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"Who put the ball in the Brentford net, Harry F-ing Wilson" 🎶

It ends 3-1 to Fulham in tonight's London derby with goals from Alex Iwobi, Harry Wilson and an own goal from Ethan Pinnock.

What are your Post Match thoughts on tonight's game, and who was your Man of the Match?

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A thrashing in their cup final

The natural order has been restored.

they made it easy for us but love a win over that lot. lots of positives but a bit miffed by people slating selection before they saw 10 minutes

Good win. Brentford might be a decent bet to go down at better than 2/1. Hopefully the Crabtree does a good trade tonight, that's where I'd have headed now if this were 15 years ago!

Pretty good all round, but extra credit to the defending, which saw off a lot of good set pieces and long throws. Could have done with a bit more control from 60 mins on, but they didn't/couldn't hurt us. Shame Muniz  goal didn't count, as he absolutely thrashed it, but was a foul. Four fairly tough games coming up, but we've set ourselves up well enough.

Kenny as usual was impeccable.

Nearly everyone had an amazing night. I'd say the worse player was Lukic but he didn't have a terrible night. Some really strange refereeing decisions like disallowing Muniz's goal and giving Kevin a yellow for what exactly?

MOTM is going to be tied between Muniz and Iwobi and I chose Muniz.

Quote from: wback100 on September 20, 2025, 10:07:55 PMPretty good all round, but extra credit to the defending, which saw off a lot of good set pieces and long throws. Could have done with a bit more control from 60 mins on, but they didn't/couldn't hurt us. Shame Muniz  goal didn't count, as he absolutely thrashed it, but was a foul. Four fairly tough games coming up, but we've set ourselves up well enough.

The next four games will allow us to predict very well where we finish this year, IMO.

Sess my MOTM. Great display. True FFC throughout.

My MOM ....... Muniz for his disallowed goal (not an obvious foul in my book) and his overall powerful performance.

Tete was superb all match.

Was bwentfid even there?

So much for stamping on Harry Wilsons throat. Nasty cretins.

Leno, Tete, Lukic, Wilson, Iwobi and Muniz were effective at key moments. Berge anaemic as usual. Prefer Kevin on the left and Iwobi taking Berge's place. He's the deep lying equivalent of Pereira lacking any output.

Quote from: wback100 on September 20, 2025, 10:07:55 PMPretty good all round, but extra credit to the defending, which saw off a lot of good set pieces and long throws. Could have done with a bit more control from 60 mins on, but they didn't/couldn't hurt us. Shame Muniz  goal didn't count, as he absolutely thrashed it, but was a foul. Four fairly tough games coming up, but we've set ourselves up well enough.

Never a foul !

For all of his criticism to date I feel that Iwobi was outstanding tonight and deserves credit for his part in our goals.

Chelsea getting beaten as well, a perfect weekend!

Absolutely brilliant! This never looked like anything other than a win, even at 0-1. Brentford was shockingly poor.

My MOTM was Iwobi, but it could easily have been 5-6 of the others. Berge probably our worst player, which says a lot because he didn't really put a foot wrong, just a bit anonymous.

As for Marco's starting 11, it was spot on. Kevin clearly needs a bit more time. Nowhere near as impressive as against Leeds.

Muniz has been proper unlucky with this trashy VAR system. Its a bloody contact sport ffs and he just bullies opponents. Looking forward to seeing more of him this season.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Andersen...won almost everything for the dangerous set piece they chucked in. Passing quality as well...ball for the Sess cross for the own goal. Whole defence and keeper brilliant though. Sess has proved to be such a solid full back and didn't think he had it in him.

Iwobi class coming inside and showing he could play 8 for me as sane vs Chelsea. Muniz after a poor first 20 was brilliant I thought. Back to being such a handful and so unlucky not to score. Harry superb finish yet again. Thought Josh mistake aside was class as well and shows the maturity as actually better after the mistake. Just cruised second half having already won it but honestly could have been 4 or 5 nil as mistake aside they never looked like scoring. Get the f in.

