Matt Crooks Signs
 

18 Month deal.

Reds return for Crooks ? Accrington Stanley FC

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?????? Really! - Thought for a minute Joe you were doing a Macca & the rest of your post after the title was telling us he'd signed for someone else - lost for words (for a change) :confused:

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A good signing in his rightful position....just hope Coley knows where that is.

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Is it April 1st? Speechless.

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I suppose if he'd taken either of those chances against Yeovil he'd be a Stanley legend already. But as he didn't, I am, shall we say, a little surprised by this move. We shall see what we shall see ....... Up from the back to score a last-minute winner against Burton tonight, anyone?

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can Coley turn a sows ear into a silk purse ?

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I don't know... Maybe the reverse....only joking

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Absolutely staggering.

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I wonder if he's playing for us for free. At a wage of 500 per week which we could be paying to someone else, it would only take him till the age of 31 to repay the quarter of a million he owes us for one of the worst misses in football history.

Why would somebody want to sign for a side were a majority of fans dislike him. Another huge show of Coley's arrogance and stubbornness. It must be great to never be wrong.

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Aye, it's not exactly going to get the fans rolling back in tonight. It will be interesting to know from the main stand posters how Coley reacts to the inevitable abuse from the moaners if he turns in his usual standard of performance, assuming he plays.
Let's think positive though, eh, Choirboy?

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Had a gut feeling we would sign him.
Wish him all the best and hope he proves a lot of people wrong.
He's only a young kid starting off in pro football and he's a big unit.
Would imagine he will end up holding mid or CB .
His experiences already encountered will make him a better player.
He's a Acci player now and all supporters should give him 100% backing
KTF

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Are there no other "big units" available? I know we have to fish in a very small pond, but really!

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brilliant plan by J B make him look a useless in his first stint at the club, fool everyone then show his full colours in his second stint at the club, the Susan Boyle of football aye

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Watch a lot of 21s football and there's not many lads that big !!
He must be 6-5 and hopefully brings something different to our squad.
Although lads may sign pro contracts, I don't class them as a pro footballer until they have played 50 first teams games, so he's still learning yet.
He looks like he's a bit of fight in him as well,so it will be interesting how he develops.

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Watch a lot of 21s football and there's not many lads that big !!
He must be 6-5 and hopefully brings something different to our squad.
Although lads may sign pro contracts, I don't class them as a pro footballer until they have played 50 first teams games, so he's still learning yet.
He looks like he's a bit of fight in him as well,so it will be interesting how he develops.

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He's a good player, anyone who thinks the lad can't play doesn't understand football.

And yes, I know he is not a striker.

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Now Ladies and Gentlemen,

I too was dissappointed with his previous stint upfront, but Mr Coleman already has a favourite scouse son playing in that role........ so let's
see where he plays him....he may look more at home in centre mdfield or somewhere in the back line....we haven't exactly looked impregnable at the back in recent games have we?

And as someone else said, he's one of ours now so....... KTF

Up the Stanley!

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Hope the lad does well obviously Huddersfield saw something in him in the pro game at their level up to 21 years of age

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Davo, is it not possible to make a point without having to rubbish another poster's opinion?

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Very rarely, it would appear.

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The lad IS a centre back, and not a bad one to be fair, not sure if that's where the genius will play him but make no mistake that IS his position.

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Can't argue with that,and if he progresses like Tom did I will be very happy!!!

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Now we've got Terry Gornell as the lone striker, I'm quite looking forward to seeing him play in his proper position.

He showed his build up play was actually quite good, just lacked the finishing touch, but if Coley does play him at at the back or in a defensive midfield position I think he will do well starting attacks!

Is Coley thinking more next season with Proc not getting any younger and personally I think Joyce will get a move in the summer?

Also with Aldred leaving it leaves us with Winnard, Atkinson and Conneely as CBs, Just hope it isn't at Winnards expense and he is shifted to LB/RB as in my opinion he is our best CB at the club!

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I would go as far as saying he is the worst player ever to put on the red shirt.

But it's fine, coley is a messiah right!?

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Light Industrial to rent in Whinney Hill Road, Huncoat, Accrington, BB5, BB5

£480.77 a week for 15,000 sq ft???

:p:p

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I would like to wish Matt Crooks well, i so him play in midfield at portsmouth away for a short while and he looked the part.
We have to give the lad chance and get behind him, what as gone as gone lets look forward.
He could turn out to be a bit of shred business.

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Now that's cheap,get £1-50 /sq ft most places !!! :)

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Meant expensive lol !!!

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Me too. For years I thought Peter Murphy was rubbish at full back, but moving to midfield was the making of him.

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He is only a young lad and too young in my opinion to be regarded as versatile before being allowed to really settle into one position. One for the future if handled right and 'fans' give due patience to the lad while he is doing his 'legend' apprenticeship. Being exiled down south I've only seen him at Portsmouth and ignoring the 'fish out of water' role he was given, thought he had some nice touches. Come on Stanleyites, Matt's chosen Stanley for his immediate future - let's give him the benefit of encouragement.

