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Nathan Collins

Slight misremembering by NC in the interview over that game v Wolves....

He says:
"I had one game for Brentford against Wolves and I had two mistakes in the game. I gave away two goals, we lost 3-1 or something like that and I got battered off the Wolves fans because I'd just left Wolves and the fans had so much to go against me, so much stick. I was like, 'oh my God, this couldn't have got any worse'."

It was 4-1, obviously.
And he was responsible for 3, possibly all 4 of the goals!!!!
 

Nathan Collins

badgerbee said:
Slight misremembering by NC in the interview over that game v Wolves....

He says:
"I had one game for Brentford against Wolves and I had two mistakes in the game. I gave away two goals, we lost 3-1 or something like that and I got battered off the Wolves fans because I'd just left Wolves and the fans had so much to go against me, so much stick. I was like, 'oh my God, this couldn't have got any worse'."

It was 4-1, obviously.
And he was responsible for 3, possibly all 4 of the goals!!!!
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Way to kick a man whilst he is down 😢😭😢
 

Nathan Collins

Great interview. Comes across as a nice bloke and looks like he really enjoyed the interview. I imagined he’d be different, (I have this tough Irish centre half in my head. Plus he seems older than 24 on the pitch to me).
I like the end where he says he wants to be a good person, the best version of himself, surely this is the Brentford ethos.
 

Nathan Collins

A very good and interesting interview.

It reveals his character and what you had always thought he’d be like - very positive - and how he reflects our Brentford culture, of not pompous but competitively ambitious!

I didn’t know that he’d had such a longer term connection with Keith A, as Nathan rose through the various Ireland teams.
 

Nathan Collins

Didn’t realise how slow Collins is! Ajer recovery pace is very good, really doesn’t work with three CBs playing in defence!
 

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TOXIC BEE said:
He’s a lucky boy that Tolu hit the post with that chance to make it 3-2. Clearly shot of confidence, but his defending of crosses is a complete mess.
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Our defending crosses from wide has been poor for a while, appalling defending for Wolves’ second last night, scorer was left alone. It’s clearly something our opposition target and we really need to work on it. I’d guess Thiago is our best defender from corners, too.
 

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Nathan Collins

Do Ireland have a match next week now they're out of the playoffs? I see N Ireland and Wales are playing each other for the Saddo Cup 😂 Hopefully Collins can put his feet up.till we play again.
 

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cliffbee said:
Do Ireland have a match next week now they're out of the playoffs? I see N Ireland and Wales are playing each other for the Saddo Cup 😂 Hopefully Collins can put his feet up.till we play again.
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Expect Nathan & Kev to be both playing in the friendly match as a build up to the Nations league & get disappointment out of system.
 

Nathan Collins

w7 bee said:
Expect Nathan & Kev to be both playing in the friendly match as a build up to the Nations league & get disappointment out of system.
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Who are they playing? I couldn't find a fixture
 

Nathan Collins

Did okay against Bryan. The 2 incidents with Casimiro is so poor. Why would you do the same thing twice when the ref is looking to blow for it.
 

Nathan Collins

Justin Fisher said:
I like Nathan. But we were more solid when Ajer was playing in that spot.
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Ajer really has pace and more determination, if you watched Ireland play off his head was down and absolutely no inspiration to his teammates, when the game got tough, bring back Christian, proper captain 😊
 

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ABEEE said:
Did okay against Bryan. The 2 incidents with Casimiro is so poor. Why would you do the same thing twice when the ref is looking to blow for it.
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Okay is an understatement, he had Bryan in his pocket the whole night. A bit miffed at some of the comments here because he didn’t do a lot wrong today
 

Nathan Collins

Collins is fine but it’s interesting how Ajer was flying but now seems to be out of favour. Keith is seeing them every day so must have his reasons.
 

Nathan Collins

last season, he was so good at staying behind the midfield allowing us to go free flowing forward and he’d sweep up, this season he’s playing flat- therefore there isn’t many standout moments. i don’t think he’s a bad player at all, maybe the lack of an out and out 6 like norgaard has not helped his game or maybe he’s been asked to stay back and not drive forward with the ball.
 

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JosephBFC said:
Okay is an understatement, he had Bryan in his pocket the whole night. A bit miffed at some of the comments here because he didn’t do a lot wrong today
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First goal! Marking no one, now maybe Andrew’s said don’t worry about Slabhead😳 but being captain I wouldn’t let Maguire have a sniff! Got to be down to Andrew’s then🤔
 

Nathan Collins

Needs to stop breathing on Casemiro, causing him to fall over…
 

Nathan Collins

jlove said:
Needs to stop breathing on Casemiro, causing him to fall over…
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Soft calls and Collins clearly told ref it was embarrassing to give a foul etc but poor judgement as to why he touched him again 30 secs later knowing Kavanagh was itching to call it and end the game.
 

Nathan Collins

Justin Fisher said:
I like Nathan. But we were more solid when Ajer was playing in that spot.
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Simply not true. In the 6 games since Collins has come back into the side we've conceded 6 goals.

In the 6 games before that we conceded 10 goals.

People see what they want to see.
 

Nathan Collins

AlwaysBees said:
First goal! Marking no one, now maybe Andrew’s said don’t worry about Slabhead😳 but being captain I wouldn’t let Maguire have a sniff! Got to be down to Andrew’s then🤔
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The first goal has nothing to do with him whatsoever. He isn’t supposed to be marking a player, he’s marking the space, as you do in a zonal system. We have one of the strongest defensive set piece records in the whole league
 

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CTBee said:
Simply not true. In the 6 games since Collins has come back into the side we've conceded 6 goals.

In the 6 games before that we conceded 10 goals.

People see what they want to see.
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What I want to see is Brentford do well, regardless of who is playing. No agenda here, old son
 

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JosephBFC said:
The first goal has nothing to do with him whatsoever. He isn’t supposed to be marking a player, he’s marking the space, as you do in a zonal system. We have one of the strongest defensive set piece records in the whole league
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I suppose that is down to Andrew’s then but I don’t hear you blaming him! Maguire is there main threat from corners, I’m sure even you and myself could have worked that out 🤔maybe they had worked that out and Andrews was out thought 🤷🏻‍♂️can only comment on what I see, for Ireland and us, we will see what players of our are sort after in the summer and I can assure you it won’t be Collins, maybe Ajer SVB and Kayode 🤔hope I am proven wrong 😊🐝🐝
 

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Some of these comments... Have yous ever played football before?
 

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The way I see it v Ajer (subjective of course):

Collins Pro's- Never injured, reliable passer of the ball, a threat from corners
Collins Con's- Switches off, often leaves man unmarked in dangerous situations, personally think he goes missing as a captain

Ajer Pro's- Pacey, brilliant 1v1 tackler, connection with Kayode, natural leader
Ajer Con's- Injury prone, not good in the air for size, frequent yellow card

Win rate with Collins starting - 38% over 33 games
Win rate with Ajer starting- 59% over 12 games

Gut feeling?- We're a better team with Ajer in it than Collins. Statistically, data set above too small of sample to draw any conclusion.

Our brilliant run of form came when Ajer and Kayode had a somewhat big brother, little brother relationship at the back. Kayode clearly see's Ajer as a leader, Ajer is naturally vocal on the pitch and has a brilliant attitude. Collins, fkin pisses me off at times but he's only 23, will he get better than Ajer? Probably, but he isn't yet in my opinion.

My vote's for Ajer, but KA's is for Collins.
 

Nathan Collins

I’d like to see a bit more nasty in Nathan and Sepp.
Only Sepp’s second booking of the season last night.
They are both a bit too nice.
 

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upnorthbee said:
The way I see it v Ajer (subjective of course):

Collins Pro's- Never injured, reliable passer of the ball, a threat from corners
Collins Con's- Switches off, often leaves man unmarked in dangerous situations, personally think he goes missing as a captain

Ajer Pro's- Pacey, brilliant 1v1 tackler, connection with Kayode, natural leader
Ajer Con's- Injury prone, not good in the air for size, frequent yellow card

Win rate with Collins starting - 38% over 33 games
Win rate with Ajer starting- 59% over 12 games

Gut feeling?- We're a better team with Ajer in it than Collins. Statistically, data set above too small of sample to draw any conclusion.

Our brilliant run of form came when Ajer and Kayode had a somewhat big brother, little brother relationship at the back. Kayode clearly see's Ajer as a leader, Ajer is naturally vocal on the pitch and has a brilliant attitude. Collins, fkin pisses me off at times but he's only 23, will he get better than Ajer? Probably, but he isn't yet in my opinion.

My vote's for Ajer, but KA's is for Collins.
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Nathan’s 25th birthday is this week.
 

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For a few minutes in the first half, he had me wondering if he was going to have one of 'those' games, but then he seemed to wake up and all was good.
 

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upnorthbee said:
The way I see it v Ajer (subjective of course):

Collins Pro's- Never injured, reliable passer of the ball, a threat from corners
Collins Con's- Switches off, often leaves man unmarked in dangerous situations, personally think he goes missing as a captain

Ajer Pro's- Pacey, brilliant 1v1 tackler, connection with Kayode, natural leader
Ajer Con's- Injury prone, not good in the air for size, frequent yellow card

Win rate with Collins starting - 38% over 33 games
Win rate with Ajer starting- 59% over 12 games

Gut feeling?- We're a better team with Ajer in it than Collins. Statistically, data set above too small of sample to draw any conclusion.

Our brilliant run of form came when Ajer and Kayode had a somewhat big brother, little brother relationship at the back. Kayode clearly see's Ajer as a leader, Ajer is naturally vocal on the pitch and has a brilliant attitude. Collins, fkin pisses me off at times but he's only 23, will he get better than Ajer? Probably, but he isn't yet in my opinion.

My vote's for Ajer, but KA's is for Collins.
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Well done for the 12 match data sample on Ajer. You will go far.
 

Nathan Collins

I think Nathan is a great player if he stops trying to do the flash stuff which isn’t him . Also I am not convinced he is suited to captain role.
 

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Nickabee said:
I think Nathan is a great player if he stops trying to do the flash stuff which isn’t him . Also I am not convinced he is suited to captain role.
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It’s difficult.

Genuine Captain figures are few and far between. Calm, composed, but yet demand respect ( unless it’s Roy Keane). CN fitted that, now he’s at Arsenal.

I think Sepp could grow into that. But I also think we know Nathan can, because he’s shown he can. Yes, there are moments he has a rush of blood or perhaps he over analyses what to do - Welbeck goal.

But whilst he may be a very ‘emotional’ player , so to speak, we’ve seen how positive that can be
 

Nathan Collins

Just seen the highlights and is in the mix for all 3 of City's goals. Makes too many defensive errors for me at this level. I'd rather see Sep play out the last 2 with Ajer.
 
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