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james king
@jamesean.bsky.social
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i wish i was the brakeman on a hurtlin’ fevered train
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 17h
here it is: we are actually worse defensively, in addition to offensively, when palhinha and bentancur play together.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 8h
and emerson royal.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 8h
i’m also fearing that in backing we’ll never get out of a mismatched squad loop when the next guy comes in.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 9h
frank may have had a tight budget, but he had the advantage of being in place for eight years and thereby able to buy his choice players over that time.

the fear is that he is graham potter, who had a similar path and whose football did not scale up.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 9h
as for comparison, this was us versus west ham, in which we played against 10 men for 40 minutes, and brentford today versus them.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 9h
also, it’s terrible to watch. and anyone who viewed more than brentford highlights over the last four years will tell you it was not particularly enjoyable.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 9h
what evidence is there that it’s sound? his highest finish is 9th in the league, his average finish is 12th and his brentford sides never amounted to much in cup competitions.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 10h
ptsd for some of us.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 10h
and udogie.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 11h
i would like to be this brentford.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 11h
15 shots in the box has to be a record for one half.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 11h
they conceded 15 shots in their own box (!) in one half.

that’s unbelievable.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 11h
fortunately, our current director of football never hired him.

oh, wait!
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 11h
bsky.app/profile/hal....
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 11h
if kish is seeing this, how is every manager we play not doing the same?
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 11h
they could come back and win this and i’d never want this football near my club.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 12h
you think brentford has been terrible? i’d absolutely kill for this.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 12h
can we be brentford 2.0?
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hal is alright @hal.thelastboyscout.uk · 12h
Lilywhite Lab on Xavi Simons #COYS

youtu.be/xCUpoEP9K-A
Spurs Are WASTING Xavi Simons.
YouTube video by Lilywhite Lab
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 12h
this is brilliant
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 12h
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 12h
we could use higher quality for certain.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 12h
steve, we’d kill for this.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 12h
forest fans actually miss nuno?

west ham is home against the 14th place club and he serves this up.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 13h
how are we expecting brilliance from xavi and some of the forwards if they don’t get fed?

if xavi is instructed not to drop deep, in addition to a system without midfield progression, it’s really tough to have any impact.

*udogie’s absence was bigger to me than romero’s. esp for xavi.
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james king @jamesean.bsky.social · 15h
it’s not the players, it’s the tactics.

you can’t quibble with our back four. and we have very good players in the midfield who are certainly better than 8th in the table.

maximizing players and developing them are two different things.

and extending bentancur is another thing entirely…
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