Sacré Rouge… Bees Take The Biscuit – Brentford 3 Nice 2 (VIDEO)

Stephen on July 27, 2014 at 10:48 am

Never, in my over 30 years of watching ‘football’ at Griffin Park have I ever been so excited by the group of players that Rossler and now Warburton have amassed and put together. This group of newbies have taken us to another level and having won promotion with, let’s be honest, no out and out striker on the books but more so, a strong group of attacking midfielders pushing forward after Trotta done a sterling job of holding it up but what we saw yesterday is quality and strength in abundance and the replacement of players who although were laudible in their efforts in gaining us promotion, I’m not sure they would have cut the mustard in the Championship.

Gone are Donaldson who for all his tireless running and brilliant work ethic, would frustrate more than please you, when he worked so hard and got in to the goal scoring position, by inevitably missing or skying his shot and never really ever being able to cleanly hit a ball, plus his atrocious efforts at one on ones when all fans had resigned themselves to him missing gamely once again and his own teammates pretty much getting themselves back in position to defend a goal kick as opposed to celebrating a goal. He was replaced with Gray in yesterday’s line up and in less than 2 minutes of his home debut, showed us how to coolly finish a one on one with steely nerve and put all memories of Donaldsons efforts behind us as quickly as his name got on the scoresheet.

We have also bought in Hogan who for the short period of time he was on, looks a real prospect and showed more passion and effort in 25 mins than I seen from the (& I still can’t quite actually believe it) International player, Grigg. How we managed to palm him off to MK Dons after his performance against them at MK Dons arena last year, is possibly Warburtons best ever master stroke, as from anyone else watching it was the single handedly most non existing performance ever witnessed.

We have got Odebajo on the right wing and yesterday was the first time I’ve witnessed anything like that speed and strength on the wing at Griffin Park since Smiley but even Smiley for all his pace and ability, didn’t have anywhere near the strength of this man mountain. He looks a steel at a million and as said above, when did Brentford ever look to compete in the transfer market like we have done this summer. Thank you thank you thank you Mathew Benham.

Then we had Tebar in the middle of the park, who looks like every Spanish footballer in recent years, as comfortable on the ball under pressure or when pressed to not only find a player but with class and flair too. He reminded me of John Buttigeeg from time gone by when he would control it on his chest, take it on his knee, lay it off to a wing back or sprayed it forward, only to be derided by the older contingent of the GP crowd and told to “stop messing about and get rid of it”. (What will these older generations make of the football on the floor and the controlling possession game we now play? Although im sure they’ll find something to moan about) He lost it a few times when our players had pushed on and were caught out of position when possession was turned over but I’m sure Warburton and the team saw this and will have a gentle reminder to him but we also saw who I thought was the best player on an opposition team against us last year at Griffin Park in Pritchard. He looks absolute quality and did so when playing for Swindon last year. We have now got not just one but 2 of the best 3 players in League 1 in our midfield this season and she we can find positions for Forshaw and Pritchard in same team, we might see something special happening.

Our defence looks solid too and think the acquisition of Tarkowski at the end of last season was brilliant and a sign of things to come and with McCormacks steel to come back in as well, look solid enough there too.

I do think we are a little light still at centre back alongside Tarkowski with both Craig and Dean who might well struggle in the faster paced, more clinical division of The Championship and I’m still not totally convinced by Button in goal but that aside, genuinely think that this is far and beyond our best ever team of players by some distance in 40 odd years anyway. Having seen who was not involved at all yesterday and with talk of Warburton still looking to bring in 2 more players, I think our only issue is going to be trying to keep all the players happy with game time. It’s going to be very difficult to get a game especially in midfield and it’s a long long season ahead and with pressures from parent clubs for our loan players who will want them playing in games the large percentage of time, we will have players on contracts who might see their own time on the pitch drastically cut down and might lead to unrest but from what I have seen on and off the pitch this summer, this is shaping up to be one hell of a season ahead and far from talk of ‘surviving’ in the Championship this year, think we might shock and surprise a good few of the big names coming down to Griffin Park or when on the road.

I would love to see this momentum maintained til we begin life in our new stadium which must be more like 3 years away now as opposed to the 2 promised, as there are still tenants on the land not moved on and not a single excavation or brick laid yet, so think the reality will be starting season 2017-18 as opposed to 2016-17. That’s long time from now and who knows what ahead of us but as Brentford fans, we know only too well by now not to count our chickens but with the football and footballers on display yesterday, the management and back room staff looking ever more professional by the day, Griffin Park having had a makeover and with Benham at the helm overseeing it all, it’s the most exciting time ever to be a Brentford fan.

Come on you Bees, make us proud of being one of Londons top top clubs and put us up there in the top 30 teams in the country by finishing top half of Championship. Daydream believers.

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Stephen on July 27, 2014 at 10:48 am
Never, in my over 30 years of watching ‘football’ at Griffin Park have I ever been so excited by the group of players that Rossler and now Warburton have amassed and put together. This group of newbies have taken us to another level and having won promotion with, let’s be honest, no out and out striker on the books but more so, a strong group of attacking midfielders pushing forward after Trotta done a sterling job of holding it up but what we saw yesterday is quality and strength in abundance and the replacement of players who although were laudible in their efforts in gaining us promotion, I’m not sure they would have cut the mustard in the Championship.
Gone are Donaldson who for all his tireless running and brilliant work ethic, would frustrate more than please you, when he worked so hard and got in to the goal scoring position, by inevitably missing or skying his shot and never really ever being able to cleanly hit a ball, plus his atrocious efforts at one on ones when all fans had resigned themselves to him missing gamely once again and his own teammates pretty much getting themselves back in position to defend a goal kick as opposed to celebrating a goal. He was replaced with Gray in yesterday’s line up and in less than 2 minutes of his home debut, showed us how to coolly finish a one on one with steely nerve and put all memories of Donaldsons efforts behind us as quickly as his name got on the scoresheet.
We have also bought in Hogan who for the short period of time he was on, looks a real prospect and showed more passion and effort in 25 mins than I seen from the (& I still can’t quite actually believe it) International player, Grigg. How we managed to palm him off to MK Dons after his performance against them at MK Dons arena last year, is possibly Warburtons best ever master stroke, as from anyone else watching it was the single handedly most non existing performance ever witnessed.
We have got Odebajo on the right wing and yesterday was the first time I’ve witnessed anything like that speed and strength on the wing at Griffin Park since Smiley but even Smiley for all his pace and ability, didn’t have anywhere near the strength of this man mountain. He looks a steel at a million and as said above, when did Brentford ever look to compete in the transfer market like we have done this summer. Thank you thank you thank you Mathew Benham.
Then we had Tebar in the middle of the park, who looks like every Spanish footballer in recent years, as comfortable on the ball under pressure or when pressed to not only find a player but with class and flair too. He reminded me of John Buttigeeg from time gone by when he would control it on his chest, take it on his knee, lay it off to a wing back or sprayed it forward, only to be derided by the older contingent of the GP crowd and told to “stop messing about and get rid of it”. (What will these older generations make of the football on the floor and the controlling possession game we now play? Although im sure they’ll find something to moan about) He lost it a few times when our players had pushed on and were caught out of position when possession was turned over but I’m sure Warburton and the team saw this and will have a gentle reminder to him but we also saw who I thought was the best player on an opposition team against us last year at Griffin Park in Pritchard. He looks absolute quality and did so when playing for Swindon last year. We have now got not just one but 2 of the best 3 players in League 1 in our midfield this season and she we can find positions for Forshaw and Pritchard in same team, we might see something special happening.
Our defence looks solid too and think the acquisition of Tarkowski at the end of last season was brilliant and a sign of things to come and with McCormacks steel to come back in as well, look solid enough there too.
I do think we are a little light still at centre back alongside Tarkowski with both Craig and Dean who might well struggle in the faster paced, more clinical division of The Championship and I’m still not totally convinced by Button in goal but that aside, genuinely think that this is far and beyond our best ever team of players by some distance in 40 odd years anyway. Having seen who was not involved at all yesterday and with talk of Warburton still looking to bring in 2 more players, I think our only issue is going to be trying to keep all the players happy with game time. It’s going to be very difficult to get a game especially in midfield and it’s a long long season ahead and with pressures from parent clubs for our loan players who will want them playing in games the large percentage of time, we will have players on contracts who might see their own time on the pitch drastically cut down and might lead to unrest but from what I have seen on and off the pitch this summer, this is shaping up to be one hell of a season ahead and far from talk of ‘surviving’ in the Championship this year, think we might shock and surprise a good few of the big names coming down to Griffin Park or when on the road.
I would love to see this momentum maintained til we begin life in our new stadium which must be more like 3 years away now as opposed to the 2 promised, as there are still tenants on the land not moved on and not a single excavation or brick laid yet, so think the reality will be starting season 2017-18 as opposed to 2016-17. That’s long time from now and who knows what ahead of us but as Brentford fans, we know only too well by now not to count our chickens but with the football and footballers on display yesterday, the management and back room staff looking ever more professional by the day, Griffin Park having had a makeover and with Benham at the helm overseeing it all, it’s the most exciting time ever to be a Brentford fan.
Come on you Bees, make us proud of being one of Londons top top clubs and put us up there in the top 30 teams in the country by finishing top half of Championship. Daydream believers.
- Luis Adriano on July 27, 2014 at 12:04 pm
  Great comments! There are certainly some Great Expectations around the club at the moment. I just hope we’re not all getting too carried away. I also note SkyBet have shortened our odds on both Champions (from 40 to 33/1) and Promotion (11 to 10/1) since #AreWeNearlyThereYet Pt 13!