Igor Thiago is the man of the moment, but Brentford are not and have never been a one-man band.
While they had star players – Ivan Toney, Christian Eriksen, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa to name a few – under Thomas Frank, they were always seen as a team stronger than the sum of their parts.
The fear was that once the Dane left, that may not be the case, and that the sum of Brentford's parts alone might not be enough to stay up.
As a result, appointing Keith Andrews, with no previous managerial experience, and just a year at the club was seen by those outside the club as a huge risk.
A first managerial job is a challenge for anyone, let alone when it comes in the Premier League and having made the leap from set-piece coach to the top job.
But given that Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna was the only other option that Brentford looked at, they were clearly confident they had the right man.
So far, as often seems to be the case with the key decision-makers at Brentford, it looks as if they were spot on.
Andrews won just one of his first five league games in charge but big home victories against Manchester United, Liverpooland Newcastlehave followed.
Wins that, following their brilliant recent run, could prove all the more important in the race for Europe.
"We are in good form and playing really well. We are playing with courage and conviction in everything we do with and without the ball," Andrews added.
"We are happy with how we are going but we want to keep pushing."
In a league where fourth and 15th are currently separated by just eight points, they have no other option, because things could quickly look very different.
But, for now, Brentford are defying the odds. And the longer that lasts, the closer to reality those dreams of Europe will become.
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