Observations On The Transition Of Brentford Football Club
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An excellent read. Thank you.
Excellent!
I remember the 1-0 defeat to Grimsby just before Wrexham and really thought we were heading for the Conference.
My lightbulb game is Brentford 3 Brighton 2, 14 September 2014, our first home win in the Championship and the first real showing for me of our wonderful new brand of passing football.
Look forward to your next article!
Fantastic piece Jay bringing back so many memories, personal as well as footballing. Thank you.
Smashing piece that. Really enjoyed reading it and reliving some great memories.
Really good article. Enjoyed that. One missing step was possibly the change in the style of football brought about by Uwe Rosler. (Andy Scott deserves his place here but the football could never be described as pretty!).
But was there one match under Rosler that encapsulates that change?
A very good summary, but I think there are two other decisive moments in the rising of the ‘new Brentford’.
The first being the recruitment of Thomas Frank as assistant to Dean Smith. Another magnificent example of forward planning to have every position covered. Thomas Frank was given time to absorb the Brentford culture and English football, to be groomed ready for the task when Smith, inevitably, would leave. What a masterstroke.
The second being the recruiting of Brian Reimer as Thomas Frank’s assistant. I distinctly remember reading a key brief for him was to work on developing a stronger defensive unit at Brentford. The weakness of Smith was defence and the early days of Frank were much the same. Potus Jansson has been an essential part of the maturing superbly miserly defence, but it is clear than Brian Reimer has delivered by the bucket load. So many teams have a solid defence and poor attack and the combination of Thomas Frank and Brian Reimer, welded with the recruiting team has delivered a seamless defence, midfield and attack.
I can only watch the highlights here in Australia, but wow, those few minutes each week are a revelation from the many years standing at Griffin Park, watching some shockers in my boyhood, youth and young man days. Those of us who spent all those years of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s , watching Brentford and dreaming what might be are all now in in awe of everyone who has played a part in what is Brentford today, both on and off the pitch, yet still with the same humble values that has always been Brentford.
Isn’t it somehow profound that at a time Brentford are showing the worldwide football community the way of the future, the old world, as encapsulated by the likes of Barcelona, is showing every sign of decay.
What a time to be a Brentford supporter.
Always feel that the signings of players like Yennaris, Vibe and Bjelland were the first tests in markets that were key to our success too. Undervalued PL (London) reserves and Scandinavian imports. All let the staff know “yeah this is a viable model in practice as well”
Mad dog arrival and the great escape… I remember one of those special nights at GP Vs Rushen and Diamonds, 3 – 0 up within 30 minutes. He galvanised the fans and players and injected much needed PMA. Whatever happens, we stick together, Beelieve and love the bees.
Nice article. It’s all been about player recruitment for me. It was clear as a long term watcher from the terraces this process was started with the recruitment of Logan, Bidwell and Forshaw between June 2011 and February 2012. The quality of player went up considerably at this time and continues to this day !