Saint Fan CaM

I didn’t say I thought we were not favourites to go down - on the contrary. You seem to have a habit of trying to attributes comments to others to serve your own argument. Why is that - are you a bit mad? 🤣

Two wrongs don’t make a right. We neither maintain possession enough to stop errors at the back, nor do we effectively press as a team high up the pitch to stifle the opposition building. Our possession is meaningless if it results in defeat after defeat and currently it’s difficult to see beyond that when every single move forward has to drill through 11 defenders.

Sorry but (other than the bit about enjoying last season) I don’t subscribe to that view - our squad is just as capable as Brentford’s. They’ve just got a manager and coaching team that knows how to survive the Prem without sacrificing entertainment. Last season is gone…the club has invested millions to stay in the Prem and it’s not unreasonable for supporters to expect more.

I don’t think it’s healthy to return to the managerial merry-go-round that we’ve grown accustomed to., however to stay in this league RM and his coaching team have to act. There is the quality now in the squad to survive the Prem, but that’s only going to work if (a) the dangers of passing around our own penalty area are curtailed and (b) a better midfield is utilised to allow transition out of defence to be much quicker and robust. Brentford played out from the back very successfully - why? Because we didn’t press them hard as a team so they had an easy day of it. Conversely they often had at least two players press our ball carrier hard initiating an error. They were able to triangulate their passes and played expansively over all areas of the pitch. And this is Brentford we’re talking about - not City, Arsenal or Chelsea etc., who will absolutely rip us a new one if something is not done to address the tactical ineptitude on display over the last three games. To be honest I’ve almost resigned myself to our relegation already. It’s difficult to see how RM is going to wave a magic wand and fix the kamikaze back passing in defence AND teach our attacking players how to score goals. Without addressing these fundamentals we’re going nowhere except propping up the other teams in the league for the rest of the season. The euphoria of a nice summer window has been well and truly dampened.

Trouble is he won’t start - for some reason RM thinks the same formation and the same players will come good eventually. They won’t because they’re not good enough.

Dibling will be off in January - sold for big bucks.

Lallana is twice the player Aribo is. There I’ve said it.

We scored a goal. Wow. RM is a genius.

6 minutes extra time for a fourth.

Free kick on the edge of the pen. Perfect for JWP - oh…

Archers not seen the ball once.

Can see a fourth coming here.

Fuck me - 3-0. Worse than anyone could possibly have predicted. How to turn the positivity of a great window into a shitshow.

Brentford look to have an extra man over in attack - play so expansively compared to our lot. And then Bednarek completely fucks up to gift them another. Relegation beckons.

OMG somehow Aribo stays on.

Ramsdale keeps us in in it…again. Defence all over the shop.

Thank fuck. Aribo the slug is off.

Brilliant cross from Suga and AA squanders an effectively open goal opportunity. Shocking. Archer scores that.

And there you have it. Stupidity at its zenith. We’ll lose this now 100%.

There’s no forward play skill - just same old same old and that’s because we’re too wide and no skill to get past an opponent. Midfield poor.

We’re all over the place. Stupid.

Ipswich one up. Delap.

Smallbone out of his depth - game is passing him by.

May be wrong - hope so - but RM has thrown this game by compromising the midfield. 2-0 Brentford.

Why not? If he develops into another player of Dibling class the future looks bright.