Get a grip.....

[seanrs]

I could go on now about missed penalty and why NOBODY figured out that their effing keeper is old as f**k and all it was needed was for someone to place it neatly into ANY effing corner, but the truth is I can't wait for play offs and I will be there for return leg. (am also very drunk)

COME ON YOU BEES!

True. I don't think he'd have even got down quick enough to save Saunders Sheff Utd penalty

 

[Westlad]

See you all at Wembley.........YOU REDS....

Too soon...Too soon

 

[favershambee]

Just got home - after the drink. I'm really hurting at the moment but the players need our backing more than ever. They are a young squad and need our backing to show we have the belief in them no matter what. We can achieve promotion- we are as good as any team in division.

 

[Wise old Bee]

Nothing fear from the other play-off sides. I have enjoyed this season, and now it goes on for a bit longer.

 

[dbee3]

See you all at Wembley.........YOU REDS....

"Get A Grip"? Not difficult to deduce that you weren't there today. It was soul destroying. From meandering into the play offs, we were suddenly handed a gilt edged chance to fire ourselves into the Championship for the first time in 20 odd years. To see that ball hit the bar was beyond gutting. Grown men in tears and everyone else in stunned silence looking lost. I saw an old bloke propping himself up against the wall with his hand in disbelief at what he'd just witnessed. It was the hope that was the cruelest thing.

Huddersfield 1995 and Reading 2002 weren't a patch on today. Unless we gain promotion via the play offs, I doubt many of us there today will get over what we saw in a hurry. A complete and utter wounder.

 

[North London Bee]

Nothing fear from the other play-off sides. I have enjoyed this season, and now it goes on for a bit longer.

Good try at making us feel better but nothing is going to work tonight I am afraid. I also agree there's nothing to fear from the other playoff sides- it's ourselves we have to watch out for.

 

[JimP]

The beer has eased the pain... a little. I thought I'd seen every way Brentford could possibly make a bollox of things... but I was wrong! But throwing blame around doesn't help. Nobody is to blame... Trotta didn't miss the pen on purpose. It may have been a mistake for him to take it but credit to him for stepping up and wanting it so much.
Now we need to move on. We can beat any of the teams in the play-offs. Let's get behind the team and make bloody sure we do!

 

[favershambee]

Thats right get behind the team thats what matters now!!!!!

The beer has eased the pain... a little. I thought I'd seen every way Brentford could possibly make a bollox of things... but I was wrong! But throwing blame around doesn't help. Nobody is to blame... Trotta didn't miss the pen on purpose. It may have been a mistake for him to take it but credit to him for stepping up and wanting it so much.
Now we need to move on. We can beat any of the teams in the play-offs. Let's get behind the team and make bloody sure we do!

 

[Oldmead]

I have followed Brentford for the last 46 years and through this time there have been some highs and many more lows. Today was simply cruel....Kev should have taken the penalty, end of. Looking at my boy (who had been up for the game all week and is as true a bee as any I have ever met) crying his eyes out at the end made it even harder to take. That said, the only side that have really matched us this season are Bournemouth, we have played well over the season and have some really exciting players at the club. Yes, we could have been more positive at times (Coventry away a prime example) but I for one refuse to give up on this team. We are a much better side than Swindon and I expect an angry Brentford team to easily turn them over, I fancy Yeovil to beat Sheffield over two games and we can beat Yeovil at Wembley.
Give it a day or two, we will recover and will come back more determined than ever to put things right.

 

[favershambee]

There has been alot of tears today - it shows people feel deeply about the club. We need to be as one and show our total backing to the team no matter what.

I have followed Brentford for the last 46 years and through this time there have been some highs and many more lows. Today was simply cruel....Kev should have taken the penalty, end of. Looking at my boy (who had been up for the game all week and is as true a bee as any I have ever met) crying his eyes out at the end made it even harder to take. That said, the only side that have really matched us this season are Bournemouth, we have played well over the season and have some really exciting players at the club. Yes, we could have been more positive at times (Coventry away a prime example) but I for one refuse to give up on this team. We are a much better side than Swindon and I expect an angry Brentford team to easily turn them over, I fancy Yeovil to beat Sheffield over two games and we can beat Yeovil at Wembley.
Give it a day or two, we will recover and will come back more determined than ever to put things right.

 

[sheffbee]

I sort of understood Trotta taking it. He banged one in against Sheff Utd where Saunders missed his so must have been up for it. Kev might well have scored but even he has missed the odd one in the past. Really this season has been a tale of missed penalties. CD etc. We should have been home and dry if we could have put these away We should really work on this now and maybe Kev is the best bet.

