⚽Seeing the Forest for the Bees

📨Matchweek 34/38, PL🏆Champions are Crowned!👑

Good Morning,

We have a sweet matchup today with an, in-form, feisty Brentford looking to dash the European hopes of the mighty Nottingham Forest. Also Liverpool won their second league title in 5 years and 20th title all time. Which puts them level with Manchester United for most PL titles all time. Did we mention Man U are in 14th? (too soon)
- Gabe

Matches

🔥 Match Preview Nottingham Forest vs. Brentford

🏟️ City Ground | 7:30 PM BST / 11:30 AM PT

A pivotal clash unfolds at the City Ground today as Nottingham Forest host Brentford in a match with significant European implications. Forest, aim to rebound from their FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City and re-enter the top four with a victory. Brentford, led by Thomas Frank, seek to extend their unbeaten run and keep their (very) slim Europa Conference League hopes alive.​ The last time these two met, Forest won 2-0.

Nottingham Forest

  • Currently 6th in the Premier League with 60 points from 33 matches.

  • A win would see them climb to 3rd, overtaking Newcastle, Manchester City, and Chelsea.

  • Chris Wood leads the team with 19 league goals.

  • Forest have scored 14 goals from set-pieces this season, second only to Crystal Palace. ​

Brentford

  • Sitting 11th with 46 points from 33 matches.

  • A victory would bring them within two points of 8th place, the final European qualification spot.

  • Bryan Mbeumo has netted 18 goals this season, including a brace in their last match against Brighton.

  • The Bees have lost only one of their last eight away games since Christmas. ​

Extra Slice
Liverpool 2025 Champs!

How Slot Rocked the Kop

Arne Slot’s arrival at Liverpool was supposed to be a transition, not a takeover. But what followed was one of the smoothest baton passes in Premier League history. Slot, known for his calm demeanor and attention to detail, brought tactical tweaks instead of sweeping changes. He kept Klopp’s leadership core intact while modernizing Liverpool’s playstyle. Gone was the high-octane chaos, replaced by a more possession-based, Dutch-flavored control. Players ate breakfast together, bonded in the new cafe, and watched film like college quarterbacks. The “coffee club” culture quickly turned into a winning one.

Despite working with nearly the same squad, Slot led the Reds on a 26-game unbeaten streak and flipped the script against top clubs. Liverpool took 20 of 24 possible points against the traditional Big Six, including 8-0 aggregate wins over Real Madrid, Man City, and Bayern. Slot’s fingerprints were everywhere, from tactically precise pressing formations to timely substitutions and even public accountability moments (ask Darwin Núñez). When adversity hit, he didn’t tighten the screws. He gave the team space. Then came the results.

The title-clinching 5-1 demolition of Spurs capped off a season of dominance built on smart coaching, squad unity, and pure efficiency. Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing became the unlikely anthem of a squad that found rhythm under a new maestro. In a season many wrote off as a rebuild, Liverpool danced their way to a second title in five years. And Slot made it look effortless. The age of Klopp is over. The time of the Slot has come.

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