PSF: Brentford 0-1 West Ham Utd (31/07/21)

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Another Antonio long range special
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pros:
New home kit looks much nicer on that it did in photos (as always)
New Brentford stadium looks a belter and is literally 5 minutes walk from mine

cons:
The game
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NWhammer wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:10 pm Coventry not having the best of games. Think it underlines how important bringing in a central midfielder is
Really? Think most on here me included think he’s done well and looks tidy
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e17 wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:21 pm pros:
New home kit looks much nicer on that it did in photos (as always)
New Brentford stadium looks a belter and is literally 5 minutes walk from mine

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The game
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Nice goal Benny
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Benrahma wow :fire:
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f*** me Benny, more of that this season please
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Benny with a worldy :scarfer:
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Only just tuned in.Been at a Barbie in the pissing rain and just as my picture was warming up. Benny, postage stamp
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Coventry almost adds a second.

Benny 10+ goals this season. His technique is awesome.
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Puff Daddy wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:25 pm just as my picture was warming up.
Are you watching on a telly from 1982 Puff?!? Bit of persuasive engineering will get that going quicker
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Aceface wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:12 pm To be honest, this game is probably a good argument for why Lingard is worth pursuing. Though it's probably accentuated by Bowen's absence. No real sprinters other than Antonio when we break.
Exactly so.

Our build-up play is neat, nice, and incisive, but it all grinds to a halt before any final ball to a man breaking through and ready to shoot.

The solution: we have movement and runners for the men in deeper midfield, and they need to work on there being movement and runners for the final ball as well.

That means wingers and fullbacks and quite frankly everyone working a lot harder and being a lot more alert and ambitious in how they advance up the field.

I maintain that a relatively small amount of goals result from the kind of flair and quality that WHU cannot currently afford.

If you watch the top teams, a relatively large amount of the goals result simply from a larger number of players driving forward hungrily and intelligently into space and into the box, looking to finish things off.

While I've been typing this, Benrahma has just scored the kind of flair goal some clubs can't afford. It's great, but you can't rely on it to win week in week out.

What you should rely on is seeing several people streaming forward without the ball but with urgency, pace and intent, on every attack.

If they can train that into the players, then 50% to 80% of all our nice breaks forward from midfield will turn into genuine scoring opportunities.
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That Baptiste has been superb
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Lucky twice, Alvez error for the second chance.
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Brentford are going to be a bonus to watching the top flight next season

Likeable lot who play on the floor
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