Brentford boss Nicky Forster spoke to the Hounslow Chronicle and his club's official website after his side's 2-1 League One win over Carlisle at Griffin Park, Forster saying the Bees were disappointed not to keep a clean sheet in the warm-up game ahead of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final between the two teams a week on Sunday :
"The first 20 minutes we were better than them. And we deserved it on the 90 minutes. I was disappointed with the goal we conceded, we were caught square at the back and we were disappointed not to get a clean sheet. We said we didn't want it to be a drab game. Our substitutions freshened things up and the lads that came on - Sam Wood, Nathan Byrne and Kevin O'Connor - were superb. They gave us a bit more spark.
“We want to be careful about thinking things like we have won the first leg, it will be back to 0-0 next Sunday and a whole new game. It will also be a very different venue, a very different atmosphere and a very different occasion, so you can't read too much into our win. The two games will be poles apart, so there is no psychological advantage in us having won the league game.
"I think I want to win every game. I don’t think it is fair on players to rest a player for the Sheffield Wednesday game and bring another in and say you can play tonight but you won’t be playing on Sunday. That is not a fair thing to do and is disrespectful. We will field a team we think can win that game and we will always try and play our strongest team. Tonight Robbie Neilson rolled his ankle, that's happened a lot to us. Karleigh Osborne missed the game with illness. Sam Saunders will start running soon and Robbie Simpson is a little bit behind him. I'm sure everyone who can train will be doing so this week
"We just told him (Jeffrey Schlupp) he wasn’t going to Germany for their under-19s game. We thought it wouldn’t be ideal for Jeff to come back the week leading into a final and try and stake a claim for a place in the side. We thought his football education would be better served here playing football and in front of a crowd like this. So we spoke to Leicester and they agreed and Jeff was happy to stay. It was a group decision that his footballing education would benefit from being here and I think it is hard to argue with that after Friday night."