 ::scarf::

Yes, Andersen looks much fitter this season, possibly carrying a knock last season?

Quote from: SP on September 20, 2025, 10:38:08 PMYes, Andersen looks much fitter this season, possibly carrying a knock last season?

Million times better with Tete next to him. Defo better with short hair too.  ::thumb:: 

Difficult choice Sess,Tete,muniz,but it's iwobi scored and created the first 2 goals so deserves it.

Quote from: wback100 on September 20, 2025, 10:07:55 PMPretty good all round, but extra credit to the defending, which saw off a lot of good set pieces and long throws. Could have done with a bit more control from 60 mins on, but they didn't/couldn't hurt us. Shame Muniz  goal didn't count, as he absolutely thrashed it, but was a foul. Four fairly tough games coming up, but we've set ourselves up well enough.

Defending was solid apart, from the awful error that put us behind! We do still need to cut out unforced errors, because they will get punished. It was also good to see us putting shots in on goal more often.

I am sure the usual suspects will moan about something but that was a good performance and a cracking result.  Putting those little sh!ts back in their place is always fun and I will fully enjoy reading them meltdown on their boards this evening.

Tete was outstanding and nullified their entire left side on his own so defintely MoM, despite Iwobi (who should have been dropped by the experts) being instrumental in the win.

Muniz was dreadful in the first half, but equally he was dynamite in the second which sums the guy up for me.

Good result though Fulham, onwards and upwards.

Thought this comment about Harry Wilson was funny on the Brentford Reddit today:

"His father must have swallowed a bee in a pub in Brentford so he decided his point of life is making people who like brentford suffer".  :slap:

Quote from: demeant0r on September 20, 2025, 10:09:22 PMNearly everyone had an amazing night. I'd say the worse player was Lukic but he didn't have a terrible night. Some really strange refereeing decisions like disallowing Muniz's goal and giving Kevin a yellow for what exactly?

MOTM is going to be tied between Muniz and Iwobi and I chose Muniz.

Muniz ??? Are you drunk. He was hapless ...
MOM between Sess, Anderson, Tete and possibly Cuenca who had an incredible performance in the final 10 mins

Anderson has been great this season and in this match.

Alex Iwobi for me....but it was a close thing - because all were very good

Quote from: howitis on September 20, 2025, 11:24:39 PM

Quote from: demeant0r on September 20, 2025, 10:09:22 PMNearly everyone had an amazing night. I'd say the worse player was Lukic but he didn't have a terrible night. Some really strange refereeing decisions like disallowing Muniz's goal and giving Kevin a yellow for what exactly?

MOTM is going to be tied between Muniz and Iwobi and I chose Muniz.

Muniz ??? Are you drunk. He was hapless ...
MOM between Sess, Anderson, Tete and possibly Cuenca who had an incredible performance in the final 10 mins

Are you? He was essential in the two goals we actually scored, he bullied their defence all night and should've scored if VAR didn't have it or for him.

So a draw between burnley and forest goes before a victory for us in a derby game on motd... joke of a service

Sess for me, too. He's matured into a proper Premier League player.

Iwobi.  Gave us movement, drive and craft.  His pass to Harry Wilson was magnificent, really as good as one will see.  Its tempting to think his goal is scrappy, but there's technique and desire in equal measure in that finish.

Tete, Bassey, Anderson and Sess utterly dominant.  Bassey doing Igor Thiago very enjoyable.  Any one of them would be worthy MoM winners.

Tete. All evening they got nothing down his wing and he often offered something going forward. My MoM

Quote from: howitis on September 20, 2025, 11:24:39 PM

Quote from: demeant0r on September 20, 2025, 10:09:22 PMNearly everyone had an amazing night. I'd say the worse player was Lukic but he didn't have a terrible night. Some really strange refereeing decisions like disallowing Muniz's goal and giving Kevin a yellow for what exactly?

MOTM is going to be tied between Muniz and Iwobi and I chose Muniz.

