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'Our lads might quietly fancy having a right go at Brentford'

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On The Wayne Rooney Show this week, the former Everton striker exchanges tales with a player he looked up to early in his career, former Toffee Francis Jeffers. Rooney's brother John also has plenty to say before his Macclesfield side take on Brentford in the FA Cup.

Jeffers - assistant to John Rooney at Macclesfield - says Brentford will "100%" show more respect for The Silkmen than Crystal Palace did when they were humbled in round three.

Jeffers said: "The backroom staff at our place, the people in the office are already telling us, Brentford want to bring the team, squad of players, to look at the pitch at 12 o'clock that day. So, you know, they don't want to get there and be surprised like Palace, so, like you said, that giant killing now has sort of made Brentford wake up and go, listen, we're not going there and we're not going to allow that to happen.

"But we have to just allow our lads to enjoy it. It's an unbelievable occasion, we said that to them in the last round didn't we? Lads you know, I actually said to them, thank you very much for where you've took us here, by the way, because I've had some great days in football as a player.

"That's probably one of the best days I've ever, ever had. And that was all down to the lads and I thanked them. And I'll be saying the same to them. You know, after John gives his team talk, you know, I'll be saying to the lads, thanks. Make sure you go out and enjoy the occasion. And what will be, will be. No one's expecting us to win. But, you know, there might be a little element of surprise because we've done it before.

"I think our lads might quietly fancy having a right go at Brentford."

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