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  1. StanBalaban
    If Bertie and / or Phil are indeed off, then surely we must have someone coming in?
  2. StanBalaban
    Found it. Was a faff.
  3. StanBalaban
    God I hate our website. Bought a matchpass and I know the game is over an hour away, but there's seemingly no indication where the match links are going to be. Nor can I find anywhere on the site to suggest the matchpass is active. UI sucks.
  4. StanBalaban
    Injured or could he be off?
  5. StanBalaban
    It's occured to me that having someone of Monchi's standing in the game is not just great for recruitment, but seems to be pretty handy at clearing unwanted player off the books too. Not meant as a dig at Purslow, but it could be that Monchi has a bigger swinging rolodex.
  6. StanBalaban
    Long live Longlet!
  7. StanBalaban
    "Get off the stage Sergio. No one's here for you!"
  8. StanBalaban
    His missus is ridiculous
  9. StanBalaban
    That is our shirt.
  10. StanBalaban
    Yeah, I wouldn't say he'd be anywhere near a dream signing, but it's always difficult trying to get quality into the squad when you have such a important player ahead of you in the queue. I'm thinking along the lines of a player that can score goals in the PL, would probably back himself to challenge Ollie, is young enough to play a high-intensity game, but also won't kick up a fuss when coming off the bench. Would definitely benefit from being coached by Unai too. Not many spring to mind.
  11. StanBalaban
    I liked Archer, but Iheanacho has 6 years of regular Premier League experience under his belt, as well as nearly 50 international caps. They're in very different stages of their career and, right now, Iheanacho is the better player. Archer may become a better and more reliable player in due course, but asked to pick out of the two this season, I would pick Iheanacho all day.
  12. StanBalaban
    It is... and that's just the highlight of the collection, plus a load of bikes too. He used to live in Dubai, but worked across Australia maintaining wind farms. Sold his business for a lot of money and retired in his early forties. Lucky bastard. Anyhoo... shame we can't see Nicolo this evening, but I wonder if he's moving up towards a start against Liverpool?
  13. StanBalaban
    I think he'd be a positive addition to the squad, won't demand to be automatic starter yet be capable when called upon. Is experienced, but still young, and has a existing understanding with Tielemans. Archer went for 18m, so 20m is not a huge outlay. Wages may be more of an issue, but there's a lot to be said about a kinda 'unsung hero' if you like. Danny Welbeck regularly starts for a team that finished above us for example.
  14. StanBalaban
    A client of mine in Denmark has quite the car collection in both DK and Australia, including a Diablo, a Singer Porsche, a 930 Turbo a 992 Turbo and an F40. I've yet to visit him since he left Dubai, but he says it's the best car by a considerable margin in his garage.
  15. StanBalaban
    I had a Ferrari 355 for a while, a few years ago. It belonged to a Russian friend of mine that got it in a divorce. She had nowhere to park it, wasn't attached to it and couldn't drive a manual, so it lived with me for around 9 months. Did a weekend swap with a friend that owns a 328 GTS (a mild evolution of the 308) and it was just a beautiful machine. Incredibly slow and an effort to drive, it was nonetheless just great to look at, sit in and listen to. The 355 was leagues ahead in every other way, and that would easily get burnt-off by a Golf R32 of the day. However, for tuning heads and making you feel special, they were both amazing.
  16. StanBalaban
    Would anyone take Iheanacho as back-up / challenge to Ollie?
  17. StanBalaban
    I genuinely think we're a victim of being organised and prepared in our transfer activity. Had we brought in Tielemans and Torres, but done deadline day deals for Zaniolo and Diaby, those same people would be ecstatic.
  18. StanBalaban
    Archer subbed off after 63 mins against Lincoln.
  19. StanBalaban
    That Beto is **** massive. 10 Elphicks at least.
  20. StanBalaban
    Huge 45 minutes for Dyche coming up.
  21. StanBalaban
    Should work. I've bought match passes before and they've always worked (as well as Villa TV can work) here in Dubai.
  22. StanBalaban
    For some reason I can picture Dougie giving this a go... Holding the ball on his foot, before lifting it clear over the defence for an already advanced Ollie Watkins to shoot straight at the keeper's legs. Genius.
  23. StanBalaban
    Mate of mine's parents bought him a CPC 464 with a green screen monitor and tape drive. He was gutted.
  24. StanBalaban
    No way was the ST inferior to the C64 or Spectrum. The Amstrad CPC was typical dog shit you'd expect from Alan Sugar. I went from CPC 6128 to Amiga with the Batman pack, but it was playing Test Drive II on the ST that was the required catalyst to nag my parents for a new computer.
  25. StanBalaban
    And look at Bissouma this season, under some comparative stability. He's been one of their best players so far.
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