Brentford (A) - Saturday 5.12.20

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, Tom said:

Nope 

It’s a red card, ref got it spot on 

Agree to disagree. I'd never give that.

[JacknOry]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

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

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

No team plays 5 CBs, they dont have to all be starters. We needed another backup CB - i called it a long time ago. Injuries to injury prone defenders is not unlucky - its the norm.

[roversfan99]

37 minutes ago, Tom said:

More class on the ball but for me worse defensively than Bell

Is that possible?

[JacknOry]

Just now, frosty said:

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.

ref waved a straight red from what I gether. 

[Fraserkirky]

Why did the ref take so long to produce the red? Waiting for Canos to finish his pitch?

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, JacknOry said:

No team plays 5 CBs, they dont have to all be starters. We needed another backup CB - i called it a long time ago. Injuries to injury prone defenders is not unlucky - its the norm.

I'm confused about your point then. We have 4 CBs who have the quality to start in this division.

We have a myriad of options in the U23s that could be a 'backup'.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

If we could get Rothwell or Armstrong running at their back four, I get the feeling this ref would even things up.

[USABlue]

24 minutes ago, Mercer said:

These things happen.

Millwall could have had three penalties against us - we rode our luck then.  

Have to take the rough with the smooth.

Don't want to hear Mowbray moaning!

 

One game Merc.that ONE hurts us FOR FOUR

[HowieFive0]

2 minutes ago, frosty said:

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.

Depends on the severity of the offence ..which was minimal ..one game ....but dissent carries two match ban ..if hes gobbed off .

[West Yorks Rover]

11 minutes ago, Miker said:

Buckley is awful at RB. Don't understand the thinking there.

I actually think we can still win this. They've obviously been in the ascendancy since the goal, but we were still creating a few chances after the sending off. 

No chance, unless they get a red too.

But then again football can be a weird game as we all know.

[SBlue]

4 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

No team plays 5 CBs, they dont have to all be starters. We needed another backup CB - i called it a long time ago. Injuries to injury prone defenders is not unlucky - its the norm.

We also have a player who has played international football at CB in Nyambe

But the two other right backs are injured as well.

 

Our physios must be shite

Edited December 5, 2020 by S8 & Blue

[Dolly blue]

Struggling to defend Lenihan.....totally reckless on Wednesday with his 2 or 3 handball incidents. First yellow today was foolish...again reckless. Warrior he might be ( Tony word ) intelligent, he certainly is not. Will never take us out of the championship 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Douglas off injured. Pretty stupid to play him so soon after his last injury. Mowbray's a clown at times. 

[G Somerset Rover]

Just now, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

If we could get Rothwell or Armstrong running at their back four, I get the feeling this ref would even things up.

That’s our only hope here I reckon - hopefully it’ll happen, then it’s game on.

[Exiled_Rover]

Oh god, that penalty gets worse every time you see it.

What a ridiculous dive. Literally thrown himself to the floor.

[USABlue]

25 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

Worth an appeal?

For us? no it isn't

[Bigdoggsteel]

10 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

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.

We have Carter as well. Who would come here to sit on the bench behind Lenihan, Wharton, Williams and Ayala? It's all well and good saying X or Y is injury prone or picks up suspensions now. One centre half today got a red, the other an absolute freak injury. That's football. We don't always need to find someone to blame or say "look at me I said we needed more defenders I was right" 

Edited December 5, 2020 by Bigdoggsteel

[JacknOry]

1 minute ago, S8 & Blue said:

We also have a player who has played international football at CB in Nyambe

But the two other right backs are injured as well.

 

Our physios must be shite

Do we have two other right backs? Or are they both midfielders playing out of positition?

[Bigdoggsteel]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Oh god, that penalty gets worse every time you see it.

What a ridiculous dive. Literally thrown himself to the floor.

If we didn't get that on Brereton , we would say he did go over easy to be fair 

We wouldn't have got it though 

[only2garners]

It’s only one game suspension, whether it was two yellows or a straight red. I presume the first yellow then counts towards him getting to 5 for another suspension, which he must be on his way to as well.

[Bigdoggsteel]

On another note and I think he is ok on some ways, but has Gallagher the worst first touch in the first team? In the league? It's not tight anyway I'll say that 

[Exiled_Rover]

Ugly stadium this btw. What were they thinking??!

 

 

[JacknOry]

1 minute ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

We have Carter as well. Who would come here to sit on the bench behind Lenihan, Wharton, Williams and Ayala? It's all well and good saying X or Y is injury prone or picks up suspensions now. One centre half today got a red, the outer an absolute freak injury. That's football. We don't always need to find someone to blame or say "look at me I said we needed more defenders I was right" 

Couldnt care less if I was right - was plain to see. 

[Bigdoggsteel]

Just now, only2garners said:

It’s only one game suspension, whether it was two yellows or a straight red. I presume the first yellow then counts towards him getting to 5 for another suspension, which he must be on his way to as well.

I thought it was 3 for a straight red? 

[Tugay-is-God]

Think we'd all take a point right now!