Brentford v Aston Villa post match thread.

[rob_bridge]

It is hard Aftab because other clubs like Bournemouth, Watford, Burnley and the Dogheads find it so easy.  How can a tin pot team like like Brentford play us off the pitch.  Because they are more, motivated, more committed and more ambitious than we are.

Other than three things, our history, our ground and our incredibly loyal fan base we have nothing..

Well fuckin said.

Correct.

[Pete3206]

Sobering comments Mr Green

[andyh]

Dean needs his own players in. Stupid to suggest yet another change of Manager. The players simply aren't good enough. Overpaid wasters most of them. We have to stick with DS.

Evidence??? Please tell me there is a plan?

Brentford pissed all over us yet again with the team Dean Smith assembled playing a style of football that he imprinted into the whole club. All for a fraction of the money we have spunked over 3 years. I'd call that decent evidence for giving him time to sort out our ageing ,unbalanced squad.

Again, I don’t think that’s right.
My understanding is that the club (Brentford) identifies and brings the players in. Smith coached them. The same model we now have. Our hopes lie with ‘suso’ being a fucking genius.

[preston28]

I went to watch Preston - Norwich tonight with my sons football team. Saw a game with pace, passion, good passing and effort. Three good goals. I recorded the Villa game but won’t watch it. Made me realise that a team like Preston with no ‘big names’ can play a top two team off the park.
We need a massive change in attitude and players - pace and desire please not the pedestrian clueless fare served up week on week.

Anyway on to the Albion. UTV.

[WarszaVillan]

It is hard Aftab because other clubs like Bournemouth, Watford, Burnley and the Dogheads find it so easy.  How can a tin pot team like like Brentford play us off the pitch.  Because they are more, motivated, more committed and more ambitious than we are.

Other than three things, our history, our ground and our incredibly loyal fan base we have nothing..

Well fuckin said.

Correct.

We've got a couple of wealthy owners as well

[Ads]

Really poor.

I've said elsewhere that he's got to look at himself and admit defeat that Whelan and Hourihane will never be able to play at tempo or press.

Far too deep, Tammy isolated as a consequence. Far too slow and easy to play through.

Elphick proving he still has a mistake in him.

The wide men tonight were shocking. Albert has been awful for the past 12 months. El Gahzi shocking. Green needs to.plag and catch up his development.

Desperately poor stuff.

[chrisw1]

The only thing I liked about tonight’s game was Tyrone Mings.  And we don’t own him.

I tend to try to be glass half full when it comes to the Villa, but tonight is the night I’ve given up on this season.  God help us against the Baggies.

[LukeJames]

Really poor.

I've said elsewhere that he's got to look at himself and admit defeat that Whelan and Hourihane will never be able to play at tempo or press.

Far too deep, Tammy isolated as a consequence. Far too slow and easy to play through.

Elphick proving he still has a mistake in him.

The wide men tonight were shocking. Albert has been awful for the past 12 months. El Gahzi shocking. Green needs to.plag and catch up his development.

Desperately poor stuff.

I agree, thd wide men being poor is a frustrating one, they're good technical players, I think the big problem is its too easy to keep them quiet as we are too deep, when they get the ball they have two players around them, over lapping fullbacks would make a huge difference but we don't currently have one capable of playing an over lapping game.

[andyh]

It is hard Aftab because other clubs like Bournemouth, Watford, Burnley and the Dogheads find it so easy.  How can a tin pot team like like Brentford play us off the pitch.  Because they are more, motivated, more committed and more ambitious than we are.

Other than three things, our history, our ground and our incredibly loyal fan base we have nothing..

Well fuckin said.

Correct.

We've got a couple of wealthy owners as well

Don’t matter how wealthy they are if they aren’t allowed to spend on what we need (a new team).

[AV82EC]

Well that was shite. The lack of commitment, poise and ability in midfield/forward areas was appalling.

Kalinic - 6 did ok and to be fair didn’t have much to do.
Hutton - 4 meh
Elphick - 3 dived in once and got away with it, then the useless fucker did it again which led to the goal.
Mings -7 couple of dodgy moments but by far our best player.
Hause - 3 looked totally out of place and uncomfortable on the ball,
Whelan - 4 looked exactly as expected when playing 90 minutes, slow and old
McGinn - 6 effort was there but his passing was woeful
Hourihane - 2 shit utter shit and the chance he missed....words fail me
Adomah - 3 anonymous, missed a great chance, rightly subbed, mind elsewhere
Abraham - 4 no service but hold up play and passing when it did get to him were poor.
El Ghazi - 2 do fuck off you lightweight bag of shite

Green - 4 did nothing
Kodjia - 4 did nothing
Elmo - 3 did nothing but loses a mark for being unable to keep the ball in play

Smith - 4 not working is it Dean! Fuck me sort these useless fuckers out and then you need to come up with a way of playing that gets some sort of performance out of them.

Jesus Christ we’ve got the mother of all rebuilding jobs to do at the club this summer.

Anyway, see you all Saturday.

[Deano's Mullet]

Albert Adomah hasn't scored a goal for a year. A year. It's just incredible. And El Ghazi looked like Ronaldo before Christmas. He's more like Ronald McDonald now.

[PeterWithesShin]

Albert Adomah hasn't scored a goal for a year. A year. It's just incredible. And El Ghazi looked like Ronaldo before Christmas. He's more like Ronald McDonald now.

He's got another month to go before he hits the year mark. I never expected him to continue that scoring run he had last season but to not score for 11 months is almost impressive in its crapness.

[pooligan]

How can clubs like Preston and Bristol City and Norwich who have much smaller budgets than ours and have to sell their best players make it look so easy .Has to be the manager ,coach whatever you like to call them.We have won one home game out of the last six and that was a struggle against the leagues bottom team .The manager who i want so much to be a Saunders or Taylor is looking more and more as the games roll by to be out of his depth. Bruce may have left him with a piss poor squad but there is no excuse for the way we have been playing for the last couple of months.In the last two matches we have been outplayed by Sheffield United for 80 minutes and Brentford for 94 minutes and i bet he will still play the same way against Sandwell on Saturday

[Deano's Mullet]

Almost a year is just incredible when you think how lethal he looked for most of last season. He played well Vs Blues but can't think of too many more.

[CT Villan]

I still don't understand what happened to the front-foot, attacking football we witnessed during the purple patch just after Dean arrived. Just when you think we can't get any worse, we find a way. Utter, utter crap the lot of 'em.

I'm gonna write into Multi-Coloured Swap Shop to see if we can trade today's starting XI for something more useful like an inflatable dart board.