Nathan Collins D Brentford b.2001

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Originally Posted by Eirambler

Yes, that's just how I see them, unlikely to be a top 6 side going forward. Where they finished this year was a one off, but I don't see them as a consistent Champions League side, they just don't spend enough to match the big guns and some other teams spend smarter as well.

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To be fair, they should be competing for champions league football every year, they have 9th largest revenue in world football. Right manager ,some decent signing and there's no reason they shouldn't be competing for the top 4/5.

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Originally Posted by Eirambler

Frank is just a cog in the Brentford wheel though, they have a specific type of manager that they go for - someone who coaches and leaves the business of transfers to others. They'll have someone similar lined up to replace him that fits their model.

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OK, so I might have to walk back this comment if they go and give the job to Keith Andrews!

Collins named as Brentford captain. There might only be about six Irish players in the Premier League this coming season, but half of them are club captains as things stand.

Hopefully for Brentford an Irish manager, an Irish captain and an Irish goalkeeper doesn't mean a relegation battle.

First Irish captain under an Irish manager since Gary Breen and Mick McCarthy at Sunderland in 2005/06