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The longer term might be probably very thrilling for Brentford if the previous seven days are something to go by.
Final Wednesday night time, we reached the heady heights of fifth within the Premier League desk – our highest mid-season place within the competitors.
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And because of the FA Cup on the weekend, we’re going to be fifth for a minimum of 10 days!
This sparked chats about who we wish to play within the Champions League subsequent season, although not from me… The likes of and have proven this season that fifth can rapidly turn into twelfth with a few defeats.
And that is high-quality. For me, this season was all a couple of strong survival marketing campaign, given the summer season upheaval, which we have already achieved.
Nevertheless, we’ve got proven we’ve got the potential to problem for a European spot, which I feel is achievable within the subsequent couple of years.
The opposite factor to proverbially get followers off their seats was the long-awaited full debut of teenage attacking midfielder Romelle Donovan within the FA Cup win at – which I am glad we took critically with a robust facet.
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He has proven his expertise within the B staff with some spectacular targets, leaving us determined to see him in first-team motion.
Donovan took his probability on Saturday with each arms. He led the inexperienced Owls defence a merry dance and was introduced down for our penalty – but in addition didn’t neglect his defensive duties, monitoring again to make an important sort out early on.
I do not wish to go overboard about somebody so younger after just one sport – but when he carries on like this, we’ve got an actual star within the making on our arms.
With the addition of one other teenager in striker Kaye Furo – precisely the form of signing I – it is a nice time to be a Brentford fan!
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