O'Brien saves a point as Beto squanders three

Chance for Charly to force himself in to the side permanently.

1-0 Alcaraz!!!

Let's hope Charly is my darling and lasts the 90-plus minutes.

Good line-up.

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But what is it with these ridiculous shots not on goal?

Then we give away a soft goal from a long throw-in for which nobody seemed to want to challenge. Brentford just seem to be quicker, better organized and not without a bit of skill and Moyes will earn his money sorting this out at halftime.

Full backs and wingers giving us nothing going forward.

A good point on the road. Alcaraz has to become a permanent addition, what an agressivenes and understanding of the game he has.

If Beto should’ve passed that we would have won it.

Great point and still moving forward.

From the corner it looked like Lindstrom stopped it going into the net. And who said Mykolenko can't cross a ball as O'Brien gets his first. Beto spoils his reputation by missing a third one on one chance with their keeper.

A game which could have gone either way and without either team looking like they wanted it a draw seems a fair result as Mr Moyes effect continues.

Oh, and a final word, the Ref had a good game but what is the point of Linesmen if they won't flag offside until VAR tells them to.

No doubt we'll be told that they weren't really chances, that no-one could have scored them.

Well, there is one player I know who certainly couldn't!

We will get better with a bit of a rest and troops coming back, on this form we will be soon in the top half.

You could argue that Beto should've scored all three of his chances but the keeper did well each time and the effort that caught Flekken under the arm could easily have gone in.

O'Brien and Tarks were immense and we looked the most likely to score a winner. And I'm gonna say it: we're now safe. 15 points and massively superior GD.

UTFT!!!

Obviously, Beto finding form prior to this game helped but getting goals from set pieces and people following up on loose balls have also helped. This was basic stuff we'd stopped doing for whatever reason under Dyche.

As to the performance tonight, it was a bit below par but games are coming thick and fast for our threadbare squad so it is not surprising to see a bit of lethargy creeping in.

The team that is third from bottom needs now to make up 16 points on us, so we're up basically.

I don't think we deserved to win but we had some good chances and Brentford didn't deserve to win either so I'd say
I'm happy with another point which makes it almost certain we can relax for another season.

James Garner was the MotM for me.

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Strongly dispute the criticism of Beto... their keeper did very well, that last chip was bound for the top corner if not for a great save, the pass to Alcaraz was NOT on, and Charly's tantrum was less than seemly.

I thought we threw away 2 points against Man Utd and I am really disappointed we didn't win tonight. Beto had four chances, two of which he really should have scored.

Two points from two games with a depleted squad is better than zero points – but it should have been six.

Definitely over the top, would it not be great to get Calvert-Lewin back from injury?

Good overall performance by us, I wish we had more options off the bench.

Well done Moyes and the team, a never-say-die attitude.

At that level, he has to score at least one.

"Fairytale of Bramley Moore Dock" perhaps?

Very, very impressive start from Moyes.

A gritty performance, you can see Beto's shortcomings but, he also gave us an outlet and is becoming a real handful to play against, and I'm sure the goals will continue if he keeps getting in areas that will always give him chances and he gets back to keeping the ball on the floor!

The best thing about tonight was that I'm no longer exasperated when I watch us and you can slowly begin to see the players gaining confidence. The rest should do us good and hopefully a few players are fit for the Wolves game in ten days time

Beto's first two chances one one-on-one, he should have scored, the last chance wasn't easy, but I can't fault his effort.

The 10-day break is badly needed, and hopefully we'll have more players back before Wolves.

Clearly safe now, and I expect us to put up more points that's remaining.

If Leicester don't win tomorrow, it will be the final confirmation we will be in BMD as a Premier League club next season, even if it is all but certain now anyway.

Thank you, Mr Moyes – take a bow.

Oh for a game changer on the bench. Shame about Beto not converting, but he's already scored more one one-on-ones in the past month than Calvert-Lewin probably ever will, so I'm willing to cut him some slack.

Overall, a good away point, especially coming from behind.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think we'd be more or less safe when not even out of February.

What a job the manager has done and I never doubted for one minute tonight that we wouldn't score.

I would never have said that under the other clown because, as soon as Wissa scored, that would have been game over under him.

Yes, Beto missed great chances tonight but let's credit him for the ones he's stuck away lately.

On another night, at least one goes in but the keeper made 2 good saves so let's not be too harsh.

As I said when he come back, I can't remember having too many sleepless nights when he was here last time. I couldn't say that under The Waiter, Frank, and Him who I can't mention.

Thanks, David and his threadbare squad, for giving us back our pride... at least for this season.

We've got an excellent striker here. and their centre-half should have been sent off for the first one, took Beto out.

O'Brien took his goal well and Moyes continues to confound his critics, of which I am one...but so far on a game by game basis he's doing OK, so fairplay to him.

10 (?) days off now to rest a day regroup.

When draws go from being 1pt gained to feeling like 2pts lost we must be doing something right.

The little fat southern bbc match commentator whos name escapes me always says - he should scored - every time a player has not even a half chance which always causes me to utter an expletive.
They are all easy from the side-lines.

Thought Beto did well to get onto those chances with pace and strength but was generally not getting much service and very little support.

The first one he tried to go around the keeper but being young and agile the keeper thwarted him, 1-0 to the keeper, the second one he tried to put away early on the ground and again the keeper got a touch to get it just around the post, the 3rd one he tried to loop over the keeper who managed the faintest of touches to again get it over the woodwork.

Thought our MF was tremendous today with special mention for Charly, Garner and Gana Gueye.

The flanks not so good with poor crosses and weak defending at times particularly our left flank which needs a boost in the summer.

We gave as good as we got, at the very least. Beto could have scored, of course. But their goalie understood that he prefers to hit the ball to the keeper’s left, anticipated and saved. Or, in the first instance, made him go the wrong way. Excellent goalkeeping.

We fully deserved O’Brien’s well taken equaliser.

And, of course, cautious Moyes settled for the point. Or, rather, he didn’t - he absolutely went for the win, despite his very limited options from the bench.

If you compare those two matches it's night and day. We showed precisely zero bravery in that first match and they were booed off the pitch. Tonight we had chances and the equaliser came from both full backs in the final third.

I'm not even too disappointed in Beto. He didn't do too much wrong for the second two chances. For the first one I don't think he ever quite regained his composure after the initial challenge.

The Charly/Beto combination looks like it's got legs. Charly can be a bit hungry (and he wasn't happy with Beto taking a shot) but I like his attitude. He looks nailed on right now to be a permanent deal.

By the way, a little bit of fortune for our equaliser as I thought there was a late challenge before the ball turned over. Referee looked like he put the whistle to his mouth and then changed his mind.

Mind you I also thought Gueye was fouled in the build up to their offside goal.

No complaints at all from me. We're playing out mid table fixtures now, the team is running on fumes, the matches have been coming twice a week, and yet we keep seeing the same drive and commitment right to the end of matches.

Finally witnessing my Everton. Thank God we made that change. It was sucking the life out of me.