Muniz ??? Are you drunk. He was hapless ...
MOM between Sess, Anderson, Tete and possibly Cuenca who had an incredible performance in the final 10 mins

He wasn't hapless IMO, he had the ball smashed at him all night from all angles and at different heights, and was expected to control it with three centre backs breathing down his neck. He got beaten up and still managed to be a nuisance. Deserved a goal and I felt bad his was disallowed, but he left their defender needing a blood transfusion so it's hard to argue with the decision.

Quote from: HobGoblin on September 20, 2025, 11:44:15 PMSo a draw between burnley and forest goes before a victory for us in a derby game on motd... joke of a service

I presume that due to the lateness of the game. The BBC had very little time to cut and edit the match so that would explain the fact it was last.

Just watched the highlights on NBC
I read on the match centre FFC app Kevin subbed on.Did he look as useful as the last time? Very little comments regarding him

Who said Sess can't play left full

Difficult to single out someone, but I will go with Muniz. He battled and battled

Quote from: terryr on September 21, 2025, 12:40:54 AMJust watched the highlights on NBC
I read on the match centre FFC app Kevin subbed on.Did he look as useful as the last time? Very little comments regarding him

No. He wasn't as electric as he was last week but he was lively and had some cracking touches.  I love the idea of the lad but people got way too carried away about him over a 15 minute cameo last weekend.   

Fingers crossed it all comes good!

I got very lucky to win a raffle for two tickets in the Matchday Plus section of the Riverside. Behind me was 4 Brentford fans and one of them was on it all game.

At one point he was chanting with the Brentford and maybe around 15 mins and that was too much, I told him to pipe down. When Brentford scored he celebrated, his friends didn't (fair play to them). Obviously from there it was pure joy, I didn't do or say anything else, they still clapped when someting went there way, etc... but when the final whistle blew I turned around and said FFC appreciates the £800 donation.

I'm a bit drunk now so apologies but damn that was worth it.

The defence batted away nearly everything Brentford threw at them all game long (including I dunno how many long throw-ins and 10 corners !) Credit to Andersen and co  ::wine::

Gave MOM to Iwobi though - scored 1, set up the crucial 2nd, and put an all important arm round Josh in the centre circle when he was obviously feeling like crap after the goal.

Special mention to Harry - is that 4 goals in the last 3 games vs Brentford? The Bees must be sick of the sight of him !  ::scarf::

I thought we invited pressure at times with some sloppy passes in our half of the pitch. But overall we rolled over them. I also think it's worth noting that King responded really well after his early mistake - I also liked the fact that everyone run over to him after they scored to make sure he was okay.

I do wonder though if ESR will play his way into the lineup - I think he might get his chance soon.

Quote from: Stoneleigh Loyalist on September 20, 2025, 10:18:08 PMFor all of his criticism to date I feel that Iwobi was outstanding tonight and deserves credit for his part in our goals.

Agreed SL. I'm not his greatest fan but he destroyed B'ford last night. The through ball for Wilsons goal was Cairneyesque. Lots of endeavour and no little skill. Voted for him but a shoutout to the defence for nullifying the Wimbledon/Stoke bombardment. How can people watch that crap every game i don't know.

Does anyone know why Robinson wasn't in the match day squad yesterday?

Iwobi for me ran his socks off and played his heart out. A real talisman last night. His work rate was second to none.

Quote from: Fulham 442 on September 21, 2025, 06:24:51 AMDoes anyone know why Robinson wasn't in the match day squad yesterday?

I don't think we've seen anything of him since his injury and surgery? So I assume his recovery has been tougher than was originally suggested. It does make me wonder why we didn't book him in to have it done sooner after it became clear towards the end of last season that we weren't qualifying for Europe.

Quote from: Twig on September 21, 2025, 07:26:36 AM

Quote from: Fulham 442 on September 21, 2025, 06:24:51 AMDoes anyone know why Robinson wasn't in the match day squad yesterday?

I don't think we've seen anything of him since his injury and surgery? So I assume his recovery has been tougher than was originally suggested. It does make me wonder why we didn't book him in to have it done sooner after it became clear towards the end of last season that we weren't qualifying for Europe.

