None of them would be a great deal better than what we've got and certainly wouldn't effect the dynamics of the side significantly. Ings would he is the only class player of recent vintage. Blake is too slow, Trippier defensively vulnerable at this level, Jay not as good as he was,Shackell and Jone...

yeah its a great place. a mate of mine went and hated it. probably not western enough. its hard to put a finger on the culture but out of all of them id say it feels mostly albanian.

Some pictures from Skopje when I went. This was five years ago so expect it's changed somewhat. It was undergoing significant improvement / renovation and was a real unique blend of old and new, west and east, and a truly eclectic combination ofYugoslav, Greek and Albanian. http://i63.tinypic.com/24...

IndigoLake wrote:We'll certainly keep it in mind then! Did you get a chance to sample much of the local cuisine? Some of it looks fantastic.

Oh yeah was fantastic. Lots of meat and bread but great quality.

Serbia is fantastic for food. The bureks are unbelievable.

Beyond skopje you can visit lake ohrid.

Balkans are easily my favourite part of the world.

Just to add to this thread, we were (for several weeks) between Vilnius and Skopje, Macedonia before we decided on the former. There was an earthquake in the 60s (I think) that destroyed much of Skopje and they've been doing a rebuilding project for a good while now. It looks a very interesting and...

Re Tallinn - I'd love to go but the lack of direct flights from the north always puts me off, always a bit of a faff getting down to London for a flight in my view. Minsk - heard mixed reports. I believe most of it was flattened in various conflicts and what's replaced it is fairly dull 60's concre...

IndigoLake wrote:Well played! Yes, I've used this forum and our previous forum for holiday help in the past and it has always been excellent Which month have you booked for? Will certainly update after we've been!

Going in March hopefully will be snowing coldest ive ever experienced was tallinn in March

PWBFC wrote:Yes, I have. Not a whole lot to see except some Soviet moniliths. I didn't spend very long there, was in town to see England play.

Sounds like burnley in the trafalgar flats days

TomBenderson wrote:I'm sure you're on to this but don't forget you'll needa visa for Minsk.

Yeah figured that thanks as I looked at going before but went to Estonia instead.

More pressing I will probably need a Russian hat and a sheepskin in winter

Keep me posted on this thread re vilnius going to get the train to minsk and do a few days there too

Perhaps a long shot but anyone been? :) Going for 3 or 4 days early December. I'm aware it's going to be pretty cold but would appreciate tips on things to see and do - perhaps even a worthwhile daytrip. Got tickets booked to see Lietuvos Rytas which is the local basketball team. Thanks in advance,...

IndigoLake wrote:We want to go to Tallinn at some point but the flights just happened to be a little bit more expensive on the dates we could manage. Maybe next time!

When I went it was dirt cheap to fly there. Still is from London.

Anyone been to Minsk from Vilnius?

In two minds on my northern lights trip now!!!

Fantastic place - we took a punt on going in February this year as we love winter city breaks, particularly in Eastern Europe. Flights were cheap from Liverpool and accomodation very reasonable - think flights and accom for both us came to less than £200. Temperature wise we were surprised - the we...

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Yep has looked very good so far.

Screamer today vs Leeds to keep Huddersfield 4 points clear.

Any change to this after deadline day business and start to season?

Surprised to see stoke start slowly and Hull so well but still think that Hull will go down and Stoke be more than fine.

Watford dont seem to have done much good business nor West Brom.

We have a couple of steady full backs who know their limitations are decent going forwards, good on the ball and defend well. We have a centre half in Mee who is as brave as they come. Doesn't try and do anything he's not capable of and first and foremost defends. Then Keane. He's like a young Ferdi...

If any spare tickets available for the match will happily take them.

Thanks

and why? Burnley aside, because barring a miracle even with additions it will always be very tough. Who are the sides we will be competing with at the bottom? I predict the bottom 7 will be us and: Watford - their form in 2016 was poor. just five wins and only above Villa and West Brom in the form t...

Where's KRBFC When you need him ECC? He might label me an Australian football expert now with this scouting!

What's happening with the old ones?

ClaretTony wrote:That mess will be coming down - these player pics will be 2m x 0.9m

Are they auctioning them off?

If not they should at least put them to use and decorate the interior of the ground. Over the bemreezeblocks either on the stand or concourse!

Great stuff. Is the Jimmy mc picture on the entrance to 'his' stand part of this?

We need to do more to attract people to the turf on and off match day.

Might be worth a look as back up in middle then if he is going cheap. Didn't look out of place yesterday .

Nice one rammy

Yeah didn't know much about him other than seeing him first hand last night. Was probably the stand out centre midfielder

Watching the game last night this lad stood out for the ozzies. Thought he looked good on the ball and quite industrious in the marney mould. Looked bett the jedinak last night. aNy ozzy clarets seen much of him? What's the league standard like now?

I said at the time the boro game turned our season around.