Seth Owens felt the Youth Team put in a dominant performance during Saturday’s Under-18 Professional Development League Two South win over Colchester United.
The Bees, who lead the league after eight points, following the win took the lead in the fifth minute through Bradley Clayton and never looked back from there.
A further Clayton strike, a penalty from James Ferry and a late stunning free-kick from Zain Westbrooke wrapped up the win inside 55 mins.
The only negative for Brentford was the concession of a late consolation goal to George Brown after some sloppiness had entered The Bees play late on.
Speaking to Bees Player after the match Seth felt it was a good performance for the first 70 minutes but felt his side needed to keep up that intensity for the whole 90 minutes.
“I would say it was a positive performance in terms of the score sheet and the way we played,” said Seth.
“We kept the ball for the majority of the game.
“After about the 70th minute we lost a bit of composure but overall it was a good game.
“We kept the ball really well, popped it and they got tired.
“With that they started making mistakes, gaps started to open up and we had more opportunities.
“We are a team who like to pass it so having the ball for most of the game just plays in our favour.
“They were silly goals that we shouldn’t concede.
“Coming up to the last 30 minutes we lost a bit of composure and became a bit complacent.
“We didn’t really deserve to lose the first game and we came back today and showed them what we were really about.”
Seth was once partnered in defence by Gradi Milenge and the pair had an important role to play in the side’s success.
With Colchester keen to sit deep in their half and allow The Bees backline time on the ball that gave Seth and Gradi a chance to dictate the game.
Seth said he likes to have the freedom to play out from the back and feels that suits his game.
“Myself and Gradi are good on the ball,” said Seth.
“We like having time on the ball so we can impose ourselves.
“We can deal with the pressure and we like to play out from the back as well.
“Today our coaches told us to focus on freedom.
“We allowed the more technical to express themselves.
“Playing like that gives us less fear and gives us more opportunities to express ourselves as a team and as individuals.”
The result means that the Youth Team have now picked up 13 points from a possible 15 since a defeat to Colchester United earlier in the year.
That run of results has moved them eight points clear of second in the Under-18 Professional Development League Two South with only a handful of matches remaining.
Seth feels that The Bees are in great form and they are looking forward to next Saturday’s big test away at fellow title hopefuls Crystal Palace.
“We are playing terrifically well,” said Seth.
“Every game we are facing different opportunities and battles and we are overcoming them.
“It will be a top of the table clash so we are just going to try and put in a good performance and stay at the top.
“As a scholar we don’t really play many big games but now we are coming up to the end of the season and the top of the table is quite tight and these games mean a lot.”
In his first year as a scholar Seth has also played up with the Under-21s under Lee Carsley starting in the 5-2 defeat to Bristol City back in January.
The 17-year-old said it gives him a lot of confidence to be playing up as a first-year scholar and shows, to him, how he feels well regarded at the club.
“I have come quite far to be honest overcoming different boundaries in my game,” said Seth.
“Under-21s football is different from Under-18s football but hopefully I can get more opportunities to play up.
“This really builds my confidence and shows how much the club believes in me and have faith in me.”