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FC Kaiserslautern have some great and very interesting fans
It is really quite impressive to have over 1000 fans from an away side at a pre-season friendly , and more so when these fans came from Germany. A few photographs of the fans and some of their team from the 1-1 draw with Brentford today. Enjoy.
Sam Saunders looks very fit…….
Sam Saunders played the friendly game versus FC Kaiserslautern as though it was a cup final, at full pace, and at times getting irritated with the occasional niggling foul.
He seems a man on a mission to regain and keep his place in the side. his fitness looks in no doubt.
When he was substituted he ran off looking like an extra from RoboCop
Brentford 1 FC Kaiserslautern 1. The Bees are back.Photographs and Thoughts.
On a hot sunny afternoon this was a good workout for both teams that played a competitive match in terms of effort without a great deal of end result or indeed physicality.
There was the curious sight of the scoreboard using maybe a bad acronym for FC Kaiserslautern…….
As is the norm a number of substitutions in the second half rendered any interpretation of whether this was a good or bad display meaningless. Overall Brentford played with the same style as last season and looked a decent side. No one stood out today on either side. The work rate however was superb for a pre-season game. 
FC Kaiserslautern brougt almost 1000 fans it seems and there was a fair amount of cabaret between their fans and the Brentford stewards, mostly all good humoured and in fact well stewarded with no incidents that I saw. If their fans can be described as having a uniform it would be multiple tattoos and a flag per person, the noise from them was massive. They played an open style of play and it was no surprise that their goal came from quick running down the wing with an accurate cross on the floor that was finished neatly. In contrast Brentford goal came from an own goal scored from a corner.
Own goal gives Brentford the lead
Sam Saunders
A busy Maxime Colin
Romaine Sawyers
From the new players Romaine Sawyers looked industrious and moved seamlessly at times from central midfield to the wings. Sam Saunders played the game more like it was a league game and looked fit and interested throughout.
There were a number of nice touches in the game, not least the minute silence for the Munich victims, and the general noise and support from the FC Kaiserslautern fans. At times even a little too vociferous and some needed reminding that a minute silence means just that!
The stewarding was also appropriately relaxed and fans had a great afternoon in the sun.
#Prayfornorwich. Did anyone tell Sergi Canos?
Certainly a contender for one of the worst kits of all time . Top ten in my view. Who chose this and why?
Painshill Park in Cobham with English Vineyard
A great place to visit in this weather. With its own vineyard and the wine tastes good. The park is just off the A3 at Cobham.
Pokemon Go. Best Places to find Pokemon. There was a Zubat on my shoulder in Painshill Park
Although this all sounds like nonsense in fact Pokemon Go is enticing teenagers outdoors to exercise like nothing else.
Painshill park is a large park in Cobham in Surrey 20 miles south of central London. It seems that within the game you are told places to go and catch both Pokemon but also win the tools you need to do this. Painshill is a great example of a large park that requires you to walk miles and all the places where the Pokemon activity is focuses are spread out widely. Seems that just maybe the less popular places in the park attract the most Pokemon? Maybe. Try the Sabine statue is my recommendation or the Ice House.
Any game that gets teenagers out and about is much to be commended. It’s good to see the return of Pokemon once again. Always has been one of the better games. Walking along I was somewhat surprised to be demanded to stand still as there was a Zubat on my shoulder. So who knows what might be living on your shoulder?
Painshill park is a great place for walking and I have blogged many times on this wondrous place. It even has its own vineyard . Just google Arcticterntalk and Painshill to find all you need to know.
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