We must be favourites for the play offs, beaten Swindle twice and 4pts off the blades. I know its Brentford innit but really this is all stupid superstition new Brentford, different players and yes I have been to them all and never got over the disappointments. I really hope the new Brentford turn up we seem to have got really nervy lately. We don't look good against whomping great defenders, head tennis is never gonna work. Maybe 2 games against Swinedon will get the confidence back and we'll get it together for Wemberlee.

 

[thenightfly]

The manager conceded on BBC that he needs to make the team aware. Why was this not some sufficiently beforehand? It's about team discipline. One designated pen taker and a backup if he is off the pitch/ subbed. Sadly this is, ultimately, URs fault. It was quite clear he conceded such without actually admitting it.

We can win the POs but on evidence of today; kick and rush and nervy, we won't. Strangely, as crap as I feel, I'm optimistic. Roll on Saturday.

 

[Harry Butler]

What is a loan player doing taking such an important penalty, when Mr. Brentford (our seasoned penalty taker) is on the pitch? Massive cock-up.
We're left behind while Marcello trotts off.

When was the last penalty captain fantastic took?
He's the captain he should have taken control he bottled it simple.
This Fulham bollox is just that he had the bottle to take it he missed i feel so sorry
for him....mind you i'm glad i missed it all!

 

[badgerbee]

So, so disappointed today...both with the result and my performance......never ever want to have to be consoled by my 11 year old son again......what 46 year old should have to be comforted, whilst in tears, by his own son? At least in the past I've been able to wallow in my own self pity......please Bees don't make me go through it again......not sure at the moment if i can face it all again next week.....

 

[alfresco]

Those of us at the game went through a lot of emotions very quickly there in the last couple of minutes, as did the players. This causes a certain amount of shock. This process is necessary to deal with and I give it until Monday to refocus because there is work to do and further to go. We can still triumph.

 

[favershambee]

I really understand your bitter disappointment and it shows that your son really cares about you when you are hurting. Thats what families are for too support one another even when they be young at heart. Praise to your lad for his support!!!!

So, so disappointed today...both with the result and my performance......never ever want to have to be consoled by my 11 year old son again......what 46 year old should have to be comforted, whilst in tears, by his own son? At least in the past I've been able to wallow in my own self pity......please Bees don't make me go through it again......not sure at the moment if i can face it all again next week.....

 

[dbee3]

So, so disappointed today...both with the result and my performance......never ever want to have to be consoled by my 11 year old son again......what 46 year old should have to be comforted, whilst in tears, by his own son? At least in the past I've been able to wallow in my own self pity......please Bees don't make me go through it again......not sure at the moment if i can face it all again next week.....

 

[Plymouth Bee]

I've just got back - the football gods weren't smiling on us today (to put it mildly).

I thought we played well - in open play, I thought there would only be one winner.I also thought Portsmouth were better than Doncaster today (but Doncaster came playing for the draw).

I'm very confident we will win the Play Offs.

 

[Garybaldbee]

I'm very confident we will win the Play Offs.

Really? With a team that is emotionally shattered and probably riven with in fighting as a consequence of the penalty shambles? I'd be astonished if we did it. I've just seen some footage on you tube, taken from Ealing Road before the penalty and the arguing amongst the players was disgraceful and would have shamed a schoolboys team. I would imagine its going to be very difficult to hold the dressing room together.

 

[NicoBFC]

I've just got back - the football gods weren't smiling on us today (to put it mildly).

I thought we played well - in open play, I thought there would only be one winner.I also thought Portsmouth were better than Doncaster today (but Doncaster came playing for the draw).

I'm very confident we will win the Play Offs.

Seems like they're never smiling on us

 

[sonofabee]

I've just got back - the football gods weren't smiling on us today (to put it mildly).

I thought we played well - in open play, I thought there would only be one winner.I also thought Portsmouth were better than Doncaster today (but Doncaster came playing for the draw).


I'm very confident we will win the Play Offs.

I wish I shared your optimism. I think we'll know within the first 15 mins on Saturday whether today has taken it's toll.
I'm planning for another season in the third division but expect to win it.

 

[drfc1]

Best of luck for the play offs (genuinely mean that). Expected you to pepper us today but it never really got going for you, maybe that is down to us being extremely well organised? We aren't a great side but we can get a result when required. Your hoolie brigade where very angry at the station, not sure what happened before we got there but one if them was in a bad way, hope he is ok & you get through to Wembley, take 30k & go up.

 

[Worthing Bee]

Really? With a team that is emotionally shattered and probably riven with in fighting as a consequence of the penalty shambles? I'd be astonished if we did it. I've just seen some footage on you tube, taken from Ealing Road before the penalty and the arguing amongst the players was disgraceful and would have shamed a schoolboys team. I would imagine its going to be very difficult to hold the dressing room together.

I agree. The inevitable squabbling and ill-feeling amongst the team following the pen miss will be a psychological handicap, which Swindon, and possibly Sheff Utd or Yeovil will pick up on.

