And so the day is finally here.
Brentford face their old foe Fulham in a competitive match for the first time in donkey’s years tonight at Griffin Park in a fixture which has given Mark Warburton a tactical condundrum
Against Dagenham, we fielded a largely second string XI for a cup competition which simply isn’t our main priority this season, but the haphazard shambles of a performance which followed was fairly painful to watch despite the eventual win on penalties.
A round later, the Capital One cup is frankly still a distraction when we need to cement our place in the Championship this season. But a Dagenham-esque showing against Fulham will not go down well with the Griffin Park faithful. And I’m sure Warbs appreciates this.
My hope, therefore, is that we see a strong XI this evening. We’ll certainly see Harlee Dean – who will be deputising for the banned Tony Craig – but that’s hardly weakening our side.
We can probably shuffle the midfield pack slightly too – the likes of Dallas, Jota and Toral will be hoping for a start – but again they are not a significant dilution of our strongest team. I personally wouldn’t be tinkering much more than that.
I’ve no idea how Fulham are doing so far this season – I keep asking my Fulham mate how they are getting on (sometimes a few times a day) but he seems reluctant to tell me – but I’d quite like us to obtain bragging rights ahead of the two important league games against them in the coming months.
So make mine a strong one, Warbs.
Condorman
Harlee is so up for this game he is either going to have an absolute stormer or get sent off. Let’s hope it’s the former. Will be ironic if a defeat at Griffin Park is the result which won’t #SaveMagath.
WOOPS!!! 🙂 COYW