Bryan Mbeumo has just completed 100 league and playoff appearance for Brentford, in eight of which he saw limited game time and at times he has been asked to play out of position, even defensively and "second (or third) fiddle" to a degree to Said Benrahma, Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney (yet he is not an inferior talent to any IMO) , he also had COVID, but he has 26 goals (from an xG of 23.15) along with 20 assists, largely playing out wide.

 

Since late last season the Bees have switched to two up top and that duo is now established as Toney and Bryan. Toney is the big personality and team leader in many ways and is always going to capture the headlines, but they create for each other and whilst Bryan is one (left) footed , he can ghost past players and is incredibly quick, the fastest at a club which prides itself on pace. The goals are surely going to come big time for Bryan, he has scored twice this season, but been denied by the woodwork SIX times, no other EPL player has done so more than twice, no TEAM (aside from the Bees) more than five times ( nine teams have hit the woodwork once, or not at all). You could argue that he is just an awful finisher and some deluded Brentford supporters (there are some, despite them having the talent to pick the correct team to follow) would agree with you , but you would all be wrong ! His scoring record alone should tell you that he has been incredibly unlucky and he could easily be behind only Mo and Jamie ( see what I did there ?) in the goalscoring list. I suspect the floodgates will open some time soon and suggest we keep an eye on Bryan, who has only just turned 22 yo, but is already a massive talent, albeit one still improving .

 

 

Good luck !