16 Mar 2026 23:58:16
Not many teams come back from two down away at Brentford. It bodes well and shows that Re is on the right track though we shouldn’t have to start playing well when we are two down. Team spirit is good, and they are playing for Re. He couldn’t do much more at the moment but did make a mistake in not going for the FA Cup.

If we can build on what we have, we may have a decent Championship team who can give it a go. There are probably six or seven PL teams who are not as good as us at the moment, but that doesn’t help us in our position.

1.) 17 Mar 2026
17 Mar 2026 01:06:29
In New Zealand, I have the privilege of watching all games live. Now, did anyone else notice very few players acknowledged Armstrong after his goal, and none celebrated?
Most strange.

2.) 17 Mar 2026
17 Mar 2026 06:52:07
Didn't notice at the time positively negative, but then I was celebrating myself. Looking at the stills this morning, it does seem as if Armstrong himself was subdued in his goal and Mane and Kreiji were the only ones offering a hand of congratulations. I'm sure there was more than that, but maybe lost by TV viewers due to our own excitement and the TV replays etc.
What a game of halves tho? First, we seemed lethargic and careless again, showing why we're bottom of the table. Armstrong tho was having possibly his best game so far and his cracker lifted the spirit just before HT.


In the second, with Mane's removal, who, to be honest, had been very poor, and Angel bolstering MF, we came out fighting. Jackson started putting a shift in, and Hugo had woken up on the left.
So unlucky not to have nicked it. Equally, we were lucky when the Brentford lad shouldered it instead of getting his head to it.
It's all abit too late now, but at least we are still capable of giving it abit of effort for these final games.

3.) 17 Mar 2026
17 Mar 2026 07:16:12
Another great comeback, no doubt, Wsd, but why do we seem to need to concede early in order to wake up and start playing?

I've generally not been over impressed with Angel Gomes so far, but his performance second half changed the game, putting some control back into the midfield.



As for Re being the one to get us back up, we'll see, but Fosun will need to play their part and fully back him in the Summer.

4.) 17 Mar 2026
17 Mar 2026 10:50:21
Spot on, Longmynd. I understand and sympathise with your reservations about Angel Gomes in his first few matches, and, like you, was much more encouraged by his performance when he came on as sub last night. I wonder if I was maybe being a bit too unrealistic in my expectations of him, taking it for granted he would settle in immediately, and start putting in the sort of performances that earned him a handful of England caps a while ago. He's been playing abroad for a good while now, and the adjustment to the pace and physicality of the Prem almost certainly needs time and another level of fitness.


I think he worked well with Joao and Andre, knitting things together and getting us upfield in a more coherent manner than we managed in the first half, where we either dithered on the ball while trying to play out from the back, or resorted to hoofing it into vacant territory for Armstrong to chase. He strikes me as a fairly diffident sort of character, and maybe he just needs to feel he's totally accepted by his fellow players and fans alike. A few more contributions like last night may just do him the world of good.