Ratings & Reactions: Brentford v Villa

[maqroll]

I'd like to dedicate that win to Wesley

**** Ben Mee, **** Maupay, **** the gum-muncher and **** some of those other clearings in the woods too.

Great resilient win. Great character to claw back, but really poor discipline from Kamara and Martinez. 

2nd place is ours for now, come on Man United!

 

[Ouchmefoot]

wow, really...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football

[Sulberto21]

When we have teams camped on the edge of their box I’d like to see one or two more shots. 

Only really Duran tried a decent effort from the edge of the box. It causes a bit of confusion for the next time we’re in that position. 

Wins like this is what wins titles and will help us get top 4. 

[nick76]

Ben Mee MOTM, turned he game for us.

[allani]

17 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

If he books Maupay for running into Martinez there's no big melee at the end.

Maupay really is an odious little creature isn't he? I'm glad his career has tailed off.

 

I am sure that on TV they said that Maupay was booked.

[Sulberto21]

Don Unai getting booked is a disgrace from the ref. He merely tried to pull his players back.

[catanzaro]

10 minutes ago, Indigo said:

One of the funniest halves of football I've seen in a while, descended into utter lunacy but as much as that is the antithesis of what Emery probably wants we do have a few players that seem to revel in that environment like Martinez, Zaniolo, Duran and in a low-key way Konsa. 

That's the kind of game we've been losing this season so just delighted to get the win, they're struggling bad in terms of the availability of key players but they'll always be so difficult to get a result against at home.

Kamara being out now is a killer though as soft as it was. The team doesn't function nearly as well without him.

I thought the same last year when he went out injured but it didn’t seem to affect us..

Also I agree with everything else you’ve said here.. I think it’s good we’ve got some players that don’t going dark to get a win.

[Delphinho123]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, we’re a much better side without Buendia. Absolutely no coincidence we’re doing so well without him. 

[TomC]

2 minutes ago, allani said:

I really couldn't disagree with a post more than I do with this one.  Aimlessly pumping the ball into the box isn't the answer.  We passed around patiently knowing that the chances are that at some point a defender would switch off.  They did and Bailey picked out an unmarked Moreno with a perfect pass.  No-one has ever told Man City or Barcelona just to hoof the ball into the box. 

Perhaps I overstated my case...I agree, you don't want to pump it aimlessly, but it seemed to me like we were taking no chances whatsoever until the red card. Your example came after they were down to 10 men. Would we have scored without the red card? I don't know that we would have.

 

 

[The_Rev]

1 minute ago, Ouchmefoot said:

wow, really...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football

 

 

Media 101:  more people will click on a headline if it's intriguing.    It's not a slight on you, us as a club or anything else. 

[VillaCas]

I’m worried about Diabys form. He looks totally lacking in confidence. He was one in one a number of times but preferred the safe ball inside than to take a chance and go outside - we need him back and firing

[Mantis]

15 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

Brentford are weird, they came up with football and style and ideas as this progressive example to others and they've gradually morphed into Stoke.

Not massively surprising though when they're buying world class thugs like Ben Mee.

[Don_Simon]

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I still can’t help but feel we struggled when they had 11 players though. Even though we are winning I’m still disappointed (kinda)!

@Tayls, you're a sadist.

[mykeyb]

Emi has to take some of blame for Kamara red card. Should have just left him on the floor and let him waste their time. Silly, silly, silly.

[Mantis]

2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, we’re a much better side without Buendia. Absolutely no coincidence we’re doing so well without him. 

Behave

[The Fun Factory]

Massive. And Mee can do one, a total see you next Tuesday after what he did to Big Wes. Brentford can bog off back to the Championship.

[adw95]

2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, we’re a much better side without Buendia. Absolutely no coincidence we’re doing so well without him. 

What a baffling comment to make.

[TomC]

17 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

Brentford are weird, they came up with football and style and ideas as this progressive example to others and they've gradually morphed into Stoke.

I haven't watched enough of them against other teams this year to know, but maybe we're seeing a different side of them now that we're title-chasers instead of their mid-table peers.

 

[bobzy]

9 minutes ago, Follyfoot said:

I would imagine the Kamara red gets overturned

Not a chance. He pushes the guy in the face. 

[stewiek2]

5 minutes ago, Ouchmefoot said:

wow, really...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football

They're right, I'm not such Kamara's red was one.