"Didn't get the win, but I thought we were excellent. In most aspects for most of the game against a top, top team. I thought we were excellent for the last 30 minutes and looked the team most likely to win. The attitude, application, and the intent. I am big on that. The intent always has to be right, it always has to be positive. Ability is one thing that brings you to a point, but as a collective, you need good people."
"I do give licence to the players to express themselves and to react off each other's movement. I want us to be unpredictable for the opposition. There is a real unpredictability in the way we play. I look at other groups at time - I wouldn't want to manage other groups. What has been built here for years and years is the culture, togetherness. I am big on that."
Brentford drew 1-1 with Arsenal at the Gtech Community Stadium after Nodi Madueke's header put Arsenal ahead and Keane Lewis-Potter levelled for the Bees. Igor Thiago nearly won the match for Brentford. The club sits seventh in the Premier League, three points above Everton and two behind Liverpool in sixth. Following Thomas Frank's departure and the sales of Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo, expectations were low, yet Opta's supercomputer gives Brentford a 63.9% chance of a top-seven finish. The squad is characterised by attitude, application, positive intent, unpredictability, and collective togetherness.
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