00:00Hi there Thomas, was that just what you and the team needed, a kind of really vibrant
00:27attacking display? Yeah, I think so. Sometimes you work hard on things and sometimes it just
00:35suddenly click. I said before the team has been a little bit out of sync in some stages. Today a lot
00:44more players were on the same page at the same time throughout the game. I think we looked such
00:50a threat going forward. Great chances, played with pace, tempo, penetration, unpredictable,
00:59so I like that. It's everything we'd like to be, but also being aggressive in the pressure.
01:07And I still have that clean sheet mentality. We're giving four shots away, which is very good against
01:12a Brentford team we know is very difficult to handle when they play behind and their directness
01:17and their set pieces. So overall, just a complete performance. Could that be the breakthrough
01:24performance for Xavi as well for you? Yeah, definitely. I think every player
01:28needs that extra good performance. So happy for him. He's been working very hard. He's
01:36a top pro. He's so determined. He wanted so badly in every aspect of his game. And it's just,
01:44you know, a little bit of rotation. Also that the team a little bit out of sync. And now it was
01:50more also, for example, let's say, Kudos after a great start, a little dip because of the little
01:55injury. A lot more better today as Xavi's in a good place, Kool is in a better place, you know,
02:00Richie. So just everything just coming more and more together. So now we need to build on it.
02:04Just quick on no destiny today. What's his injury?
02:07He got a soft tissue injury, unfortunately, against Newcastle.
02:13Would it keep him out long?
02:15Not too long. Not too long, yeah.
02:17Thank you, Josh.
02:18How interesting to see, Thiago, a player that you signed yourself, but it's first, it could
02:26still very, very confident with them. So you must have found that by an interesting thing to see,
02:31because you obviously know him well out inside of the brand.
02:34Yeah, I think it's fair to say that I know all the players in Brentford World, except
02:38the two or three, they signed this summer. So there was, in many ways, very special to
02:43meet them. It was nice to see familiar faces. You always want to have more time before and
02:48after. There had to be, if it was not a draw, there had to be a loser. Then everyone is
02:52competitive. So it was very nice to see people. I see them there. Yeah, so, yeah.
03:00George.
03:01Hi, Thomas. Did you feel Xavi was kind of building up to that? And how kind of important can it
03:06be for him to get that first goal? Because a new signing always wants that first goal
03:10to kind of get that monkey off the bat?
03:11Exactly. I think every player need that extra bit of confidence. And that comes from his
03:17performance, the team's performance. And I think that assist and the goal, I think, gave
03:22him that extra bit of, how can I say, lightness in his step and his touches and everything.
03:29So, for him, it was also an all-around very good performance.
03:35And Archie Gray's performance won't sort of make headlines, but you put him in again
03:39and it felt like he was really good against Mikael Damsgaard. How kind of pleased were you
03:43to sort of put him in after last Saturday's difficult performance and to see him kind of flourish?
03:47Yeah, I think he did well. I must say, you know, that there was a few others that shined,
03:53maybe more. But, for example, when Judd Spence was bombarding forward, he was very disciplined,
03:58young age, to be there on that side, taking care of that rest-defending position. I think
04:02he handled all the tricky situations with the ball, got out of it. It was always a good
04:06support. And, you know, he covered ground very well. So, I think it was, you know, you
04:13said a very solid performance.
04:16Bye, Thomas. There seemed a much better mood at halftime. Obviously, you were 2-0 up, but
04:20it was quite notable.
04:20That helps a little bit.
04:21That helps. But it was notable around where we were sitting that...
04:24Say it again, sorry.
04:25It was notable where, certainly where we were sitting, that the fans really responded to
04:29that. And almost like there was a, I don't know if you sensed it, a conscious effort on
04:33their part to do it.
