Vitalijs Maksimenko

[Acker79]

Looks vaguely (facially) like Ashley Barnes.

Great. Another player whose mistakes Ashley will be criticised for.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

He sounds like an expensive brand of Coffee machine to me!

He's so diverse.

 

[Gwylan]

In Latvian his name is written as Виталий Максименко

I wonder if we'll be able to get that on a shirt

Latvian uses the Latin alphabet, not the Cyrillic

 

[shaolinpunk]

I doubt that very much. That's Russian.

Latvian alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So the only facebook page for him is a Russian one? Sake.

 

[albion534]

Getting wood thinking about all the flair

 

[5mins-from-amex]

Cheers pal

My pleasure... ( not in a gay way) lol

 

[SeagullSongs]

No he is a guard which means he wears a yellow coat and tells you to sit down.

Does the orange one not fit?

 

[GreersElbow]

Would that suggest Bridge isn't staying?

..why would that mean he isn't staying? Competition for places, and an alternative to Painter. He can fill in CB too I hear...

 

[finlaych]

Getting wood thinking about all the flair

He could be a better value for money signing than Wood too! (I hope)

 

[Badger]

I, for one, am getting pretty excited about this signing, for so many reasons:

Flair name
Flair hair - the mullet is back
Slightly mysterious "can play anywhere as long as it's on the left" tag
Good, clean-cut Slavic look about the boy - I don't actually know whether Latvians are actually Slavs but it's not hard to imagine him dressed in a large, Lenin-at-the-Finland-Station-style overcoat and oversized cap, about to drive a steam train with a red star on the front of the engine. Awesome.

A dream signing on Football Manager

 

[Foolg]

We have a player with a mullet in the squad now.

I don't care where he plays, that alone is worth the fee. As is the awaited attempt from Aspinall to pronounce his name as he makes his debut.

 

[Simster]

So the only facebook page for him is a Russian one? Sake.

In fairness, a quarter of the Latvian population is ethnic Russian, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility that Maksimenko is one of them.

 

[Man of Harveys]

This may be a stupid question but I'll take the risk: is he playing tomorrow?

 

[Hungry Joe]

Surely time to reprise the 'Nogan No Limits'...

Maksi
Maksi Maksi
Maksi Maksi
Maksi MaksiMENKO!

Simple, but effective

 

[finlaych]

Maksimenko woooaoa
He came from Latvia
To play for Albion
Maksimenko woooaoa

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

The most positive thing about this is he's young and has a future, get him working with Bridge and a bit of experience in the team. I was extremely worried about us only signing 29+ year olds in the Summer and potentially losing all our decent young players, we have gone a long way in reversing that over the last 24 hours. Very pleasing to see.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Maksimenko woooaoa
He came from Latvia
To play for Albion
Maksimenko woooaoa

I think the basic rules for that song are that lines 2 and 3 should rhyme.

 

[BBassic]

Could be an alternative to El-Abd when up against pacy opposition?

 

[SeagullSongs]

A dream signing on Football Manager

 

[Dave the OAP]

He sounds rubbish...Barber Out!