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A SWARM OF BEES - BRENTFORD FC

Started on 4 May 2020 by OneMoreGame
Latest Reply on 24 August 2020 by TheLFCFan

A Swarm Of Bees - The New Beehive (EP 14)



Starting the first season in Premier League for more than 70 years and we also have a new home! Hopefully the Brentford Community Stadium is about to see great wins for his team! Tough fixures for August, and even tougher when you're coming from the Championship. We need to fight for our place in the league and also do it without breaking our entertaining style of play! We will have to see if we will need to adjust our play to the other teams. Let the fun begin!

Burnley vs. Brentford


Our first match in the Premier League wasn't exactly a classic, but a point at Turf Moore is a success for me. Really dull match, I started with the boys that gave us the title run last year with not a single new signing on the pitch. Boring match with only a few chances for both teams. We defended really well and took the point! Pontus Jansson with the POTM award.

Fun Fact: Chris Wood apparently had won Top Goalscorer in the Premier League for the last season with 23 goals, what a time to be alive!

The first match at our new home - The Brentford Community Stadium was against non other than the mighty team of Liverpool. Great spectacle for the fans, but tough to watch for me.

Brentford vs. Liverpool


Aggh! We almost beat them! Great show for the fans as the first match at the new stadium and will be remembered forever! We open up the score in the 11 minute with a great goal by our right back Henrik Dalsgaard and the fans went crazy! Nobody expect us to perform like this! In the 67 minute Alfa Semedo does the thing that was brought into our squad, to terrorize our opponents, how ever he does it in our own box - penalty! RAYA makes a save and the a second one after the follow up! The stadium is shaking! However in the last minutes of the game Firmino scores, but the fans are happy! They saw us giving one of the best teams out there a proper fight! Our goalkeeper (Raya) wins POTM, however all of the defense was really good.

Debuts for Semedo, Andersson & Pearson!

Brentford vs. West Ham


We needed something from that match as our next fixture is against Manchester City and this was the best moment for us to make our first win in the Premier League. The positive thing was that we dominated the whole game having so many more chances than our opponents, but they get 2 quick goals and we take the L. Tried to push for a draw in the end, but only managed to score once by Bryan Mbeumo. Our attackers don't score the goals that we need! Frustrated about the outcome, we were a lot better, but this happens often in the great game of football.

Next we went against Luton Town in the EFL Second round fixture and we needed to win and gain some belief in ourselves.

Brentford vs. Luton Town


Finally we win! There is big difference between championship & premier league sides and you can see it yourself. A lot of the new guys get their first starts in the club. Isak scores his first for the club and so does Thilo Kehrer! Big game for Fosu who gets, 1 goal, 1 assist & POTM. There was no chance for the opponents as they even scored with one of their two shots on goal. Great performance, we need to play like this in the league as well. (Actually we played well in all 3 matches, just didn't get the wins).

Again - no luck in the draw and in the next round we will play against Liverpool. However they escaped once from the defeat against us, maybe next time we will punish them!

Manchester City vs. Brentford


Almost the same match as the previous (with Luton), but this time we were in the shoes of the loosing team. Tried to change the scheme and play with 3 center backs, but we received two goals in the first 30 minutes and this plan is out of the window. We took the game too defensively and were punished because of that. This time we deserved to loose. In the final minutes Isak gets another goal for the club, but Watkins is nowhere near the form of the last season. We need his goals.


Player of the Month


DAVID RAYA

1 clean sheet, 1 saved penalty and two great performances against Burnley & Livepool are enough for our goalkeeper to win the award. He has potential to be great keeper and never let us down in the whole time I'm in charge of the team. This year we will need him more than ever because of the position we are in.

Maybe the other player who performed okay was Bryan Mbeumo, but again the main player from last season need to do better!

