Burnley v Brentford Match Preview

[outwoodclaret]

Both of these teams were in action in midweek in the Carabao Cup. While Burnley were losing O-1 at home to Spurs, Brentford progressed to the quarter finals of the competition with a 2-1 away win at Stoke. The Turf Moor meeting between the two will be the first time these sides have met in the top flight. Brentford have indeed made a remarkable start to life in the Premier League. An opening day swatting of big boys Arsenal has been followed by some bravura performances most notably a thrilling 3-3 draw against Liverpool.

Thomas Frank, who took over as Bees’ head coach when Dean Smith left for Aston Villa in October 2018, has masterminded Brentford’s rise through the Championship ranks. After losing the Championship play off final in 2020 to London rivals Fulham, Brentford reached the play off final again in 2020/21 this time defeating Swansea to return to the top flight for the first time since they were relegated at the end of the 1946/47 season. They have also made the move from traditional home Griffin Park to their new ground at the Brentford Community Stadium. A policy of finding talented players such as Ollie Watkins and Said Benrahma and selling them on at a profit has been matched with astute moves in the transfer market to find replacements.

Brentford’s current squad includes a core of Scandinavian players who have so far comfortably made the step up to the EPL. One familiar face to Clarets fans in the Bees line up is star striker Ivan Toney who scored for Peterborough in an FA Cup tie at Turf Moor in January 2020 while Brentford fans will remember James Tarkowski from his days at Griffin Park.

Sean Dyche will have a number of selection headaches to deal with before naming his starting line up. Misfiring strikers and a porous midfield have seen Burnley unable to pick up a single League win so far. The time has surely come to inject new life into Burnley’s stuttering season by picking new signings Roberts, Collins and Cornet in that staring eleven and having a right go at outstinging the Bees.

The match referee is Jon Moss with Andy Madley on VAR. COYC!

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Cracking preview is that Mr outwood, who could ever forget my own favourite ex-Bee, who scored so many great goals as we fought our way back to the EPL?

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[alfinyalcabo]

Another great preview Outwood,have you worked in the press industry.?

[outwoodclaret]

Another great preview Outwood,have you worked in the press industry.?

There were unfounded rumours I was the legendary E.I.Addio football correspondent of Private Eye and that I was somehow romantically linked with gossip writer Glenda Slagg whose command of column inches was the talk of Fleet Street. Sadly I was merely a civil servant though we did have somewhat of a reputation as pen pushers!

[kritichris]

There were unfounded rumours I was the legendary E.I.Addio football correspondent of Private Eye and that I was somehow romantically linked with gossip writer Glenda Slagg whose command of column inches was the talk of Fleet Street. Sadly I was merely a civil servant though we did have somewhat of a reputation as pen pushers!

Civil servant or not you do have a way with words that makes good reading and long may it continue.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I heard she was a belting shag that Glenda Slagg. Please confirm ASAP.

[outwoodclaret]

I heard she was a belting shag that Glenda Slagg. Please confirm ASAP.

I can say BT that those long nails were the undoing of many a better man than me.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I can say BT that those long nails were the undoing of many a better man than me.

Lol!

[Norder]

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looked at a few highlights of their games....seem fired up , enjoying the experience....had some luck with opposition errors / poor defending, and from the stats, they get a fair share of the ball, though play looks unexceptional....and when they concede, there's confusion involved, though from the Lester highlights they showed more composure....but it's just my view of a few minutes play here and there, pinch of salt perhaps.

and Thanks from me Outwood ...just one dainty grumble....the Aardvark word , I know you can associate a fit.

[sinkov]

Brentford, who the feck are they ? Jumped up Championship toe-rags having their day in the sun, before returning from whence they came. Get them on't Turf on a wild, wet autumn afternoon and them soft southerners will soon be wishing they'd never got on that coach and ventured up the M6. Let's get aboard 'em and give 'em a right seeing to, a right good and proper hammering, send the feckers back down sarf with their tails between their legs.

I can, just about, remember the days when, with tongue in cheek, you could say stuff like that. Sadly those days are long gone, not any more we can't.