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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2017, 06:57:00 PM »
Mediocre at best.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #16 on: December 26, 2017, 06:57:28 PM »
Midfield looks very pedestrian. Let's just hope we realise we can't just hoof it to Scott.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2017, 06:57:36 PM »
That team looks woefully average.  Good job were playing woefully average Brentford then.
 


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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #18 on: December 26, 2017, 06:58:29 PM »
That team looks woefully average.  Good job were playing woefully average Brentford then.
 



What could possibly go wrong?

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #19 on: December 26, 2017, 07:00:34 PM »
That team looks woefully average.  Good job were playing woefully average Brentford then.
 



What could possibly go wrong?

Goals in our net equalling more than goals in theirs. 

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #20 on: December 26, 2017, 07:02:12 PM »
Mediocre at best.
Well it is what we're apparently aspiring to these days.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2017, 07:09:22 PM »
He just didn’t need to play two defensive midfielders today. But that’s Bruce for you. He’s gone 4-5-1 essentially, or 4-2-3-1 possibly.

I fear we will surrender possession in the middle and they will push us back all game. Brentford like to keep the ball and we do a great job giving it away. I hope that there is a plan for Jedinak and Whelan to play closer to the front 4 otherswise there will be a massive gap for Brentford to expose.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2017, 07:09:23 PM »
This has the looking of a team selection prior to a manager losing their job.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2017, 07:11:57 PM »
This is the chance Hogan’s been waiting for, especially with Grealish just behind him. Let’s hope we play the ball to his feet.

Aye, agree with this. Time to shine for Hogan. Hopefully he does and is the player we hoped for.

Actually I quite like the line up overall. Which is the kiss of death as I am always wrong.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #24 on: December 26, 2017, 07:12:04 PM »
This has the looking of a team selection prior to a manager losing their job.

Are you trying to cheers us up? Cheers!

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #25 on: December 26, 2017, 07:13:03 PM »
Fuck me that’s a negative team selection.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #26 on: December 26, 2017, 07:14:47 PM »
Win and we're six points off second (big if, etc..)

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #27 on: December 26, 2017, 07:16:11 PM »
This has the looking of a team selection prior to a manager losing their job.

Are you trying to cheers us up? Cheers!

It's not working for me so far.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #28 on: December 26, 2017, 07:16:53 PM »
This is the chance Hogan’s been waiting for, especially with Grealish just behind him. Let’s hope we play the ball to his feet.

Aye, agree with this. Time to shine for Hogan. Hopefully he does and is the player we hoped for.

Actually I quite like the line up overall. Which is the kiss of death as I am always wrong.

Let’s see how we start the game. If we start whacking long balls up to him it will be shit all round. If we try and keep possession and pass it through to him we have a chance. Bruce has failed massively every time he’s picked Hogan to find the best way to use him. Not saying Hogan hasn’t been at fault too, but it comes down to the manager. And certainly when it is the manager who spent close to £10m to bring him to the club.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #29 on: December 26, 2017, 07:17:00 PM »
There is currently an element of pissing in the wind. Hopefully he'll fall lucky.

 


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