Keith Andrews: Brentford head coach insists that the club can prove that skeptics are wrong after major summer reconstruction | Football news

How is Brentford supposed to survive in the Premier League after losing the best scorers Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo, Captain Christian Norgaard and head coach Thomas Frank this summer?

Some criticisms wrote Brentford, and their new head coach Keith Andrews, before a ball was launched.

“I don’t hear anything, if I’m completely honest. I don’t need to hear anything. I don’t need anything to read whatever Sky Sports.

“I understand the story and even if I was someone outside, not understanding what is happening in the building, I could be of the same opinion as some of these people who have this opinion of us.

“But I am so confident in the way this club is wired, from the top. There is a reason why this club arrived where it arrived and it is through good people who make very good decisions and not only on the basis of the short term.”

The summer of change from Brentford has, without a doubt, made their biggest challenge this season since its arrival in the Premier League.

“Naturally, with that, it takes a little time for things to meet,” said Andrews before facing Chelsea on Saturday, to live Sky Sports. “How do you work as a group and how we train a new team, because it is essentially what it is.”

Andrews’ introduction to life as a chief coach has already come with its tests. A 3-1 defeat in Nottingham Forest, a defeat in the last stage in Sunderland and the Wissa transfer saga made it a delicate beginning.

“Each manager I have ever talked to, every course I have ever followed has alluded you can never prepare for what is happening. I felt like I could, but they were right.”

There was joy, however. A victory in his first home game on Aston Villa and the progress of the Carabao Cup in Bournemouth was the perfect answer to their forest defeat. There were positive points in the new signature of Dango Ouattara scoring his first goal and striker Igor Thiago made three games in four.

“I am very proud of what the group has achieved in the past two months, where there have been a lot of changes around staff, players,” said Andrews.

“The reality is that we have lost key players. But I am very, very confident in the players we already have in the building.

“I think we are in a very good position and I have the impression that most people do not know it.”

Andrews was the surprise replacement of Frank, his first role as head coach after stays with MK Dons, Ireland and Sheffield United after a player at the highest level. It was even a shock for him.

“I expected this level of work to be my first?” No, not at all realistically. But I feel very comfortable.

“I loved it. I really loved it. I worked for a long time to get to this point in my career.”

What stood out during his first weeks is how relentless work can be. “You are pulled in many different directions.”

Facing defeats also requires a new state of mind. “You have to allow emotions to dictate the way you feel, but in a controlled way because ultimately you are the head coach. It’s good to be upset. It’s good to be angry. This is how you transmit it.”

If there is a pressure from the outside, Andrews does not feel it. “What is happening inside the building, inside the inner circle, is the most important thing,” he said. “Recruiting good people, hungry players, I think it’s a key aspect. The environment created is very favorable, very inclusive, demanding – but it’s quite special and unique.”

This collective spirit will be tested this weekend against Chelsea, a club that operates in a completely different financial world. Andrews is not afraid of the contrast but retains belief in his team.

“Very good side. Well -trained, well -trained and talented individuals. They have spent a lot of money and they are world champions. We understand very the challenges they will pose. But also, we are quite convinced that we can ask them a lot of challenges.”

Brentford’s strength has always come from the clarity of the objective, intelligent decision -making and an unshakable belief in their identity – and not the size of their budget.

“For me, there is not much good sense in football,” said Andrews. “In many environments, everyone wants a short -term success. But our fans … They appreciate the trip in which this club has been and is still.