We are a different team/different style this season with more grit, more grinding out results. wearing others down as a game progresses.
Tonight was a great example of this. We resisted them coming at us, and as the game went on, we came back in to control it.
It’s not so obviously glamorous, not so WOW! But it’s proving to be surprisingly successful.
I like the fact that we’ve discovered another gritty tough player in Janelt. Well taken goal, and I’d love to see him and Norgaard together. They would break up a lot of attacks.
Toney is everywhere, defending one minute and scoring the next. That was a great squad performance overall.
Once again we sent Quite Pathetic Really back to wherever they come from, with the Breadman moaning about everything.
This is a new Brentford, and I’m amazed by the number and amount of criticisms on here during the first half. It’s not going to always be obviously glamorous football, but perhaps it’s just going to prove more effective than last year as the season goes on.
As Toney summed up at the end, "I just put them in the net, but it’s thanks to the hard work of the rest of the team, their support and that of the manager, that I can do It."
And the stats don’t lie! May not seem like it, but this is our best start at this level for 86 years, since on 15th November 1934 we were 3rd in the old Second Division with the modern equivalent of 27 points after 14 games. Above us in 2nd, Manchester United, and top, Bolton Wanderers!
Three clubs that have had entirely different journeys since then.