Is The Championship Really Too Scared To Play Brentford At Football?
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Good article…and my feeling exactly, as stated elsewhere.
If/as we progress to the upper echelons of UK footie with what is probably the most (potentially) exciting play I’ve seen at Griffin Park for years, what else did we expect other than for teams to ‘park the bus’ when playing us?
What continues to worry me is Dean’s apparent continued inability to a) expect them to do it … and b) change and adapt quickly and decisively when his starting pattern is simply not working.
But…if the Club reckon he’s still the man to take us to The Promised Land, well…they haven’t got much wrong in the last few years!
Sounds churlish, but I’m still not convinced…
I am a Rams fan & saw the match on Tuesday plus the Bristol City one. They have been conceding lots of goals in their previous away matches & Gary Rowett has been trying to change personnel plus playing formation , It had been very much a work in progress & I think the overriding aim was to be more difficult to play against on Tuesday, after conceding too many late goals There is no on field organiser/general who takes the match by the scuff of the neck & it didn’t take a coaching genius to see what was wrong on Tuesday. They needed someone like Chris Martin to be an outlet for the defensive clearances. Mid table is the best my team will achieve this season.
Once again Jim, quite correct, but I am not so sure the problem is one of lack of goals scored by not breaking down the opposition. Rather it is the defensive lapses that are at the core of the problem.
There are five teams in the table above Brentford that have scored the same or less goals and Preston sit in 5th place with the same number of goals scored.
Sloppy goals conceded change the dynamics of the game significantly as well as losing points. There have been 4 or 5 goals conceded quite unnecessarily putting Brentford under pressure and allowing opponents to try to then close down the game or provide a comfort buffer. Either way, those goals conceded eased the fear of the opposition and gave them both a buffer and allowed them the luxury of parking the bus, etc.
The silly goals also put pressure on the forwards and anxiety has crept in. Unfortunately this inevitably results in less goals scored.
So jim, you are no doubt correct there is the fear factor, but when the problems at the back are sorted out the numbers suggest Brentford will roar up the table.
Well expressed Jim, couldn’t agree more, ‘insiders’ are taking us more seriously, certainly Rowetts tactics, as brutal and uspohisticaded as they are, haven’t changed from his Birmingham days. t Boro yesterday, we did very well, although they weren’t the Boro of two or three years ago. We demand respect now, and have earned it
COYB