Brentford manager Keith Andrews reflects on their 3-1 victory at home to Newcastle.

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00:00I'd say everything went for you, you made it.

00:27Not everything, I wouldn't say, but we're not going to get drawn into that.

00:31I thought first half we edged it, gave me half a few chances.

00:35I thought we looked more likely, controlled good parts of it.

00:40Transition obviously cost us a little bit where we became a little bit disjointed.

00:45They took the opportunity well, clearly.

00:47I thought second half we were very, very good.

00:49We hit really high levels in every phase of the game,

00:53whatever it was with the ball, without it,

00:55the bits in between and set pieces, clearly.

00:58What was your take on those two penalty incidents, not dissimilar?

01:01What was your take on the first one and then the second one?

01:03I've purposely not looked at them back, to be honest,

01:06because I don't want it to be the main thing I discussed today.

01:10I don't think it's been the main reason why the game has been decided.

01:16Some people might disagree with that.

01:18I think on the balance of play, we have to get one of them,

01:21would be my opinion from 50, 60 yards away

01:24and from what the rest of the staff have discussed with me after the game.

01:27Yeah, the officials have a difficult task on their hands, clearly.

01:31All the challenges, all the bits and pieces,

01:33there's a lot going on in the games.

01:35Clearly, they were two key moments and decisions that needed to be made.

01:39And even at 1-0 down, going into the second half,

01:42you guys never, it seems as if you're preying on a fragility that exists

01:46with Newcastle a little bit, you always believed you could get back into the game

01:49and probably go on and win the game.

01:50Was that belief always there and in part,

01:51was that based on Newcastle's away records, stretching back the way of it?

01:56No, it's based on us, really.

02:01Really calm at half-time.

02:02I wanted to just tweak a couple of aspects where I felt we could improve.

02:06A bit more calmness in possession in certain areas of the pitch

02:10rather than forcing passes and I think we did that really well.

02:13Controlled transitions, again, pretty well.

02:15Probably until, ironically, Newcastle went down to 10 men

02:20where it became a little bit ragged and disjointed.

02:21We couldn't quite get a grip of that.

02:24But I just have real belief in what we can produce.

02:28I didn't want us to panic, didn't want us to chase the game.

02:30I felt it would or could come by doing the right things

02:34and I think we maintain that.

02:37A lot of things went against you.

02:38You must be very pleased with how the players kept going,

02:42didn't get frustrated but believed in what they're trying to do

02:47and didn't let the negatives get down.

02:51Yeah, I think what you're alluding to is true.

02:53I think there was definitely a sense of setting things not going for us.

02:57I think sometimes you can use that as an excuse to not perform

03:02and let it get the better of you and I've been in that position obviously on the pitch.

03:07I don't think I always dealt with it particularly well on the pitch

03:09and I try and deal with it better off the pitch.

03:11I think our players actually deal with it really, really well.

03:15They stuck at it, stuck to the task and just kept...

03:19They were relentless really in terms of getting back level

03:22and then going for the winning goals.

03:25And what pleased you most about the performance?

03:28Because, as I said, there's so many possibilities,

03:30the solution and the continuing creativity, the set-pieces,

03:35obviously another goal from that throw-in.

03:38Yes, so much really.

03:40I think the selflessness of the team.

03:43I think if you look at the attacking players,

03:45I've just mentioned this in the dressing room,

03:47all attackers want to attack.

03:49It's just pretty obvious because they play in that position.

03:51They want to do things with the ball, whether it's attacking crosses,

03:54dribbling, shooting, whatever it is.

03:56But I think if you look at our attacking players,

03:58there's a real selflessness around how they defend, how they recover back,

04:04how they do the basics of the game that are absolutely needed.

04:08And I think the other aspect around being selfless is the squad,

04:13the subs coming in, having a real impact,

04:16which they have throughout the time I've been in charge,

04:18where they've been not sulking.

04:20I know people will be unhappy not to play.

04:22I mention it quite frequently.

04:24But I think that the impact they have is so crucial.

04:27And again, today, they made a big influence in the game.

04:30We've spoken a lot about Igor Tiago already this season.

04:33So, again, great calmness, another penalty put away, second play-back running.

