Johnmcc
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Yes true. I'd say though there's nothing to stop us playing a 6, 8 and 10 as we continue to evolve our playing style. Although that could be a year or two down the line.
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Balders Bee
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I thought the better option was Janelt for Yarmo myself and I thought Jensen whilst opening up passing options lost us a little bit of control defensively which Janelt and Konak later sorted. However that ball for CN was sumptuous and a reminder of what a talented playmaker Mathias can be.
It's great for TF to at last have such tactical flexibility in that midfield area.
It's great for TF to at last have such tactical flexibility in that midfield area.
roadealing
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His fitness has been managed this season & he’s had very few opportunities to build up sharpness/form, it’s no surprise that we struggled down the left handside when him and Rico came on together. Two players still trying to find their feet.
I think long term it’s still quite obvious to me that Jensen is a no brainer to start, his quality on the ball as a deep playmaker is second to none in our team and his press resistance is so important to how we play.
Looking forward to seeing him build up minutes & hopefully he can have a big season for us next season.
I think long term it’s still quite obvious to me that Jensen is a no brainer to start, his quality on the ball as a deep playmaker is second to none in our team and his press resistance is so important to how we play.
Looking forward to seeing him build up minutes & hopefully he can have a big season for us next season.
kaebess
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We have good honest footballers at the club. Matti being right up there.
With players across the pitch coming back, newer players looking to hold onto or force their way into the team.
I think that they will all realise that they need to be at their peek powers to be in the stating 11.
Squad depth is really getting there
With players across the pitch coming back, newer players looking to hold onto or force their way into the team.
I think that they will all realise that they need to be at their peek powers to be in the stating 11.
Squad depth is really getting there
jlove
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Mathias Jensen
I think having Yarmoliuk with Nørgaard gives Christian more flexibility to move forward and play the 8 role, plus Schade was providing midfield cover quite often… options all over the midfield!
Mathias Jensen
I think Janelt and Jensen are both moving from being regular starters towards a more in and out of the side role. If Da Silva or a new signing is added to the mix next season I think that transition might well increase in speed.
TadB
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Da Silva, a very good servant and played a major part in our promotion season. Due to make a come back after suffering two very serious injuries and hardly played over the past 4 seasons. Once fit he will be allowed the opportunity to rebuild his career somewhere else other than in the Premier League.
Les Beeavinu
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That free kick yesterday - as good as any set piece delivery you will see this weekend.
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W5BeesFan
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A tad harsh TadB. He is one of a few players we have where opposition defenders opt to stand off rather than try and hustle him off the ball. This is bacause they know his strength and what he is capable of. I think JDS will get his chance once fit then it's up to him after that.
TadB
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I cannot disagree with any of that, however, he has barely played during these last four seasons. Most of our memories are of him playing silky football whilst ripping up defences in the Championship. Assuming he is fully fit, and completely mended he will, nevertheless, be required to pick up the pace, become match fit, and acclimatise to Premier league football. This is a difficult task to achieve in a team that has moved on since his last appearance. I believe that this will be easier done in a Championship team where if he can play regularly we can judge If he will be able to add anything should he return. Like most things in football only time will tell!
taxi driver
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He took one from the other side that tested their defence too ?
Great delivery from Matt
Les Beeavinu
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Really pleased to read this.
hounslowherald.com
Frank confirms plans to keep Jensen at Brentford
Thomas Frank has confidently reaffirmed his faith in Mathias Jensen, stating the Brentford midfielder has a future at the club despite struggling for minutes this season.
andyrew
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Come on Matty!Really pleased to read this.
Frank confirms plans to keep Jensen at Brentford
Thomas Frank has confidently reaffirmed his faith in Mathias Jensen, stating the Brentford midfielder has a future at the club despite struggling for minutes this season.
Leonardo
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Surprised DoF want to do this and would hope TF place more confidence in the other squad players pushing for regular time or buy a younger version
Mathias Jensen
that link is not working for me, what did it say?Really pleased to read this.
Frank confirms plans to keep Jensen at Brentford
Thomas Frank has confidently reaffirmed his faith in Mathias Jensen, stating the Brentford midfielder has a future at the club despite struggling for minutes this season.
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Frank confirms plans to keep Jensen at Brentford
Thomas Frank has confidently reaffirmed his faith in Mathias Jensen, stating the Brentford midfielder has a future at the club despite struggling for minutes this season.
Thomas Frank has confidently reaffirmed his faith in Mathias Jensen, stating the Brentford midfielder has a future at the club despite struggling for minutes this season.
Jensen, who has started just eight league games this season, is entering the final year of his contract, although Brentford have the option to trigger a one-year extension.
When asked whether Jensen's lack of minutes had changed the conversation around his future, Frank quickly dismissed any such suggestions.
"Not for me. Not for me at all. I think he still has a very important future here," Frank told the Hounslow Herald ahead of Brentford's trip to Nottingham Forest on Thursday night.
Injuries (Jensen's missed 20 games through injury this term) and the form of Mikkel Damsgaard have prevented Jensen from playing as much as he would've liked this season. And Frank was in an almost apologetic mood in his pre-match press conference, saying he'd ideally have handed his fellow countryman more minutes.
"I think we definitely could have used him more and needed him more than we have so far."
With Vitaly Janelt ruled out until the start of next season following surgery on a heel issue, Jensen could yet be afforded more opportunities in the final five games of the season, starting with Thursday's trip to the City Ground.
Formerly the creative fulcrum of Brentford's midfield, Jensen's ability to pick a pass, particularly from dead-ball situations, means he still has plenty to offer, with Frank keen to assert his importance to the side.