He was on the bench vs Chelsea and came on but an unused sub vs Leeds.  I'm guessing he has had some sort of set back then.

Sess for me. He had his best game by far this season, but could make a case for virtually the whole team.

Quote from: HobGoblin on September 20, 2025, 11:44:15 PMSo a draw between burnley and forest goes before a victory for us in a derby game on motd... joke of a service

To be fair with an 8pm KO and a 10pm finish, can't blame MOTD that starts at 10:30 having us on last with little analysis

Iwobi, Sess or Tete really. Can't see how Robinson gets a starting place right now. Muniz agree with some that he was poor in the 1st, ok in the second but service also dried up in the 2nd as we sat back

Quote from: terryr on September 21, 2025, 12:40:54 AMJust watched the highlights on NBC
I read on the match centre FFC app Kevin subbed on.Did he look as useful as the last time? Very little comments regarding him


Brief and to the point..I don't think so

Great performance by the team and except for a couple of dodgy moments completely out played them. Sess was my MOM but all played well.

Quote from: Rightwhite on September 20, 2025, 10:27:19 PMMuniz has been proper unlucky with this trashy VAR system. Its a bloody contact sport ffs and he just bullies opponents. Looking forward to seeing more of him this season.

Totally agree!
VAR officials are interfering unnecessarily (to justify their existence?) and referees are weak or just stupid.

Quote from: bill taylors apprentice on September 21, 2025, 10:45:05 AM

Quote from: Rightwhite on September 20, 2025, 10:27:19 PMMuniz has been proper unlucky with this trashy VAR system. Its a bloody contact sport ffs and he just bullies opponents. Looking forward to seeing more of him this season.

Totally agree!
VAR officials are interfering unnecessarily (to justify their existence?) and referees are weak or just stupid.

we wear the wrong colour shirsts to get a decision like that. Personally I thought they were both going for the ball and the Brentford defender was less strong but Muniz missed the ball and it struck the Brentford player... it's like so many things in football totally ridiculous that is not allowed.

At the risk of sounding like the old man that used to sit at the end of the row in a flat cap smoking Woodbine, I used to, we all used to know, what a foul and hand ball were, I knew when a player was offside. Odd refs would let a bit more go and others a bit less but we all knew what a foul and hand ball was. Now I doubt anyone knows.

VAR is not the issue but they surely use it wrong.

Quote from: Fulham 442 on September 21, 2025, 07:51:11 AM

Quote from: Twig on September 21, 2025, 07:26:36 AM

Quote from: Fulham 442 on September 21, 2025, 06:24:51 AMDoes anyone know why Robinson wasn't in the match day squad yesterday?

I don't think we've seen anything of him since his injury and surgery? So I assume his recovery has been tougher than was originally suggested. It does make me wonder why we didn't book him in to have it done sooner after it became clear towards the end of last season that we weren't qualifying for Europe.

He was on the bench vs Chelsea and came on but an unused sub vs Leeds.  I'm guessing he has had some sort of set back then.

Ah ok.

Very well played game by all.  Even King looked lively after the gaffe.  I'm really becoming more impressed with Sessegnon and his play in Robinsons' position.  Becoming very solid in that role and have to give cap tip to the lad.  Nice game, Brentford did not look like they threatened, although that one long throw almost snuck in.  Good game defensively by back four, great first touch strike by Wilson on what proved to be the winner.

Also nice to see players willing to take that long shot.  Both Lukic and Iwobi tried shots early on from distance, but were immediately blocked.  And Lukic later took one that he pulled wide.  Need to see more shots taken from distance, and hope we see more of this moving forward.

Superb performance and a superb result too.

Leno - I don't think he had to do much. Some dexent punches.

Tete - Completely neutralised their left side. When he's in form like he is now, he's pretty much unplayable. I can't think of a right back I'd start over him in our system. Thank god we renewed his contract.

Andersen - He's been outstanding this season bar the Manchester United game. Another terrific performance.

Bassey - he gave me a scare or two with some questionable passing/dribbling choices, but was superb for most of the game.

