Brentford v Aston Villa Pre Match Thread.

[kippaxvilla2]

Saturday 3pm.

Can someone please add a poll?

I’m trying to distract us from the transfer nightmares that now include us worrying about a right back some of us want shot of actually leaving. 

Anyway 0-2.

As in to us.

[garyellis]

Can’t see Wissa being involved

[PaulWinch again]

Hopefully we’ll try and win this one. The more I reflect on Saturday, it’s disappointing we set up so negatively.

[usav]

Hopefully we’ll try and win this one. The more I reflect on Saturday, it’s disappointing we set up so negatively.

I think he tried to stack the midfield to match up to them.  Net result, Tielemans didn't see enough of the ball.  That needs to be fixed either by him dropping back alongside Kamara and dropping Onana or by Pau playing (which he will have to anyway) and him being able to open up the passing lanes.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep which is inherently negative, we set up to stop them. It was the wrong approach, so I hope we’ll be a bit more balanced in our approach.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't think we set up that way, it just happened. I reckon that they, rightly, got a kick up the arse at half-time and were more like it second half until the sending off. Anyway, not sure what to expect here. Kamara did well at centre-half on Saturday but I'd rather he was back in midfield, here. Draw wouldn't be a total disaster but be great if we could get a win. Preferably with Ollie scoring a hat-trick to annoy their dish it out but can't take it crybaby fans.

[Drummond]

We've seen it a lot from Emery; play safe first half and open up second. Konsa seeing red finished us really.

I expect to win on Saturday.

[PeterWithesShin]

When starting a thread that requires a poll click "new poll" which is next to "new topic". To add a poll click "add poll".

We'll win 3-1.

[PaulWinch again]

Play it safe is one thing, that first half was a shocker. But perhaps it was just rustiness, although I do think the set up way wrong and didn’t give us enough width.

Hopefully we’ll have sharpened up a lot on Saturday.

[VancouverLion]

0-3 I think Brentford will be in serious trouble this season.

On to the next one.

[kippaxvilla2]

I’m on mobile and can never seem to do it on here.

[PeterWithesShin]

Make sure you're on "full site" and all the options should be there.

[kippaxvilla2]

Thanks.

[LeeB]

A very unpretty 1-0 win

[john e]

The line up last Saturday was extremely negative
Digne for Maartsen, Maartsen is more attacking but not as good defensively
Mings for Pao, same as above
then he played with 2 holding midfielders to stop them playing
McGinn out in the left wing which doesn’t work and we had no out ball

Not saying that all those changes should have been made obviously not, but what I am saying is in Every area where a decision had to be made he went for the defensive option in every case, hence we didn’t have a single attempt on goal in the first half

At home we have got to be more progressive and attacking, we are good enough we’ve seen that in the past when we’ve taken the game to some top sides
Take Onana out and put Malen in or the new lad have a go show some confidence that we arn’t scared of the opposition especially at home, like I say we’ve done it before