Promotion in the bag, and title not far away! Isak is a monster signing who will do bits!
This season has been an incredible one that has seen you go from strength to strength, adding Isak to an already strong strike force is brilliant work. It'll be interesting to see if/how him and Watkins work together in the prem.
A Swarm Of Bees - Final Touches (EP 10)
Last matches at Griffin Park.
We are promoted to the Premier League and there are just a couple of games to pull the curtain for the season. We are saying farewell to Griffin Park as from the summer we're moving to another stadium and hopefully it will bring us luck in the PL. And what a better way to say farewell to our home ground than lifting the Championship trophy and playing again in the first division of English football after more than 70 years. Dreams come true!
Derby vs. Brentford
We need a win to seal the title and we get it! First goal for the club from Shandon Baptiste and what a goal it was (also winning POTM)! Banger from 30 meters right in the top corner! This guy deserves more playing time as he is performing well every time he gets a chance!
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
Brentford vs. West Brom
What a way to celebrate our title! Totally beating one of the better teams in Championship before lifting the trophy and giving the best of times for our fans! Many babies will be made tonight, many beer will be poured into the happy faces of the supporters of Brentford FC!
Dominating performance by Mathias Jensen, scoring one, assisting another and getting POTM. Watkins with one more goal to his name and Fosu gets the final nail in the coffin. That we help Leeds to take the second place for now.
Charlton vs. Brentford
Almost all of our players were drunk after the party for winning the title, so a lot of youngsters played this match and we gave away 3 points to Charlton which are fighting not to get relegated (in the end they go down even if we helped them), however we show ourselves as generous people. Gifting points as we don't need them!
LE CHAMPIONS!
BREAKING NEWS!
Our scouts don't sleep and we are making yet another signing before even the transfer window is opened! SIMON TIBBLING (MC) comes from Brondby IF for just €1.6 mil.Another creative player who will be handy for our depth in search for good standing in the next year.
Again following our club culture - signing Scandinavian, signing him from less inflated market and in the end making money out of him.
Brentford vs. Hull City
Classy performance by Said Benrahma, who single handedly beats the tigers. 2 goals and POTM for him. Rico Henry gets one more assist to his account as he now is at 8 for the season. We have only one more match at Griffin Park so we must do well!
Brentford vs. Barnsley
A proper farewell to the ground that Brentord is playing at for more than 115 years! Another one from the our brilliant attacking trio erupts this time - Mbeumo with 2 goals & POTM, Chirivella scores at the end to make the score classic! Not a bad time to be a Brentford supporter I guess!
Bristol City vs. Brentford
Not the best way to finish the league, but who cares. Wanted to get the win so we can break the record for most points ever in Championship but didn't happen. Once more we get a penalty, but this time is missed by Benrahma. Fairplay to Bristol as they gave us only 1 point this season!
Player of the Month
MATHIAS JENSEN
Once again Jensen wins the award not for making many assist and goals this month (1/1), but for his contribution to the team. This was the man that gave us that little spark we needed so many times! Our maestro!
FINAL STANDINGS & VERDICT
We are champions with 16 points more than the second best - Leeds, who also get promoted to the Premier League! Really interesting playoffs as I think Fulham will get the win at Wembley. Charlton, Hull and Millwall are going to League One as for now Portsmouth and Rotherham are taking their places. As by now the only sure team that is relegated from PL is Sheff. United as there are 2 more matchdays there.
We made a lot of signing already, however we will need a ball winning midfielder, maybe one winger and one player who can play at both striker and attacking midfielder positions (if we sell Marcondes of course).
Also we will look to sign some high profile youngsters who are dropped by the big teams as we need to infuse some fresh blood into our B team. We didn't have any youth intake as this is the club culture.
In the next episode we will have a season review, transfer news and some friendlies before Euro 2020.
Thanks for reading once again & hope you enjoy it.
Comments:
Justice, Eoin97 & TheLFCFan - Hope that Isak will give us even more goals next season. Yes, really tough decision how to play him with Watkins. Maybe I'll try to use Ollie at the wing more games but will see how we do in the friendlies before the season.
ScottT , Griffo - What a season!, didn't expect that our run will be so smooth, but I'm happy with it.
Wolf - Hopefully nice mid-table finish in the Premier League, even tough the season can be a full disaster and we could be in a bad position. That's the fun, everything can happen in the PL.
A fitting way to say goodbye to Griffin Park. Looking forward to the summer and seeing who you choose to bring in.
A brilliant year and a great way to end of a great time at the stadium. The income of what I assume is a larger stadium will come in handy come next season.
