I have to say that I am a Jake Bidwell fan.\u00a0 I think he has put in some very strong performances this season and provides a fantastic overlap at the moment for us on the left hand side which has proven in recent weeks to propel us to the play offs and possibly 90 minutes from a second Championship play-off final.<\/p>\n
Whether the move to three at the back was forced or a moment of tactical genius it doesn’t matter because history will be littered with things that made a huge difference in a promotion push and the form of Bidwell and Connor Roberts could well be one of them.<\/p>\n
Bidwell will be looking to help his side finish the job at Brentford to reach that final – a return to his former club for the last ever game at Griffin Park.\u00a0 The full back made more than 200 appearances for the Bees in a five year spell at the club before moving onto QPR and then – last summer – to Swansea to join up with Steve Cooper.<\/p>\n
“I will be going there to get the job done with Swansea,” Bidwell said.<\/p>\n
“Obviously it is a bit surreal playing in the last game at Griffin Park but for me I am there with Swansea.<\/p>\n
“I am there to do a job with Swansea and that is all my focus will be to go and get a result.”<\/p>\n
“From a personal point of view hopefully it will be another good memory for me on that ground,<\/p>\n
“It’s strange the way football turns out sometimes but as I say I am going to do my best. There will certainly be no emotion involved.<\/p>\n
“Of course there are a lot of people there behind the scenes, the backroom staff I have a lot of respect for, Matthew Benham, the owner, people like that.<\/p>\n
“But I am there as a Swansea player, I am there to help them get a result. That is all \u202aWednesday night\u202c is going to be about.”<\/p>\n
A promotion to the Premier League would seal a perfect position for Bidwell who was an Everton academy player when he joined Brentford and he admits that playing at the top level is part of his footballing dream<\/p>\n
“Obviously when you leave an academy, the idea is to work your way back up. Every player’s dream is to get back to the Premier League,” he said.<\/p>\n
“These opportunities don’t come around very often. I will be looking to make the most of that \u202aon Wednesday night\u202c and hopefully take a step closer to reaching that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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