They may be champions, but Matthew Benham could teach them a few tricks

Yesterday saw yet another reason why I’m glad I support a club like Brentford. Premiership winners Manchester City have barely had time to let their celebratory Barclay’s brand champagne go flat before the latest problem has hit Manuel Pellegrini and his team.

Of course, City are still coming to terms with the consequences of breaching the UEFA financial fairplay rulings, with the imposition of a transfer cap and a £49million fine. Just to put that into context, that’s 16 and a bit Lewis Grabban’s at today’s prices  (and does make me wonder just how much money Vincent Tan has?)

Now, however, they have to put up with Yaya Touré and a hissy fit.

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Is this next season’s club badge? And an IMPORTANT request

Nice one, Chelsea. An odd way to start a Brentford column but their victory over (and at) Manchester City last night means that The Bees, once again, are the clear form team in England.  Whilst there are enough permutations to extrapolate this further across Europe, to be honest I’m starting to lose track.

However, their home defeat (sorry, Bliss) means City now have a little red box next to their name on the BBC table whilst we, as part of an 18 match unbeaten run, are on 30 points out of 30 in the League from games played at Griffin Park.

Still, the one thing that is certain in football is that nothing is certain.

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.