Hurry up, Harry ! PS – Great work, Mr. Benham

These may be odd sentiments for a Brentford fan but I need to thank QPR manager Harry Redknapp.

After yesterday’s Deadline Day column in which we considered whether Wolves purchase of Leon Clarke was over tinkering with a strong squad, that self same squad was slowly torn to pieces over the course of the afternoon.

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George Saville, Marcello Trotta and, erm, Louis Walsh?

And relax. For now…

Tuesday was loan-signing day at Brentford. Confirmation was received that deals have been struck with Chelsea and Fulham which will see George Saville and Marcello Trotta stay with The Bees until the end of the season. The former was less of a surprise, given some of the ‘tweets’ issued by first-teamers on Monday afternoon. However, in the case of Marcello it was very much a case of all cards being played close to the chest.

Given the Italian’s strike rate and the settled team this has come as a great relief. I found out on my mobile phone, via twitter, when Mark Devlin announced the news at lunchtime. The immediate reaction was to follow his link direct to the club website, to read more. On which the immediate reaction was then to turn away in horror.

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Are the Wolf Pack suffering a relegation hangover? Brentford stay top.

Has sport gone crazy?  Brentford are still at the top of League One after Wolves lost at Gillingham last night.

That can’t be correct but I watched the game on Sky. I’m sure I saw Bees fan Natalie Sawyer doing an admirable job in remaining neutral as Wolves , the former league leaders, were beaten by Brentford old boys.

Then I got out of bed at 5.30 this morning to see England (the cricketing equivalent of Wolves?) are being beaten once more by Australia. Sport isn’t ‘broken’

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.