Brentford (A) - Pre Match Thread (18/03/23)

[honeybradger]

4 hours ago, Hitesh said:

Impossible that Danny Ward keeps a clean sheet. 1-4...

Remember at one point he was leading the race for the golden glove 

[ParkerPen]

21 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

SELECT TOP (11)

concat([first_name],' ',[surname]) as 'Starters'

 

FROM

[DBO]. [LCFC_SQUADLIST] as 'BrendanzBoyz' 

 

WHERE

[IS_DANNY_WARD] = 'TRUE' 

or ([SURNAME] <> 'Soyuncu'

and [SURNAME] <> 'Vestergaard'

or ([SCORED_LAST_GAME] = 'TRUE' 

and [SURNAME] <> 'Daka')

and [LAST_ACL_TEAR] <= DATEADD(day, -270, CAST(GETDATE() AS date)) 

and [SHAGGED_DAUGHTER] = 'FALSE') 

 

ORDER BY [DATE_LAST_FALLOUT] asc

Superb.

 

One day, all team predictions will be written this way.

 

 

[Nolucklcfc]

When does toney get banned? 

[turtmcfly]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

 

It was written in about 30 seconds on my phone in my lunch break, you're just going to have to excuse the formatting. 

 

And yes, it would return 11 players regardless of position. I'll be honest I was more preoccupied with the bit than actually making a working query! 

 

Sir Finnegan sir, I was joshing/it is a very serious matter and you should have used UNIONs

 

[TeamRocket]

23 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

SELECT TOP (11)

concat([first_name],' ',[surname]) as 'Starters'

 

FROM

[DBO]. [LCFC_SQUADLIST] as 'BrendanzBoyz' 

 

WHERE

[IS_DANNY_WARD] = 'TRUE' 

or ([SURNAME] <> 'Soyuncu'

and [SURNAME] <> 'Vestergaard'

or ([SCORED_LAST_GAME] = 'TRUE' 

and [SURNAME] <> 'Daka')

and [LAST_ACL_TEAR] <= DATEADD(day, -270, CAST(GETDATE() AS date)) 

and [SHAGGED_DAUGHTER] = 'FALSE') 

 

ORDER BY [DATE_LAST_FALLOUT] asc

Am I the only one confused

[turtmcfly]

1 hour ago, TeamRocket said:

Am I the only one confused

 

AND takes precedence over OR, but you're right - he could have added more ****ing brackets

[Grebfromgrebland]

1 hour ago, Nolucklcfc said:

When does toney get banned? 

At half time after he's scored against us

[Gazza M]

I really hope he isn't going to throw his hopes at Evans to be our saviour on the pitch for this one. He needs to swallow his pride and let Soyuncu share some of the game time in Faes absence  

[coalvillefox]

Just now, Gazza M said:

I really hope he isn't going to throw his hopes at Evans to be our saviour on the pitch for this one. He needs to swallow his pride and let Soyuncu share some of the game time in Faes absence  

Whilst Evans is not the player he was and we shouldn't expect him to be either after such a long lay off, one thing he does do really well is organise and communicate, you don't need to be 21 and in peak physical shape to do that. I have noticed that Danny Ward hardly says a word to any of the back 4 and the back 4 hardly speak to each other, so whilst he may not be the saviour in terms of his ability, his communication skills might just be the difference

[The Doctor]

13 hours ago, turtmcfly said:

 

GETDATE() suggests the latter. CASTing that to a date seems very, er, wonky though, as does the minor ineffeciency of eschewing of NOT IN for our out of favour CBs, and the potentially confusing (from a (this, at least) human readability standpoint) lack of bracketing of the and/ors for the non-Ward clauses. Unless I've missed a scandal/injury or two it does seem to come with the intriguing possibility of playing three goalies somewhere on the pitch. 

