Andrews on Hickey's return, 'striving for more' and 'huge' Fulham derby
Brentford boss Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Fulham at the Gtech Community Stadium (12:30 BST). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Andrews confirmed Aaron Hickey will be available for the visit of the Cottagers: "He's been missing for a number of weeks, so it will be nice to get him back involved. He was close last weekend, but he's had a good week's training.
" Jordan Henderson is also nearing a return: "Jordan probably back next. I'm not entirely sure. I don't particularly like putting a timescale on things because sometimes it's unrealistic.
He's not too far away, maybe over the next couple of weeks. " However, Rico Henry and Vitaly Janelt remain out with hamstring and metatarsal problems respectively: "The other two just aren't ready right now, we'll see. We've got five or six weeks left of the season and hopefully they can play a part.
" Mikkel Damsgaard was replaced at half-time in last weekend's draw against Everton with illness but will "come back in this week", while Kaye Furo missed that game with "a slight groin strain" and "won't be involved this week". Josh Dasilva has been "building really well behind the scenes" as he continues his recovery from a long-term knee injury: "As you can imagine, that's not an easy one for obvious reasons. He's been out for such a long time but he's been working really well.
I don't want to put added pressure on him, but I'm really excited about getting him back involved because I value him hugely. " On a big west London derby: "We've got fans that work here who, from the second I came in, were very forthright about the important games. In recent seasons we haven't got the better of them and that doesn't sit well with me.