Leon..

[Harry's Game]

Absolute beast today, my man of the match.

 

[Iceybabey]

That assist (reyt touch btw ) gave him a massive boost.

 

[SteveBlade]

Him, Carruthers and Blackman stood out. Back three were rocks too.

I'd give MOTM to Blackman, but Leon was quality.

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Worked his bollocks off won a lot of the ball and used it well. MoM for me too.

 

[Mesut Özil's Lawnmower]

I'm actually annoyed half the votes on the twitter MOTM have gone to Billy just for scoring haha

Leon's hold up play was fantastic and worked his bloody socks off, never stopped running, closing down and won the ball numerous times

 

[DronnieBlade]

Basham.

But well done Leon.

UTB

 

[Iceybabey]

For me standouts have to be Clarke, Sharp, Bash, Carruthers and Blackman. Everyone did well though, just think we needed abit more from Coutts and Fleck in terms of creativity.

However, I would like to address an issue regarding certain apprehensions about our strike force. For me our strike force proved the difference today. Yeah JOC and Blackman made a couple of last min blocks but Brentford were toothless imo. If we had them chances I would back Sharp or Clarke to bury em.

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

Absolute beast today, my man of the match.

Not a favoured player of mine but he was simply class today and also my motm

 

[Whiston Blade]

Blackman was solid, his kicking is dodgy as fuck but hopefully he can sort that out.

 

[Ricky]

He had a very hard job to do today, increasingly so as the game went on. He did it very well. He worked hard and battled for every ball and showed quality when he had it.

When we're going one up front like that, keeping Clarke on and taking Sharp off is the correct thing to do.

Basham and O'Connell were (predictably) brilliant, and Stevens did well too, I really like the look of him. Tidy and solid in every department.

Carruthers fully justified his selection too, he has to be right up there in the MOTM stakes. Very good footballer.

And please let's not do the fucking Twitter vote again. At least if it has to be narrowed down to four candidates.

 

[zablade]

O'Connell was MOTM for me but Basham, Clarke and Coutts were not far behind.

 

[PokerBlade]

But can he play alongside Sharp?

Yes. Yes he can.

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

Clarke worked his bollocks off and gave their CB's a tough afternoon.

One thing about Leon is his movement off the ball is excellent.

When we have the ball, he confuses his marker and stretches defenders.

When we dont have the ball, he is chasing it down and defending from the front.

He did both of these to great effect today. 8/10 performance.

 

[1066blade]

For me standouts have to be Clarke, Sharp, Bash, Carruthers and Blackman. Everyone did well though, just think we needed abit more from Coutts and Fleck in terms of creativity.

However, I would like to address an issue regarding certain apprehensions about our strike force. For me our strike force proved the difference today. Yeah JOC and Blackman made a couple of last min blocks but Brentford were toothless imo. If we had them chances I would back Sharp or Clarke to bury em.

Doesn't the fact that they created those chances in the first place worry you a little?

 

[Iceybabey]

Doesn't the fact that they created those chances in the first place worry you a little?

Not really. The game was similar to last seasons home game against Peterborough. They both play similar and have similar types of players. These types of teams will always create chances and last season I mentioned that against these teams (refering to Peterborough at the time) you need your keeper to also perform. We defended our box and the edge of our box well. Flecks and Coutts got stuck in and Clarke Sharp had do a lot of running but thats the game plan against these teams. However, I believe at one point we really had em up, from the moment Stevens hit the post we hammered em and also had two goals disallowed during the opening of the second half. I thought we hammered em during that time as we'd found our level of confidence of last season. I reckon the players were slightly nervous at times but as our confidence grows in this league I reckon we'll do damage. In all honesty I have no major worries after watching that game, just hope KM and the Prince back Wilder and get us the players we need.

 

[georgethecat]

Thought Clarke provided us with a focal point. He was powerful and a positive threat throughout. The way he controlled and finished the disallowed goal showed real composure. Really promising for the games ahead.

 

[Doddyontheball]

Leon proved his worth at the latter end of the season. He showed today how strong and powerful he is up front with Billy. For me, he was man of the match.

 

[grafikhaus]

That assist (reyt touch btw ) gave him a massive boost.

Good call. I thought it was a poor attempt at a shot at the time, but looking at the TV coverage, it was entirely intentional.

 

[Kevincarterversion2.0]

They couldnt handle Leon yesterday. Gave their defenders a right hard afternoon, and lovely play to set Sharp up for the goal.

 

[Dnblade]

Agree with most of the above,he put in a right shift...Proper alround Centre Forward.
Nice of the Bees fans to cheer his step over before the assist,haha

 

[mancunianblade]

He has one attribute that boils my piss.His amazing ability to blame everyone else for his mistakes, other than that played well and good on him. He's been talked down far too much by our own supporters.

 

[ryza]

Oh the scenes if he scores against wednesday.

I'm glad hes doing well for us, looks like hes kept it up over pre-season into the new season

 

[FinchleyBlade]

Doesn't the fact that they created those chances in the first place worry you a little?

That's going to happen in most games this season. We aren't playing Oldham and Bury anymore these teams are of a much better quality and will create chances.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Leon's stepover in the leadup to Billy's goal was textbook. He'd been working on that all summer.

 

[norfolkblade]

Oh the scenes if he scores against wednesday.

I'm glad hes doing well for us, looks like hes kept it up over pre-season into the new season

Just hope he opts against booting any advertising hoardings if he does score...

 

[Jehovah]

He was immense and as strong as bluto on steroids

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

Oh the scenes if he scores against wednesday.

I'm glad hes doing well for us, looks like hes kept it up over pre-season into the new season

Two each for Clarke & Lavery would go down well......and some from Billy too.
Thought Saturday was his best game for us, worked his socks off, particularly loved that sliding tackle/challenge in front of the South Stand to win a ball he'd really no right to get.
Thinking back to Saturday,I honestly don't think any of our lads looked out of their depth against a very capable Brentford side.

 

[SteveBlade]

You all think you're joking about his missing the ball trick. Wait until he's on his 24th assist of the season after dummying the Championships best multiple times.

 

[Liverpool blade]

Two each for Clarke & Lavery would go down well......and some from Billy too.
Thought Saturday was his best game for us, worked his socks off, particularly loved that sliding tackle/challenge in front of the South Stand to win a ball he'd really no right to get.
Thinking back to Saturday,I honestly don't think any of our lads looked out of their depth against a very capable Brentford side.

My thoughts exactly!. Leon was immense on Saturday!. Utb