't waft a feather of a highly polished table. And Brentford? Well. apart from their goalie taking anything upto a minute over each goal kick, and every time the ball hits a Brentford player they will be down needing treatment, and when they are up they will have upto five or six bone-crunching tackles before the ref remembers what those cards are for! More of the same old!

 

[Blue and true]

This not on TV?

 

[Tomblue]

Ive said it a million on times on here but if Foden is stuck out wide again I think I might have a mental episode.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Haaland will hit 4 tonight bookmark this

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

CL night. UEFA don’t allow games kicking off at the same time as their games.

Wasn't on TV originally, so isn’t now, again also because it’s a CL night.

@Blue and true