The future of striker Ivan Toney has overshadowed Brentford’s opening two matches of the Premier League campaign and manager Thomas Frank has tried to deflect that attention by not selecting the England forward.
And the Bees manager will not be too despondent with how things have gone. Admittedly, they lost 2-0 at Liverpool on Sunday but that was perhaps to be expected and a 2-1 opening win over Crystal Palace was encouraging.
The roles will be reversed from their trip to Anfield as they will be expected to comfortably see off promoted Southampton, who have suffered two 1-0 defeats against Newcastle and Nottingham Forest after winning the Championship playoffs.
Saints manager Russell Martin will be desperate to get off the mark as quickly as possible in what is likely to be a battle against relegation,
but they need to be showing more up front, despite the fact they packed their shooting boots for their 5-3 EFL Cup win at Cardiff on Wednesday.
The future of striker Ivan Toney has overshadowed Brentford’s opening two matches of the Premier League campaign and manager Thomas Frank has tried to deflect that attention by not selecting the England forward.
And the Bees manager will not be too despondent with how things have gone. Admittedly, they lost 2-0 at Liverpool on Sunday but that was perhaps to be expected and a 2-1 opening win over Crystal Palace was encouraging.
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The roles will be reversed from their trip to Anfield as they will be expected to comfortably see off promoted Southampton, who have suffered two 1-0 defeats against Newcastle and Nottingham Forest after winning the Championship playoffs.
Saints manager Russell Martin will be desperate to get off the mark as quickly as possible in what is likely to be a battle against relegation, but they need to be showing more up front, despite the fact they packed their shooting boots for their 5-3 EFL Cup win at Cardiff on Wednesday.
