10 Oct 2026 18:30:39
It's the 96th minute, end of added time,virtually the last kick of the game and what do we do, lose the ball without doing anything other than lose the ball, that summed the afternoon performance to me. Thank god we have one decent defender Lindelof was my man of the match.
Mings wasn't the worst player on the field, it's obvious why he was played today, Brentford rely on the long throw and it is a threat, so Mings did do well with Brentford's aerial threat, noe much else I accept. Kamara looks like a lost sheep,I don't know what's the problem with him,but it's not the Kamara we know and love. When Tom goes on about Mings he ought to take a good hard look at Cash, he is woeful and has been for a while. Buendia should not be a regular starter.
The game was crying out for Barkley why Emery didn't bring him on at half time is beyond me. Brentford on today and this seasons performance are a far better side than us and a draw was as good as we deserved today. We know it's going to take time, however are midfield are virtually non existent at times and not for the first time we gave the ball away far to cheaply.
Emery doesn't trust a couple of our new signings, how on earth are they going to improve their performances if they don't get enough game time. I genuinely think there are enough worrying signs at the moment and we don't seem to be doing anything different to address these.
IEWT and always will but he needs to sharpen more than a few of them up.
10 Oct 2026 18:47:32
Your having a laugh RE Barkley, being shocking every time he played and not just this season. for me, we haven't replaced YT and we miss his defence breaking balls so much, if Kamara don't improve soon I can see him losing his place in the starting 11 once Goretzka is fit.
10 Oct 2026 19:13:13
We don't have a single ball playing midfielder, Barkley is the best of a bad bunch at least he tries to drive forward, Whack tell me another player that does that.
10 Oct 2026 19:32:50
Backwards Barkley plays very little forward. his party trick for the last 10 months is "faint left faint right then turn around and play it backwards, his head is gone he's looked nothing but clueless in my opinion, slow aswel.
we have maginn I'd play him in the middle with Gomes on current form, drop Kamara and use our young pacey wingers out wide.