Things Others Say About Brentford FC

[Banana]

Opta has us as 17th best club in the world, but the lowest ranked of the 3 Bs. Brighton in 8th and Bournemouth in 12th.
Were it not for Spurs, believe we’d be the highest ranked team not playing in European competitions this season.
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The Best Football Teams in the World: Opta Power Rankings

Who are the best teams in world football? A question that’s often asked, but one that hasn't always been easy to answer – it is now.

theanalyst.com

Not sure how Spurs are ranked higher than us....

 

[Boston Bee]

Not sure how Spurs are ranked higher than us....

Because the whole exercise is meaningless?

 

[Baubaul]

What have we done to upset him?

Exist

 

[Gazza Bee]

Not sure how Spurs are ranked higher than us....

Im more worried that Man Utd somehow appear in 23rd...

 

[Jay Bee]

Not sure how Spurs are ranked higher than us....

It's an Elo based system which gives credit for wins particularly wins against teams higher in the rankings.

Spurs probably got a decent amount of credit for winning against Chelsea, and dominating a draw at Man U (they factor in xG in assessing performance too).
Despite spurs being the "ludicrous banter club 4 Eva" they are only actually only 2 points behind us now.

 

[Adam]

Love the options on the NFFC pre-match poll

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Break the duck? They did the double over us last season.

 

[Jay Bee]

Not a lot about us on Forest Forum tbh they are too busy turning fire on their manager, players and even in some cases the big man upstairs.

Spotted

"Schadeformulier going for the theatrical dive after feeling McAtees hand"

"Brentford have been bang average and Kelleher hasn’t had to do anything"

 

[Jay Bee]

Break the duck? They did the double over us last season.

I also thought that at first but I think they mean the "we can't score for toffee" duck

 

[Mr Tree]

Break the duck? They did the double over us last season.

They're not the brightest bunch, bless em

 

[Banana]

It's an Elo based system which gives credit for wins particularly wins against teams higher in the rankings.

Oh well it's not very good then.

 

[Jay Bee]

Oh well it's not very good then.

We probably shouldn't have a pinned thread examining their expected league table then? If it's based on duff info

 

[Banana]

We probably shouldn't have a pinned thread examining their expected league table then? If it's based on duff info

Possibly, but that's all we got.

 

[ladbroke]

Edited due to finding it on X where we can embed it better here.


View: https://x.com/paddypower/status/2117268624742252924?a=D6JI97TE59NGAPd9Ltk&s=19

 

[B2B]

It's an Elo based system which gives credit for wins particularly wins against teams higher in the rankings.

Spurs probably got a decent amount of credit for winning against Chelsea, and dominating a draw at Man U (they factor in xG in assessing performance too).
Despite spurs being the "ludicrous banter club 4 Eva" they are only actually only 2 points behind us now.

'Don't Bring Me Down?' Now you've mentioned it I 'Can't Get It Out of My Head', it seems to behave like its a 'Livin' Thing'...

 

[Freebee]

'Don't Bring Me Down?' Now you've mentioned it I 'Can't Get It Out of My Head', it seems to behave like its a 'Livin' Thing'...

Thanks now Kylie Minogue is stuck in mine.

 

[JANORAK]

Thanks now Kylie Minogue is stuck in mine.

There’s worse things to be stuck with…

 

[Les Beeavinu]

You should be so lucky.

 

[Edmundo]

No more Kylie puns, please!

 

[Jay Bee]

No more Kylie puns, please!

You should be so lucky

 

[JCMcBee]

No more Kylie puns, please!

How about waving that placard of yours on the Foolham ticket thread

 

[GlasgowBee]

No more Kylie puns, please!

Common kids, stop the puns! Ed, I'm saying this especially for you, je ne sais pas pourquoi!

 

[GABS]

 

[Argus]

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Lovely to see us on this side of the graph for once. Been very unfortunate in recent seasons (Schade was only second to Mbeumo in terms of xG for non-strikers last season, yet only scored 8)

 

[Argus]

Opta has us as 17th best club in the world, but the lowest ranked of the 3 Bs. Brighton in 8th and Bournemouth in 12th.
Were it not for Spurs, believe we’d be the highest ranked team not playing in European competitions this season.
View attachment 70078

The Best Football Teams in the World: Opta Power Rankings

Who are the best teams in world football? A question that’s often asked, but one that hasn't always been easy to answer – it is now.

theanalyst.com

Chelsea aren't in Europe either this season

 

[HortonBee]

Carragher using Brentford example to push back in his Villa-ManU comparison....

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/11/06/happy-unai-emery-staying-villa-but-man-utd-bigger/

 

[JANORAK]

Carragher using Brentford example to push back in his Villa-ManU comparison....
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/11/06/happy-unai-emery-staying-villa-but-man-utd-bigger/

I can see how an outsider might take that view. Similar reservations were previously expressed about the ‘Birmingham 3’. We, of course, know differently…

 

[jlove]

Como president Suwarso: ‘We want to recruit like Brentford and Brighton and become like Barcelona’ - Football Italia

Como president Mirwan Suwarso says the club want to play like Barcelona while recruiting like Brighton and Brentford, as their rise continues on two fronts.

football-italia.net