Brentford (A) - Saturday 5.12.20

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

Trigger happy referee. No way a straight red - in truth should have been first yellow.

[dallydally]

8 minutes ago, rhodie said:

Think there's still a goal in us, don't write us off yet.

Yes but 3 or 4 in them. We'll be overrun second half

[rovers11]

Playing so well and then the game changes on its head in an instant. Buckley at right back is something I never thought I’d see, and neither did I want to see it. 

Needless to say I’d be delighted with a point. We had a lot of luck with the decisions against Millwall but not today. 

[Tom]

4 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Nothing alike - Gallagher had man beaten. Ran across him and the bloke tripped him. 

Toney just waited for any sort of contact and threw himself to the ground. It's a yellow card for diving.

Nope 

It’s a red card, ref got it spot on 

[dallydally]

Just now, DavidMailsTightPerm said:

Trigger happy referee. No way a straight red - in truth should have been first yellow.

Wasn't a straight red. He'd already been booked

[SBlue]

1 minute ago, Kie_BRFC said:

Absolutely deluded if you think that’s not a pen. We’d be baying for blood if that wasn’t given for us 

We would never have got that, away, in London, in front of fans, in a million bloody years

[yellowsubmarine]

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

if the brentford boss is clued he`ll have them directing everthing down that side,iv`e honestly never seen buckley tackle anyone

He was doing exactly that after the Buckley substitution.

Can't Douglas play LCB and allow Bell to come in at LB? I know its Bell but Buckley at RB feels so suicidal.

 

[Angry_Pirate]

Say what you want about the warranty of the pen, soon as it is given it is either a 2nd yellow or a red... Bonehead from Lenihan.

Highlights again how Armstrong's greed costs us as many goals as he scores.

If any of Elliott, Brereton, Rothwell, Gallagher or Holtby picks up that ball like he did, we're 2-0 up and Lenihan can let Toney score there.

If Jordan Rhodes had Armstrong's pace we would have 10-15 more goals this season already.

Brentford offered nothing for 35 minutes. Now most likely get to canter to a thumping 4-1 win and the wanking tissues are out for Brentford.

Bonehead players lead to bonehead results.

Edited December 5, 2020 by Angry_Pirate

[J*B]

1 minute ago, dallydally said:

Wasn't a straight red. He'd already been booked

It was a straight red, he didn’t produce a second yellow 

[USABlue]

16 minutes ago, Tom said:

How is it harsh it’s denying a clear goal scoring opportunity- clueless defending 

CLEAR GOALSCORING OPPORTUNITY?  From that angle with Lenihan between him and goal?  Nit so sure about that.  The red hurts us today and the next few matches.  So that's the start of the spiral then.

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Now we find ourselves with no defenders for the next game. I was told on here we didn't need another CB.

No team at this level can afford to carry 5 starting CBs.

Two injuries and a red card is just unlucky. Or poor training.

[JacknOry]

1 minute ago, ben_the_beast said:

To be fair with Wharton looking decent ordinarily 4 would be plenty. Extremely unfortunate with the absentees we have there

How do you figure that? Lenihan, Williams, and Ayala are all injury prone and Lenihan always picks up a suspension or two. Throw in 3 matches a week cos of COVID and it was plain to see we needed another CB.

[Crimpshrine]

6 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Losing Lenihan for multiple games is a huge blow though.

Only because we have so many injuries at CB. With everyone fit I'd have Lenihan 4th choice. Liability.

[oldjamfan1]

1 minute ago, dallydally said:

Wasn't a straight red. He'd already been booked

Ref didn’t show a second yellow though so yes it was a straight red 

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, USABlue said:

CLEAR GOALSCORING OPPORTUNITY?  From that angle with Lenihan between him and goal?  Nit so sure about that.  The red hurts us today and the next few matches.  So that's the start of the spiral then.

Wharton's injury hurts us more.

Assuming that's a bad one we're stuffed for the next 3 games.

[Bethnal]

4 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

And then when he realises he is in trouble he tries to shove Toney over and in the process stumbles himself. 

This kind of mistake should be behind him.

[superniko]

What happened to Williams? Is he injured? I thought he went to play for Ireland and then caught Covid, but we’ve not seen him since. 

[DE.]

When you stockpile injury prone defenders you can't really complain when you run out of options. It's a problem of our own making. 

[JacknOry]

They should appeal the striaght red - 3 games with Ayala and Nyambe/Carter/Bennett at CB is not going to be good with the fixtures we have coming up.

[rovers11]

When is Williams back? We need him for the next game. I believe it’s only a one game ban for Lenihan he got a red for denying a goal scoring opportunity rather than through dangerous play. 

Edited December 5, 2020 by rovers11

[Miller11]

I think we need @arbitro to put the penalty/red card debate to bed!

[Hasta]

I would have gone Downing at Right back. We've no suitable options so I'd  have gone for experience. Any highball in to the back post with Buckley challenging is going to be a massive mismatch. 

Edited December 5, 2020 by Hasta

[simongarnerisgod]

hope we don`t sit back to much,i know we only have ten men but it rarely works trying to see the game out for a draw,get forward when you can and try to make the ref send one of them off as well

[Butty]

7 minutes ago, Tugay-is-God said:

And lost when he scored those others!

Haha he’ll always be a rat. 

[frosty]

Just now, JacknOry said:

They should appeal the striaght red - 3 games with Ayala and Nyambe/Carter/Bennett at CB is not going to be good with the fixtures we have coming up.

Is it not just one game for Lenihan? Thought Neil on comms said it'd just be one game whether second yellow or straight red.