Good god man I hope you’re right in every little detail…The Jury may be still out on Woodgate but my god is Thomas Frank an odious little man.....i don't know how the Brentford fans can listen to him tbh.......loving his talk abut them attacking us on Saturday though.....please god let that happen ....we'll absolutely batter them .....our team was assembled to be a counter attacking team to combat the threat of the Premier League's top six... not poxy Brentford.
FFS we destroyed Chelsea 4-0 with about 30% possession!.....it's the reason why we did the double over Norwich and took 4 points off Watford whilst losing to the likes of Sheffield Wednesday and Derby this season.......we don't need to press them just keep our shape and hit them hard on the counter.......like us they struggle against teams who sit deep.....the beauty of having a goal advantage is that Brentford will be forced to play a game that absolutely suits us......i mean if Brentford can go all out attack against us and still stop us scoring then fair play they must be an incredible team....it's just not going to happen imo.
Our game plan is very simple ....sit back .....let their Centre backs have the ball and let Lerma and Pearson do what they do best which is to break up play...deny their midfield any time on the ball and of course employ their mastery of the dark arts....and then let our front 4 destroy them on the counter.
Love the bit when Cookie leads the team into the tunnel before the game , Brentford are lined up on our side - he just glares at the Brentford captain , then flicks his hand to point “ get over there “ and they sheepishly shuffle over
Not a mask in sight...Hoping for as much as excitement as our last playoff semi 2nd leg, but with the right outcome! I'll never forget that night, especially as I wet myself a little when Steve Lovell channeled his inner Ronaldo to equalise
He's a top player but been out a long time. I would be surprised if they risk him from the startPerfect scenario for me would be a cagey start by both teams, a goal by us around 30 minutes, and then hold to the half. If we are up by 2 starting the second half, it will be a crazy ride as they will throw everything at us and we will have a few chances on the break (which I would hope we will look for rather than just sitting back).
JW's selection and set-up will be key if we are without S. Cook, Pearson and Stan.
They looked more dangerous when they brought Henry on, and will be tough if they have him for 90 minutes.
Has anyone heard any inside info on Cookie?
A ruse he picked up from EH's left behinds?I would think JW and his staff will try and keep this in house until 1 hour before kickoff when the teams are announced.
Bournemouth and Swansea both to win at just over 10-1.
Before the New Zealand section wakes up and says, "I can't believe..."
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Isn't this effectively just over 9-1 (as your stake is included in decimal odds)? So I don't believe you got 10-1.
No sign of Cook or Pearson, but also most of the starting 11 missing from the photos so really very little being given away! Just hope they've not all had a dodgy lasagneFew photos of the team in training.
We could do with a younger J J in our side.
https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/first-team/gallery-positive-build-up-to-bees-big-match/
Few photos of the team in training.
We could do with a younger J J in our side.
https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/first-team/gallery-positive-build-up-to-bees-big-match/
That's the beauty of having the 1-0 lead in my opinion.
Any kind of score draw sees us go through at the expense of Brentford.
Whether that's 0-0, 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 it's all gravy.
I could well see this ending 1-1 or 2-2 which fortunately will not be quite enough for Brentford !