hippo Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Has the Brentford keep had to catch a cross ? Let alone stop a shot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted May 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2021 Pretty shit game to be fair. This Swansea team is just lucky to be in the final, ordinary at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 minute ago, HongKongVillan said: Pretty shit game to be fair. This Swansea team is just lucky to be in the final, ordinary at best. They were favourite s though ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I thought Fulton knew exactly what he was doing tbh Had a look, changed his angle, and his final stride looked unatural and reaching He only slipped because his studs were on the Brentford players ankle, not the grass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted May 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2021 Brentford will be straight back down I'm afraid. Swansea.... Ayew should have scored that chance, not good enough . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, tinker said: Brentford will be straight back down I'm afraid. Swansea.... Ayew should have scored that chance, not good enough . Dunno - tight knit club. Good team ethos - might be difficult to beat at home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Brentford keeper MOTM - kept them in it . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Have any of these Brentford players got one Premier League appearance? Will be interesting to see what they can all do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Just now, a m ole said: Have any of these Brentford players got one Premier League appearance? Will be interesting to see what they can all do. Toney made two sub cameos for Newcastle in 15/16 apparently. Not much but they'll probably sign a couple in the summer. Bournemouth came up with similar squad lacking experience in 2015 but they stayed up comfortably that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted May 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, a m ole said: Have any of these Brentford players got one Premier League appearance? Will be interesting to see what they can all do. to be fair, we weren't too much different. Elmo, Jack, Heaton and possibly Mings. Noone else had played PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 minute ago, VillaChris said: Toney made two sub cameos for Newcastle in 15/16 apparently. Not much but they'll probably sign a couple in the summer. Bournemouth came up with similar squad lacking experience in 2015 but they stayed up comfortably that season. I think the experience thing is overrated. Get better suited footballers! I can see them making a few smart moves and staying up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Just now, ozvillafan said: to be fair, we weren't too much different. Elmo, Jack, Heaton and possibly Mings. Noone else had played PL. Yeah I’m not suggesting it’s a bad thing, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted May 29, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted May 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, tinker said: Brentford will be straight back down I'm afraid. Swansea.... Ayew should have scored that chance, not good enough . Way too early to make assumptions like this I think. Brentford have had some of the best recruitment in the country for years and now have a chance to really have a go at things with the prem money. Could bite them because they've primarily worked on small budgets and this is new but you don't know yet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 great for them fans after being so close so many times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I could see Brentford doing something similar to Bournemouth when they came up. Swansea just didn't turn up today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Excited for Brentford. This is nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Rino8 said: Way too early to make assumptions like this I think. Brentford have had some of the best recruitment in the country for years and now have a chance to really have a go at things with the prem money. Could bite them because they've primarily worked on small budgets and this is new but you don't know yet. I think it says more about the vulgar riches of the PL than it does about Brentford The ever increasing gap is shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I think it says more about the vulgar riches of the PL than it does about Brentford The ever increasing gap is shit Depends on the type of club I think. Watford hadn't played in premier league for 8 years when they went up in 2015, Bournemouth never going up the same summer. Both stayed up comfortably and indeed neither were in much relegation danger until 19/20 when both squads got a bit stale. Norwich also went up that summer but came straight back down. Had only been out of the prem a year. I think yo yo clubs like them, Fulham, West Brom and a few years before Reading and Hull all lack a bit of innovation and just accept their fate pretty much early on. Whereas if you haven't been in top flight either for decades (Leeds) or for 5 years + like I think Wolves when they came up just before we did there's a real hunger especially if you've got a demanding fanbase aswell. Sheffield united also had that feel, first season in prem in 12 years although ultimately didn't last long. Anyone could see last summer Leeds were going to be way stronger than Fulham or West Brom with how they played, their manager and general ambition. Finished over 30 points clear of Fulham and West Brom in the end. I'd actually love a rule where if you got relegated and didn't even get 30 points in the season you were actually banned from getting promoted the next season, I think in a long run that will improve loads of clubs as they'd have to think more long term and shape their squad rather than just relying on parachutes and keeping a bloated squad. We'd have been a total mess in the prem if we'd gone back up in 16/17 with what we'd signed that season for example so would've been a waste of time. At least in 2019 we had the core of a good team with likes of Jack and McGinn. Watford had the Udinese/Granada ownership to help them out in early days, Wolves with Mendes and ourselves and Leeds are clubs many players want to play for so Brentford will just need to keep doing the stats thing as sure it would scale up to prem. Whereas likes of West Brom and Norwich don't have a huge amount to offer an ambitious prem footballer so they have to take gambles in signings. Edited May 29, 2021 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, ozvillafan said: to be fair, we weren't too much different. Elmo, Jack, Heaton and possibly Mings. Noone else had played PL. Targett had played a fair few times for Southampton. EDIT: Also, Taylor had been a starter for years for Swansea. In fact, between all of those players, they probably had well over 500 PL appearances, so I don't think it's anything like Toney coming on twice as a sub six years ago at all. Edited May 29, 2021 by HanoiVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giro Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Brentford remind me of Swansea when they first came up, I think they’ll be sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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