Silvio Dante Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I’ve not seen many results from the behind closed doors friendlies, but Arsenal have been stating theirs - having thumped Charlton 6-0 at the Emirates on Saturday, today they lost 3-2 to Brentford. Usual caveat of it proves nothing, but IIRC the Prem clubs were one week ahead of our level in their return to training, so on a pure sharpness approach, and considering Arsenal start in seven days, that looks a pretty impressive result by Brentford. None of us know if the season will be curtailed again and we’ll have to revert to ppg, so I hope we’re in the same place of being set up to hit the ground running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 This could definitely be Brentford's year. If not, another rebuild season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I don't want to face Brentford in the play offs. Very strong squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: I don't want to face Brentford in the play offs. Very strong squad. They have been my tip to go up along with Leeds and WBA for some time now. But if we I want to get to the promised land we may well have to beat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Brentford play some lovely football. And sign some fantastic young players for excellent value. Unfortunately another club that will be in the premiership before us IMO. Don’t like their new ground though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Brentford FC is an absolute breath of fresh air in the modern football world - they’ve played glorious football for some time now whilst spotting, developing and selling real talent for mega profits. They are competing at the top end of the second tier regularly with a tight-knit, loyal following and all this while being a mile or two from three current and ex premier league teams - Chelsea, QPR and Fulham ... I wish them nothing but success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZiderEyed Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Brentford FC is an absolute breath of fresh air in the modern football world - they’ve played glorious football for some time now whilst spotting, developing and selling real talent for mega profits. They are competing at the top end of the second tier regularly with a tight-knit, loyal following and all this while being a mile or two from three current and ex premier league teams - Chelsea, QPR and Fulham ... I wish them nothing but success We say that but their approach to youth development is a little bit suspect IMO. They abandoned their Cat 2 (I think) academy and reduced it to Cat 4, after the EPPP rules came in, and then turned it in to a glorified Reserves team. I'm not entirely comfortable with the message that seems to send out to the players of the rest of their academy sides. They are a very interesting case study mind, and I hope they go up as they do play some wonderful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: We say that but their approach to youth development is a little bit suspect IMO. They abandoned their Cat 2 (I think) academy and reduced it to Cat 4, after the EPPP rules came in, and then turned it in to a glorified Reserves team. I'm not entirely comfortable with the message that seems to send out to the players of the rest of their academy sides. They are a very interesting case study mind, and I hope they go up as they do play some wonderful stuff. I'm assuming you mean hope they go up if we don't make the playoffs, which is certainly not out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 25 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: We say that but their approach to youth development is a little bit suspect IMO. They abandoned their Cat 2 (I think) academy and reduced it to Cat 4, after the EPPP rules came in, and then turned it in to a glorified Reserves team. I'm not entirely comfortable with the message that seems to send out to the players of the rest of their academy sides. They are a very interesting case study mind, and I hope they go up as they do play some wonderful stuff. They don't have a category, they withdrew from EPPP and the games programme, they only have their reserve side for players 17-21, no other academy teams. They focus on that as a high standard and they play a mixture of category 1 teams in friendlies or big foreign academies so they essentially play a seasons worth of games just not in a league, hard to argue against some of their results. Also Frank has stepped up from working in their academy to first team head coach as another benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 10, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Any idea on the line ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanDimz Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 40 minutes ago, phantom said: Any idea on the line ups? Arse's first half: Leno; Bellerin, Mustafi, Pablo Mari, Tierney; Willock, Ceballos, Saka; Pepe, Nketiah, Aubameyang Second half: Leno; Bellerin, Mustafi, David Luiz, Tierney; Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi, Ozil; Aubameyang, Lacazette, Saka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 12, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Just saw some footage of the game, oddly the touchlines were marked on the edge of the penalty area. Does anyone know anymore about this? It seems odd that everything is about social distancing yet they made the pitch smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 16 minutes ago, phantom said: Just saw some footage of the game, oddly the touchlines were marked on the edge of the penalty area. Does anyone know anymore about this? It seems odd that everything is about social distancing yet they made the pitch smaller Touchlines were in the normal position, just some extra lines going the length of the pitch for some odd reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcshorey Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 minute ago, elhombrecito said: Touchlines were in the normal position, just some extra lines going the length of the pitch for some odd reason. I think they had some training sessions at the emirates, so probably was something to do with that. They'll probably have gone by Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, bcfcshorey said: I think they had some training sessions at the emirates, so probably was something to do with that. They'll probably have gone by Wednesday. Was my guess seeing it, if you see training pitches they often have markings all over them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Did City play today? Saw something on Korey’s Instagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchers Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Yes,lost 3-2 at Southampton. 3x 45 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, fatchers said: Yes,lost 3-2 at Southampton. 3x 45 mins Yep, just saw @Davefevs thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 12, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 hours ago, elhombrecito said: Touchlines were in the normal position, just some extra lines going the length of the pitch for some odd reason. Cheers I only saw footage of arsenal mistakes today. Looked like they were using narrower lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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