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"Upon this rock I shall build my church"
I'm going to call him 'Grant'Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
I will call him Granit Michell
Let's hope he's got the minerals for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
Good ness me, he's a rather attractive man, isn't he?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
What is it that he does, exactly?
He keeps the fans happy for a few hours at least before they demand another signing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I think he has quite a high percentage success rate of kicking a football from point A to point B :trophy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
One doesn't like to blow one's own trumpet but told you so :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
First of a few, I reckon
He's a midfielder apparently. Whatever that means.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
You laugh, but these days I hardly know. It appears that each player now has a specific task for which he is suited, and that is the only thing he can do. In my day we were just footballers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
An ore-inspiring signing
His Youtube showreel is almost mesmerically boring. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVbsL0ZufGs
He appears to be the Albanian StevieG :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Did you see that thing on BBC4 last night about the fall of Saigon? Excellent. Some great footage from the time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062mbng
We should let him enjoy his moment.
Before we start moaning and booing at him :hide:
My thoughts exactly. If he's going to play like that, aren't we going to need some speedy chap up front running onto his 40 yarders?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I've seen it before, but yes it is excellent. The US Ambassador comes out of it well.
That was an excellent doc, wasnt it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Chamakh's won was worrying. Most of the clips where where he nearly scored.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Except for one game where he clearly seemed to get the better of Kos 3 times
*Clears throat* "Stop hitting 40 yard passes, Grant, you Swissbanian cund!"Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Quite a lot of that one is just him doing reasonably competent, but ultimately fruitless things. And other bits of it are him failing to score.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
He'll fit right in. :-)
According to my calculations. At Basel Elneny who came on a trial basis then replaced Granit who left that summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Now we have both of em :sherlock:
they are going to ping pong the ball around the pitch for 90 mins :cloud9: which is fine as long have taken the lead.
Proper midfielders :cloud9:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
He'll be a really, really good replacement for both Arteta and Flamini imo. He's a very good passer of the ball, short and long, and will add the calming, controlling influence that we missed when legohair got injured. Also, he's very fond of a card so he'll replace Flamini nicely too.
Though I'm not sure Flamini will actually be off, rather he'll just be ushered into the role of being Mesut's fluffer.
No. I've taken against him, I'm afraid.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Hold on just a wee second, he is not “just” a midfielder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
He is a left footed midfielder, elegant and cultured and all the other footballing clichés which automatically flow in such scenarios.
Brady, Petit, Edu, Redondo.
Life rarely gets better than this.
Pffffffffft. He's no Stefan Schwartz, is he?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Shows what you know about the game, he's the right sort of player and one we've needed for a while. We needed a couple of ents to offset our midfield hobbitsQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Good post. I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Redondo :love:Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
+1 from me on this whole business
Meh. He's ****e until proven not ****e in my book.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
I repeat: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
This is just anti swiss prejudice. I know your game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Understandable really. They eat dogs :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
Have you ever met one? Ghastly people. Like Germans but with all the fun, humour and human warmth removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
I managed about 18 seconds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
:music: He's a long ball wizard
There has to be a catch
With our longball wizard we're gonna win the match:music:
I used to go out with an Italian one. After she met my familiy once I airily asked her when I would meet hers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
"They wouldnt like you so you wont" was the answer.
Fair enough really
I have been treated well with my new Italian family.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
They treat me as part of it. Which I am now technically. Very hospitable, last time I was over they even put the Arsenal game on the tv when they had a big family dinner.
:hehe: Yup. That succession of long passes goes on for about three minutes. Then he starts doing other scintillating stuff like... collecting the ball from his back four. :yawn:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
That said, I've often wondered what a Gilberto show reel would look like. Basically, just him not giving the ball away set to some inspirational music.
Johann must be spinning in his grave. It's as if Henry Ford has redesigned football for maximum productivity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
On the other hand .. "Swiss national manager Ottmar Hitzfeld once dubbed him the "well-hung Schweinsteiger". Which should keep the dressing room happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
He did say it was just, bQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
:-( Now I've got an image of a miserably hung Schweinsteiger in my head.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
:obsessedwiththecock:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney