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well said , lets concentrate on premiership when we are comfortable in our new stadium and then take on the best that the prem and Europe can offer..this season has been brilliant
A truly superb article!
Well written Ian!
I don’t think it’s over, I think ipswich will slip up and we will absolutely batter Reading
Can’t argue with anything you say here. Consolidate and push on when we have a better chance of sustaining life in the Premiership. Sad about Warbs but nothing is forever. Excited about a new coach and extending the squad.
Great article, Ian. Similar to yourself I have been supporting The Bees (on and off it must be said – marriage, kids, divorce in that order!) thanks largely to my dad who was the last person in my family to see them in the top division! He would have enjoyed this season like myself and thousands of others. And, like a many a supporter, would have uttered, after a poor performance, the words, “I’m not coming down here anymore!” but would be here the following week! However, even he wouldn’t have said that many times this season. Brilliant season (so far). Much to be proud of.
Ian – I think your article is bang on the money about the next two games being an appreciation of what’s been achieved rather than a moan about what ‘could have been’ – all things considered it’s been a great season for BFC.
Still think we’ll make the play offs tho’… and then who knows…
Thanks for your comments everyone and glad you agree with the sentiment.
Maybe I am wrong about us making the play-offs – I have believed we would make it right up until full-time at Hillsborough, when I finally thought that was that.
But as I say in the piece, no regrets and I look forward to a rousing end to the season.
Ian
Like most of the other contributors I agree with what you say. I have been actively supporting the Bees since 1954 and I have never known (or even dreamed) of a season like this. As a squad I do not think that we are ready for the premier league yet. I think that we may struggle a bit next season until the new manager beds in and we can see if our current squad can work under a new man, but I think that the long term future is exciting and that we will achieve promotion to the premier league in a few years time when we are properly set up with a new ground and a premiership squad.
Jonathan
Well done, very good piece which says what needs to be said. Who knows what lies ahead, but for now get behind the team and our outstanding manager and see if we can get 6 points. Anything that brings is a bonus. I think a healthy respect for the championship is needed, there were teams in L1 that we were able to turn up and beat. Not in this league (bar 1), which makes our achievements even more striking.
Great article. Exactly right. I too have been a bees fan since 1970. Stopped going for a number of years during the 00s as I tried to be a good dad and not be too obsessed with other things. Picked it up last again last season. This year I went to an early season match and told a friend “they’re going to need all the support they can get this season”. However, they’ve carried us to really believe that we’re a great club with a really good team that we deserve after all those years of mediocrity and lack of confidence on ourselves. The wins at Forest, Leeds, Norwich, Cardiff etc were unbelievable especially the first two if, like me, you were a football fanatic in the 70s
It only dawned on me in the last week that we might not actually make the play offs but in the end it’s not the end of the world. Just to have all the pundits and press talking about us week in week out as such a great team has been brilliant. However, two draws for Ipswich and two wind got the Bees……
Very good piece. I think we will get 6 points and it remains to be seen if this will be enough. My head says yes, my heart says no, I have seen enough football in the last three decades and as a result take nothing for granted, nothing is guaranteed. I only wish my late father in law was here to see how much this club has changed and improved over the last 3 seasons. Next year we need to push on and go into the new era with the new ground at least as a Championship side.
Fantastic, positive article Ian – thank you!
My late father followed three teams, Brentford Arsenal & Villa This was when the Bees were on the way to the top & after. He used to take my mother to bees games. Billy Dare was her favourite. The family migrated to what was to become Zimbabwe when I was 4 and returned to England in 1968. I was 16 and my dad took me Griffin Park thus began my passion.I would often go to games even if work prevented my dad going. Allan Mansley was one of my favourites and it made me smile to hear ” Stuff Ricky Villa that was like Allan Mansley” on a recent Beesotted podcast. We migrated again in 1970 this time to Australia. I have so far only managed to get back to England once since, for Christmas in 1998 When I was able to take in the Cardiff & Barnet games in a promotion year. I am now an avid Bees World listener And have only missed three games this Season, the Derby home game when I had to Work on the Sunday, the Leeds away game when the missus and I were on a cruise and the Fulham Good Friday game. As I had to work 8.30 am to 10.30pm. on the Saturday I did not think I should stay up till 4 am. Still I woke at 2 am when I expected kick-off ,was still awake at 3 am so I thought I’d go down & listen to the second half only to get the Bees World after match comments I had not realised England had gone onto daylight as we only came off it the following week.
