Development Squad Manager Jon De Souza felt his side did enough to secure the three points from their Under-21 Professional Development League Two South match against Huddersfield Town on Saturday.
The Bees went into the game with only one league win to their name this season while Town travelled south having only lost once all season.
It was Brentford who took the lead after a quarter of an hour through Sylvan Ebanks-Blake but The Terriers struck back instantly through Joe Wright and then Flo Bojaj to lead with less than 20 minutes gone.
Jon’s side had chances to level things late on but found Lloyd Allinson in the visitors goal in great form.
Speaking to Bees Player after the match Jon said he was disappointed with the goals that his side conceded.
The former-Luton man felt his side definitely deserved something from the game but thought that their finishing let them down late on.
“I was disappointed with the defeat similar to previous weeks because I thought we probably did enough to win the game,” said Jon.
“I thought first-half we started well and created chances.
“My only criticism was that they pressed us quite high up the pitch and we didn’t show enough quality, or more importantly bravery, to accept the football under pressure.
“I felt we went a little bit long a little bit early and we had to trust ourselves playing out from the back.
“Going forward we created chances and deservedly went 1-0 up, it could have been two or three, but then poor defensive organisation from set-pieces cost us.
“First-half I wasn’t happy with our build-up play up until the final third.
“In the final third we looked decent and were a threat.
“The second-half was probably the opposite I thought we dominated the play and dominated possession but never looked like a threat but we had a couple of chances towards the end where we could have gone on and won the game.
“Josh Clarke, Charlie Adams and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake all had chances in the first-half.
“The goalkeeper has done well but the quality of our finishing has to be better.”
Jon’s side conceded twice in three minutes on Saturday in something that has become a worrying trend for the Development Squad manager.
His side conceded three goals in 12 minutes against Crewe Alexandra, two in three minutes against Colchester United and three goals in 13 minutes against Sheffield United last time out.
Jon thinks his players need to manage games better and ensure that they keep things tight if they concede.
The Development Squad manager was disappointed with the nature of the goals that his side conceded especially the first which came from a set-piece.
“Again similar to previous weeks we conceded again straight after and that is very worrying,” said Jon.
“We have to address the mental side of the game as it is clearly a psychological issue because in almost every game once we concede one we concede again straight after.
“I don’t just blame the defenders I blame everyone because it is about the game states.
“At this stage in their careers players need to recognise game states and understand that they need to sit a bit deeper for a few minutes or they might need to go and press a bit higher depending on the scoreline.
“I thought we did ok physically today.
“The frustrating thing is that we conceded from a set-piece but we conceded from a set-piece by not being organised.
“Whenever you play teams like this, or the non-league teams we play pre-season, if you lose by competing up against a 6’ 4” lad and you lose your header and they score then I will have that and understand that.
“If you give someone a free header and don’t mark properly then it is not good enough.”
With no first-team game due to the international break Saturday’s match was played at Griffin Park in front of a crowd of approaching 700.
On top of the use of Griffin Park the players also had a pre-match meal and meeting at the hotel used by the first-team ahead of their home matches.
The idea behind the day was to get Jon’s side used to a first-team match environment for when they make the step up to Mark Warburton’s side.
As an exercise Jon thought it worked well and thinks it is vitally important that players are introduced to the first-team environment before they make their debut.
“We tried to treat it exactly like a first-team match so we went to a hotel that the first-team use, had analysis and a pre-match and then came here,” said Jon.
“We tried to get as many people through the gate as we could.
“From what I hear it was around a crowd of 650 people so that is a good turnout.
“The idea for us is to get players as comfortable as possible if and when they go in the first-team.
“We try to do the same warm-up, use the same shape, do the same set-pieces because when they go into the first-team they have enough to worry about with making their debut.
“If they are comfortable with the surroundings, the hotel, the set-pieces and the warm-up at least it gives them one less thing to worry about.”