Brentford vs Aston Villa LC Rd3 - pre match chat

[passport1]

We need to win this and the game at the weekend. A couple of defeats this week and alarm bells will start to ring .

[ChicagoLion]

We need to win this and the game at the weekend. A couple of defeats this week and alarm bells will start to ring .

I think we can get away with losing this, but a defeat at Sunderland would definitely put the cat among the pigeons.
Probably the worst type of game under the circumstances ,a disparate team of new starts, fringe and returnees up against bunch of cloggers on a wet windy night at Brentford.
Not for the faint hearted , oh shit.

[Villafirst]

Opposition teams have worked us out. This turgid walk football is toothless against a low block. Will we even score?

[Demitri_C]

Opposition teams have worked us out. This turgid walk football is toothless against a low block. Will we even score?

Unai needs to dump this way of playing. Its been a eoic failure the last five games. This is the perfect opportunity tk try something new and inject some  pace and creativity in the side. Start sancho malen and elliot. Maybe even have Guessand up top

Try something new from the stale negative shite we have seen all season thus far

[lovejoy]

We were poor in this competition when we had a strong side and a deep bench, we’ve regressed since then.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't think losing this game would be particularly damaging. I'm not saying I don't want to win it, I do, I never want to lose, I just don't think losing a LC match where we play a rotated side (I presume) is ever going to be particularly impactful.

I do think, though, that another league match without scoring at the weekend would really start to weigh heavy.

I am not saying it would put the manager at risk, I am saying it would really start to weigh heavy around the necks of the players, and the atmosphere around the club would be fast becoming rotten.