The English Lower League thread

[ghostnights]

What a crazy 5 minutes . Ayew needed to be better

 

[Jersey Fresh]

What a couple minutes. Ayew penalty saved and an outrageous straight red to Brentford.

Don't really want Brentford to go up so there's a free run at Benrahma, but that sucks.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Great finish by Ayew, deserved lead for Swansea, red card was harsh for Brentford earlier but since that they have done nothing

 

[PanniniClaus]

Great run to open space and a great goal.

 

[ghostnights]

Ayew could have 3 goals

 

[Shrimper]

Referee completely bottled that red card decision. Not even a foul and has put Brentford on the back foot.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Not the worst result all things considered for Brentford.

 

[SSF]

Onomah gives Fulham an early 1-0 lead in the 2nd half

 

[These Are The Days]

My money's on Fulham to gain promotion. We'll see if it holds up. Should be an exciting several days

 

[koyvoo]

They’ve been pretty comfortably in control all throughout this one.

 

[These Are The Days]

They’ve been pretty comfortably in control all throughout this one.

And that was without Mitrovic too. Barring a huge collapse in the next game I think we can pencil in Fulham. I think facing Brentford would be a more interesting matchup given how potent the offenses are but I'm left wondering if Brentford is even gonna get there. I'm telling ya. It's like watching Tampa with a 3-2 series lead. The offense can't score in a brothel with a 2 grand in their pocket.


Nottingham Forest fans can feel vindicated in a Swansea advance and watching the Bee's pull an all time bottle job. At least Forest lost on GD. This is 3 games now Brentford have soiled themselves

 

[Stray Wasp]

And that was without Mitrovic too.

Fulham's record without Mitrovic in league and playoff games this season is now: played seven, won six, drawn one.

Oddly, their defensive record improves notably when he doesn't play - a mere two goals conceded in those seven games.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Fulham's record without Mitrovic in league and playoff games this season is now: played seven, won six, drawn one.

Oddly, their defensive record improves notably when he doesn't play - a mere two goals conceded in those seven games.

Interesting

 

[These Are The Days]

Fulham's record without Mitrovic in league and playoff games this season is now: played seven, won six, drawn one.

Oddly, their defensive record improves notably when he doesn't play - a mere two goals conceded in those seven games.

Wow! I honestly had no idea. Given how much offense Mitrovic supplies Fulham at such a disproportionate rate to the rest of the club, it makes sense to me that they would concede only 2 goals en route to winning that many games. You basically win 1-0 or nothing in his absence because you're not so likely to get that 2nd goal. So theoretically, you're not gonna see many goals given up and 2 definitely sounds right given 6 wins and a draw. But that's still really damn impressive to win that much without a player who is that important. Given the aggregate and their success without him, Fulham could still conceivably give him the next game off.


Talk about putting yourself in the best possible position

 

[Stray Wasp]

Wow! I honestly had no idea. Given how much offense Mitrovic supplies Fulham at such a disproportionate rate to the rest of the club, it makes sense to me that they would concede only 2 goals en route to winning that many games. You basically win 1-0 or nothing in his absence because you're not so likely to get that 2nd goal. So theoretically, you're not gonna see many goals given up and 2 definitely sounds right given 6 wins and a draw. But that's still really damn impressive to win that much without a player who is that important. Given the aggregate and their success without him, Fulham could still conceivably give him the next game off.


Talk about putting yourself in the best possible position

It's a stat I came across by pure accident.

In the 40 league games where Mitrovic did feature, they conceded 46 goals and kept 13 clean sheets , so the improvement is notable. (Brentford, Leeds and West Brom all averaged under 1 goal against per game across the full season).

Naturally, the small sample size limits how much should be read into the numbers. Several teams scored more goals than Fulham despite Mitrovic finishing as the division's top scorer, so without him, likely the club would have missed the playoffs altogether.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Karanka new manager of Birmingham City, did a good job at Boro, so-so at Forest

 

[koyvoo]

Brentford came out to play

 

[SSF]

Brentford lead 3-0 50 minutes in

 

[Blender]

Brentford lead 3-0 50 minutes in

Would be nice to see Brentford get promoted, they haven't been in the top division since the 1930s.

 

[koyvoo]

Swans get one back through Brewster

 

[koyvoo]

That was truly some championship level defending from Jansson

 

[SSF]

Brentford holds on for dear life at the end and wins 3-1, 3-2 on aggregate

 

[PanniniClaus]

Well - could be a titanic tilt if Fulham do the job.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I hope Rhian Brewster gets another year out on loan rather than going and sitting on the bench at Anfield, because he really is quality.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Cool for Brentford. I’d like to see them up because maybe they’ll finally BUY players