The Radar column looks at Brentford's methods and asks what Manchester United could learn from them.
Lars Friis had just taken a job on Brentford's coaching staff in January 2018 when he was invited to watch an FA Cup third-round clash against Notts County alongside co-directors of football Phil Giles and Rasmus Ankersen at the club's old Griffin Park home. The tie ended in a 1-0 loss for the hosts, despite there being 40 league places, and two divisions, between the two teams.
For Brentford, it offers evidence that, overall, they have not been playing nearly as badly as their league position suggests. Why, then, do they find themselves where they are, some 17 points worse off than at the same stage of the last campaign? This is where the importance of context, another factor highlighted by Giles during his appearance at the Opta Forum, comes into the equation.
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