The Brentford Gazette
Squad14 Jan 2036
Igor Jesus damages knee ligaments — 79 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 79 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Kevin Schade in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Brentford this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Words at Brentford training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael Kayode is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings14 Jan 2036
Nobody could get near Amario Cozier-Duberry
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Jan 2036
The Ian Vera conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Brighton will make the call about Ian Vera this week. Brentford have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Thiago has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Brentford will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market14 Jan 2036
Ian Vera is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Brentford has been clear about where Ian Vera stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market14 Jan 2036
The Michael Kayode talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Brentford know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Match12 Jan 2036
No goals between Brentford and Newcastle United
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Newcastle United will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Market Michael Murray leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The Brentford production line keeps running
- Player ratings Yehor Yarmoliuk spends the afternoon fouling