Thanks GS. Might as well get it all off my chest while I'm here. We had no system, no tactics and no shape. You also have to question whether we ever do any research at all on the opposition. However, does that criticism absolve the players? Nope - not for a minute. Woodrow was sleep walking like a ‘zombie’ McCormack was in a ‘scotch mist’ Kacaklinic was a ‘dork’ Fofana was a ‘doozie’ Bodurov was a ‘fink’ Hoogland was just plain, ‘dreadful’ Bang goes half your team which makes it easy for the opposition. Just as an example, the Brentford left back - famously called Bidwell - spent the bulk of the second half standing benignly in our half. Among our lot, the only players who showed a glimmer of a football brain were; Turner, Husband and Guthrie. All of course very recent loan signings. Time will tell whether they are “too little, too late”.
I don't understand how Symons can keep getting things so wrong. If you study the Brentford CenterBacks they are strong physical players, so he plays Woodrow instead of Smith!!!! Woodrow just got out muscled everytime. The midfield of Tunnicliffe, Kacaniklic and Fofana was pathetic, Brentford just kept strolling past them, only Gutherie put in some effort. Neither Tunnicliffe or Kacaniklic can't be bothered tracking back sufficently to help the defence. Tunnicliffe continually let Dallas run pass him into dangerous positions. Hoogland I've said it a thousand times he is not a right back,has never played one good game there, but has done well in midfield. So why play him there when you can move Bodurov to RB and bring in Burn!!! On the plus side Turner had another good solid game. Husband was an improvement and was more dangerous with his overlaps and most of the time crosses. Again Bettinelli didn't impress me with his handling, not all the goals were his fault. We were given a soft penalty, Smith's one later was a better shout, but at 2-1 the goal disallowed when the keeper fumbled the ball without much contact. That was more keeper error than a foul.
4-1 at home to Brentford. Sad thing is, was anyone surprised? I'm in despair - Kit should have gone before the international break but no-one at the club has a clue what they are doing. Chances are the next manager will be as bad. From one of the best run to this steaming pile of ****, I think the fans have taken it for too long, making allowances for Kit because they wanted him to do well, but the remaining games will be vocal against Khan and the manager. Time for Shad to either do something or bugger off a couple million short, he's brought nothing to the club.
Right my take on this. Betts not at fault in any of the goals. Turner solid. Bodurov slow but put some good challenges Grimmer was good, not sure why Hoogland was brought in. Lacked cover from the midfield. Husband very good compared to Amo and Staf. Guthrie was good. Clever passing but not 100% fit. Fofana was visible in the first half, went AWOL in the second. Out of position really. Tunnicliffe pointing more than marking. McC playing too wide. Woodrow was bullied by the Brentford CBs. Kaca? Oh dear... If he could take a shot when needed. Kit once more got it wrong and the failings on the training ground are visible. There is one line of defence just outside of the box giving too much space to the opposition to attack and shoot. Brentford just did this. Also a simple pass can easily go through a single line of defence and we were lucky in a couple of occasions. Subs? Incomprehensible but since he sent all the midfield like David, Eisfield on loan we are resulting on Kavanagh coming and running like a headless chicken... Shambles... If mad Felix was a disaster, he is not very far off!
Point above Khan must see this is a shambles from the top down. Kit we all want him to do well he's one of us after all but this is a football club not friendship. He's fine at U21 level build them up push them through blood them in what do we do? Play them all. - disaster strikes we realise they're not ready and make wholesale changes again. Where is the settled side, consistency we're all crying out for. I just don't get the managerial decisions being made week in week out. To not have a MF on the bench at home and have 4 defensive players is criminal. weve been rolled over so many times, you can't concee 3,4,5 goals at home - something is fundamentally wrong at the club. Khan out
To compound yesterdays fiasco, at the end of the match all the Fulham fans from the Hammy end Rverside ,and JH stands were marshalled down the streets leading to Fulham palace road,. The park exit to Putney bridge station being exclusive to the Brentford fans End result the large number of Fulham fans wishing to get to the Putney area had to make a long detour the Brentford fans many who had walked from Hammersmith also had to make a loop, result being they finished up passing each other in FP Rd This must have been an agreement between the club and police, where in normal situations the away fans are requested to remain for 15/30 min, I raised this point with the club asking for a reason, no comment was forthcoming,one of to many in the last few months.
Hell - Yeah!! And the mood of the fans was not tempered by the rain or having to single file through that gate at the tennis courts. Not surprised you haven't had a response rosc - usual disregard of fans. And a further example of how the only forward planning that the Club is capable of at the moment is cock-eyed.
What about the 5-man committee? Will it possible to reveal the second choice of manager? Would be nice to see how Kit scored compared to others, anonymised view would be great!
