Lokuta kalilan a tarihin Premier League na kwanannan sun kasance cikin zafi kamar waɗanda Brentford suka sha a daƙiƙun ƙarshe na kakar 2025/26. Suna daidai 1-1 da Liverpool a Anfield, The Bees suna buƙatar kwallon guda ɗaya kawai don ƙarasa matsayi na bakwai da tabbatar da wuri a UEFA Europa League. A minti na 10 na karin lokaci, Mikkel Damsgaard ya miƙa ƙwallon zuwa ga Vitaly Janelt, wanda ya yi ciyarwa ta farko da ta naɗe cikin akwatin — amma Dango Ouattara ya rigaya Kevin Schade ya tilasta ƙwallon waje da raga.

Babban koci Keith Andrews ya durƙusa ƙasa a bakin filin. Kakarsa ta farko a matsayin koci ta yi kusa da ƙarewa a hanya ta tarihi.

Alfarma, sa'an nan kuma yunwar ci gaba

Yana bayyana game da wannan lokaci watanni uku bayan haka a hirar musamman da Sky Sports, Andrews ya bayyana wannan hoton a matsayin taƙaitaccen bayani na kakarsa ta farko. «Na ji cewa wannan ya nuna tafiyar da muka yi a kakar da ta gabata,» in ji shi. «Kowa ya nutsu ƙwarai cikin tafiyarmu kuma ya ba da duk abin da yake da shi. Babu kunya sam daga rashin shiga Turai, amma ya ƙara yunwar kyau ƙwarai da gaske.»

Andrews ya yi amfani da hutu nasa na lokacin rani don tunani game da yadda Brentford za su iya ɗaukar mataki na gaba. «Akwai lokacin tunani mai ban mamaki da kuke da shi sau da ƙafa a mako-mako don tsara da nazarin abubuwa ta hanyar ƙarin zurfi,» in ji shi. «Za ku iya jin sa da ji shi — wannan kakar ta kasance can tuni.»

Kasuwar da ta kwantar da hankali, amma ta daidaitu

Lokacin rani na 2026 ya kasance mai natsuwa fiye da na baya, wanda ya ga Bryan Mbeumo da Christian Norgaard sun tafi Manchester United da Arsenal bi da bi, kuma ƙauracewa Yoane Wissa zuwa Newcastle United ta kasance mai tsawo da damuwa. A wannan karon, fitattun ficewa kawai daga ƙungiyar farko sune na Ethan Pinnock da Frank Onyeka, waɗanda suka shiga Coventry ƙasa da £12 miliyan baki ɗaya.

Brentford sun kasance na takwas mafi ƙarancin kashe kuɗi a Premier League da £112.5 miliyan, suna mai da hankali kan ƙara zurfi da ƙwarewa. Jannik Schuster ya zo a matsayin matashi mai kare a tsakiya, yayin da Callum Wilson da Jaidon Anthony suka kawo tarihin Premier League da aka tabbatar. Mamadou Sangare ya burge a farko, kuma Malick Diouf ya zo daga West Ham United don kammala ginin ƙungiyar.

«Mun ƙara wa ƙungiyar da ta riga ta yi kyau, mun ƙara ƙwarai da gaske, kuma mun riƙe daidai waɗanda muke so mu riƙe,» Andrews ya ce. «Ina farin cikin kaɗa da kaɗa da yarjejeniyoyin da muka yi.»

Karya rufin

Andrews yana fadin gaskiya game da abin da ingantawa ke nufin a wannan kakar ta zahiri: isa Turai. «A halitta, matakin gaba a gare mu shi ne ƙoƙarin karya rufin nan,» in ji shi. Wannan burin yana bayyana a yadda The Bees suka fara kamfen ɗin 2026/27.

A karshen mako na farko, Brentford sun tarwatsa Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 a Gtech Community Stadium — wasan da da zai yi yabanya fiye da haka da ba don Igor Thiago ya buga ginshiƙi daga tura hukunci ba. Masanin Sky Sports Jamie Redknapp ya yabi tsarin ƙungiyar da ƙarfin halinsu na gama-gari, yana lura cewa abin da Tottenham suka fuskanta ya fi kusa da ƙwallon ƙafa gaba ɗaya fiye da wasan da manajan su Roberto De Zerbi ya yi hasashe.

Andrews ya yi maraba da wannan kimantawa amma ya nanata bambancin da ke bayan sa. «Muna iya wasa ta hanyoyi daban-daban. Yanzu muna iya sarrafa wasanni da ingancin fasaha da muke da shi a matsayin ƙungiya. Idan ƙungiyoyi suna son fada, za mu yi fada,» in ji shi. «Muna da halayen daban-daban da yawa a cikin ƙungiyar inda za mu iya haifar da matsaloli ta hanya da ba za a iya hasashewa ba.»

Ci gaban mutum ɗaya yana jagorantar ƙungiyar

Koci yana imani cewa ci gaban mutum ɗaya zai zama injin ci gaban gama-gari. Ya kawo Michael Kayode a matsayin misali: «Ya yi kakar ban mamaki — bari mu sa shi ya fi kyau. Idan wani yana da tawali'u da yunwa kamar Michael, ba makawa zai ci gaba da inganta.»

Andrews ya kuma gano harbi tsaye, ƙirƙirar dama, da tsarin tsaro — musamman damar danna sama da shan matsin lamba daidai — a matsayin wuraren da Brentford ke nufin kaifafa wasansu. Nadin tsohon abokin tawagar Ireland ta Arewa, Damien Duff, a matsayin mataimakin koci a watan Yuni ya kasance tsakiya a wannan tsari.

«Shi taimakon da ba za a iya canzawa ba a gare ni a kullum,» Andrews ya ce game da Duff. «Dole ne ku yi tasiri mai ƙarfi a rôlan ku da alhakin ku duk — kuma Damien tabbas yana da haka.»

Turai ta kasance manufa. Rufin, Andrews ya nanata, yana can don a karya shi.