LEAGUE TABLE & VERDICT



Just two points from the first 4 matches and we are in the bottom of the table with the other teams that came from Championship. Actually I'm not so disappointed as we get 1 point from Liverpool and played against Man City but we need to turn our chances into goals, and our good performance into wins. It's my mistake that I've tried to change the scheme against City and tried new things in the match. Hopefully we win our first games next month as we have 3 really crucial games in September and one cup match against Liverpool. In the final day of the transfer window we snap Cameron Bortwhick-Jackson for free, just to sell him in a year maybe.


Thanks for reading once again & hope you enjoy it.
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Interesting start of the season, good luck mate!
It will take time for you to settle into things. No need to panic just yet.
Struggle as expected at the start of the season, hopefully you can move out of the relegation zone soon enough
No doubt some tough fixtures in there but that point against Liverpool for example will definitely come in handy towards the end of the season. Not a bad month at all despite the points total.
It's probably a good start to the season really. Two of the best teams in the league played and a point against Liverpool. Next month is a much better month in terms of fixtures with the possibility of some points being picked up!
Mixed big of results there, but no really big losses, so plenty to build on. I'm sure you'll start picking up wins sooner rather than later!
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A Swarm Of Bees - Stinging Bees (EP 15)


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There were some positives after the first month in the our Premier League life but we had only 2 points and were sitting at the 18th place. However the hopes of the fans for better performance were due to the better schedule this month. This is the time to show if we have the strength to survive. Everyone in the club are waiting for the first win in the league.

This is the first time we have a clean bill and all of our players are fully fit to play, even though up to this point of the season there were just minor injuries and the players were not available for a week or so.

Brentford vs. Brighton


YES! Our first win, and what a way to do it! We went ahead in the score after brilliant set piece and our captain once again showed what a areal force he is! After that we received two really quick goals and all the fans remembered the match with West Ham last month and how we lost, is it a deja vu? Also Nedyalkov scoring against his country gaffer? Maybe I'm not calling you up anymore. Mathias Jensen didn't think that way and scored absolute piece of art from free kick! The match was even after the goal, but then came the last minute and one of the most exciting transfers got us the win sending the crowd in pure delirium! Thilo Kehrer grabs the first win in the league. The match will be remembered forever! And what a performance by Jensen.


1 great goal, 2 assists and finding the form from the last season!

Leeds vs. Brentford


Two in a row! We started the match really well, and Jensen provides another one of his deadly passes to Ollie Watkins, who scores his first goal for the season (also winning POTM). First of many, I hope. We dominated through the whole of the match, but Leeds showed their teeth and equalized after a corner. We needed the win against a newly promoted team if we want to be successful in the PL, so we pushed for a goal in the end. Struijk, who came only 2 minutes before the goal, gifted us the 3 points after a scramble in the penalty area. Really important win, again coming in the last minutes of the game!

Next we played against Liverpool in the next round of the EFL Cup.

Liverpool vs. Brentford


For the second time this season we play against Liverpool, this time they are not with their full potential, but we also rotated and used most of the new boys in the club, alongside some of the players that are not involved so much and need to prove themselves in the team. The home team (1st in PL) get ahead two times (Hakimi goal was beauty), but we managed to even the result both times through Pearson (debut goal) and Isak! We had a goal overruled by VAR and we were the better team for at least one of the halves. However - a draw so we go to penalties!

Brewster - goal / Isak - goal
Oxlade - goal / Fosu - goal
Bernat - goal / Pearson - goal
Lallana - goal / Semedo - miss
Hakimi - goal

The luck wasn't on our side, however I'm not disappointed, in fact we didn't lose against Liverpool in a second game this season. I wish we get the win so I can use more often the reserves and keep the happiness in the team. Our main focus stays the survival in the league.

Fun Fact: Livepool bought Bernat for €50 millions and Bentancur for €80 milions. Madness! Also they've got Tonali (€35M), Izzo (€40M) and obviously Hakimi on loan. Sold only Origi,Milner & Wilson.