 

[thenightfly]

DRFC:
admittedly a nervy 1st half but we were all over you in the second half like a bad rash. You can't script endings like that so good on you and best of luck in the champ. . If only our designated pen taker had been assertive enough to take orders and take the ball those last 30 seconds MAY have been very different. And go down as a legend in the process.

If only certain players and our otherwise stellar goalie hadn't played hoof ball and speculative wayward punts in the 1st half. If only our top scorer had shown up today. If only the Prem ref understood league 1 football better and had less of an appalling 1st half.... Maybe it would have made no difference and it would have been 0-0.

Surprised Doncaster didn't appear to contest the pen. To be honest I thought some refs would have let that pass. It was a foul but we've all seen worse not given. It was a "nani".

Football leagues most dramatic endings in recent years (according to Sky) had to have a loser. sadly was Brentford. But have a second chance and for that we should be grateful.

We will win at Wembley and see you 1st game of season at home in the Championship! Now I know how Man U supporters felt last year. Kinda.

It's gutting. Truly, sadly, deeply. But it's football. Which is, we stoically remind ourselves, only a game.

Good luck up there Doncaster....

 

[Niksy01]

when's the play off final? I'm due a trip home....

The final is on 19th May and I will making that trip from Oz too if we are there, wouldn't miss it for the world.
Won't count my chickens just though!

 

[taxi driver]

The final is on 19th May and I will making that trip from Oz too if we are there, wouldn't miss it for the world.
Won't count my chickens just though!

Top man

This stuff really gladdens my heart.

 

[Niksy01]

Lived every minute of anguish, pain and excitement on bbc London radio here in Oz and whilst so many of us feel down, we would of taken play offs at the beginning of the season. Yes, we could of gone up today, but we didn't, no blame culture to be had.
So lets all get the negative thoughts out of our heads and go again for the P/O and show how good we all are collective as a club/ supporters.
Lets all stop the bad press and start believing again!
"We are Bees"

 

[wayfarer172]

Just think of the extra dough for Brentford. Two games against Swinedon (All Ticket), followed by a Wembly appearance and hopefully a 40.000/50,000 gate. I have no doubt Uwe will lift the team to go on and win promotion.

 

[wellerbee01]

All this sadness will only make victory at Wembley even more sweet tasting,the team need us to bounce back and be positive about play off victory.....YOU REDS

 

[TW3Bee]

Different manager, different players, same sh!t , gonna take a lot to get the players up after this :sad:

....and some of the fans too.

I for me can't keep being put through this and I don't want my kids to either.

 

[Clive]

Part of me is agreeing with the 'cursed' angle but that is about as likely as believing that wearing a certain pair of lucky pants changes the way 11fit athletes do their jobs. Now is the time the manager earns his salary, lifts the team (of professionals, not spoilt kids) and the SUPPORTERS support. There is no playoffs mould to break or hoodoos to break as this is sport not voodoo. Three wins and we are promoted.

 

[benfleetbee]

Very bad nights sleep. Just kept thinking about the penalty going over and over in my head. It doesnt' matter that they scored. One kick from 12yds in the 94th min to put us in the Championship. I, like the rest of you, feel gutted and so low.
But we have got a second chance. Just hope Uwe can pick the players up. We now have 3 games to get promotion and we would get a trophy. I am trying so hard to be positive but I dont think its working. Maybe its to soon after the match. Give it a few days and things may get better. There is no reason why we cannot win the play offs. But then there is no reason why we will win the play offs. I, like the rest of you, have got to sort myself out and look forward to the Swindon games. Get through them and its on to Wembley.........Oh yeah another final. Maybe just maybe. Come on you Bees.

 

[Downbeat Bee]

Lying here this morning -still can barely believe it.

 

[wanderer paul]

Very bad nights sleep. Just kept thinking about the penalty going over and over in my head. It doesnt' matter that they scored. One kick from 12yds in the 94th min to put us in the Championship. I, like the rest of you, feel gutted and so low.
But we have got a second chance. Just hope Uwe can pick the players up. We now have 3 games to get promotion and we would get a trophy. I am trying so hard to be positive but I dont think its working. Maybe its to soon after the match. Give it a few days and things may get better. There is no reason why we cannot win the play offs. But then there is no reason why we will win the play offs. I, like the rest of you, have got to sort myself out and look forward to the Swindon games. Get through them and its on to Wembley.........Oh yeah another final. Maybe just maybe. Come on you Bees.

Cheers. Feel the same too. More drained now than anytime last week. A good start to the day yesterday, such a sad end, pick ourselves up and go again, we have to.

 

[youngdelly]

I was sat near Uwe. Kev came over and said 'why did you let him take it'. Uwe said 'I will sort it', Kev said 'what are you going to do'.
Kev was trying to take the ball off Trotta but he wouldn't let him have it. Trotta wanted the glory but he broke Uwe's rules so I blame Trotter. A complete wa**er!

