
If the form Brentford have maintained into the latter part of their first Premier League campaign is surprising, then it is worth remembering that this is a club that does not do relaxing finales.
In the past two years alone, this group of players under manager Thomas Frank have, in the closing weeks of campaigns, dealt with an emotional farewell to Griffin Park, a dramatic, botched automatic promotion bid and both heartache and ecstasy at Wembley.