Newcastle vs. Brentford


We didn't start the match as we should and were trailing after just six minutes after brilliant run by Almiron who get away from 3 of our defenders. 1-0. However after the goal, the team woke up and started playing! We equalized before the half time with another goal by Alexander Isak, who is starting to enjoy his life in the PL. After the break we just kept on attacking, Newcastle didn't have any chances in the second half. We showed something that helped us a lot in the previous season - goals from set pieces. We have great areal threats in all of our center backs and BAM - 2 goals from Thilo Kehrer (also winning POTM)! Great feeling that the new boys in the club contribute from the beginning. Also 3 wins in a row for a promoted club is great achievement!

Player of the Month


THILO KEHRER

Winning us two matches with his 3 goals this month and also performing really well at the back, Kehrer wins the Award this month. Absolute beast, who quickly got his place in the starting XI, even though the other defenders suffer from that (Jeanvier is unhappy that his place is taken). If he performs like this in his first month, don't know what to expect in the next games! Remainder that we got him for just €6 million.

Alexander Isak (2 goals) also had a great month, Mathias Jensen is returning his form (1 goal, 3 assists) , Pontus Jannson is rock solid at the back (1 goal, 1 assist, 7.30 rating for the month). Overall great month for everybody, but these are the guys that stand out the most.

LEAGUE TABLE & VERDICT


A lot better view of the table this month as we are in the top half of it with 11 points! I can call that a perfect month even though we were eliminated in the EFL Cup. 3 wins from 3 matches and confidence is a lot higher. However we should not fool ourselves and must take every match as our lives depends on it. More than happy with the team position and if we somehow managed to end the season around the half of the table it will be prefect (but first we should aim to survive).

Leeds is struggling with only 1 point, QPR doing better after beating them in the direct match. Liverpool is first and we're the only team that took them points which is nice.

The board agreed that we need to expand the stadium capacity as we sold all the tickets for matches so far, even though we're playing on a new ground. This will take 1 year and will allow 2000 more people to enjoy our great football.

Some of the new players are performing really well, others not so much. Andersson is not playing well so he could be a starter, Sierralta & Willock don't even have chances to play. Tibbling, Semedo and Pearson are playing okay and are showing potential.

Jeanvier is not happy about his lack of playing time, soon the same will happen to Pinnock I assume, but how I'm supposed to give them minutes as my best players are the two center backs.

Will have a separate update about the UEFA Nations League with Bulgaria.

Next month schedule:



Thanks for reading once again & hope you enjoy it.


COMMENTS:

Wolf - Thanks, mate!

ScottT & Griffo - Yep, nothing to panic, and with this month results we have a breathing space.

Jack - Yep, it's always nice to get points from the bigger clubs as they come unexpected.

TheLFCFan & Zed - The wins came, now we have to build on them and aim even higher.
some strong performances there, hopefully you can keep up the pace and challenge for something beyond survival
Really nice "come back" in the league, impressive draw against Liverpool, this is promising!
Those victories will go a long way into surviving this season. A very successful month!
And lift-off! Brentford are in gear now and raring to take this league on, I believe you have all the necessary tools :P
Excellent stuff, three league wins in a row and now you are looking good. Will certainly bring some confidence!
Buzzing up that table!

A Swarm Of Bees - What's All The Buzz (EP 16)


The flight continues.


The mood is a lot better with the 3 wins in a row and October comes with just 3 games for the club, but tough ones. Again we have no injuries in the team which is really helping us playing with the best we can. Some of the new guys need to start showing their quality or they won't last long in the team. Also some of the "old" dogs are raring to go in a match. We have enough team to play in the European cups, however we fight against relegation. Also we have €20M in the bank if we find something really attractive for the winter transfers.

