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Fra Keith Wade´s nyhedsbrev (engelsk pundit og Brentfordfan)

I was going to go big on goals (3.5 or 4.5) in the Palace-WBA game and might still personally, but interim Albion head coach Darren Moore is said to be 50/50 with the board in terms of getting the job on a permanent basis and a result today could seal the deal and he will be asking the players for a performance. He is quoted at joint favourite with Brentford head coach Dean Smith.
Smith could go I guess, money talks in football and he would be offered 3 times his current salary, but with maybe 10% of the job security and Brentford are possibly the only team in the top two divisions who will not sack a coach solely because of results and Smith knows where the club are ultimately heading. However, he is a Midlands lad and grew up close to Albion, albeit as a Villa fan, but his #2 who would be part of the package is/was a Baggie.
Having said that, Smith told two supporters I know well and who are respected that he had no plans or desire to leave and his family have just bought a new house in the SE and I mean in the last month, which his mother also moved into (maybe that is a reason to escape !) and both she and his wife and daughter were involved in Bees end of season celebrations, so it would all seem odd were he to move. But as I say, money usually talks.
I would prefer that he stayed and Brentford had the continuity going forward, but the other (joint) #2 Thomas Frank would almost certainly step up (I would say that was 95% certain) , so, if odds became available on next manager if Smith were to depart, get in quick ! Some of you will know Frank, especially Danish readers, he was head coach of Brondby for three years and the Denmark U16-17-19 teams before that and he has been increasingly influential at the Bees in the last year or so, where much is done by committee. The more I think about it 95% seems low !

Fulham og Villa dyster om den sidste plads i Greed League. Kampene mellem Fulham og Derby bød på noget spænding og to forskellige tilgange. Boro mod Villa var 2 gange 90 minutter med orker der skaller hovederne sammen. Jeg håber Fulham tager den, da de virker til at have væsentlig mere at tilbyde ligaen. Det selvom sympatien er med traditionsklubben Villa, og jeg gerne så et Birmingham-hold oppe. Med Bruce, Pulis, Lambert og de andre proper football guys bliver det bare for trivielt, desværre.

Enig. Fulham kommer med så meget mere end Villa og Boro. Det er nok at vi har fået Cardiff op.

Nu skal Villa vel ikke kun bedømmes på baggrund af de 2 nerve kampe mod Boro - de er trods alt det 3. mest scorende hold i år. Desuden det hold med de fleste tilskuere og fans 40.500 tilskuere i går. Hvis de ryger op bliver de jo også forstærket kraftigt med deres kinesiske rigmand i ryggen. Så kan ikke se hvorfor Fulham skulle kunne berige Premier League mere end Villa.

Steve Bruce med en warchest er ikke just noget der imponerer mig og det burde skræmme livet af Villa-fans. Man kan eventuelt se på hvordan han forvaltede det i Sunderland og Birmingham. Bruce har selv udtalt at taktik ikke rigtig er noget han gør sig i. I Championship kan man dominere kampe, selv med en lettere arkaisk tilgang. I Premier League er de mandskaber der spiller sådan, og trænerne også, stort set uden undtagelse rykket ud eller blevet opsagt.

@Villafan

Jeg har som sådan ikke noget imod Villa, der reelt burde ligge i PL. Men Steve Bruce er bare så uinspirerende en manager at de meget vel kan tænkes at få det svært alene på grund af ham. Det er muligt at Bruce er en kapabel Championship-manager, men i PL har han vist sig ofte at være på dybt vand, og når først hans hold i inde i en dårlig stime, så formår han ikke at vende den. Det har man set både hos Birmingham City, Sunderland og Hull.

Haha. Hold kæft hvor er dommerne ringe... igen koster de Notts point

Point? I playoff?

Kald det sejr eller point. Faktum er, at de blev snydt for sejren i Coventry, hvor hjemmeholdet fik et ikke-eksisterende straffespark. Hjemme på Meadow Lane scorer Forte til 2-2 men der dømmes istedet offside selvom han var klart onside. Kort efter scorer Coventry et mål, hvor der er offside i to omgange

Sæsonens sidste kamp spilles netop nu, og det er League Two play-off finalen mellem Exeter City og Coventry City. Forhåbentlig kan den blive startskuddet til en Sky Blues revival og bære Coventry City supporterne mod bedre tider.