The international break arguably came at the wrong time for Brentford with wins over the likes of Brighton, Preston and Reading helping the Bees to 11-points from the last six-matches.
John Egan is, as he should be, more than happy with the run of results with Brentford losing just once of late with him telling the Official Website he’s confident the Bees have shown we can hold our own against anyone in the Championship.
If anything though he was disappointed a couple more points couldn’t have been gained.
‘We went out to achieve a certain number of points and we achieved it. It was just a pity that we couldn`t pick up a couple more points. However, we played some really good sides in that run of games so it was a good return. We have played some sides who people expect to be up around the top and we have acquitted ourselves well. We have shown that we can compete with anybody in this league and that gives us confidence moving forward.’
The summer arrival from Gillingham, who has stepped up from League 1 to Championship level without any problems, feels the squad is full of quality with the fact Brentford went into the international break in seventh and just a couple of points off the play-offs proves this.
He went on to add that he’s well aware that those waiting to come into the side will come in if you ‘slack off’ at all.
‘The quality in the squad stood out for me this month. We could change the squad and the results still remained emphatic like it was against Reading. We know that we have got a really good squad of players and good strength in depth. Players can come in and perform at a really high level and that is one of the big factors over the last few games. As a player, when you are playing every week, it makes you stay on your toes and you know you can`t slack off for a second because you might lose your shirt.’
Cleansheets against Brighton, Preston and Wigan were also something that pleased Egan, of course as a defender with him going on to talk about the positive partnership he’s building with Harlee Dean as well as fellow summer arrival ‘keeper Daniel Bentley.
When we return from the international break it’ll be a trip to Newcastle for the match at St James’ Park with some 2,500 Brentford fans travelling with the Irish defender concluding this is a match he can’t wait for.
‘We have been thinking of Newcastle away now since the last game, that is the way we do things. It should be a great atmosphere up there. We are going to go up there believing in what we can do, focussing on our gameplan, and try and get the win. You want to play in the biggest stadiums in front of the biggest crowds and if any footballer says they don`t get a thrill off that they would be lying.
‘I can`t wait. I have family and friends over for the game. Hopefully they will enjoy it. We are looking forward to the game but it is another game of football. There are three points up for stake and hopefully we can get them.’
