Ben Brereton Diaz

[Mattyblue]

Had a few of those Stella’s, bazza? 😁

[Leonard Venkhater]

On 16/06/2023 at 11:43, rigger said:

Ben Who ?

"Dead to me"

[Leonard Venkhater]

11 minutes ago, bazza said:

Ours is a superb national anthem. It's not an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

He's right though. Comparing ours to the Marseillaise is like comparing Aga-doo to Life on Mars 

[rigger]

12 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

He's right though. Comparing ours to the Marseillaise is like comparing Aga-doo to Life on Mars 

I prefer Liechtensteins national anthem.

[Leonard Venkhater]

21 hours ago, rigger said:

I prefer Liechtensteins national anthem.

Haha..I guessed, but I did google to check!

 

[bazza]

The French, Italian and Mexican national anthems are great to dance to. But our anthem has dignity. So does the anthem of Japan.

My favourite is Hungary.

[Mattyblue]

In what way does it have ‘dignity’?

Edited June 19, 2023 by Mattyblue

[Upside Down]

It doesn't.

It's subservient shit.

[ben_the_beast]

Technically speaking (contract yet to expire), Ben is the first Rovers player to score an international hattrick since when? 

It is time to move on, but personally I hope he does well and I'll always keep half an eye out on his career. Peculiar that nothing has been officially announced regarding his next club. Either Villareal have seen sense, or they're waiting until his contact officially expires on June 30th. 

[Mattyblue]

Ben Brereton is already a groguet - Villarreal CF Official Site

'I like to play on the left or as a striker'

He should have said.

[Exiled_Rover]

On 17/06/2023 at 22:23, Leonard Venkhater said:

He's right though. Comparing ours to the Marseillaise is like comparing Aga-doo to Life on Mars 

I'll never forget the look of shock / admiration on the faces of the NFL players (Giants v Dolphins) for one of (if not the first) NFL International Series games in London when the entire crowd starting singing the national anthem.

It might be a dirge, but it's our dirge. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Ben Brereton is already a groguet - Villarreal CF Official Site

'I like to play on the left or as a striker'

He should have said.

Still cant get my head around the fact he walked away for sweet F.A.

[roversfan99]

One thing I am sure of (really unsure whether he can step up in La Liga) is that he leaves a huge hole in our team, probably more than many realise. So reliant on his goals and goalscorers arent easy to come by.

I wonder if some of the excitement around Sigurdsson comes around the potential for him to become a cult hero. Brereton not only was a key player but seemingly a popular one with the whole (under marketed) Diaz/Chile situation. A striker from Plymouth, he might come in and do well and lets hope so but I dont see him as potentially a cult hero, but Sigurdsson does have that vibe. The kind of player that everyone could be talking about.

[rigger]

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

One thing I am sure of (really unsure whether he can step up in La Liga) is that he leaves a huge hole in our team, probably more than many realise. So reliant on his goals and goalscorers arent easy to come by.

I wonder if some of the excitement around Sigurdsson comes around the potential for him to become a cult hero. Brereton not only was a key player but seemingly a popular one with the whole (under marketed) Diaz/Chile situation. A striker from Plymouth, he might come in and do well and lets hope so but I dont see him as potentially a cult hero, but Sigurdsson does have that vibe. The kind of player that everyone could be talking about.

You have your opinion, I don't agree with you. Diaz was not even our best striker in the Venkies era

[roversfan99]

3 minutes ago, rigger said:

You have your opinion, I don't agree with you. Diaz was not even our best striker in the Venkies era

I never said he was. But he scored 16 goals, the second highest was 8. He scored 37 in 2 seasons, no one anywhere near that.

[DE.]

Hopefully next season we're less reliant on one person scoring the majority of our goals. Once BBD reverted to BB last season we lost all of our steam because nobody else was stepping up to score enough. That needs to change.

[roversfan99]

The worry is that when he was out, that didn't really happen. Big onus on Sigurdsson/Ennis/any other newbies scoring some goals.

[Oldgregg86]

I definitely get cult hero vibes from sigurdsson. I think he’s going to bring so much excitement and joy to us this season. I can’t wait to see him on action 

[philipl]

There was a very personally engaging aspect to Ben.

I will follow him at the yellow submarine- appropriate as a club currently somewhere between transition and crisis.

He is such a confidence player he could just as easily become a cult goal scorer as sink without trace in Spain.

[Ossydave]

Gives me a slight reason to watch a bit more La Liga next season, a league that's been poor for the last few years IMO.

He's got all the attributes to succeed there and I'm pretty sure he will.

Some right nonsense got spouted amongst some fans last season about him not trying etc. He was out of form, but he sure as hell was trying! If anything it was more the pressure of reliance on him to get all the goals affecting his form, the load should be spread a little more in Spain.

He's also arriving there without a hefty price tag round his neck which should help.

Hopefully the next chapter in his story is European success, all the best Ben 👍 

[Upside Down]

Who cares. He didn't bother to turn up for the last half of last season and that was when we really needed him. 

Just one more in a long line of players in the venkys era that are instantly forgettable. 

[AllRoverAsia]

I wonder how his arse will cope with landing on harder drier pitches 30 odd times a game. 

Maybe adult diapers, like Trump wears, will be supplied by Villarreal along with the shorts.

[philipl]

2 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

I wonder how his arse will cope with landing on harder drier pitches 30 odd times a game. 

Maybe adult diapers, like Trump wears, will be supplied by Villarreal along with the shorts.

Seen the pre game sprinklers over there?

More likely to need water wings.

[Dan]

On 04/07/2023 at 12:27, Mattyblue said:

Ben Brereton is already a groguet - Villarreal CF Official Site

'I like to play on the left or as a striker'

He should have said.

Don’t tell Chaddy…. 

[lraC]

Here is Groguet, the official mascot of Villarreal.