04:38But also, at the early on, it's now hard to score.

04:42Yeah, and a long time to wait to take the penalty, clearly, which isn't easy.

04:49I think it was five and a half minutes someone just mentioned to me,

04:51which is a long time to have to wait.

04:54Whether that's right or not, I'm not quite sure.

04:57But he's just in a great vein of form, playing full of confidence,

05:02huge personality, clearly.

05:04I think everybody can see that.

05:05Loving life, loving football, and long may it continue.

05:08Keith, have you ever seen a throw-in taker as good as Michael Carey days before?

05:15Probably not, no.

05:16Well, I certainly haven't worked with one as good.

05:20He's pretty special.

05:20I think he gets a lot of headlines, clearly, for that.

05:23I think if you take that away, he's still a fantastic footballer.

05:26The way he approaches the game, the way he likes to defend, has real pride in that.

05:31And the constant development in his game, really keen to learn day-to-day,

05:36week-to-week basis, which ties into what we do at the club.

05:41But the long trial is pretty special, yeah.

05:42Does he practice it a lot during the week, or is it just some of these guys

05:46who doesn't really need to practice that much?

05:47No, we practice all phases of play, and Michael's obviously pretty prevalent

05:52in that phase of the game, so he practices pretty frequently, yeah.

05:56Keith, did you lose the thread of the game around the penalty, like I did,

06:01when we were in the dugout, it kind of lost its momentum.

06:06It's just, I mean, it must be difficult, even for a coach, to keep up a bit.

06:10I would have thought...

06:11Can you elaborate what you mean?

06:12Well, just the game, when the penalty was awarded,

06:16well, apart from the first, the diving booking as well,

06:19the game kind of, it was railroaded as a global coach.

06:23It must be difficult, even for a coach, to keep up the thread.

06:27You're throwing four Newcastle subs at one point, changing the goalkeeper.

06:31Your job is to try and counter that. Was it difficult?

06:36Yeah, I just wanted to keep...

06:38I didn't want the momentum to come out of the game,

06:40because I felt we were on top, so that was probably the big thing

06:43I wanted to try and get across to the players.

06:46You do get moments then to get a little bit of information on to some players,

06:49to be able to just tweak things right side.

06:52I wanted Michael Coyote to stay a little bit lower to leave Dango a bit higher,

06:56more 1v1 scenarios, I thought that worked pretty well.

07:02Yeah, I think you just need to stay in the game, stay focused.

07:04Staff are obviously looking at it through a different lens as well

07:07and feeding back little tidbits that may help things.

07:11I thought the players stayed really focused during those moments that you're talking about.

07:16Have you got a deputy long-throw taken?

07:20I've got about five, yeah.

07:22Oh, yeah?

07:23Yeah, so your first time?

07:25Yeah, we've got quite a few.

07:27Kevin Sharer, Matty Hanson, Ethan Pinnock, we've got a little squad of them.

07:34Were you given any clarification from the officials over the first penalty show?

07:39Yeah, like I said, I haven't seen a backboard. No, I haven't.

07:50I've said this before on a few contentious issues.

07:52I don't really want to be the type of head coach that really criticises the officials

07:59because I just don't think it's right. It's a difficult job at the best of times.

08:02But, yeah, I think from what I'm hearing, it's probably a penalty.

08:09But no, I haven't had any explanation around it, no.

08:13On your home form, I think it's only one defeat and that was to Man City.

08:17What did you put that down to? How crucial is that to be so good at home?

08:22Yeah, we want it to be a place where it's pretty uncomfortable for the opposition to come.

08:27The performances overall have been of a really, really high standard.

08:31It's obviously really important in terms of what we want to achieve and how we take steps forward.

08:37So, yeah, I think performances inevitably, they're pretty consistent.

08:41They will bring the results and I think we've had that pretty much most of the games.

08:45And I think the confidence has been growing from that.

08:48The boys are touring up, the fans are engaged.

08:50They're really making connections with some of the newer players and the new team, which it is.

08:57It's just a feel-good factor clearly at home.

08:58OK. Thank you very much, everybody.

09:02Thank you very much, everybody.

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