Not sure whether this was a good point or two points lost. It looked to me
that Brentford came with a not to lose attitude especially in the 2nd half so
maybe we should have put our subs on earlier and really gone for it.
The discussion pre-match was whether Rutter would go straight in. A record £36
million pound signing surely had to figure at some point but instead he sat
rooted to the bench for most of the afternoon. I find it hard to comprehend why
he wasn't at very least given 15 minutes. It would have sparked the crowd and
you just never know ?
Overall though, I thought this was a better performance particularly at the
back where Wober looks very solid. I hope Marsch doesn't move him to left back
because it's about time we had a central defender who doesn't fuck up every
other match.
The tactics continue to mystify though. We are so narrow that you need someone
to take the ball and weave their way through 3 or 4 defenders to create a
chance. It's not going to happen so we were restricted to long range efforts
and one great chance for Willy.
Marsch thought Aaronson and his best match ? Really ? Yes the lad is trying and
you can really see that but the more he tries the more desperate he looks and
more and more things just don't come off for him. Everyone seems to be getting
on his back whereas Roca's non-performances seem to be largely going
unecrognised although I've noticed more and more people commenting about his
role in the team. He was brough to be the creative one in midfield but he tried
2 long passes yesterday and both were straight to an opposition player. To be
fair, he did lots of work and some nice bits and pieces but he normally just
passes the ball bak or prods it forward 5 years to Gnonto or Harrison. I think
we need better than Roca in this position. With 10 mins to go, Marsh takes Roca
off and puts on Greenwood because he is better at delivering the ball from set
pieces ? But Roca takes corners and has a nice left foot ?
The big question now is how does Marsch accomodate Rodrigo / Bamford / Rutter /
Summerville / Sinistera / Harrison / Gnonto / Geldhardt (going apparently) ?
Nice problem to have but someone is not going to be happy. For me, as good as
Rodrigo has been playing, he's not a number 9 and doesn't hold the line well.
Bamford does that so much better. Also Rutter says he wants to play down the
middle. Hopefully we'll get a look at him against Accrington Stanley on
Saturday. Welcome to England Georginio !
Going to be a fascinating Feb.
Scores:
Meslier - 6. A few punches and one dodgy moment but generally had nothing to do
Ayling - 7. I thought he had a good game. Feel much better with Ayling at RB
than Rasmus
Struijk - 6. Did ok, not really troubled. Tried to get forward 2nd half in his
own limited way.
Wober - 9. Confident at the back with some great challenges
Koch - 8. Possibly his best game this season.
Adams - 8. All round, good performance
Roca - 6. Worked hard with some decent bits of link up play
Harrison - 7. Did ok but certainly doesn't have the same understanding with
Willy as Summerville does
Rodrigo - 7. Worked hard and carved out a couple of half chances
Gnonto - 6. Struggled as Brentford always had 2 or 3 men on him
Aaronson - 5. Struggled to make an impact
Subs:
Bamford - 7. Looked lively Greenwood - not on long enough
Marsch - needed subs on earlier and give Rutter 10-15 mins
On Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 20:31:00 GMT, nattan--- via Leedslist
wrote:
A mainly good performance got us a deserved point, whether it is 2 dropped or
1 gained I suppose time will tell, but this was a game we could and should have
won.
The team was as expected other than the fact that our new left back, Wober came
in at centre half in place of the injured Cooper rather than instead of Struik
who kept his place. It did work though as he looked assured
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