chasbo, cubillas,

Something in the post for you...

Chasbo, Chocks Away and Cubillas - your swaps are in the post.
Mnb - I've PMd you.

My latest list of swaps:
2, 4, 11, 12, 25, 34, 40, 48, 71, 151, 162, 190(x2), 207, 230, 241, 257, 262, 272, 276, 281, 282, 294, 303(x2), 304, 309, 334, 349(x2), 361, 377, 383, 401, 411, 432, 468, 477, 485, 487(x2), 490, 491, 500, 504, 505, 533.

Latest Swaps List

13 68 79 119 148 183 185 193 198x2 205 231 244 248 256 283 292 295 314 335 402 421 437 460 487 492 497 521 525

Ray, Chabs, mnb, cubillas - you all have plenty I/we need - please PM if you need any of mine.

Ta

Fucking hell, there's a lot of swaps here - help me please!

4 - Euro 2008 badge
5 - mascot
8 - Salzburg
10 - Basel(x2)
44 - Geneva
47 - part of Swiss team
56 - Grichting
58 - Spycher
63 - Gokhan Inler (x2)
69 - Frei
93 - Sionko
96 - Koller
100- Portugal team
103- Portugal badge
121- Almeida
122- Gomes
147- Gokhan Unal (x2)
148- Hakan Sukur
149- Rustu Recber
154- part of Austria team
178- part of Croatia team
190- N Kovac
192 - Rakitic
193- Kranjcar
195- Leko (x2)
196- Klasnic
199- Budan
205- Germany team
215- Frings
221- Ballack
232- Poland team (x2)
236- Jop
237- Bak
238- Wasilewski (x2)
240- Golanski
241- Blaszczykowski
248- Wichniarek
256- Holland team
266- De Zeeuw
269- Sneijder (x3)
273 - Huntelaar
277 - Stekelenburg
284- Italy team
301- Toni
303- Del Piero
304- Iaquinta (x2)
311- Romania badge
314- Rat
324- Cocis
328- Zicu
330- Niculae
335- France team
337- France badge
340- Gallas
343- Sagnol
346- Makalele (x3)
347- Viera
352- Ben Arfa (x2)
356- Anelka (x2)
359- Greece team (x2)
360- Greece team
371- Torosidis
378- Amanatidis
381- Gekas
401- Svensson
404- Bakirioglu
415- Spain badge
419- Marchena
430- Silva (x2)
433- Villa
436- Russia mascot
437- Russia team (x4)
439- Russia team
443 - Ignashevich
447 - Kolodin
448- Izmailov
451 - Aldonin
452- Zyrianov
453- Torbinskiy
455 - Zhirkov
459 - Pogrebnyak
460 - Sychev
461- Malafeev
463- Boruc
472- Mertesacker
473 - Stranzl
474 - Simic (x2)
475- Dellas
477 - Mellberg
478- Igsnashevich
482 - Kranjcar
486- Aufhauser (x2)
487- Smolarek
491- Barnetta
496- Vieira
498- Seedorf (x2)
505 -Marica
516- Torres
518- Charisteas x2)
530 - shiny France 1984
534 - shiny France 2000

I take it most of today's purchase were swaps then?

41 out of 50 - managed to get two Anelka's in one packet!

Ooof, wouldn't wish that on anyone Cubillas.
I'll definitely take some of your Russians off your hands. Let me have a proper butcher's and I'll PM you.

Cubillas, Chocks, Kiwi, Ray & mnb - all your swaps put in the post today.

Teofilio C's kindly taken a few more off my hands:
Here's what's left:
4, 11, 34, 40, 48, 71, 151, 162, 190(x2), 230, 241, 262, 272, 276, 281, 282, 294, 303(x2), 304, 334, 349(x2), 401, 411, 432, 468, 477, 485, 487(x2), 490, 491, 500, 504, 505, 533.

Here's a revised list after a Galician intervention - many thanks to everyone who has, is or will be helping me break the 100 barrier before Saturday.

