Saturday’s derby victory was illustrative of the importance of consistency.

I’ll hold my hands up: I have criticised the club, specifically its recruitment team, for our transfer activity this summer. And though I still believe it was slow, and we are too light in certain areas – like midfield – our squad is full of quality and, crucially, the majority have been with Fulham for more than two seasons.

It is that familiarity with the club and Marco Silva’s philosophy that helped us against Brentford and has helped create a strong start to the season.

That strength is highlighted by the contrast in our neighbours’ fortunes. The Bees were stripped of their manager, as Thomas Frank fled to Tottenham, while key cogs in his machine including Bryan Mbuemo, Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard also departed.

That meant that we faced a significantly different Brentford side this weekend than the one we defeated just four months ago at the Gtech Stadium.

Fourteen of the players that featured for us on Saturday also played in our previous game against our west London rivals – and it showed.

It was fitting that two of our three goals came from Alex Iwobi and Harry Wilson, the latter netting his fourth goal against Brentford in less than a year.

Both players have their wing berths under threat from new recruits Kevin and Samuel Chukwueze.

Iwobi bagged a goal and an assist while Wilson showed why he causes so many Brentford fans to wake up in a cold sweat with another cool finish.

With a squad that knows each other – and the task at hand – inside out, plus added strength in key areas to push up our overall quality, the mood is pretty good in SW6 right now.

Hopefully that stays over the coming weeks.

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