04:35I, you know, the Spurs fans are great fans. And sometimes there's ups, sometimes there's
04:44downs in football and life. But I like how the team responded. I like how the whole stadium
04:52of the fans, I could say, responded. And I like, I noticed, maybe it was me, but I noticed
04:56when Vicario's name was, I think, extra high raw. And I love that. That makes me warm
05:03inside because that's where you support your player. Because they should, you know, no one,
05:09like, no one, how can you say, talking bad about our players, the fans should feel like
05:14that. No one. They should protect them. And I think today there was a fantastic energy between
05:22both the team and the fans.
05:27Hey Thomas, congrats on the win. Have you said anything to Xavi in the dressing room after
05:30the game?
05:31Yeah, I said, what did I say? I said, well done. Really great response. Good performance.
05:41I have another question about Xavi for you. But that second goal, I think he starts in his
05:48he starts in his own half. How helpful, how good is it to have a player like that who
05:52can, in tight games, I'm not saying this was a tight game, but in general, just produce
05:56a moment like that out of nothing.
05:58Well that, that's what we, what I believe from the beginning, that Xavi can produce that
06:02out of nothing. And, and I would say, everything just needs a little bit of adaptation sometimes
06:09with everything, him, the team, everything. And this was a very good step. Now it's the next
06:12thing to do it again and again and again. But yeah, very happy for him.
06:17Chuck.
06:18Thomas, it will always be nice to get a win, but is there any greater sense of relief knowing
06:21the sort of noise there would have been had you lost to your former club?
06:26I didn't, you know, very happy with the win. I think that's the, that's the most important
06:29thing. We use enough time on thoughts that we can't do anything about. So now I'm just
06:35very happy. I think we built on, on a good Newcastle performance as well. And today, what
06:41I would say, I was just extremely happy with the offensive performance just looked more right
06:45today.
06:46And you mentioned building on things. Is that the message now that especially offensively
06:49that this is sort of the standard, we know you can do this?
06:52Yeah, that is the standard. Sometimes there's more tight games as we know, but I like what
07:00I saw from the team and that's what we need to build on and try to become even better.
07:05Just be honest with you.
07:06Thomas, did it help that you knew so much about the Brentford team, set pieces, that type of
07:13thing that you were able to set up to, to really dominate the game?
07:20Um, yeah, but you know, I've been in the, in this league for this, the fifth season. So
07:26I know very well Pep Guardiola's city team, for example, but of course he had some inside
07:30out information of some of the players. Um, so I think it was, it was like a, a normal
07:37preparation, um, just with, with small extra, uh, information bits for some, some players.
07:43And have you had a chat with Keith and Andres at all, or, you know, had the job at the job
07:47he's doing?
07:48Yeah. Uh, yeah. In general, we had a few talks through the last, uh, four months, but, uh,
07:53uh, today I hope we have a, a beyond last right now after.
07:59Hi Thomas. Um, a first league win since the opening day at home. How important is that
08:04going forward to make this place a harder place for teams to come now?
08:08Um, it's hugely important. Um, hugely important that, uh, we won, uh, home, but also the performance.
08:15Um, and yeah, we need to, to keep building on it.
08:18Let me just finish up down here.
08:20Just one, one down here, please.
08:24Uh, yeah.
08:28You said you thought the attack looked more right. Is it about connections, understanding?
08:33What was it in particular that you, you were admiring of?
08:36Yeah, I think, you know, a few things work very hard on the structure, uh, how we want
08:41the structure to be with which position we wanted for, let's say, Xavi and Mo and Richie
08:45and Kolo and also the two sitters and how we pushed yet a little bit higher.
08:49That, and then I think more of the players were more in, informed, sharper together.
08:54Um, all that, um, I think helped today.
08:57Did you, did you know that was going to come? Did you see that in training or?
09:00Yeah. To be fair, I think, I thought we had a very good training yesterday.
09:03I think just looked again, more right.
09:05I think the team in general on paper looked right today.
09:10Thank you guys.
09:12Cheers, guys.
09:13Cheers.
09:14Cheers.
09:15Cheers.
09:16Thanks a lot.
09:18That's all.
09:22$3,000.
09:23I'm happy home.
09:24Cheers.
09:25good.
09:26Congratulations.
09:27Mmm.
09:28Wow.
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