 

I mean, with how good Ward is at ensuring the ball ends up in the net, why not stick him up front for a game

[J. James]

17 minutes ago, Gazza M said:

I really hope he isn't going to throw his hopes at Evans to be our saviour on the pitch for this one. He needs to swallow his pride and let Soyuncu share some of the game time in Faes absence  

Wont happen bud, very much afraid its gonna be disaster Dan back for another chaplinesque performance.

 

Rodgers short term memory strikes again.

 

Anyway Dans in general are clearly not in the c**t book.

Edited 14 March 2023 by J. James

[moore_94]

30 minutes ago, Gazza M said:

I really hope he isn't going to throw his hopes at Evans to be our saviour on the pitch for this one. He needs to swallow his pride and let Soyuncu share some of the game time in Faes absence  

Going to be Amartey and Souttar isn’t it?

 

ffs

[LVFox]

6 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Going to be Amartey and Souttar isn’t it?

 

ffs

I honestly think if Evans isn't fit to start he will stick with 5 at the back. Castagne at LCB and Thomas at LWB

[Supergray22]

I think evans will start in this one. BR was keen to give him a run out last time.  I can see Praet starting on the right rather than tete as the latter doesn’t look confident at the moment. I do think tete will come good though so wouldnt be unhappy if he starts. Kel owes us a couple too in this one. Big game. 

[Lambert09]

I think this ends 4-0 and we finally get rid of the rat. 

[BillyFOX12]

Need to win this, it's last call. Iversen in, no more fookin about.

[Sunbury Fox]

38 minutes ago, BillyFOX12 said:

Need to win this, it's last call. Iversen in, no more fookin about.

If Ward broke both of his arms and legs, Rodgers would still pick him. Come to think of it, it wouldn't really have any impact on Ward's effectiveness anyway, I guess.....

[FoxTimmy2]

8 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

If Ward broke both of his arms and legs, Rodgers would still pick him. Come to think of it, it wouldn't really have any impact on Ward's effectiveness anyway, I guess.....

Broken legs might actually improve his positioning.

[cruzFOX]

Such a screwed up season this is I won’t be suprised if we actually won for a change. Don’t ask me a silly question like how? I have no flippin Idea anymore!

[Solihullfox]

15 hours ago, Sunbury Fox said:

If Ward broke both of his arms and legs, Rodgers would still pick him. Come to think of it, it wouldn't really have any impact on Ward's effectiveness anyway, I guess.....

BR - “he’s playing, it’s just a flesh wound”

[KFS]

18 minutes ago, Solihullfox said:

BR - “he’s playing, it’s just a flesh wound”

Wonder if someone could take one for the team? Maybe fly a drone into him at training?  

[Daggers]

On 13/03/2023 at 18:12, Manley Farrington-Brown said:

You would think.

However I reckon there are some on here who would be happy to see the club implode and go out of existence just so they could say they were right about how bad Rodgers was. Wanting us to lose so he might get sacked is nothing.

 

Nonsense, we want to see it explode. First with rage, then actual explosions. Limbs of the middle management up in the air, overpriced kit made in China for pennies melting. Me standing, watching, maniacally laughing. I strapped the device to Rodgers’ torso. An exploded club grows back stronger, like the region of bone surrounding a break.

[Bourbon Fox]

15 hours ago, FoxTimmy2 said:

Broken legs might actually improve his positioning.

An arm cast might stop him pulling his arm out of the way as the ball crosses his body.

 

Hell, a back brace too to stop him turning side-on to the shot.

[FoxyJim1987]

Iversen 

 

Castagne 

Evans 

Souttar 

Ricardo 

 

Mendy 

KDH 

 

Barnes 

Kelechi 

Madders 

 

Daka

 

 

[Sunbury Fox]

17 minutes ago, FoxyJim1987 said:

Iversen 

 

Castagne 

Evans 

Souttar 

Ricardo 

 

Mendy 

KDH 

 

Barnes 

Kelechi 

Madders 

 

Daka

 

 

Like this but KDH has to be deployed on the left of the midfield pivot, not on the right where our 'elite' manager has deployed him recently. 

Edited 15 March 2023 by Sunbury Fox