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Oliver Jones

How Brentford avoided second-season syndrome amid a year of Leeds United Premier League toil

Brentford's director of football Phil Giles has claimed that his club are not scared of 'second season syndrome', something that has affected many clubs in the past making the leap up to the Premier League - including Leeds United.

After being promoted back to England's top-flight after a 16-year absence in 2020, the Whites secured themselves a very lofty 9th place in the table but were quickly dragged back down to Earth the following season.

After Marcelo Bielsa's departure and a relegation scrap that went down to the final day, not much has changed just a year on from that, with the Whites once again finding themselves changing their manager in late February and hoping the tide turns in their favour.

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