Osvaldorama

We lost to a team that had 10 men. For a large % of the game. How could it not be bad? To me that’s as bad as it gets

I can definitively say. The previous squad was way better. We progressively get fucking worse under these helmets. I would trade all of our current strikers for Che - and I didn’t even rate him that highly. But at least he could actually control a football and win the ball. Then bring others into play. All these lot do is give the ball away and miss open goals .. it’s fucking embarrassing. To be honest, the main thing that is making me furious is the fact that the new manager is making the exact same mistakes as before. I honestly would prefer if he came in and played 4-4-2 with archer and downs together or something. At least it would be new. Instead it’s just more of the same fucking shite, trying to be too clever with a shit 5 at the back formation, passing it sideways, pinging crosses into no one… PLAY TO YOUR PLAYERS’ STRENGTHS. FFS.

Because the team was set up to help him score goals. They played through balls into him. He’s a good poacher that runs the channels etc. Only saints are dumb enough to play crosses into archer/arma etc. For some reason we never play to our players strengths.

We can lay this at his door.

Yep. Couldn’t agree more. Sadly we are a fucking basket case under SR. We didn’t even give him minutes in the championship ? We’ve treated our prospects very weirdly the last few years tbh.

I don’t think anyone is expecting us to smash every team. But to lose to 10 men, at home, with our budget vs theirs is genuinely a fucking embarrassment. I know we are used to being embarrassed by this football club now, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.

Our only good attackers came through the academy

Worst part for me is that both last season & this season we have been bailed out by youth players appearing from nowhere. Dibling & now Robinson have spared Sport Republic’s blushes.. So even though we had the shittest forward line in PL history, that’s proving to be not even championship level… the only minor positives are a fluke.

You have a valid point that the squad is shit and makes no sense. We have a load of nothing midfielders, with no stand out characteristics But that doesn’t mean we need 5 at the back against Stoke at home, sorry. Stupid

Of course you can. Get an extra man in the middle instead of 3 shite centre backs and we would have a chance of controlling a game instead of being passengers. This formation, with these players is absolutely idiotic. Woll Still is making the exact same mistakes that the last few managers have made. 95% of the fan base can see the same issues, yet the club can’t.

Tragic is the correct word.

That’s my biggest criticism If you love this awful formation, why didn’t he bed it in during preseason? Just odd, inconsistent management as usual in recent years.

Our league one side would have battered this current lot Sad to say, but it’s true.

Pros: - I appreciate his disdain for the media and press conferences. Makes them quite funny Cons: - Everything else so far

To be honest it’s not good enough at all He’s had all preseason and we look so disorganised. Why do Stoke look like a team, whereas we look like strangers?

Absolutely fuckin atrocious. Literally exposes our weaknesses and doesn’t do anything to play to our strengths (not that we have many) Dont get it at all, especially at home.

I’d rather have Mark Robins than either.

My god. I normally want to hold off and not judge too soon. But he is absolutely abysmal. Can’t even control the ball. Classic sport republic signing

We aren’t going to be lucky enough to scrape up through the playoffs again. We’re in big trouble. Whole squad is fucking toilet. And the recruitment is not improving at all. No strength, no patterns of play. Just an absolute nothing team. The strength & desire from Stoke is just completely alien to this bunch of dossers.

Yeah. Fucking depressing. Go down a league and literally look just as bad. Absolutely pathetic today. Credit to Stoke for looking strong and digging in. What the fuck were we doing in pre season?

We’ve all been saying it for a long time but we should throw as much money at stoke as they want for their keeper. Unreal player. We are an absolute fucking disgrace. Our recruitment is a joke. Still needs to stop this five at the back shit. Absolutely shocking all round.

Just came here to say the same thing wtf do we have to do to get a free kick this season?

This seems really sensible to me. Brentford fans seem to all be saying the same things: good defensively, great character, works hard. All things which we have been sorely lacking for a number of years, even back to our first relegation. We have to stop shipping vast quantities of goals.

Glad Diblings finally gone, great fee Absolutely no ill will, but to me he clearly didn’t really want to be here. He has a lot of potential and a high ceiling but really he didn’t play for us anywhere near enough, or do enough, for me to be sad about him going. I do think he was massively underutilised though. Should have played for us in the championship. Good luck to the lad. I wish him well. Grealish and Dibling on the wings will be something.

From the right wing, as an inside forward, in a particular boring system, he did very well. Would never say otherwise. …But he isn’t a 9. Every time he plays up there we look worse for it as the ball constantly comes back at us.