Brentford boss Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against West Ham at the Gtech Community Stadium (15:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Andrews confirmed Vitaly Janelt and Jordan Henderson are "pretty close" and have made "good progress", but a decision will be made on their involvement on Saturday. Rico Henry is "not as close" and will not be available.
On Josh DaSilva, who was included in a matchday squad for the first time since January 2024 for Monday's defeat by Manchester United: “Josh had to work really hard to get back to this point, so it was lovely to have him as part of the squad. He wouldn’t be on the bench if I didn’t think he could make an impact of sorts. We still need to look after him really carefully, but he’s looking pretty free and has trained really well over the past few weeks.”
Reflecting on missed chances at Old Trafford and the recent draw against Fulham, Andrews said: “The big thing for me is not creating chances or looking like scoring would be more worrying. There is comfort in the fact we are, but then you obviously want to take that next step. I’m pretty relaxed that we have attacking players who can be and will be absolutely lethal.”
On keeping standards high for the final four games of the season: "We want to maintain the standards that we nailed down. I'm really keen for us to maintain those standards for the last four games and I've not got much doubt we will do that. Whether that gets us the results we want, you can't guarantee that."
On the recent dip in results: "If you look at the results in isolation, we can be slightly disappointed. We're pretty ambitious and focused on improving all the time. The performance levels in most of those games, none more so than the other night, I was really happy with."
Asked about the challenge of facing the relegation-threatened Hammers, Andrews said: "They are in very good form, playing very well and fighting hard. This game is a huge game for them. The message I've given our players is that it's a massive game for us. We're going to fight hard to win the game."
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