Brentford are heading to the Premier League. The West London club, who were last in the top flight in 1947, yesterday sealed promotion thanks to a barnstorming start against Swansea City that yielded two goals in the opening 20 minutes.

It was their first time emerging from the play offs in ten attempts and the reward for a club that has built gradually and prudently under the ownership of lifelong fan Matthew Benham.

But what should fans of other teams expect from the Bees side come August? football.london have got you primed.

A head coach like no other

Thomas Frank comes across as funny and engaging but with a sense that he is not a man to be crossed. His press conferences contain everything from references to legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson and what he is watching on Netflix to metaphors featuring Playstations and Christmas presents.

He can go from funny to forthright in the same sentence and it is easy to imagine him rubbing some of the Premier League’s Good Football Men up the wrong way.

The Dane is a very, very bright coach with an impressive and lengthening track record of improving people around him. Mentions of the New Zealand no dickheads policy may produce eye rolls from some outsiders but his firm implementation of the All Blacks’ mantra has indisputably paid the richest dividends.

Attack, attack, attack

They have been a sight for purists’ eyes for a couple of years now and do not expect a departure from their style up against the big guns. The formation is flexible - across the three play-off games they used 3-5-2, 4-3-3 and 4-4-1-1 - but the ultimate aim is to dominate possession, press hard without it and score, score, score. At a basic level there are plenty of similarities with Leeds and emulating them next season should not be out of the question.

It seemed like Ivan Toney, whose penalty yesterday was his 33rd goal of the campaign, would be destined for the Premier League with or without Brentford. He set a Championship season goalscoring record and adapted to life in the second tier so smoothly when completing what quickly looked like a bargain move from Peterborough United for about £5m. While 11 of those goals were penalties and none came from outside the area, his link-up play and improved work off the ball make him an all-round modern centre forward.

A change in transfer strategy?

Perhaps the most fascinating thing to look out for is whether Brentford alter their recruitment approach. A key tenet to their success has been selling high, buying low thanks to a combination of analytics-led scouting and canny negotiations.

Ollie Watkins, Said Benrahma, Neal Maupay, James Tarkowski – the list of players acquired cheaply and developed impressively before being sold for handsome profit is large.

It will not happen this summer. Toney has been watched by Arsenal and West Ham among many others in the past nine months but, with a four-year contract, he will only depart in the next window for daft money.

Brentford do pay players very well and have been consistently among the biggest wage spenders in the Championship. They will be an attractive proposition for many players looking for a move.

Expect a couple of typical under the radar signings, even if the new Brexit regulations complicate matters in terms of recruitment from Denmark, but they are unlikely to spend massively. “I just want to get very drunk tonight and maybe I’ll start thinking about that on Monday,” Frank said at Wembley.

Unfortunately fans of the club will need to brace themselves for a lot of generic references to Moneyball when, in reality, the spreadsheets are a single contributing factor to a multilayered approach that has been as much about coaching, psychology and holistic development as the transfer market itself.