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Brentford boss Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Premier League game against Arsenal at Gtech Community Stadium (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- On team news: "We have the usual knocks and bruises, but nothing major that concerns anything for the selection for tomorrow."
- Kevin Schade will not be taking part in the game against the Gunners, as he will be serving the second game of his three-match suspension.
- Also midfielder Josh Dasilva remains sidelined with a knee ligament injury, while Fabio Carvalho and Antoni Milambo will both miss the rest of the campaign due to ACL injuries.
- On Dango Ouattara's good form: "He's been brilliant. It's been a tad disjointed. The nature of him moving club, the season had already started when he signed. I love working with him. He's quiet by nature. His ceiling is high."
- He added: "His approach to what we do and how we go about it is very selfless, which is an important part of what we ask from the players on certain occasions. He defends selflessly and the quality he has is in no doubt."
- The Bees boss says his side need to "play very, very well against a top team" when speaking about the upcoming game against the league leaders.
- On Brazilian striker Igor Thiago, Andrews said: "He is in really good form; he's leading the line well, scoring goals, and playing with confidence. The relationships that we spoke about early in the season have been more evident."
- Speaking about his team and their fine form generally, Andrews added: "The team that can be calm in chaos is the team that can come through that spell. In the last two games, we've had to deal with different types of games and show different type of strengths to get two really good wins."
- On former Brentford and Tottenham manager Thomas Frank: "I'm very aware of the football industry that we work in and what goes on in that but my initial feeling was that of sadness and, basically I hope he's OK, which I'm sure he will be, but today's obviously a really tough day for him."
- He added: "Of course I have huge empathy for him and feel for him and his staff at the moment, a lot of which I obviously know and worked with last year, so yes, I feel for him. Thomas is a really good manager. I think he's proved that here over numerous years. He's a very good friend and I'm sure I'll catch up with him pretty soon. Will he bounce back? I don't think that's in doubt. I think he's proved himself as a really good Premier League manager, so yes, absolutely."
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