 

[Downbeat Bee]

I keep scouring the GPG hoping to find something that puts yesterday into perspective but nothing is working.

 

[wanderer paul]

I was sat near Uwe. Kev came over and said 'why did you let him take it'. Uwe said 'I will sort it', Kev said 'what are you going to do'.
Kev was trying to take the ball off Trotta but he wouldn't let him have it. Trotta wanted the glory but he broke Uwe's rules so I blame Trotter. A complete wa**er!

Someone had the balls and single mindedness to take it...... Marcello Trotta. If SS had stepped up, I'd have been nervous, if CD had put the ball down, I'd have left, if KOC grabbed it, I'd have prayed, Marcello took it, I felt confident. No blame onto one player from me. They're a squad of players, they take decisions on the pitch, they accept responsibility. Now they have to dust themselves down, be together and play 3 more games.

 

[Scottieno]

I woke feeling as gutted, but actually believing that a trip to Wembley will be a good way to end the season and believing we are actually going to do it.

 

[maddogging]

If Uwe confirmed the players froze then what are they going to be like in the next two games. Any talks of Wembley are incredibly premature, it will be a challenge and a half to get past Swindon in two games

 

[Kettering Bee]

Felt ok yesterday. Probably because it's what I expected. There's no new or old Brentford. There's just Brentford.

Woke up at 5 this morning feeling terrible. However, I've had a rush of positivity and genuinely think we are gonna win the POs.

 

[hanworthbee]

The title of this thread has to be the most unbelieavable ever..get a grip?

 

[GP200]

Felt ok yesterday. Probably because it's what I expected. There's no new or old Brentford. There's just Brentford.

Woke up at 5 this morning feeling terrible. However, I've had a rush of positivity and genuinely think we are gonna win the POs.

....................Good Lad...................

 

[gamidov]

I keep scouring the GPG hoping to find something that puts yesterday into perspective but nothing is working.

I know what you mean! I'm looking for counselling after what I went through yesterday

 

[wanderer paul]

Felt ok yesterday. Probably because it's what I expected. There's no new or old Brentford. There's just Brentford.

Woke up at 5 this morning feeling terrible. However, I've had a rush of positivity and genuinely think we are gonna win the POs.

Good. You and the young lady came across well on TV.....

 

[Houghton Bee]

I keep scouring the GPG hoping to find something that puts yesterday into perspective but nothing is working.

over the course of the season a mate of mine passed away from cancer aged 27 and another friends baby died aged 3 months. not trying to be a clever dick but for me brentford losing is nowhere near as bad as these losses were, painful as yesterdays loss was. brentford get another crack at it at the weekend, next season, the season after etc. the 2 people i mentioned dont

 

[North London Bee]

Good. You and the young lady came across well on TV.....

Lovely to see your daughter and that reprobate Kettering Bee on TV last night and I really hope that she is more resilient than all of us and gets over the hurt as quickly as possible. I have felt sick to my stomach ever since the Trotta fiasco and I am sure that she is feeling worse ..... but we just keep on keeping on have to look forward to Swindon.

I just hope the players can do the same

 

[Gonads2]

The manager conceded on BBC that he needs to make the team aware. Why was this not some sufficiently beforehand? It's about team discipline. One designated pen taker and a backup if he is off the pitch/ subbed. Sadly this is, ultimately, URs fault. It was quite clear he conceded such without actually admitting it.

We can win the POs but on evidence of today; kick and rush and nervy, we won't. Strangely, as crap as I feel, I'm optimistic. Roll on Saturday.

Or Uwe was doing a great job of managing his team by deflecting flak from the squad Alex Ferguson style!!

 

[Gonads2]

Sick, cant think straight. There was actually a 30 second spell as I woke this morning, from an alcohol induced coma, when yesterdays horror was forgotten. As it came flooding back I put myself through the FL Show just to make sure I was remembering it all correctly.......still can't believe it.

Not only did we miss a penalty but the Donny goal was also 10 yards offside (for what it matters) my son and I were sat in line when the ball was passed for the tap in.

That said, thought we played well yesterday and were in complete control, it doesn't matter now, width of a post, a missed penalty and an offside goal. We MUST look forward but this is going to take a bit of time to shake off for me.

 

[SCARFER]

The title of this thread has to be the most unbelieavable ever..get a grip?

Indeed, guessing OP wasn't at the game or travelled up and down the country following us all season, sure I'll get over it but at the moment I have had enough, completely gutted, really thought it was gonna be our day

 

[sid]

One simple question, if you were players of any of the remaining teams in the play-offs, what team would you feel you had the best chance of winning against? I know who I'd want to play.