Brentford vs. Wolves


Really even match (no joke, look at the score). Wolves' team sold a lot of their best players (Neves, Jota), but also both pretty good replacements (stealing us Pionte Sisto). We had goal overruled by VAR again and we had the better chances in the game, but didn't turned them into goals. However I'm pleased with the draw, also continuing our unbeaten run with one more game. Josh Dasilva with a great game, winning the POTM.

Pontus Jansson was injured and will miss the rest of the month, so we will rotate at the back.

Norwich vs. Brentford


A series of unfortunate events led to this draw. We were the better team for the whole game, missing opportunity after opportunity. First we receive an unbelievable goal as their central defender scores a top bin screamer from 25 meters (he has an attribute of 6 for long shots). Benrahma gets a knock, on his place comes Eliasson, who gets injured also only just 2 minutes. We pushed with everything we had and continued to miss sitters. In the stoppage time Tim Krul gets us a early Christmas gift as he drops the ball from one of our crosses in the foot of Alexander Isak, who taps it! Strange game, we deserved even to win, however we got a lucky draw.

As we didn't have any injuries - now we have Pontus missing for one more game, Eliasson injured for a month (he is injured most of the time in the club) and Thilo Kehrer just got sick and will miss the game against Manchester United.

Brentford vs. Manchester United


What a result! Comeback versus Man Utd and most importantly we beat them fair and square, beating them in all the important stats (shots/chances). Great result and our trio BMW is leading us to glory! They open up the score with a tap in from Cavani, after shot to the side bar. In the last seconds of the first half they clear the ball from their goal-line and we understood that the devil is not so black. With small changes in our game we dominated the second half! Watkins (POTM) stole a ball from Maguire and scored an easy goal to even the result! Benrahma shows his tricks and after eliminating two opponents puts the ball in the near post! After that we defended really well, with Pinnock & Jeanvier showing their quality when they are needed! Absolutely amazing result! 6 games unbeaten!

Player of the Month



HENRIK DALSGAARD

]After an okay season last year when we played in the shadow of the young Mads (again providing 6 assist through the year), now Henrik so playing a lot greater part in our team! It's not a strange thing that our 3 winners of the award this season are part of the defensive line as they are the key to our success. Dalsgaard finishes the month with only 1 assist, however he played really well in all the matches and our new signing Andersson could not get playing time because of the fine form of the Danish player!

Watkins was the vital player in the win against Man Utd, all of our defenders are playing really well, hopefully that will continue!

LEAGUE TABLE & VERDICT



Another great month for our Brentford FC and we even go up with one place, far away from the danger zone! The supporters start to feel that we can deliver something special this season! Another "big dog" falls into our trap, we will try to continue like this for as long as we could. If the next 2 months are as good as the previous 2, we will play without any concerns in the spring. Only the time can tell that. Undefeated in SIX games now! Great run and we are playing our local rivals QPR next!

At the bottom we see the two of the newly promoted teams, I imagined that Leeds will do a lot better in the league. Newcastle, Norwich and Burnley are also struggling for points. At the top - Liverpool is winning match after match and already has 8 point lead!

It's sad to see that two of our main players last season that we sold are not even playing. Sergi Canos is put in the doghouse in the Newcastle U23 and Mads Roerslev is not played a single match for Hertha.

Alfa Semedo injured himself in training in the end of the month and will miss at least two matches for us, joining Eliasson in the infirmary.

Next month schedule will see us not moving from London (also playing only London teams) for the whole November:

QPR (H)
Arsenal (A)
Tottenham (H)
Crystal Palace (A)

Thanks for reading once again & hope you enjoy it.

COMMENTS:

Tango - With this month results we even get better and maybe the season will be a lot better than expected.

Wolf - Yep, they escaped once more from loosing to us. One day their time will come.

ScottT - Indeed, hopefully we will have many more to be happy about.

Jack - Maybe we are missing the right "tools" in some of the positions, but we will find them hopefully.

TheLFCFan - Yes, and now with the win over United the confidence is sky high, we must be aware of the free fall though.

Griffo - Aaaand one small step this month.

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