Tibbling was such a good player for me in the careers where I brought him! Very handy player to have for the price.
There's the trophy lifted. It won't be long before the next one is lifted, I'd imagine!
A Swarm Of Bees - Season 19/20 Review (EP 11)
A season to remember.
The season is over and now it's time to talk about our highs and lows through the whole year. Of course this year it was great for Brentford as we win the league easily. We managed to win 31 matches in the league and lose just 4 (2 of which were after we were crowned as champions). We had a memorable elimination over Chelsea in the FA Cup and played against Manchester United as equals. We managed to stay unbeaten for the first half of the season, which in the Championship is not a easy challenge.
QPR won the playoffs against Boro in a 4-2 spectacle!
Here are all the results through the year:
Season Awards:
I'm delighted with our squad, however we have lot of work to do, so we can keep ourselves in the Premier League not for just one season. The board offered me new 2 year contract with the expectation to avoid relegation in next years.
We are taking a look at our squad and give them some final words after the season.
Goalkeeper:
David Raya - After selling our back up keeper, Raya proved that he doesn't need reserve and was one of the best in his position with 20 shoutouts and only 30 allowed goals. Played 51 matches through the season and was one of our best players!
Defenders:
Pontus Jansson (c) - ROCK SOLID! Scored a lot of important goals (9 goals overall), was all over his opponents and was vital part of our back four through the whole of the season. Finished with the 3rd overall rating in the league!
Julian Jeanvier & Ethan Pinnock - Both were very good partners to our captain and played almost equally. For me we don't need another big defender as those two are perfect for now. Both of them scored 4 goals and can't decide for now who is better.
Luka Racic &Sean Reggett - Didn't get enough chances but when needed they provided the needed cover. Racic scored a goal & the decisive penalty against Chelsea and has a great future ahead of him at the club. Reggett is a nice cover to have for the depth of the team. We rejected an offer for Racic from the MLS.
Wingbacks:
Rico Henry - Our only home grown player! The best in his position in the league - assisting 8 & scoring 3 goals. More than 50% of our penalties were won by him breaking the ankles of his opponents. QPR offered €11 mil. for him, but he is not for sale!
Mads Roerslev - The rookie of the season was the big surprise for me! Didn't expect this 20 year old kid to provide so much! 10 assists for him and 2nd highest rating in the league! Unbelievable! Made his way in the starting XI and now he is one of most important parts there! 3 attributes are up for this young lad!
Henrik Dalsgaard - If Mads was't so impressive, this lad would be more than enough for me. Was performing well and managed to make 6 assist. However he is 30 and I think we can cash on him now as we already bought another wingback. He deserves to be a starter but the kid doesn't allow him with his fine form.
Dominic Thompson - Not a bad cover, he has great potential and need a little bit more time to develop. Played only 10 matches in which he got 3 assists.
Midfielders:
Mathias Jensen - No stopping him! The best player in the division by a mile! Absolutely brilliant for me. Making so many key passes and chances for our attackers. If he continues like this he can lead this club to very high peaks! 7 goals and 19 (NINETEEN) assists as he breaks the record for it. Not to forget that he maybe had only 1 or 2 weak performances. Best average rating in the league and winner of the best player of the league. As I said - our maestro.
Josh Dasilva - Great box-to-box midfielder as he started in 40 (!) games this season. Performed at top level at only 20 years of age. Scored 5 and assisted 3, great future for this lad.
Christian Norgaard - When Jensen couldn't provide, this guy came from nowhere and helped the team with making the right pass from deep. 2 goals and 5 assist for him but his influence was much bigger and has a lot a potential in him.
Pedro Chirivella - For the brief period he was part of our team, he showed great quality, also will compete for the role of our playmaker next season. Score some long distance goals and already proved his price (only 1.7 mil). 4 goals & 1 assist for Liverpool's youngster.
Shandon Baptiste - Deserved a lot more time on the field, buy Dasilva was in a perfect form. Maybe next year he will break more into the first team. I'm pretty delighted with this young talent - 1 goal to seal us the title and 4 assists.
Jan Zamburek & Dru Yearwood - Didn't send them on loan and maybe this was a mistake. Played almost only as subs for the last 15 minutes and didn't progress much. Next year both of them will be send on loan. Jan has a great potential, let's not let him spoil.
Kamohelo Mokotjo - Didn't need him, also he refused to sign one year deal so he was sold to Montreal Impact. However he did managed to score our goal of the season.
Wingers:
Bryan Mbeumo - Great season for the French youngster. At only 20 years he manged to be one of our most important players as he was one of the parts in the deadly trio (with Watkins & Benrahma). He played mostly at the left wing, but sometimes swapped positions with the striker. 12 goals & 8 assist are pretty impressive numbers for his first season!
