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League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Keith Andrews: 'We’ve got a really competitive squad.'Alamy Stock Photo FreeKeith Andrews 'We’ve got outstanding strength and depth and there’s a real fight for places' Keith Andrews plans to keep rotating as Brentford reach EFL Cup quarter-finals. 7.54am, 29 Oct 2025 Share options KEITH ANDREWS SAID he has no intention of moving away from fielding Brentford’s fringe players in the Carabao Cup after a clinical 5-0 win at Blundell Park that ended Grimsby’s impressive run in the competition. The Bees have never reached the final of a major cup but moved a step closer after goals from Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter, Reiss Nelson, Fabio Carvalho and Nathan Collins blew the Mariners away. A job very well done ✅ pic.twitter.com/T8ndmi7kRR— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) October 28, 2025 The result continues an impressive debut season at the helm for Andrews, who made nine changes from the 3-2 Premier League win against Liverpool at the weekend. Advertisement “I think if you go back to the previous two rounds, we had players that were playing in those that have fought a way in to the league games,” Andrews said when asked if he would continue to heavily rotate in the latter stages of the competition. “Where we’re at, I think we’ve got a really competitive squad. “We’ve got outstanding strength and depth and there’s a real fight for places. And I think the players are aware of that because they push each other every single day. “Whatever that game will be (the quarter-final), we’ll pick the team we feel will be right to hopefully progress.” The Mariners famously beat Manchester United here in the second round and saw off Championship side Sheffield Wednesday in round three, but a raucous crowd was subdued by two goals in five first-half minutes as the Bees established a 3-0 lead at the interval. Andrews said afterwards he had pressed into his players the need to be professional in order to avoid an upset against League Two opposition. “I have genuine respect towards this level – what they (Grimsby) do, how they survive or struggle for being at this level,” he said. “I was so looking forward to this game. I really was. And because I knew it would be a proper close game and I knew it would be a game that we’d have to be professional. “I knew everybody wanted you to slip. 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