Sess - his best game ever as a leftback, imo. Great both defensively and offensively. His excellent cross resulted in our 3rd goal too.

Berge - much improved performance from some of his performances this season (he wasn't bad in those either, just not as good as he was last season). Got forward much more in this game too, which seemed planned, probably as Brentford were playing extremely defensively. His height helped a lot when it came to defending set pieces and long throw ins.

Lukic - had one very poor pass, luckily it was near the half way line so we managed to deal with it. Otherwise, great performance from him. Lots of energy and much more offensive performance from him. Tried his luck from distance 3 times too, got blocked two times, but the second time he got blocked ended up with a goal after Muniz's great work. Some excellent deliveries from corners too.

King - started the game well enough. Then unfortunately, he made a terrible mistake that directly resulted in Brentford's goal. However, that actually seemed to have a positive effect on his performance, imo. Was one of our best players after that mistake. He seemed really motivated to right the wrong. The penalty incident could have gone either way, I'm not too bothered by it. I don't think he should have been booked for it though. Not as effective in the second half and because he was also booked, right decision from Marco to sub him off first.

Wilson - the difference between his performance yesterday and against Leeds was night and day. And it's not only because of the goal he scored. He was a threat throughout the match. Should have got an assist too, had Muniz's goal not been overturned.

Iwobi - another player who improved massively in comparison to the Leeds game, and just like with Wilson, it's not even his goal and assist, his overall performance was significantly better. Excellent finish for his goal and an even better assist for Wilson's goal.

Muniz - I thought he was brilliant. Instrumental in both of our goal, both wouldn't happen if he didn't work his socks off. His finish for his goal was delightful. I can't believe they ruled it out. His back was turned, he had no clue where Collins was. From one angle it even seems like Collins pulls Muniz towards himself. I think the blood on Collins' face was the only reason they disallowed it.

Subs:
All of them did a decent job. None of them really got a chance to do much as it seemed like we were playing it safe after the disallowed goal by Muniz. Special mentions to Cuenca, who looked great in very little time on the pitch, and to Kevin, who, although not as impressive as against Leeds, had some incredible moments of ridiculous dribbling skills.

Quote from: Fulham 1879 on September 20, 2025, 10:12:12 PMLeno, Tete, Lukic, Wilson, Iwobi and Muniz were effective at key moments. Berge anaemic as usual. Prefer Kevin on the left and Iwobi taking Berge's place. He's the deep lying equivalent of Pereira lacking any output.

Berge brings a level of composure on the ball and offers decent physical presence -  he's not flashy but he's solid. So i wouldn't replace him in the centre of the park for Iwobi.

Quote from: DannyM on September 21, 2025, 06:36:53 PM

Quote from: Fulham 1879 on September 20, 2025, 10:12:12 PMLeno, Tete, Lukic, Wilson, Iwobi and Muniz were effective at key moments. Berge anaemic as usual. Prefer Kevin on the left and Iwobi taking Berge's place. He's the deep lying equivalent of Pereira lacking any output.

Berge brings a level of composure on the ball and offers decent physical presence -  he's not flashy but he's solid. So i wouldn't replace him in the centre of the park for Iwobi.

One complaint from me about Berge...for a big lump - his heading is a bit wayward....apart from that he's a first team starter

Have a look at the Brentford FC wiki page, in the boxed section look at the owner.

Quote from: Hugh Janus on September 21, 2025, 06:54:44 PMHave a look at the Brentford FC wiki page, in the boxed section look at the owner.

😆 did you get a screenshot before they changed it back?

I know it's early days but Brentford have really regressed, looked like Pulis era Stoke.

I've seen several posts saying how poor Brentford was and how much they've regressed.  I didn't think they looked so poor v Chelsea, and they garnered a point in that game.  Maybe, just maybe, FFC made them look bad.  Our defending, back four, and mids, along with forwards coming back to help, all contributed to stifling their forward play.  I just don't think that team is all that bad, and credit to FFC for a well played game and solid workman-like win and deserved three points.

Football is such a simple game, KA has said the Bees didn't manage the game well enough - there you go.