What can you say? Brentford are on tour and normal service has resumed. Whilst the eyes of the world may have been focussed on Cristiano Ronaldo’s tears as Portugal upset France to win Euro2016, over in Germany it was tears of pain and laughter as the annual singing contest for new players and staff got underway. Peter Gilham has published his latest diary although I note that this season it has been rebranded as a blog (don’t sink this low, Peter 😉 ). And we have the latest entrants into the photo caption competition that’s not a competition but just a bit of fun.
The annual singing competition is back – judging sure to be tough
First up, singing. Actually, first up, hats off to Brentford ‘official’. Yes, you DID read that correctly. I make no secret of some previous observations but, likewise, full credit must be paid where it is due. And , I have to say, coverage of the training camp has been nothing short of excellent. The photographs, the updates, the videos, the use of social media and , of course, the ever popular tour diary/blog.
At a time when it might be trickier than normal to keep fans engaged, quite the opposite has been done. For me, the highlight has been the singing videos – goalkeeper Daniel Bentley pushing it up to 11 on the performance stakes.
Dan Bentley takes it to the next level
John Egan and Romaine Sawyers deserve full credit for effort, although its fair to say that Romaine is no Rachel Stevens. The again, who is? Results for the current round have just finished with Dan’s performance in the pool making him a runaway success and exempt from any future performance.
Not such good news for Romaine and John who, alongside Jan Holldack, get to ‘go again’. Given fans have already been afforded the chance to participate in that first round of voting, can we expect more?
Certainly, the close out to the videos suggests so as it advises : “The four worst, as voted by the players, STAFF and YOU go through to the next round. The two with the most retweets and player votes are saved….! “
As ever, #GermanyBees looks like the place to stay in touch with the action.
And finally, I must thank all those who have taken the time to come up with entries to the Last Word photo competition that’s not an actual competition, just a bit of fun. If you fancy having a go then just post a comment. We’ll keep this running for one more day but a selection of the (printable) entries received so far are below….
More great work c/o ‘The official’ Brentford social media feed
Chris Whittart : Did you see the tweet from Sam Saunders ? Winner, end of, game over
Paul Deller: Not only did I have a tenner on Griezmann first goal, I done France half time full time
Terrace Wag: When someone asked about transfer policy……
David Carney: Apparently QPR and Fulham are almost certain favourites for relegation…
Danny Billy Baynham: So do you follow this stats lark lads ?
Dave Hall : My mate down the pub said “Fulham are going up’’.
Jim Myers : And you’re telling me Fulham could have signed Griezmann ?
Last Word: I even saw one guess that we’ll be playing in red and white stripes next season.
Nick Bruzon
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