[EastLondonTerrier]

Well, lets start with that first half. Categorically and I am not hyperbolising when I say this that that was the WORST town performance in one half that I've ever seen. Hudson at fault for all three goals who made Lynch look like titus bramble. I actually hope carayol and miller never play in a town shirt again after their performances today, they were an absolute disgrace and Carayol should be sent back to boro immediately. Carayol did absolutely nothing, wasted possession, shite final ball and left chillwell horribly exposed time and time and time again, couldn't tackle for toffee and constantly out of position. Holmes tried but looked overwhelmed with the pressure and only had crainie to help him. Boy do we miss Whitehead and Ward big time. I'd even be tempted to play wallace at centre back ahead of hudson right now. Smith once again never knew where his marker was, the basic requirement of a fullback and was atrocious too. Subs immediately made impact and dempsey was outstanding. Suits wagner's style of play and was a constant threat. Pato my MOTM as he was our only creative outlet in the first half and constantly looked to break between the lines. Nakhi also outstanding and deserved two goals. The ref went from being quite decent to an absolute joke and a disgrace. The penalty he gave was a shoulder charge at worst and he gives a pen against chilwell but when chilwell gets done in the exact same way the other end, nothing. blatant handballs they committed were dismissed and there were countless other things I could mention. Lolley had a great game too and deserved his goal. I'd start Wallace at CB next game with Lynch, play Crainie at RB and keep Chilwell. We cannot conced 4 goals every game and in the manner we did. It was utterly spineless and gutless. We currently once again have half a functioning defence and Tommy Smith and Mark Hudson just simply aren't good enough. I love mark as a leader and he has been a great servant but he's out of his depth. On that showing, dempsey has to start every game as does Nakhi, get rid of miller in Jan and give Wagner money to invest in a Striker to help Nakhi and a proper RB. Another day it could have been 6-6 as they had one clear one-on-one and several other clear-cut chances. They are a quality side but we also made them look like Real Madrid. Serious defensive work needed next week in training. Goals wise if we play the right players I'm not as concerned if we get Nakhi firing, keep Carayol and Miller away from the first team squad and rotate lolley, scannell and bunn. Fans were outstanding and really got behind the team. Still positive but such a frustrating day. Some of that may sound harsh but if you were at the game you'd feel exactly the same. Also the end of the day was slightly marred by a couple of paralytic "town" fans yelling purile and homophobic language at some of the brentford players. Anyone in the upper tier would have heard of it and I made a note to make my feelings known about it. We're better than neanderthal stereotypes to hurl at southern teams players. Must-win (when isn't it now) game at Preston on Tuesday.

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Appreciated Hudson's omission at the end. I want him to do well and get his form back but father time has sadly caught up with him. Respect him as a player and leader massively but he's reached PC point of no return I'm afraid with that performance.