"He's training really well, and he's also come on in the last three, four games. He will be a very important part of the last five games."
Back from a prolonged illness that kept him out against Newcastle and Bournemouth, Jensen has shown glimpses of the player he can be recently and curled in a superb assist for Christian Norgaard's stoppage-time goal in Brentford's 4-2 win over Brighton.
Frank clearly feels that even as Brentford's squad continues to evolve, Jensen has a part to play, whether that's as a starter or as depth for Damsgaard.
The 29-year-old showed against Brighton that he can provide real quality from the bench, something that Brentford have struggled to find this season, and his role as a leader within the squad can't be underestimated.
"He's a top professional. Another big character and leader in the team.
So he knows we are pushing (to get him involved). He knows that he will get his minutes, and I value him massively, and I trust him."
Brentford still have an outside chance of qualifying for Europe, and Frank knows a fully fit and firing Jensen will only help their chances of securing a fairytale end to the season.
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roadealing
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He is one of the best deep playmakers in the league when on form, I really can’t think if a player who is stylistically like him. The types of passes he pulls out, the calmness and skill he has when being pressed to trick his way out of it and take the pressure off us.
It’s been difficult for him since his injuries, but when he is fit and firing there is no taking him out of the starting eleven.
It’s been difficult for him since his injuries, but when he is fit and firing there is no taking him out of the starting eleven.
BuzzingBee95
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Mathias Jensen
I think it's very easy to forget, now that Mikkel has blossomed into an outright superstar, just how reliant we were on MJ for all our creativity in midfield.
Yes, he may not be as wholly effective across 90 minutes as Mikkel has become, but it's that one killer pass, that one ball around the corner and we're in, that reaffirms his importance to us.
Keep, keep, keep
Yes, he may not be as wholly effective across 90 minutes as Mikkel has become, but it's that one killer pass, that one ball around the corner and we're in, that reaffirms his importance to us.
Keep, keep, keep
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What game was it this season where the three Danes combined really well for us delivering a comfortable (I think) victory?
roadealing
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Not to compare them to these players directly, but I think rather than competing with each other, Jensen and Damsgaard are similar to Alonso/Gerrard in how they impact games in tandem.
Mathias Jensen
There's a scarily real thing that seems to have happened in games when Dams gets subbed for Jensen. We concede.
I don't know what that says or means about how either of them play, or the way we set up with subs but I will say that even if you think Dams is a better player than Jensen we are in a lot healthier position having Jensen in the squad generally. He does seem to be marmite for alot of people but from a purely squad perspective I'm glad he's staying.
I don't know what that says or means about how either of them play, or the way we set up with subs but I will say that even if you think Dams is a better player than Jensen we are in a lot healthier position having Jensen in the squad generally. He does seem to be marmite for alot of people but from a purely squad perspective I'm glad he's staying.
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Mathias Jensen
Pure filth. We’ve been spoiled with Damsgaard this season that I forget how good Jensen is with the ball at his feet
andyrew
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Nice to see Matty chatting with Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojlund on the pitch before the game.
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kaebess
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The same as rico, needs to get up to speed. But the speed has increased while both have been away. Here’s hoping for a good pre season.
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Voice from the Braemar
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Mathias Jensen
I’ve seen enough …it’s time to move him on …nice chap but he ain’t good enough if we are to progress ?
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I have my doubts he'll be around next season so plenty of wishes might be granted.
Kingston Bee
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Mathias Jensen
Wanted too much time on the ball today, not at the races. Squad player at best but would be tempted to move him on if we received a decent offer.
Voice from the Braemar
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He won’t…he needs to find a new club…which will benefit him and us ?
guilly
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Mathias Jensen
His style of play was more appropriate for the old low block, long ball Brentford. I don't think he should have automatic minutes, specially in a game we are behind - his calmness can be exasperating sometimes!
Lionel Bart-At
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Yeah, but you’ve said this before (often) and been proved wrong. Let’s see.
Voice from the Braemar
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You can see as much as you want but he ain’t good enough if we want to be competing next season …and that is a fact whether you like it or not ? we need better ?
jlove
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He’s certainly lacking match-fitness but, by the time he came on, too many of our players had lost conviction and weren’t making the runs into space that his passes were aimed for. We were a bit of a mess by the time those changes were made.
Lionel Bart-At
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Mathias Jensen
It’s not a “fact” and things ain’t all black and white like you see them. You may turn out to be correct, of course, but what we know about Jensen from previous experience is that he needs a good run of games to get up to speed. I think we might say the same about Rico too on today’s showing. Same will probably apply to Hickey, Thiago, Nunez, Da Silva and so on.
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Mathias Jensen
We either have to sell him or extend his contract. Personally I think we can do better in the market and a bit of a freshen up might not be too bad a thing.
Mathias Jensen
Can anyone fathom why he was barely warming up
Pre match , not with the reserves but sort of hanging around the starting 11? I read it to mean he was not fit enough to feature at all but was making up numbers , maybe a late tweak…. But then gets brought on?
Pre match , not with the reserves but sort of hanging around the starting 11? I read it to mean he was not fit enough to feature at all but was making up numbers , maybe a late tweak…. But then gets brought on?
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Last on the lap today. I agree. I personally feel in will move on.
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I think the problem MJ has moving forward is that he could find himself starting on the bench quite a bit. He’s doesn’t get in before CN, YY, MD or VJ. Thats without us making any additions in the summer.
He’s a player who needs to play week in week out to get his rhythm and he doesn’t really impact games coming on for 15-20mins, as we saw today.
He’s a player who needs to play week in week out to get his rhythm and he doesn’t really impact games coming on for 15-20mins, as we saw today.
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