Said Benrahma - The other part of the trio! After the departure of Canos, he stepped and showed that I should played him in the starting XI from the beginning of the season! Finished the season with 14 goals & 5 assists.
Tarique Fosu - Really didn't expect nothing from this lad, however he showed some quality. I'm not sure if he will be classy enough to play in the Premier League as he has great speed but the other qualities are not there. Good season for him with 6 goals & 2 assists for the season.
Joel Valencia - Was injured through half of the season. Didn't play enough matches from the start and didn't impress me. He is the other one that will maybe leave our team in the summer as I just don't trust him. Only 3 goals, two of which were from penalties and season to forget for Valencia.
Niclas Eliasson - Started great with a goal in his debut in the last minute but then got injured and didn't play a lot. Hopefully he will do better in the next season and prove himself to the fans.
Sergi Canos - Played great when we was defending our colors, however he was bought by Newcastle. 6 goals & 3 assists for us, but his life in the Premier League is not the best. His team avoided the relegation, however Canos has played 3 games in the starting eleven.
Strikers:
Ollie Watkins - Our second best player this season! The top scorer of the league! Provided so many times in the right moments. 22 goals and 7 assist makes him the most involved player in our team. He played some of the matches at the left wing, but most of them as striker. Next year will have to compete for his spot with the new signing Isak
Emiliano Marcondes -Had a cracking first month and then his form dropped and he never managed to pick it up. Really wanted him to shine but... 5 goals and 1 assist. Aaaaand he is another our player going to the MLS and Seattle Saunders for €5.5 mil.
Nikos Karelis - 850k to Philadelphia Union, nothing more, stole another players minutes.
Marcus Forrs - Great youngster who will have his chance in the next season. Just 1 goal this year.
BREAKING NEWS!
ALFA SEMEDO (DM) is the newest addition to Brentford FC! The young lad impressed with his defensive plays for Forrest and comes only for €1.8 mil. from Benfica! The team needed ball winning midfielder and he will fit perfectly for their style of play! Another bargain!
Around The World
England - Chelsea won the league as both Manchester teams miss the Champions League spots. Strange stuff happening, also Villa, Southampton & Sheffield are relegated. Liverpool wins the Carabao and Spurs the FA cup!
Spain - Dramatic final of the season there as Real Madrid are the champions with 1 point by beating Atletico two games before the end, and Atletico drawing home against Leganes in the final match. Scenes, imagine Diego Simeone ripping his shirt for this. Other interesting thing - Celta Vigo are relegated and there is one special danish player that I'm interested in. We'll see what happens.
Italy - Inter are champions again by 1 point, as their fierce rivals Juventus came second. Again some fucked up stuff by the FM as Milan beat Juve to gift the title to their local rival. Udinese are relegated surprisingly.
Germany - Bayern Munich do the TREBLE, winning the Bundeslinga, Champions League & the cup!
France - Nothing interesting here, PSG with 24 points lead win the league.
Europa League - Benfica finally brake the curse and win a final beating Roma! Also winning the league, but Porto wins the cup!
BREAKING NEWS!
TOMAS SCHIRO (MC) is leaving the champions of Italy and coming to Brentford for free! Great job by our scouts which work non-stop to provide the best options! Again working as IRL - stealing the talents rejected from the top clubs! This one is for the future and probably will be loaned in the first season!
The media in England is talking more and more about the new great trio in the Premier League! The poor's man Mane-Firmino-Salah or also known as BMW!
Benrahma-Mbeumo-Watkins is coming for you!
And in the end here is how all the new players in the squad looks in game.
The next episode will circle around the preparation for the Euro 2020 with the Bulgarian national team and the matches in the European Championship!
Thanks for reading once again & hope you enjoy it.
COMMENTS:
Griffo - Nope, but you can check this beauty here!
ScottT - Ugh, I really try hard to buy only player fitting our strategy but it so damn hard. Maybe will push for one more big name.
TheLFCFan - The new capacity is not so bigger, we go from 13k to 17k. However if we stay in the PL will push the board for more seats.
Zed - Welcome aboard! Yep, he is looking great and don't know why his price is so low, waiting to impress me.
Justice - Hope it's not the same trophy though
Also guys, really thanks for the support, you are my inspiration to write. Also if you have any ideas or suggestions about my presentation of the events feel free to share.
A brilliant overview of the current crop of players and good to see how they did this season. I assume the BMW will be changed come the next season with the arrival of Isak!
I enjoyed reading that post. Some decent additions to the team on the face of things.
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