And the most expected thing was once we conceded we know we wouldnt come back. And the players knew it too. Their confidence because of all the things I mentioned combined is just shot as soon as we fall behind.
Would not be surprised to see us make a move for Rico Henry
Quote from: VinnieChase84 on October 29, 2018, 08:25:45 AMWould not be surprised to see us make a move for Rico HenryI think the first three Brentford players we would go for would be the keeper, Chris Mepham (centre half) and Ollie Watkins (wide forward). They would all cost decent money though and I'm not sure Brentford would be overly keen on selling to us.
Quote from: tomd2103 on October 29, 2018, 12:57:55 PMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on October 29, 2018, 08:25:45 AMWould not be surprised to see us make a move for Rico HenryI think the first three Brentford players we would go for would be the keeper, Chris Mepham (centre half) and Ollie Watkins (wide forward). They would all cost decent money though and I'm not sure Brentford would be overly keen on selling to us. We could send Hogan back in part-ex ....
Apparently he still only gets three training sessions with them this week. They were given the weekend off and are back in today, then they get a midweek day off.
In the second half last night, when losing away from home (admittedly against a fairly average side) we were really going for it. There was a period where we had them on the ropes in a way that I don’t remember us doing under Bruce. Too many games recently we have just finished with a whimper. I was there last night, and also away at Reading in Bruce’s first season, and we played a lot better last night. From memory the Reading game was a cagey affair, where we closed the it down and fed off scraps. I recall Bacuna having one of the best chances by just bundling through. Jedinak won everything in the air, but repeatedly gave the ball away. Bruce made us difficult to beat, which is what we needed at the time. We need something different now, but still need to retain some defensive resilience. Despite all the possession we looked very vulnerable in transition last night. QPR broke incisively, and we didn’t know how to stop them. I suppose one solution would be to give the ball away less, but we don’t have the players for that.
Spending money on new players is only part of the rebuild. Without a sense of playing style and player discipline, coaching, intelligent tactical management, fitness, squad rotation planning, improved scouting including psychological assessments of targets and player morale reinforcement no rebuild is going to succeed or endure. All our eggs are in the one basket. That basket is Dean Smith.