4 - Euro 2008 badge
5 - mascot
10 - Basel(x2)
44 - Geneva
56 - Grichting
58 - Spycher
63 - Gokhan Inler (x2)
69 - Frei
93 - Sionko
96 - Koller
100- Portugal team
103- Portugal badge
121- Almeida
122- Gomes
147- Gokhan Unal
148- Hakan Sukur
149- Rustu Recber
178- part of Croatia team
190- N Kovac
192 - Rakitic
193- Kranjcar
195- Leko
196- Klasnic
199- Budan
205- Germany team
232- Poland team
237- Bak
238- Wasilewski (x2)
241- Blaszczykowski
269- Sneijder (x2)
301- Toni
303- Del Piero
304- Iaquinta (x2)
311- Romania badge
314- Rat
324- Cocis
330- Niculae
335- France team
337- France badge
340- Gallas
343- Sagnol
346- Makalele (x3)
352- Ben Arfa (x2)
356- Anelka (x2)
359- Greece team (x2)
360- Greece team
371- Torosidis
378- Amanatidis
401- Svensson
404- Bakirioglu
415- Spain badge
419- Marchena
430- Silva (x2)
433- Villa
436- Russia mascot
437- Russia team (x4)
443 - Ignashevich
447 - Kolodin
448- Izmailov
451 - Aldonin
452- Zyrianov
453- Torbinskiy
455 - Zhirkov
460 - Sychev
461- Malafeev
463- Boruc
472- Mertesacker
473 - Stranzl
474 - Simic
475- Dellas
477 - Mellberg
478- Igsnashevich
486- Aufhauser (x2)
487- Smolarek
491- Barnetta
496- Vieira
498- Seedorf
505 -Marica
518- Charisteas x2)

cubillas wrote:

QUOTE:
41 out of 50 - managed to get two Anelka's in one packet!

I hope you didn't sulk afterwards...

Could not resist buying a few more packs today so have revised list -

Ernst Happel stadium (15)
Salzburg stadium (18)
Stadion Tivoli (23)
Christoph Spycher (58)
Milan Baros (95)
Jan Koller (96)
Tiago (114)
Austria team (151)
Franz Schiemer (158)
Ronald Gercaliu (162) x 2
Josep Simunic (183)
Kevan Kuranyi (226)
Mariusz Jop (236)
Michal Zewlakow (239)
Pawel Golanski (240)
Mauro Camoranesi (299)
Vicenzo Iaquinta (304)
Romania team (307)
Razvan Rat (314)
Mirel Radoi (317)
France team (335)
Spain shiny badge (415)
Carlos Marchena (419)
Sergei Ignashievich (443)
Marat Izmailov (448)
Gianluigi Buffon (462)
Artur Boruc (463)
Sergei Ignashievich (478)
Rene Aufhauser (486)
Tranquillo Barnetta (491) x 2
Andrea Pirlo (501)
Ciprian Marica (505)
Mario Gomez (514)
1996 Germany team (533)

Fucking hang the fuck on a minute. I'd hate to interrupt your little swap meet here, but I need to pick up on something as a matter of urgency.

RayDeChaussee, I'm going to ignore the fact you support all but three of the football teams in the world, because that doesn't matter to me. But one thing you're not going to get away with is saying your favourite biscuit is the Bakewell Tart.

The what now? The Bakewell... what? Tart, was that? Since when was a tart a biscuit? Was the question 'favourite cake'? Or 'favourite tart'? Was it fuck. It clearly asked 'favourite biscuit'. Which for me is the modish Nice.

I didn't let imp off with his Jaffa CAKE, and I'm certainly not letting you get away with a sodding Bakewell Tart. Change it forthwith or I'm calling a swap ban. You will no longer be allowed to trade stickers with the others until you modify that... that... ABBERATION.

(This thread has caused a stirring in my loins. I'm getting albumed up as soon as the shops open)

Mnb's just dipped into my Iberian pile and left me with:
11, 34, 40, 162, 190, 262, 294, 303, 304, 349(x2), 401, 411, 432, 477, 485, 487(x2), 490, 491, 500, 504, 505, 533.

Going out on another sortie later - this album's going down motherf****r.

Suffering from a distinct lack of Germans and Russians, though, which merely confirms my hunch that they'll playing out the Euro final.

EIM, as an Anglo-Scot exiled in Spain I think I'm entitled to three club sides. Don't know what I'd do if they all got drawn in the same Champions League group, though. As for Scotland, that's a life sentence I can't do anything about.

Let's move on to my tart selection. Perhaps I have transcended the boundaries of biscuitness, but I still feel it's a valid choice. Maybe WSC could extend the category to "Favourite biscuit/tart/cake". We'd all be happy then.

Thing is I've never really been a biscuit fan. Ok, Clubs, Uniteds, Breakaways and Penguins all played a part in my childhood, and I'm not denying Nice aren't nice or that a Hob Nob dunked in your coffee isn't pleasurable, but for sheer soft, luscious almondness nothing comes close to a bakewell tart, except perhaps a macaroon or an almond slice (depending on the manufacturer, of course).

If push came to shove, I could stretch to a Tunnocks, but that's as far as I'm prepared to go.

I'd be happy to open this out into a general discussion. Anyone else got any input?