Lauri Dalla Valle has signed

[Redspin]

heres soem highlights of the little *******.

courtesy of some Skando over on 6cm

http://www.riverball.fi/images/LDVMaalikimara.wmv

If he's Finnish he's not a "Skando". Finland is not in Scandinavia; it's next to it. Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland

[Neil Young]

If he's Finnish he's not a "Skando". Finland is not in Scandinavia; it's next to it. Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland

It's not quite that cut-and-dried. From Wiki:

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centred on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe which includes the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.[1][2] The other Nordic countries, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, are also often included because of their close historic and cultural relations to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.[3][4][5]

In linguistics and cultural studies, the definition of Scandinavia is expanded to include the areas where Old Norse was spoken and where the North Germanic languages are now dominant. As a linguistic and cultural concept, Scandinavia thus also includes Iceland and the Faroe Islands.[6]

As a cultural and historical concept, Scandinavia can include Finland as well (of the larger region Fenno-Scandinavia), often with reference to the nation's long history as a part of Sweden. Although Finland is culturally closely related to the other Scandinavian countries, the majority of Finns form a distinct linguistic and ethnic group (distantly related to the Sami), with a Finno-Ugric-speaking population that has incorporated features from both Eastern and Western Europe.[7]

Since the Fennoman movement of the 1830s and political Scandinavism of the 1830s- 1850s,[8] the inclusion of Finland and Iceland has divided opinions in the respective states.[9] Although it depends on context which countries are considered Scandinavian, the term the Nordic countries is used unambiguously for Norway, Sweden, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (including Åland) and Iceland.

[AFII]You pays your money, you takes your choices.[/AFII]

[Jayesh87]

It's not quite that cut-and-dried. From Wiki:


[AFII]You pays your money, you takes your choices.[/AFII]

Wiki is a **** source

[tomasjj]

He's on Rafa's radar screen apparently.

Another midtable team player if you ask me.

[Neil Young]

Wiki is a **** source

If you're looking for definitive answers it is.

[kopash]

He's on Rafa's radar screen apparently.

interesting. I think he's useful

[bysants]

It's not quite that cut-and-dried. From Wiki:


[AFII]You pays your money, you takes your choices.[/AFII]

MEET ME IN STOCKHOLM




MEET ME IN STOCKHOLM BABY WE´LL MESS AROUND
TAKE A REAL SLOWBOAT TO HELSINKI TOWN
WHEN IT´S OVER NO YOU WANNA STAY
LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH ME THE SCANDINAVIEN WAY

MEET ME…….

YOU CAN TAKE A BOAT OR TAKE A TRAIN
LONG AS YOU GET HERE BABY IT´S ALL THE SAME
I KNOW THAT TEXAS LIFE HAS GOT YOU DOWN
MEET ME IN STOCKHOLM BABY WE´LL MESS AROUND

MEET ME….

HELSINKI CALLS ME I WAS FAR AWAY
DOWN IN COPENHAGEN WE´LL SPEND THE DAY
LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN IT COASTED ME
MEET ME IN STOCKHOLM BABY WHERE WE CAN BE FREE

MEET ME…..

[/SIZE]

[The_weatherman]

It's not quite that cut-and-dried. From Wiki:

If Finland is in Scandinavia you could say Iceland was. I very much think Iceland is not so I don't think Finland is either. I got a bit there. Point is, the Finnish have enough problems without being referred to a Skando's.

[Dalglish]

Hmmm. Fins are looking up

[einar]

If Finland is in Scandinavia you could say Iceland was. I very much think Iceland is not so I don't think Finland is either. I got a bit there. Point is, the Finnish have enough problems without being referred to a Skando's.

I am Icelandic and I and not really sure if there is an official Scandinavia but I can tell you that most people from Iceland, Finland and the Faeros would consider them selves to be Scandinavian.

[Ketario]

Hmmm. Fins are looking up

[The Glove]

85 goals in 40 matches?

I used to score loads more in a day in the park or the street when I was about 5 years younger than him.

[Chrono]

85 goals in 40 matches?

I used to score loads more in a day in the park or the street when I was about 5 years younger than him.

And we let you slip through the net?!

Probably why we got the new Academy directory in!