Brentford (A) Saturday 3pm PreMatch Chitchat

[Aus Fox]

Time to pick ourselves up and go again. I would imagine we are without Winks after his injury on Saturday. So that’s no Fatawu, Winks and Ricardo.

On the positive side Buonanotte will be available again.

Tough game, Brentford are the ultimate Jekyll and Hyde side home and away. They sit top of the Home Table, and bottom of the away table. So going there will be no easy task. - Having said that, their 6 home games have been Crystal Palace, Wolves, Ipswich, Southampton, West Ham and Bournemouth - in terms of a run of fixtures at the start of the season you couldn’t ask for better. With this in mind, I see them potentially down the bottom with us in a scrap come what May.

In those home games they’ve conceded 11 goals and scored 18 - so expect goals.

 

As for us, Mads is obviously the shining light this season and in my view the only player nailed on to start.

I think it’s time for Faes to step out of the firing line and be given a bit of a wake up call. - If big Jannik is fit he comes in for Faes. We only have 2 fit full backs, unless you count Choudhury and Thomas, and whatever the question I don’t think either of those in the Premier League is the answer. Anyway you look at it, it’s a very poor back four at this level and I see no chance Cooper moves to a three.

 

Midfield wise, Ndidi was poor on Saturday and hopefully Buonanotte comes in for him in that more advanced role, interchanging with El Khannous out wide and in the 10. 
Skipp will come in for Winks and will get about a bit, looking for a step up from him. With no other options it’s a toss up between Soumare and Ndidi for the other holding role and I think Soumare just about did enough to keep his place.

Finally, bring back Mavididi into the XI and although I think we will concede, with MAV, BEK and Buonanotte in the team we do poses a threat and their backline is average at best. 
Vardy to lead the line, with Patson getting another 30 or so… Vardy can’t do 3 games in a week, so Daka will have to be ready to start mid week.
 

All that leaves us with next to nothing exciting on the bench other than Ayew for a late winner.

Regardless of thoughts around the manager, we’ll back the lads and cross our fingers we can get 3 points.

5 as a minimum needed in the next 3 and I’m not confident, but will always be hopeful!

Through  the good times and the bad, we’ll always back the lads….

[VLC86]

They are significantly better than us in every department, 3-1.

[Claudio Fannieri]

Not arsed about the team selection just hope we don’t have Cooper in the dugout, if the change is made the whole place is lifted and I can see us getting a positive result. Keep him charge and it will just be more of the same, zero ambition try and keep the scoreline respectable oh and have a moan and whinge about the ref, rinse and repeat. 

Edited 24 November 2024 by Claudio Fannieri

[foxfanazer]

It's a loss

[CosbehFox]

It should be a good piss up and hopefully good post match dinner. 
 

Odds on me being asleep on the train home and being in Sheffield looking a good 4/1 bet 

[fox_favourite]

Loss incoming 

[Spudulike]

Defensively not good enough to get anything from this.

[Winstonthedog]

Player for player ... they are better than us ... but more importantly they have a manager who knows what he is doing and has a game plan ...  what do we have ... none of the above 

[JimJams]

Wissa and Mbuemo will absolutely shit on us.  VK will be chasing shadows.

[FrankieADZ]

probably lose with another woeful performance

[SystonFox]

Mbeumo brace and Wissa brace to condemn us to a 4-1 defeat.

 

Ayew with a late consolation goal

[l444ry]

Confidence must be draining by the week. Can’t see anything other than another dismal defeat. It’s Death by a Thousand Cuts watching this lot at the moment.

[coolhandfox]

They be more organised, more physical and just better than us.

 

A defeat by a couple of goals.

[Torten]

Think they’ll bully us and we’ll lose

[ronnup]

We have to target games like this fir at least a point, can't keep getting beaten.

 

Needs to pkay Bounanotte and Bilal, stick Ayew on the other side. Have some balls

[Sol thewall Bamba]

L

[StanSP]

4-2 loss. 

 

Easy to expose our defence, especially with how comfortable they appear to be at home. 

Buonanotte back will be a big boost, but only counts for so much when we constantly have to find 2 goals just to have a chance of winning a game. 

[Haywood_6]

Err, yeah, they’re no mugs, especially at home. Meanwhile, we’ve got mugs written all over us - especially Cooper. 3-1 Brentford.

[chris1232]

I see this being a 5-2 like that game in august 2022 when we lost 5-2 to brighton. Great offensive players but dogshit at the back, we'll be down unless we fix up this defence!

[Simonb]

I think this might be the big loss where Top finally has a look at Cooper. Still won't sack him until the January window closes mind but this'll be where Cooper starts to feel like he's being watched from above. 5-1 Brentford

[CrazyKopCorner]

I can't see much better than a 3 - 0 loss 

 

I'm going to this one as well - I must need my bleeding head looking at 

 

Blind loyalty or stupidity? 

[oxford fox]

Faes hatrick 

3-0 Brentford 

[KP Fox]

We should try 3 at the back with Okoli, Vesty and Coady. Wing backs Mavididi and Justin. 

[Ryy]

Wissa is going to ruin us 

[Number 6]

They've had probably the kindest home fixtures possible, continuing that trend with us next. To be fair to them, they've been immaculate in those games and beating poorer teams at home will probably get them most of the way to being safe this season.

 

Lots of attacking talent but shaky at the back, we need to put pressure on that defense and be prepared to engage in a basketball match.

 

Probably last chance saloon for Cooper.