Dean Smith was appointed as Brentford head coach two years ago today (November 30) and it has been filled with highs and lows.
The Bees boss has been consistent in what he says and is a likeable individual. I have not come across anyone who has spent more than five minutes in his company say anything but positive things about his character.
Results on the pitch have been mixed with the west Londoners going through a run of good form, as well as runs where the results have been terrible.
But, in general, performances have improved over the course of that period and the feeling I get is the Bees are in a much better place than they were when Smith first took over.
Below we look at some of the good days, bad days and the occasional ugly moment.
Highs
Winning in a west London derby will always be satisfying and Smith has had the pleasure of seeing his side beat Fulham 3-0 and QPR 2-0, 3-1 and 4-1 and he could have made it four in a row on Monday before the capitulation.
It would also have been enjoyable to claim a 2-0 win at Birmingham, who signed Harlee Dean, Jota and Maxime Colin towards the end of the transfer window.
But, for me, the best performances have been the 3-0 win over Aston Villa and the 4-0 win over Derby County last season.
Villa, like Birmingham, was satisfying as they were on the verge of completing a deal for Brentford striker Scott Hogan.
The Bees, missing their main goal threat from the first half of the season, put on a dominating performance, after a dodgy first 15 minutes, and took the lead through Nico Yennaris.
They took control in the second half with Lasse Vibe, who had played second fiddle to Hogan for most of the season, bagging a brace to complete a rout.
Good Friday has, in recent years, been a good day to be a Bee. Promotion was clinched at the start of the Easter weekend and the Bees won 4-1 at Fulham on that day as well.
Derby were the latest side to feel the force. Vibe opened the scoring in the first half and, after Brentford repelled the Rams in the second, took control with Jota bagging a brace, either side of the Dane adding to his tally.
Lows
On the flip side, losing or throwing away 2-0 leads in west London derbies count as an emotional low.
But the 3-0 defeat at QPR in March 2016 was even worse. Smith had named a starting line up without a recognised striker as Vibe was not firing and Philipp Hofmann was not trusted either.
And it all went wrong for them as Junior Hoilett scored a fine goal from outside the area and the Bees collapsed to be thoroughly outclassed by Rangers.
But the worst performance of all Smith's period was the 5-0 defeat at Norwich last season.
Brentford were dreadful from the first minute to the against a side that had come into the game having lost their last five games.
Jacob Murphy, Graham Dorrans, Robbie Brady, Nelson Oliveira and Alex Pritchard, who was the standout player, all found the net.
Smith said after the game: "I've told the players it's the worst performance I've had as a manager.
"The players have to look in the mirror. I'll look in the mirror as well. I'll look at the selection; did I get that right?
"But after the third goal I thought a few of us gave up. We have to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Other poor performances have included the 2-1 loss at home to Wolves last season and the 2-0 defeat to Barnsley last year.
Ugly
The return fixture against Norwich on New Year's Eve last year was not one that should live long in the memory banks.
Neither side looked like scoring in the evening kick off and the crowd, with the exception of celebrating Jota's return, were more interested in getting out of there to ring in 2017, rather than watch a drab, uninspiring game of football.
There have also been some disappointing moments in games, which have overshadowed good performances such as Monday night's capitulation against QPR.
The first halves against Burton and Sunderland come to mind, which put the Bees into a hole they climbed out of but it was unnecessary against sides they have more than enough quality to beat.
