Brumstopdogs

Has anyone setup a "Race for Europa League" thread yet?

Based on your purchase history would you like me to order you another shed…

Think we'll get 6 or 7 points from our last 6 games which should be enough for 5th place.

1 hour ago, Nigel said:

Watching all 3 of those goals back from yesterday I cant help but feel ty would have been there for all of them.

Shows just what we have missed all season. 

One thing he would have done better is organise and lead.

In that crazy spell yesterday nobody took charge.

35 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said:

Woken up this morning more annoyed about the result than I was yesterday when part of me were just glad we didn’t lose it to a last minute Toney winner.

I do think spurs will pip us to 4th. They are able to put out their strongest team due to no injuries or suspensions and have less matches than us to play. (Edit - I mean in terms of conference league, I know they have games in hand).
 

I don’t think we will fully capitulate and will have enough to keep 5th and my big hope is that 5th is enough for CL.

If we end up with Europa League, I will be disappointed having been top 4 for most of the season but we will have still progressed and I’d have been happy with that at the beginning of the season.

Yeah I agree with this.

The likes of West Ham, Newcastle or Man U would have to go on an extraordinary run to overtake and they are very unlikely to do so but while it is possible some people may not be 100% comfortable.

A couple of wins from our remaining fixtures should get us top 5 and that will be really good progress when judging the season as a whole.

I agree Spurs will finish above us as they have a pretty much fully fit squad to choose from. Hopefully 5th place gets the CL place and we should be in it. UTV!

4 minutes ago, delboy54 said:

Please could someone clarify for me, so this booking means Dougie cannot play in the next 2 premier league games, I.e. is still ok to play against Lille on Thursday?

Or does it mean the next two games I.e Lille (h) and Arsenal (a)?

He will miss the Arsenal and Bournemouth premier league matches and will be able to play vs Lille...

2 hours ago, nnock1984 said:

Our biggest mistake in January, was not bringing in a RB and a DM. 
 

The lack of the above is the exact reason we’re struggling with both Kamara and Cash out. 
 

Stupid. 

Yeah they are the key positions that need to be sorted and have been for a while.

1 hour ago, andym said:

what was he doing on the first goal? Think we'd just cleared a corner for a throw in so Digne was still out on the right, but Konsa didn't react to the situation and put himself in complete no mans land, leaving 3 against 2 in the box. You can see Pau motioning for him to drop in but he never does.

that said, Tielemans and Digne's bodyshape are awful, just inviting the run down the line and obviously going to get caught flat footed.

 

It really is a terrible goal to concede. Despite us being 2-0 up there are more Brentford players attacking than Villa players defending.

Konsa is marking absolutely nobody and the threat is the 3 vs 2. in front our goal. Obviously poor from Digne and both centre backs too.

For the first Brentford goal what was Digne doing on the right hand side? The Brentford player then went beyond him and crossed it in.

Konsa rather than marking a Brentford player then just stood marking empty space! 
 

The start of the chaos….

17 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said:

I love him but I thought he was poor today. Fed up of seeing him at RB, need Cash back asap.

This - the sooner Konsa gets back in the centre of defence the better.

Really frustrated by us not winning but at least we got a point which is the same as Man U and Brighton managed against them recently.

Well played to Watkins who proved again what a key player he is for us.

To me we have to get Konsa back in the centre of defence as the balance of the team is not right when he is playing right back. Hopefully Cash will be back soon so we can do just that. 

TBH - can't see us finishing 4th but 5th should still be on. Need to beat Bournemouth and win one of the other games. UTV!