What can you say after that? The Last Word was due to be on temporary hiatus this week (hence no update on the 1-1 from Portman Road) but another away win for Brentford, and in such wonderful style, has prompted an early return. With most of the football world focussing on Arsenal receiving another 5-1 tonking at the hands of Bayern Munich (the Germans romping to a 10-2 aggregate defeat and what happens when you allow non-champions in the Champions League) those outside TW8 probably won’t pay much notice to the defeat of Nottingham Forest. A 3-2 win for Brentford at the City Ground as the Bees made it 10 points from the last 12 saw the Tricky Trees prove anything but, save for a brief flurry as the game reached a denouement that was probably more fraught than it needed to be.
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Jota – carried on at Forest where he left off at Griffin Park
Even Alan Jugde (not a typo) was spotted in attendance.
There are just too many questions
Absolute Radio. No Bees but talked about Arsenal at ten to seven, ten to eight etc
Nick Bruzon
Is ‘Jota’ Spanish for ‘Mojo’ ?
welcome back Nick, the difference since Dean Smith almost stumbled on to his new system has been outstanding. obviously without Jota and Canos we were not so exciting but the back 5 wasn’t a success at all and just Hogan up front of a slow building midfield was poor. on a strange note I was watching Man utd v Wigan cup tie and after the toss up Wigan chose ends and Keown came out with a classic by asking if this would upset uniteds plans. plum!! anyway not too many breaks in future please
Like you I watched the highlights from the comfort of my armchair and I have to say the execution of our counter attacking play with the two spanish maestros was incredible and the much maligned Vibe seems to be thriving on this. In fact the Brentford team as a whole seems to be thriving on it now that we no longer look to play to one person. I think the great thing about Jota in particular is that he is a talisman but seemingly without the ego of a key player. He just works works works and keeps producing the magic. I just hope we offer him the best wages we can afford and tie him in for another 3 years at least. I’ve seen reports that “we’re in no rush because of a year extension that is in the clubs favour”, but I think now’s the time to offer our best terms possible.
Back to last night, the only down side was that we still managed to concede 2 goals and make it closer than it was. Great to see two B teamers on the pitch, I hope our partial collapse at the end was nothing to do with the subs we brought on, as I think this is the model we should follow (giving fringe / B teamers a 30 min or so run out) once we’ve got another couple of wins chalked up on the board.
Nice to not have to moan about something for a change instead dishing out praise! Shame we couldn’t have played like this through Oct – Jan….15 points from 6th with a game in hand…hmmmmmmm 🙂
I have just read Rob’s comment. Completely agree with every word.
The Bees performance in the first hour of the game was,arguably,the best we have seen this season. The stand-out highlight for me was he run by Sergi Canos to set up the second goal- a worthy contender for goal-of-the -season? I cannot believe how lucky we are having the Spanish duo of Canos and Jota playing alongside each other. Long may it remain so. Their flair and enthusiasm for the club and its fans is an absolute delight for an “old codger” like myself ! Credit,too, for the way Dean Smith has encouraged the exciting attacking style of play since the departure of Scott Hogan and the arrival of the January signings