Brentford V Derby County

[Ellafella]

22 minutes ago, Kernow said:

Reading comments on here without knowing the score and you'd think we were a few down at half time. I don't know if those commenting on how bad it is are watching, or if they've just seen the 83% v 17% and drawn their own conclusions but here's a couple of comments from Brentford fans...

"Derby are strong and organised and break quickly. Call it anti football if you like, but it looks very professional to me."

"Derby defending very well, came with a game plan and are sticking to it very well."

Other comments suggesting they've been very poor and look like 'relegation fodder'. You of course have the usual comments slating the way we're playing, described as 'northern cloggers' by one chap.

Fascinating how the same game can be portrayed so differently based on who you follow.

Exactly. Gary Rowett's anti-football army...

[cosmic]

Long ball to Winnall just then. Brentford deal with it. Falls to Johnson on the edge of the box with space. Loses the ball doesn’t attempt a pass or shot. Noone else around to support. That’s the beginning and end of how we’re using our (limited) possession.

[JaguarRam]

Leeds are on 59% possession.. Burton on 54%

Not really helping them at the moment...

[cosmic]

2 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

Simple question lads and lasses. Would you rather have 65% possession and lose 1-0 or 20% possession and win 1-0?

 

I agree with this sentiment. But from what I’m seeing I’d be surprised if we keep a clean sheet playing this way.

[1967Ram]

Up to 21% possession now. On the positive side we have 100% of our shots on target (2 out of 2). They've only got 1 out of 9 on target!

[robglosta]

Smells like waiting for the inevitable, rather than anything else. Not sustainable or progressive. 

[The Arch Deacon]

9 minutes ago, ossieram said:

Are the 30,000 allowed to play? Makes no difference to how a team plays does it.

One of the excusers then???

[wixman1884]

1 minute ago, Cool As Custard said:

if we have to have a few ugly games whilst we are rebuilding & re establishing our team identity then so be it. We have too many good players to be like this for long but even good players need time to adapt to a new way of playing.

How many years does Rowett get this excuse for? He's been here more than a few games now. I didn't see people giving McClaren this patience when things weren't going great. I personally preferred when our identity was passing and scoring goals. 

[robglosta]

Also wtf is the point of Lawrence if we're playing like this? 

[Cool As Custard]

 

1 minute ago, cosmic said:

I agree with this sentiment. But from what I’m seeing I’d be surprised if we keep a clean sheet playing this way.

How many times have teams done the same to us and kept clean sheets when we've battered them at Pride Park?

[cosmic]

Nugent on. Hopefully we have a bit more about us up top now. 

[GenBr]

5 minutes ago, The Arch Deacon said:

Never said they're crap, and take your point they're a decent team. But this is Derby we're talking about. 30,000 plus every home game. An expensive squad and a club with rightly high expectations. 17% possession????? Let's stop offering excuses for less than mediocre football!!! We deserve better surely, ffs!

I don't really see why paying way too much for average players (at best) entitles us to anything. Also we used to get 30,000 plus - it's about 24k so far this year- Preston: 24, 371 (1000 Preston), Wolves: 27, 757 (3000 Wolves), Hull: 25,107 (1000 of them were Hull), Brum: 27, 932 (3,000 Brum), 

 

[JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta]

2 minutes ago, cosmic said:

I agree with this sentiment. But from what I’m seeing I’d be surprised if we keep a clean sheet playing this way.

Of course. If we concede then the tactics should rightly be criticised. 

[needles]

Florist losing, leeds losing, us winning. Smiles all round for now.

[Gritstone Ram]

I always thought goals win matches not possession. 

[cosmic]

1 minute ago, Cool As Custard said:

 

How many times have teams done the same to us and kept clean sheets when we've battered them at Pride Park?

I’m not saying it won’t happen, just that I’d be surprised! 

[ViewsFromTheMiddle]

ugh Weimann.

[wixman1884]

Just now, Gritters said:

I always thought goals win matches not possession. 

Is it too much to ask for both?

[Millenniumram]

Just now, Gritters said:

I always thought goals win matches not possession. 

They do, but you can’t hurt the opposition without the ball

[ossieram]

Just now, The Arch Deacon said:

One of the excusers then???

How is it an excuse? 30,000 in the seats with a decent amount of them moaning and booing at every bad touch can create a bad atmosphere for a home team to play in and they can't get on the pitch and help score goals.