Popular Post sne Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 Quote WOODY'S VILLA VISIT Young fan invited to game in Birmingham One of the stories to emerge from Brentford's first days as a Premier League club even caught the attention of some of our opponents. When The Bees beat Arsenal 2-0 to kick-off the 2021/22 season a picture of Head Coach Thomas Frank with young fan Woody went around the world. It attracted considerable media attention and continues to do so. Woody has Down Syndrome and a very limited vocabulary. He communicates through sign language and his beaming smile and became a regular in our last years at Griffin Park. We told his story in full on World Down Syndrome Day in 2019 and you can see that here. Woody was with us at Wembley Stadium when we won promotion to the Premier League and has been a regular at games since first being invited to Brentford in 2018. During his time following The Bees he struck up a relationship with our former striker Ollie Watkins. And that continued even when Ollie left to join Aston Villa. Prompted by Ollie, Woody was invited by the Aston Villa Foundation, to our game at Villa Park last month. Woody sat with Ollie's partner and watch the 1-1 draw. The invite was highlighted by the foundation, Aston Villa's official charity, among others. https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2021/september/woodys-villa-visit/ Nice! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, sne said: https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2021/september/woodys-villa-visit/ Nice! That's absolutely awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 They're so good. Everything works. Players to manager to sporting director all in unison. We're far from that at the moment despite being the bigger club, but the building blocks are there. Really interested to see how far they can go. Their entire XI that has outplayed Leicester cost less than Wesley, Trezeguet and Marvelous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Tomaszk said: They're so good. Everything works. Players to manager to sporting director all in unison. We're far from that at the moment despite being the bigger club, but the building blocks are there. Really interested to see how far they can go. Their entire XI that has outplayed Leicester cost less than Wesley, Trezeguet and Marvelous. Not sure can get that far sadly, some years in top flight maybe a decade at most but cant see more than that. Lot of things against them being a long term top flight success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 I think they will hit a ceiling and eventually struggle. They played well today but still lost. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 29 minutes ago, PaulC said: I think they will hit a ceiling and eventually struggle. They played well today but still lost. i was definitely not impressed with the style when they came to Villa Park, in Championship they played slick football but they were like Stoke or Wimbledon that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 New Bournemouth. They were breath of fresh air when they first came up aswell. Eventually they'll hit the wall. All it takes is a few poor signings and managerial appointments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2021 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: New Bournemouth. They were breath of fresh air when they first came up aswell. Eventually they'll hit the wall. All it takes is a few poor signings and managerial appointments. Despite everything he's done for the club, Benham still gets pelters from a small (but vocal) minority of supporters. I can foresee a situation in a few years time where he's just had enough and sells it on. He's not been shy of showing his frustrations with complaints about the colour of the seats, the short-sightedness of some fans or their short memories. His career shows (before Brentford) that he does something for a while, makes a success of it then jumps into something else. Premier League has been the target for the last few years. Now that's achieved, all he needs is for the club to stabilise itself in the league and he might well view his job as done. The key then (and of course this is all speculation) would be who he sells to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: New Bournemouth. They were breath of fresh air when they first came up aswell. Eventually they'll hit the wall. All it takes is a few poor signings and managerial appointments. They are 2 points ahead of us and we have been crap so its a bit early to compare them to Bournemouth yet. Lets wait a bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 hours ago, choffer said: Despite everything he's done for the club, Benham still gets pelters from a small (but vocal) minority of supporters. I can foresee a situation in a few years time where he's just had enough and sells it on. He's not been shy of showing his frustrations with complaints about the colour of the seats, the short-sightedness of some fans or their short memories. His career shows (before Brentford) that he does something for a while, makes a success of it then jumps into something else. Premier League has been the target for the last few years. Now that's achieved, all he needs is for the club to stabilise itself in the league and he might well view his job as done. The key then (and of course this is all speculation) would be who he sells to. Mike Ashley would be interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 26, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, VillaChris said: New Bournemouth. They were breath of fresh air when they first came up aswell. Eventually they'll hit the wall. All it takes is a few poor signings and managerial appointments. Maybe, but the way the club is run is totally different than Bournemouth. They don't tend to do bad signings Brentford are a fascinating club Edited October 26, 2021 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 20 hours ago, VillaChris said: New Bournemouth. They were breath of fresh air when they first came up aswell. Eventually they'll hit the wall. All it takes is a few poor signings and managerial appointments. Brentford don't really do this part though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: Brentford don't really do this part though. At a higher level now. For all the hype about Toney he's not actually scored that many goals. Interesting to see who they target if he does leave them end of the season. Was looking at their managers record since Bentham came in They actually haven't appointed that many. Had Mark Warburton who got them in championship play offs in 14/15 and then they sacked him and then they appointed this guy: Matthew Benham: Brentford 'made mistake' with Marinus Dijkhuizen - BBC Sport Quote Brentford owner Matthew Benham says the Championship club "didn't get it right whatsoever" when they appointed Marinus Dijkhuizen as head coach in the summer. The Dutchman was sacked by the Bees in September after winning just two of their first eight games of the season. "We did a lot of research and looked at his record," Benham said. They then got in Dean who did solid work for them for three years before Frank pushed them on but that shows the methodical research isn't always bullet proof. Future manager comes in who wins just two of first 8 games at prem level and obviously it will be relegation battle. I'm not sure they're going to establish themselves for 5-10 years at this level as with the stadium and resources and everything they're a very very small club....but of course they're ridiculously fun to watch currently and fans having the time of their lives watching them as they've simply never seen better. Again eventually expectations will start rising there aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 I'm sorry but I don't get excited about another London club doing well when theres just 3 clubs from the midlands in the Premier League 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 10 minutes ago, VillaChris said: At a higher level now. For all the hype about Toney he's not actually scored that many goals. Interesting to see who they target if he does leave them end of the season. Was looking at their managers record since Bentham came in They actually haven't appointed that many. Had Mark Warburton who got them in championship play offs in 14/15 and then they sacked him and then they appointed this guy: Matthew Benham: Brentford 'made mistake' with Marinus Dijkhuizen - BBC Sport They then got in Dean who did solid work for them for three years before Frank pushed them on but that shows the methodical research isn't always bullet proof. Future manager comes in who wins just two of first 8 games at prem level and obviously it will be relegation battle. I'm not sure they're going to establish themselves for 5-10 years at this level as with the stadium and resources and everything they're a very very small club....but of course they're ridiculously fun to watch currently and fans having the time of their lives watching them as they've simply never seen better. Again eventually expectations will start rising there aswell. Fair enough, we shall see. Toney cost them £5m plus add ons, so he's doing OK for a £5m player in the Prem. Plus obviously, he scored about 35 goals to get them up last season. I think they'll be a Premier League staple as long as Benham is there. They are near-on the best run club in world football in my opinion. As you said, they're very very small - their success is mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 26, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Was looking at their managers record since Bentham came in They actually haven't appointed that many. It's interesting looking at the managers who didn't cut it at Brentford. Both Warburton and Dijkhuizen didn't lose their jobs because of results. The were binned because they challenged the plan (in Warburton's case) or were unable to adapt to it (Dijkhuizen). If you look at Franks' start, it was less than impressive but Benham knew that Franks was always going to work within the parameters of "the system" and that same system showed that he would come good. Football is such a random thing but Brentford are so slaved to the statistical methodology that you're either all-in or it's not going to work.It feels so counterintuitive to have such a seemingly inflexible approach but it does appear to work. So many teams have caught up to it now though (although I doubt many have adopted it so comprehensively) so it will be interesting to see how they adapt in the coming year or two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, PaulC said: I'm sorry but I don't get excited about another London club doing well when theres Villa in the Premier League Fixed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: 2 hours ago, PaulC said: I'm sorry but I don't get excited about another London club doing well when Villa are doing crap fixed again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 GK David Raya with a knee injury and out until April is potentially a pretty big blow for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 I think they are sinking down the table. Toney has been a bit of a Premier League flop one goal from open play and well no prizes for guessing who that was against Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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