By all rights I should be ecstatic. But I’m not.
Brentford made it eight wins out of eight (40 points out of the last 42) whilst even though rivals Wolves and Leyton Orient also won, these were only their second and third victories, respectively, from the same eight game period.
The Bees were even pushed up to opening slot on the Football League Show’s divisional round up, despite Wolves v Preston – two teams currently in the play off mix – probably being the most attractive fixture of the day, on paper.
But it is another aspect of this BBC coverage that is making me redder than a Keith Stroud convention.
Just for once I’d love it if the Football League Show could make reference to Brentford, and specifically Marcello Trotta, without mentioning that, blinkin’, penalty.
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Thanks for reading over the course of the campaign. For now I need to make space on this page for any follow up. The ‘close season’ / World Cup columns continue in full, further on in this site.
We all have a blip and we have had ours plus we have strength in depth with more signings to come.
It’s were you are on the 3rd of May that counts let’s see if your you are bleating then.