Colchester vs Brentford

Thomas Frank will hand Mikkel Damsgaard his first start when Brentford travel to Colchester United in the EFL Cup on Tuesday evening.

We expected it when they came and they did very well," Frank said. That aspect is what we need to handle well. I think it's very clear how serious we've been [in this competition] over the last two years. "That’s part of a bigger plan for him. "It's a combination of freshness, putting the best possible team out there, and putting some players out who need minutes to perform, but the end goal is to get to the next round. "Maybe the two most important years in the club's recent history - the promotion season in a very tight COVID schedule and the first season in the Premier League - we made history by reaching the semi-final in the first year and then the quarter-final [the season after] is the next best.

Current Colchester players Alan Judge, Tommy Smith and John Akinde have all represented Brentford, in the past. Here the Gazette looks at five players who have ...

He made 73 appearances for the U's, in all competitions and represented Wycombe Wanderers, in the latter years of his career. OSBORNE started his career at Brentford and made 185 league and cup appearances for the club before leaving in 2012. He became a firm fans favourite at Griffin Park, making 168 league and cup appearances for the Bees in a four-year spell with the club. Senior scored on his U's debut in their 5-1 win over Forest Green in August, 2017 and went on to make 145 league and cup appearances for the club before being released in the summer of 2021. SENIOR came through the academy at Brentford and made one senior substitute appearance for them before joining Colchester, in 2016. Fosu made 34 league and cup appearances for the U's, before returning to his parent club.

Colchester United: Kieran O'Hara, Tom Dallison, Cole Skuse, Noah Chilvers, Ossama Ashley, Tom Eastman, Alex Newby, Junior Tchamadeu, John Akinde, ...

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