djmikeydickens
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Once a wolf always a wolf
Suggests that last night was an exception as far as the Bee fans are concerned.Brentford fans seem more than happy with him despite last night
Interesting and someone with a better brain than mine at assessing the ability of young players and what they are capable of. I think one of O'Neil's strengths is his ability to assist in developing players and identifying weaknesses in their game. It would have been interesting if he had an opportunity in coaching Nathan.I think Hobbs wanted to keep him.
I thought the defence became problematic while he was suspended and the problems continued when he returned. I felt at the time the problem was less poor defending and more ball retention further up the field which meant that the defence were coming under far more pressure than they normally would. Incidentally, I thought he was brought back into the team last night after being out, certainly for the previous game and maybe longer, the poor performance may have been down to lack of match fitness.Brentford supporting mate says he has been really good for them up until his injury. Thought he started well for us last year but never really got a long run of games after his suspension against City (understandably given how well Dawson and Kilman did).
I went to the End of Season dinner many years ago as a guest of a client who were sponsors so we had two players on our table. I sat next to Jamie Ohara and he was genuinely one of the nicest blokes I’ve ever met. Took a genuine interest in what I do, was asking me about my kids and we talked football for hours. Definitely not what I expected. Also had George Elokobi who was 100% what I expected, an absolute gent. I obviously lucked out, a pal of mine was on a table with Kevin Doyle and he said he was a right **** and spent most the night looking at his phoneKev Doyle, Dave Jones the midfielder, and Ryan Bennett yes probably the most arrogant players Iv met also. Like they see us fans as peasants, no conversation. Just didn’t like interacting really. Fine but at least try and fake it surely
Hahnemann and Matt Murray on the other hand lovely blokes, so was Surman
Good spot... We should deploy these tactics against the Villa. We could get four blokes hiding behind John Mcginn all at the same time!Watching the replays again, i think the last goal is great play from Cunha as much as it was a mistake from Collins. I don't think it was mentioned on the telly but i'm pretty sure Cunha is actually hiding behind another defender waiting for the pass. Then as soon as the ball leaves his foot he is onto it like a flash. It looks like a howler, and still is one, but i dont actually think Collins knew he was there.
Just be grateful that you are not Nathan Collins..... apparently he had family over from Ireland to watch.
That's entirely down to Collins' complete lack of awareness then.Watching the replays again, i think the last goal is great play from Cunha as much as it was a mistake from Collins. I don't think it was mentioned on the telly but i'm pretty sure Cunha is actually hiding behind another defender waiting for the pass. Then as soon as the ball leaves his foot he is onto it like a flash. It looks like a howler, and still is one, but i dont actually think Collins knew he was there.
He was the guy that was all over the shop, and I feel sorry for anyone playing with him!I feel bad for the lad. Very likable guy. Still think there is a player in him and he wasn't helped by Brentford being all over the shop generally like us when he was in the team last season. He looked better before his injury understand why sold him though.
As i said, it was still a howler. But the time between Collins turning from facing his own goal to him playing the pass was less than a second, I dont think its ridiculous to suggest that he was hidden from his peripheral vision for that half a second. I'm not particularly sticking up for Collins, i just think it was a clever bit of thinking from Cunha.That's entirely down to Collins' complete lack of awareness then.
Players shouldn't be able to hide behind another player. A curtain, a door, a wheelie bin maybe but not another similarly sized fella wearing totally different colours to himself. That's just ridiculous.
He wasn't particularly good for us, but at the same time he didn't actually play any worse than Kilman did pre-JL. In the end Dawson rescued us by splitting up that awful partnership.
Terrible planning by Lage and Sellars to stick together two young, slow, physically unimposing centre-backs and little wonder that we struggled so badly.
I have always wondered what lead Brentford to sign him though - and not cheaply either. I was under the impression that they were one of those clubs solely guided by metrics in the transfer market. The stats for Collins surely cannot have been good though... or was this a matter of statistics painting a fully different picture to what anyone actually regularly watching him would have said?
Can concur about Hahnemann........used to maintain his garden when he lived in Lower Penn......great guy, lovely family!Kev Doyle, Dave Jones the midfielder, and Ryan Bennett yes probably the most arrogant players Iv met also. Like they see us fans as peasants, no conversation. Just didn’t like interacting really. Fine but at least try and fake it surely
Hahnemann and Matt Murray on the other hand lovely blokes, so was Surman
Genuinely top bloke, said he follows the Seattle sounders in MLS. Why I asked him no idea. Then he was rattling how he used to watch them.Can concur about Hahnemann........used to maintain his garden when he lived in Lower Penn......great guy, lovely family!
A hah Lawndog, all is now clear.Can concur about Hahnemann........used to maintain his garden when he lived in Lower Penn......great guy, lovely family!
A hah Lawndog, all is now clear.
Nothing against the lad BUT a contact within Mol told me that even as a 21 year old Collins was incredibly arrogant. Did not listen to advice from very senior pros or coaches. He knew best. Unless he changes, will have more nights like Wednesday…Thinking back, I can recall being quite irked that Collins was brought in to replace Coady and/or Saiss, and when his habitual "clanger per match" program set in early last season, I was irate at Lage for jeopardizing the club's future with such a poor choice of replacement.
Of course, Bruno lost his job as a result, and thankfully Julen rectified the situation with the recruitment of Dawson.
If Collins had continued with us last year, I'm convinced we'd be stuck in the Chump right now. With Brentford starting to slip down the pecking order, we could have a successor to Roger "The Relegator" Johnson in the works, thankfully no longer on our payroll ...
In fairness we wanted Dawson in summer 2022 and it fell through last minute. The Kilman Collins partnership was a bit of a disaster.He wasn't particularly good for us, but at the same time he didn't actually play any worse than Kilman did pre-JL. In the end Dawson rescued us by splitting up that awful partnership.
Terrible planning by Lage and Sellars to stick together two young, slow, physically unimposing centre-backs and little wonder that we struggled so badly.
I have always wondered what lead Brentford to sign him though - and not cheaply either. I was under the impression that they were one of those clubs solely guided by metrics in the transfer market. The stats for Collins surely cannot have been good though... or was this a matter of statistics painting a fully different picture to what anyone actually regularly watching him would have said?
Anyone who didn't see this coming is kidding themselvesWell done all
What do you mean??Anyone who didn't see this coming is kidding themselves
Collins scoring against Wolves after a 3 page thread in which we've all slagged him off.What do you mean??
Done absolutely nothing to deserve stick from our fansHe was very classy after the game i thought. Applauded each Wolves stand. Fair play to him as he did get a bit of stick, most of it maybe tongue in cheek?
Agreed. Seems a good guy all around. Has been very respectful since he left and in this run of games we've had against he seems to have been playing the role of peacemaker in different clashes around the pitch. He's a decent human being but I'm glad we got the money back we paid for him.Done absolutely nothing to deserve stick from our fans
He respected the fans when he was with us and had since he left
Spot onDone absolutely nothing to deserve stick from our fans
He respected the fans when he was with us and has since he left