The last three seasons have been good & even from this distance thanks to Bees world live commentary & highlights & coverage of games including goals from Bein Sports (maybe under Sky sports in UK)I too can say this has been the best in my time. Who knows with two of my fathers teams already having a date at Wembley maybe the hat-trick will be achieved. Beelieve
Well I concur with the above article. My First game was the LDV final against Wigan which we lost 3 – 1, so I also know the frustrations of being a long term Bees fan!
I’ve actually loved this season, it’s brought genuine joy and some pain (that Weir and Warbs are going….can’t think of many that would be able to do such a good job tactically and with people management), and I don’t want it to end! I’ve been proud of the lads, their endeavours and technical trickery and you’re right, if we were offered a top 8 at the beginning of the season I would have bitten your hand off (I actually thought 14 / 15th this season). I agree that the revelations of Xmas time have damaged our chances of Premiership football, that said, it’s still possible and I haven’t given up hope of 2 Bees victories along with a Forest one against Ipswich. I actually think that for 2/3rds of any match against any team in this division we are the match of, if not better, it’s an annoyance that the goals we have given the opposition are more often than not easily avoidable!! But hey, watch a team we are. It’s been a privilege to watch them and well worth the money for a change……even my Dad has come back to Griffin park over the last 2 seasons
😉 CoYB!!
Good article, with a positive attitude that I share. I would have been and am very happy with at least a top 8 finish and think another season in the Championship will actually be good in the long run. My hopes for the future are tempered somewhat by a feeling that the managerial change will affect us much more than some may think and as Ian has demonstrated has already done so this season. If we can survive next season after all the upheavel to come, then I think we will be ok, but changing such a successful management team, with the obvious effect on the players I believe will give us serious problems. I have supported Brentford forover 40 years and this has been a great 3 years. Well done to all and I really hope the changes to come do not prove to be our downfall.
I share your concerns. The management team aren’t just tactically astute but have dealt with the players personalities very well and earmarked quality talent. Will statistics be able to highlight upcoming talent because are statistics held on players outside the football league? Will statistics be able to discern that a player with excellent stats in a long ball team would not do so well in our style of play? And will statistics work out that his character will fit in with the club culture? Warburton will find a new job with David Weir his number 2 at a decent club and I’m sure he’d come knocking at the door for some of our prized assets, and who’d blame him. And of course one of the stand out players this season, Alex Pritchard, won’t be wearing our colours next season. So I think you’re spot on, next season will more likely be the season most of us felt we’d have this one and hopefully we can survive and build from there. This of course is my own humble opinion, and I’d be delighted to be proved wrong
Two men to thank for the last few seasons Warbs is the second which i did with a couple of mates at the training ground on tuesday.The first is Matthew Benham, PLEASE start giving him the credit and backing he deserves. ONWARD AND UPWARDS BEES
Nicely thought out piece Ian, and an honest picture of what this season has brought to us. This has been a joint achievement, for the supporters who have followed the team everywhere, with smiles on their faces for the most part. The work done by Mark, David and their colleagues to get us where we are has been excellent. The magnificent support by Matthew towards the aim of Premiership football shows how much the man loves his favoured team. Money is one thing, and very important of course, but there is a lot thrown around in the football business, and much to little effect. I trust the owner with the club I have supported since being brought to Griffin Park in 1948. Getting to games these days is restricted to occasional 200 mile trips to our ground, and some away matches. To all our fans I say; enjoy the rest of the season, take the memories of the season thus far and look forward.I feel the best is yet to come. COYR
Great read Ian.,. sums up this unforgettable season perfectly