[Redlyn]

No we can't, Bruno is no midfielder. It's sacrificing his best skills to get 0,5 of actual midfielder. Makes no sense, I thought we already learned that's not a solution both short and long term.

He won't play like a classic 8, more of a hybrid 8/10. Our shape should be more of a 4123 than a 424.

 

[Chicharo]

Rangnick saying we ran out of steam against Villa. I guess that's why he waited 89. minute to make those subs

 

[UncleBob]

Lingard looks likely to be leaving so I guess that’s why he is not in

feck knows what issue is with Shaw

Both injured

 

[DWelbz19]

Some players would play some wouldn’t. Everyone is built different I guess.

doubt he would have started tbf.

?

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Easy 14 points. First time in ages I have 11/11.
Now all they need to do is win!

 

[ForeverRed1]

Cavani injured again?

 

[VP89]

Cavani injured again?

I feel like we did overplay him to be fair

 

[Reapersoul20]

Considering our football was fine for longer periods vs Villa, I think we will be OK

Rumours of our rebirth have been greatly exaggerated....we were still shite.

 

[Mike Smalling]

The bench is so poor today. Need to get as good lead with the starting lineup.

 

[FreakyJim]

Ralf has verbal diarrhoea, just keep it at personal reasons. No need for details.

But then people will say "personal reasons" are just an excuse and he's being DVBeek'd.

 

[Ixion]

Rumours of our rebirth have been greatly exaggerated....we were still shite.

First half was good

 

[James35]

I’m expecting nothing more than disappointment…so my evening can only get better.

 

[ForeverRed1]

I feel like we did overplay him to be fair

yeah possibly. He seems to know his body though and has no qualms saying when he doesn’t want to play. Do we know what injury it is?

 

[FreakyJim]

I expect shite every game now and it is not fun.

 

[Rightnr]

Another no Maguire, no stress day. Shame we McTominay back but our board just wants to keep it cheap.

 

[Ixion]

Remember when Ole rushed Maguire back into the side against Leciester. Glad to see Ralf not going down that route,

 

[pocco]

I know we have injuries but we all love a good conspiracy so here we go…

Rashford, Shaw, Maguire, Sancho, Lingard not making our team atm… possibly one of/part of the group causing most problems in our dressing room?

The alternative is that they all happen to be shit at football right now.

Under Ole there were rumours of a division between English players and the others. I think they backed Ole more, so I'm guessing like the Ole in posters, they're now the ones undermining Rangnick.

 

[NewYorkRed]

Elanga assist to Ronaldo. 100%.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Lindelof over Maguire? Has Ralf finally seen the light...

 

[Posh Red]

?

Does he even know who died? Very strange comment indeed.

 

[RedMarcus]

Really worried about tonights match. We never do well against teams who defend in numbers and press the ball

 

[calodo2003]

Pitch looks like a high school basketball court.

 

[Reapersoul20]

First half was good

Hard disagree. We went ahead by a flukey goal and were kept ahead by a DDG wondersave. We played alright and the best we have in a while, but it was still far from good IMO.

 

[Devil may care]

Sancho is out for a funeral.
Shaw hamstring injury. Cavani also injured.
Lingard dunno, hopefully signing for Newcastle for £45 million.

Cavani injured again? If we got £5M Lingard it would be worth it given he'd be off for a free in the summer.

Better than a midfield 2 without the defensive positioning though

Maybe, i mean it's the same 3 we had in the 4-2-3-1 with Bruno operating a bit deeper and slightly wider, discipline will still be an issue.

 

[Banana Republic]

Right, I'm just about to park my arse and waste another 90 minutes of my life and go to bed grumpy as feck again.

Lets hope for much better this time........

.

 

[joedirt87]

If the team doesn’t

He won't play like a classic 8, more of a hybrid 8/10. Our shape should be more of a 4123 than a 424.

yeah if you look at the average position map from the last game Cavani ended up being closer to the midfield two than Fernandes did.

 

[Reditus]

Easy 14 points. First time in ages I have 11/11.
Now all they need to do is win!

I’m hoping my top of the table challengers didn’t see this week as easy

I had Maguire in over Lindelof

Prediction league is about the most exciting thing for me on match days at the moment

 

[MrBest]

Great another 90 mins watching Mctominay run around pretending he's KDB. Happy to see Maguire out of the first 11. Confused why Henderson and Heaton are on the bench, would make sense to put a youngster there for experience, rotate that spot once a week. Ah well, let's see what team turns up today, football roulette, here we go.

 

[El Jefe]

But then people will say "personal reasons" are just an excuse and he's being DVBeek'd.

I get that but what's the point of mentioning that Sancho asked not to play.

It’s probably better than saying nothing as then there will be speculation on him being dropped from the squad

He wouldn't be saying nothing though, personal reasons are exactly that personal reasons. I just think Ralf has a habit of giving a bit too much information at times and seemed a bit tactless here.

 

[Ixion]

Hard disagree. We went ahead by a flukey goal and were kept ahead by a DDG wondersave. We played alright and the best we have in a while, but it was still far from good IMO.

They didn't have a sniff for the first half hour and we were away from home. We deserved to be 2-0 up when it came

 

[Reapersoul20]

Right, I'm just about to park my arse and waste another 90 minutes of my life and go to bed grumpy as feck again.

Lets hope for much better this time........

Didn't realise you were my ex's new fella'. Good luck with her.

 

[charlenefan]

Better teams than us have struggled to win at Brentford this season

We don't have a fecking prayer

 

[FrankDrebin]

Oh boy, that white wine has gone straight to my head.

 

[hellhunter]

Is there a reason why Brentford is Scandinavia FC?

I know, Denmark is not Scandinavia

 

[BuzzKillington]

“Hype Mode” on BT Sport is something that should never, ever have happened. I’m actually dumbfounded that somebody would choose to watch football like that, is this the future? Kill me now

 

[VidaRed]

Ready to receive, we are.

 

[V.O.]

Better teams than us have struggled to win at Brentford this season

We don't have a fecking prayer

 

[Carl]

“Hype Mode” on BT Sport is something that should never, ever have happened. I’m actually dumbfounded that somebody would choose to watch football like that, is this the future? Kill me now

Quite clearly for children. Nickelodeon have done something similar in the NFL.

 

[VivaRonaldo85]

Right, I'm just about to park my arse and waste another 90 minutes of my life and go to bed grumpy as feck again.

Lets hope for much better this time........

.

It’s the hope that kills you

 

[Reapersoul20]

They didn't have a sniff for the first half hour and we were away from home. We deserved to be 2-0 up when it came

We were very wasteful, the goal was very lucky and Villa had two very good chances starting here.

I agree it's the best we've played in a well....but it still just wasnt very good. Our first half team would have been torn apart by Chelsea, Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Spurs....