Bees’ Promotion Cake Failing To Rise – Did I Start Singing To Soon?

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   Nick on September 24, 2013 at 12:08 pm

   Due to sickness yesterday was the first Bees game I have missed this season. I agree with pretty much all the views expressed in this entire article – except watching on telly it was a stone wall penalty for them – but I especially agree about the players seemingly going through the motions. It was even more apparent watching on screen, rather than on the terrace as per normal, that some players either weren’t sure what they were meant to be doing, or didn’t care.

   This is going to sound like sacrilege but I am not sure that Clayton Donaldson is in the best run of form at present and deserving of a place in the starting line-up (He will now go on to score 4 at Northampton/Coventry on Sunday and I will cheer every goal). I was surprised that it was Will Grigg, and not Donaldson, that was substituted after about 75 minutes. I know they are similar players but I really would like to see Farid El Alagui and Grigg play together. On several occasions the commentator made reference to the height of the Brentford team but given that we aren’t sending out a team to play cricket in Australia, maybe some football played to feet in the style we saw against Sheffield Utd would have served us better last night. It just worries me that Uwe might think El Alagui is the type of player he would like to see go out on loan to gain some playing time. Should El Alagui be starting, with Donaldson available to play the role of impact sub? Worth a try surely?

   One final, and deeply troubling, thought. Have we seen this lack of heart before from Brentford players? Anybody remember that night of February 3rd 2011 when the players clearly had had enough of Andy Scott, and demonstrated that on the pitch at Dagenham? I was there, and boy was that depressing. I simply hope we are not seeing the first signs of players wanting to see a change in management style. We are a good team, we have good players and we have good management. Lets just keep the faith – and start winning tight games!

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