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The big Forshaw question(s)

29 Jan

Only at Brentford ! With Saturday’s game against Middlesbrough already taking the expectation levels to fever pitch, things went through the roof yesterday with Adam Forshaw making a much anticipated transfer to our opponents following what they describe as “a brief stint at Championship rivals Wigan”.

A mere 17 games (that’s approximately a quarter of one, million, pounds per appearance) followed by a reported cut price sale, suggest that things didn’t work out too well .

To read the rest of this article, season 2014/15 is now available to download onto Kindle (and other electronic reading device) in full. Containing additional material and even some (poor) editing, you can get it here for less than the cost of a Griffin Park matchday programme or Balti Pie.

Thanks for reading and all your comments over the course of the season. For now, I need to make more space on the site for any follow up. However, ‘close season’ will continue in full, further on.

What next for Uwe? Just please, no shopping.

13 May

Next season’s Championship has taken more shape for Brentford with trips to Norwich City and Brighton now on the agenda for Bees fans after the weekend’s action. However, it was last night that ‘the big one’ took place as Uwe Rösler’s Wigan Athletic bowed out, amidst a biblical deluge (can there be any other sort?), to the Loftus Road mob.

I’m desperately upset by this result on so many levels.

To read the rest of this article, season 2013/14 is now available to download onto Kindle, in full. Containing previously unseen content, you can do so here for less than the cost of one matchday programme.

 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.