JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Ilove this time of the season, with all the phoney wars over and teams now settled on just one thing: Winning. Without the distractions of the international game or Europe, clubs focus fully on the final few games of the Premiership in the hope of achieving a place in Europe next year or winning a play-off spot.
There is a kind of warm familiarity with all the usual suspects battling at each end of the table for the same prizes they have fought for over the previous years and the virtual certainty that if it doesn’t happen for them this year,...