cambridgeshire canary 6,801 Posted May 15, 2022 I'm sure second season syndrome will hit them hard like it did the Blunts and Huddersfield and all, but my word are they are having fun. Who knew keeping your best players might work out? Fair play to them I suppose. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeiranShikari 1,440 Posted May 15, 2022 I expect them to build on this and continue to impress next season. They've got a lot of smart people working at the club and a second season's Premier League money will improve the squad significantly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,801 Posted May 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, KeiranShikari said: I expect them to build on this and continue to impress next season. They've got a lot of smart people working at the club and a second season's Premier League money will improve the squad significantly. Hopefuly all set to lose Erikson and Toney so that's a start. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,450 Posted May 15, 2022 Not with their gambling shirt sponsor thank you very much. No way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted May 15, 2022 Wait and see if the big six come in for any of their players and if they can resist offers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unhinged Canary 375 Posted May 15, 2022 *** ****'* ** *********? 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,480 Posted May 15, 2022 I can hear the second season train coming down the track to smack them hard next year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz Sparks 1,184 Posted May 15, 2022 Surprised it has taken so many replies... so here goes. Why aren't we Brentford? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,857 Posted May 15, 2022 27 minutes ago, KeiranShikari said: I expect them to build on this and continue to impress next season. They've got a lot of smart people working at the club and a second season's Premier League money will improve the squad significantly. I'm sure Leeds, Sheffield United and several teams before them have thought along similar lines. 19 minutes ago, Unhinged Canary said: *** ****'* ** *********? R, please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,857 Posted May 15, 2022 Just now, Daz Sparks said: Surprised it has taken so many replies... so here goes. Why aren't we Brentford? It has if you look harder 😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz Sparks 1,184 Posted May 15, 2022 Just now, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: It has if you look harder 😉 Touché Monsieur Tube man! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 940 Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) I would love to experience the second season syndrome and a second season's Premier League money Edited May 15, 2022 by Making Plans 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lincsy88 98 Posted May 15, 2022 Eriksen will be gone in the summer and they will finish bottom 3 next season comfortably, if he hadn't sign in January they'd have been relegated with us and Watford. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,781 Posted May 15, 2022 Do you have a list of inaccurate top scorers for their history young Cambridge? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,801 Posted May 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, Ken Hairy said: Do you have a list of inaccurate top scorers for their history young Cambridge? I said after 93, whats your issue old man? Nobody cares who scored in 1856😉 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulfotto 644 Posted May 15, 2022 Second season syndrome will hit them hard. This season they have got a lot of results against the big 6 and fair play to them for that. Take away the unexpected results which dry up so Beating Arsenal and Chelsea and getting a point against Liverpool. Throw in doing the double over West Ham though this is a bit marginal. Without those it’s a relegation fight. Remind me a bit of us in Hughton first season take away the Man Utd, Arsenal and Man City wins and we would have been in big trouble which caught up with us the following season. Anyway far too many London clubs as it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,480 Posted May 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, Making Plans said: I would love to experience the second season syndrome and a second season's Premier League money We did we bought Leroy Fer and it all went to s41t Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mengo 825 Posted May 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, lincsy88 said: Eriksen will be gone in the summer and they will finish bottom 3 next season comfortably, if he hadn't sign in January they'd have been relegated with us and Watford. Good piece of intelligent football business 👏 getting Eriksen on board, I would say. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeiranShikari 1,440 Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: I'm sure Leeds, Sheffield United and several teams before them have thought along similar lines. Sheffield United had a system that was found out and then they recruited haphazardly. Leeds had a superb manager that got the absolute max from his players but they ran out of steam. At Brentford we've seen then lose and replace quality for years building up to where they are now. They seem much more akin to a Brighton to me which obviously makes sense considering their ownership. I'm not saying they're going to be bulletproof but I certainly wouldn't be expecting them to fail and then making weird thereads like this. Edited May 15, 2022 by KeiranShikari 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,480 Posted May 15, 2022 F@&k Brentford 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,801 Posted May 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Real Buh said: F@&k Brentford Bit like Bournmouth really. A bit of a hipster favorite but a tiny club, always will be and a club most players never want to stay at for long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 1,136 Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, cambridgeshire canary said: I'm sure second season syndrome will hit them hard like it did the Blunts and Huddersfield and all, but my word are they are having fun. Who knew keeping your best players might work out? Fair play to them I suppose. You literally have your own compendium of admiring tweets about Brentford. Obsessed isn't the word. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 1,136 Posted May 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, KeiranShikari said: Sheffield United had a system that was found out and then they recruited haphazardly. Leeds had a superb manager that got the absolute max from his players but they ran out of steam. At Brentford we've seen then lose and replace quality for years building up to where they are now. They seem much more akin to a Brighton to me which obviously makes sense considering their ownership. I'm not saying they're going to be bulletproof but I certainly wouldn't be expecting them to fail and then making weird thereads like this. I mostly agree, but they were looking pretty pitiful before bringing Eriksen in, so it will certainly be a test of their recruitment abilities over the summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CUSDP 50 Posted May 15, 2022 They have more points in one season than what we got in our last two prem seasons combined. let that sink. 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,801 Posted May 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, Ian said: You literally have your own compendium of admiring tweets about Brentford. Obsessed isn't the word. No, no JEALOUSLY is the word Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted May 15, 2022 Depends they knew Erikson would be short term so i imagine they have been looking for a AM most of the season ( unlike us with CDM ) Will they pick one up as good as Erikson No i doubt it but might get a good one somewhere i think they will do exactly what they did this season and replace like for like if they sell and get one or two new ones the second season everyone will know exactly how they play and know all about their players i think if they get a good AM they might stay up once more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Edwards 2,266 Posted May 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, CUSDP said: They have more points in one season than what we got in our last two prem seasons combined. let that sink. Ooooh, that’s a good one. I did wheel out the “as many points as us and Watford combined” the other week, but I think this one is better. 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Edwards 2,266 Posted May 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Duncan Edwards said: Ooooh, that’s a good one. I did wheel out the “as many points as us and Watford combined” the other week, but I think this one is better. 👍 Nearly there on goals too, Brentford 47, Us 49 (26,23). And they’ve got Leeds while we’ve got Spurs, entirely feasible this one could get over the line too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aBee 152 Posted May 15, 2022 Just back from Everton. Quite a rollercoaster! It really is fun! Who knows about next season? Maybe Toney goes, but for lots of money. Wissa looks like he’ll kick on after a full preseason. Maybe Eriksen won’t extend. Jensen today played as well as him and played the passes leading to the first red and the second goal. We’ve been quite consistently good at recruitment for years so the summer buys will be interesting. But maybe we don’t know how to spend £25m as well as £5-15m. We might get found out but then again we’ve not stuck rigidly to a particular system and have switched it up for different opponents so have a little more unpredictability than the recent second season syndrome clubs. We’ve actually substantially underperformed our xG so could have been comfortably top 8 (!) whereas both seasons Sheff U were up they substantially outperformed xG. So we’re more like Brighton than them Even if you reduce our tally from the top 6 to match Leeds’ nul points we’d be on 38 points and safe barring a hammering by Leeds next Sunday when our biggest margin of defeat has been by 3 goals. And if it does go wrong this season will live long and the Championship is higher than most fans have seen for most of their time following the club. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Edwards 2,266 Posted May 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, aBee said: Just back from Everton. Quite a rollercoaster! It really is fun! Who knows about next season? Maybe Toney goes, but for lots of money. Wissa looks like he’ll kick on after a full preseason. Maybe Eriksen won’t extend. Jensen today played as well as him and played the passes leading to the first red and the second goal. We’ve been quite consistently good at recruitment for years so the summer buys will be interesting. But maybe we don’t know how to spend £25m as well as £5-15m. We might get found out but then again we’ve not stuck rigidly to a particular system and have switched it up for different opponents so have a little more unpredictability than the recent second season syndrome clubs. We’ve actually substantially underperformed our xG so could have been comfortably top 8 (!) whereas both seasons Sheff U were up they substantially outperformed xG. So we’re more like Brighton than them Even if you reduce our tally from the top 6 to match Leeds’ nul points we’d be on 38 points and safe barring a hammering by Leeds next Sunday when our biggest margin of defeat has been by 3 goals. And if it does go wrong this season will live long and the Championship is higher than most fans have seen for most of their time following the club. 😉 1 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites