Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

May have been mentioned elsewhere but any news on SVDB? Not seen at all in pre season yet (only non world cup bee that seems to be missing from pictures and videos)
 

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

EAsports1996 said:
May have been mentioned elsewhere but any news on SVDB? Not seen at all in pre season yet (only non world cup bee that seems to be missing from pictures and videos)
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He was in the video for the 2k run posted on the club Insta on 10th July:

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Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

ladbroke said:
Have we really only got 2 friendlies?

We started slow last season as looked out of (match) practice.
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Already played 1 , think at least one more bcd plus Rennais and Frankfurt .
 

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it's common that when we play these teams the whole squad for both sides get a game so on the same day or thereabouts there is one at the ground and one at the training ground whether home or away.
 

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ladbroke said:
Have we really only got 2 friendlies?

We started slow last season as looked out of (match) practice.
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These were last season's friendlies, with only 4 PSFs. Not sure if we had any other BCD games that aren't listed here.

I agree that last year we looked out of sorts at the start, although we had a lot of churn over the summer. I'm hopeful we'll be in better shape this year, with the majority of the same squad available and a few additions to bed in.
 

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

BigMarv said:
Don’t want to bangs on about it - but I will.

Only Fulham have less pre-season friendlies than the bees.

www.skysports.com

Premier League pre-season friendlies 2026/27: Fixtures, results, UK kick-off times, summer tour schedule and training camps

Premier League clubs complete pre-season preparations; the 2026/27 Premier League season starts on August 21; watch at least 215 live Premier League games on Sky Sports in 2026/27
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com
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You're assuming that Sky knows every friendly that we are playing. They don't.
 

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I’m skeptical that a behind closed doors friendly training game is as impactful as a proper match with customers.
Like a penalty shootout in training it’s not the same thing as being in a real one.
Personally I think we should always have a minimum of three friendlies against Championship/Ligue1/SerieA opposition or better.
 

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BigMarv said:
Don’t want to bangs on about it - but I will.

Only Fulham have less pre-season friendlies than the bees.

www.skysports.com

Premier League pre-season friendlies 2026/27: Fixtures, results, UK kick-off times, summer tour schedule and training camps

Premier League clubs complete pre-season preparations; the 2026/27 Premier League season starts on August 21; watch at least 215 live Premier League games on Sky Sports in 2026/27
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com
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They haven’t even accurately reported the information published publicly by BFC.

They’re also wrong about Fulham who lost 2-0 to Norwich yesterday which (along with a lack of signings) has sent their X lot into meltdown.
 

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LongLostBee said:
I’m skeptical that a behind closed doors friendly training game is as impactful as a proper match with customers.
Like a penalty shootout in training it’s not the same thing as being in a real one.
Personally I think we should always have a minimum of three friendlies against Championship/Ligue1/SerieA opposition or better.
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What do you think is the purpose of a pre-season friendly?
 

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jlove said:
What do you think is the purpose of a pre-season friendly?
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I think there SHOULD be various purposes. Some to do with match fitness but some should be to do with gelling as a team and/or units on the field.
I don’t think I’m alone in thinking we’ve neglected the latter before and looked a game or so short of where we should be in that regard.
That being even more important if the first team is going to different from the previous season due to injuries/transfers/healing.
 

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LongLostBee said:
I think there SHOULD be various purposes. Some to do with match fitness but some should be to do with gelling as a team and/or units on the field.
I don’t think I’m alone in thinking we’ve neglected the latter before and looked a game or so short of where we should be in that regard.
That being even more important if the first team is going to different from the previous season due to injuries/transfers/healing.
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Understand that but why does it matter whether that is done in front of a crowd or at a training ground? It used to matter because of the quality of pitches but now our training pitches are the equivalent of the Gtech.
 
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Well im happy we not travelling all over the world like spurs and Chelsea in Oz and Liverpool playing Sunderland in Nashville.

100% better what we are doing in my mind and Keith Andrews as well.

Look at last season pre season was chaos and we still had a great season 👏 image what we can do now
 

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Personally I think its a real shame that Brentford havent done their bit for the local non-league scene and arranged a money spinning game for one of our junior neighbours. Like we used to do for Boreham Wood and did for Shepherds Bush Rangers last year.
 

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South Acton Bee said:
Well im happy we not travelling all over the world like spurs and Chelsea in Oz and Liverpool playing Sunderland in Nashville.

100% better what we are doing in my mind and Keith Andrews as well.

Look at last season pre season was chaos and we still had a great season 👏 image what we can do now
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Indeed. (I can see a lot of posts starting with this word from now on!)
That list also has Brighton with 4 PSFs, now a French one has been cancelled.
ManC (or a version of) are mini-touring the far East, and seem to be the only PL club without a home friendly for their fans!
 

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Houghton Bee said:
Personally I think its a real shame that Brentford havent done their bit for the local non-league scene and arranged a money spinning game for one of our junior neighbours. Like we used to do for Boreham Wood and did for Shepherds Bush Rangers last year.
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Without taking the piss. I always thought the Hampton games were good value and well attended.
 

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Les Beeavinu said:
Understand that but why does it matter whether that is done in front of a crowd or at a training ground? It used to matter because of the quality of pitches but now our training pitches are the equivalent of the Gtech.
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My view is that a behind closed doors training game is never really going to be the same as a game at a stadium in front of the fans. It’s not about the facilities. Even a lot of “friendlies” are going to be not quite as good as a proper match…but closer.
Facilities aren’t the issue.
 

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I always imagined a behind closed door game would have the coaches being more vocal around the pitch and even a few team talks during the game?
 

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Ashford Bees said:
I believe the game was at Craving Cottagers, but their owner was charging £60 to watch it so only Hugh Grant and that dippy singer Doris Allen turned up
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Well its 20 pound and tenner juniors for there friendly the same weekend as us.

Birmingham vs a Barcelona side this week god knows cost of that
Game for a reserve team
 

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LongLostBee said:
My view is that a behind closed doors training game is never really going to be the same as a game at a stadium in front of the fans. It’s not about the facilities. Even a lot of “friendlies” are going to be not quite as good as a proper match…but closer.
Facilities aren’t the issue.
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We'll see i suppose. Clearly it's the received wisdom, but obviously we like seeing what can be done differently :)

I can't see a big difference myself - the main function is match fitness, a crowd shouldn't affect that. I was skeptical last year, but if after that, Keith Phil etc have decided that they're happy with this, who am i to say no :)
 

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A week in Portugal, gelling, a couple of BCD's,two matches against high level teams ( Rennes and Frankfurt)e.
And people still moan, get a friggin life.....jeez!
 

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

less chance of injury I'm happy. Think we only have one non match fit.player and that's Hendo.
 

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

On the subject of BCD games, any news on the "b-team" game in Rennes on the Saturday morning which was originally advertised as free entry and all welcome
 

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

South Acton Bee said:
Well im happy we not travelling all over the world like spurs and Chelsea in Oz and Liverpool playing Sunderland in Nashville.

100% better what we are doing in my mind and Keith Andrews as well.

Look at last season pre season was chaos and we still had a great season 👏 image what we can do now
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Again, it seems all about money. I would imagine the likes of the clubs you have listed above are getting 7 figures for the tours listed. Yes they get a lot of exposure around the world but down under ?
I guess that we would have teased that one place higher in the league is worth more than a fancy, different time zone, long tiring tour.
Also I was told when we did America a couple of years ago the players were not keen.
 

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kaebess said:
Again, it seems all about money. I would imagine the likes of the clubs you have listed above are getting 7 figures for the tours listed. Yes they get a lot of exposure around the world but down under ?
I guess that we would have teased that one place higher in the league is worth more than a fancy, different time zone, long tiring tour.
Also I was told when we did America a couple of years ago the players were not keen.
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So many WC players missing leaves it little more to than a B team training fixture
 

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LongLostBee said:
My view is that a behind closed doors training game is never really going to be the same as a game at a stadium in front of the fans. It’s not about the facilities. Even a lot of “friendlies” are going to be not quite as good as a proper match…but closer.
Facilities aren’t the issue.
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You're thinking way too much into this.

Pre season is about fitness and team cohesion.

Fans will make little difference IMO at this stage.
 

Brentford Pre-Season 2026/27

One would hope that in comparing last season’s pre-season to this year’s we are looking at two completely different scenarios; last year we had a huge turnover of staff and players that was extremely disruptive where, even to the most experienced observer, trying to evaluate where the team might be in terms of performance levels was virtually impossible. This year, however, the pre-season, so far, seems to have gone very smoothly, integrating those new members of the squad along with the guys recovering from long term injuries into a regimen one year on where KA and the coaching staff are far more established in their methods which are also far more familiar to the playing squad. Obviously, not all the squad have been involved in pre-season, so far, because of their WC commitments, but one would think that even those players will have little difficulty getting up to speed having at least had one competitive season under their belts working under KA.

Last season felt like we started the season at a lower performance level than our opponents, but after listening to all the long interviews given by KA and the coaching staff, such as Ben Ryan, who gave us an insight into the new approach to maintaining fitness levels with players having fewer injury issues I think that not overly committing to pre-season games can work in our favour to some degree; not over-exerting players to unnecessary levels by, in effect, having meaningless public games that could, as the season progresses, be detrimental if players succumb to injury thereby depleting the squad numbers and, fundamentally, KA’s options.

The competition for places is clearly there for everyone to see and seeing who is chosen for the first PL game will be very interesting.
 

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SmiffyBee said:
Unlikely as they have Daggers, Norwich and Chelsea to fit in before their season starts....
We could squeeze in a 5 a side down GOALS next week ?
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They won’t be too bitter about not having our friendly any more then…Pretty decent set of fixtures.
 

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Is it possible to be clear about which pre season thread is for the first team and which for B team / academy etc
 

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