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I remember posting numerous times on here saying he would make a good midfielder ( his dad still mentions it ! ).
He just lacked a yard of pace to play fullback but was technically excellent and is now fulfilling his potential.
I won't embarrass the regular poster who told me "a hundred times" he's not a midfielder and will never be !!!

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He had a decent shooting opportunity last night after beating the Burton defenders but he seemed to hold the play up while reinforcements arrived. A shame the loudmouth/wannabe manager in the main stand near the Clayton End had to orchestrate the ridicule after his cockup!

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The Burton players covered well and the angle narrowed for Crooks. He made the right decision at that time in the game to retain possession; we actually made another chance just after that because he did so. Those who lambasted the lad should go and watch under 9's play kick-and-rush on a Saturday morning - it's the only way they'll be happy.

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He's ours now, so whether or not people approve individual decisions to start him or sub him on, once he crosses the white line in a Stanley shirt he needs to be supported and encouraged if you want the best result for the team. Simple, as our birthday boy would doubtless agree :D

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Does it have a 'Fish Pond?':jimbo:

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We need to give young Matt a chance!:do-one:
He is only young and Coley and Jimmy have proved time and time again how they can revitalise the careers of players cast aside as youngsters by other clubs. After all most of our team is made up of this category of player....eg, Deano, Luke, Pierro, Cal, Terry G, etc. So many of the players who have moved on from us, some of whom allowed us to make a bit of cash on transfers, are also in this category. eg, Jimmy Ryan, Gary Roberts, Tom Aldred, Phil Edwards etc.
So let John and Jimmy train him to play the 'Stanley Way', and fully assess him for the rest of this season and then they can mould him into the squad in his strongest role........Remember Michael Symes who came to us ...'cast off' mainly due to being injury prone and totally lacking match fitness and confidence. He played in the last six matches for us at the end of his first season and was quite poor and slow and sluggish. Jimmy and John personlised his training during the summer, got him fit, sorted out his proness to injury and he was magnificent for us the following season and scored loads of goals. I still recall his wonder goal at Rochdale!!! ...YEESSSS:theband:
So give John and Jimmy and MATT a chance please.:love:
ON STANLEY ON:alright:

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Another good post.
After last nights game i went in the supporters bar and drifted over to the main pitch window to watch the subs warm down.
There was Crookes on his own hammering box to box doggies giving his all,not gloating or celebrating the win.
That tells me a lot about a lad and really do hope he gets fit and believe he will be an asset to the squad and looks like his desire/attitude is spot on.

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That was my view, unlucky for the lad, would have killed the critics had he finished it off :D

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Had a good view of the break-away....I would have preferred to see him have a shot at goal, I'm guessing Josh or Piero would have done just that, however, as the defenders closed him down I understand why he decided not to shoot ..... and as someone else has said it did result in a follow up chance ...........

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Nothing wrong with giving someone a chance choirboy.......

But giving some players 10 chances and others next to none is what winds me up!

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And that's why man United have come into sign carver and gray smudgie, because Coleman hasn't given them a chance !

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Speaking of Carver,is he injured or not getting a sniff at Barrow?
Looking at their squad hes got more competition than at Accy !!!

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injured.....but was hoping to play in next game

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Makes sense now,hope he doesn't rush it.
He may be desperate for a game but will only set him back,that's from experience !! :)

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Some people need to realise, just because a player is in an attacking position, doesn't mean it's easy enough to just get the shot off. If I remember rightly by the time he had got to the 18 yard box he had 2 or 3 defenders around him!

As already said, at that point in the game we just needed to slow the game down slightly and take the pressure off our defence, His hold up play does seem quite good in what I've seen of him so rather than him giving possession away for a goal kick and them going up the other end and equalising it wasn't such a bad thing he took his time!

Also, yeah he didn't cover himself in glory in the Yeovil games, does that mean we shouldn't back him for the next year and a half of his contract?

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No baldy hes a stanley player now n should be backed, all it means to anyone wi a grain of sense that the lad should be played in the position hes made for. NOT n attacker,

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Everyone knows he was played up top to try and hold the ball up and bring others into play.
He's not a goal scorer as he record suggests.
Coley thought he could do that better than Carver or Grey at that.
Doesn't matter who scores but Acci get a result.
Take Gornell in our playoff season,was excellent but went 13 games at the end without scoring but did the job asked of him.
He was recently quoted as saying he was disappointed but for me he did a job.
For me it was exaggerated by the fact our "three"wernt scoring enough as well.

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Ha ha , i meant the three behind Crookes :)

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There speaks a man that doesn't remember Justin Jackson!! Lol:D

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I certainly do remember JJ

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I remember him getting booked as a sub before he'd even got on the pitch at Stevenage, when we were in the conference.

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Spot on. And at York most of the chances we made came through him. Thought he defended admirably from the front against Burton. :)

In worst player stakes he is certainly no Fola Onibuje. :)

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Good interview with the lad on fishy site, bless 'im - I reckon we should draw a line under what happened (or didn't happen ��) when he was here on loan & let him start afresh, welcome to the Crown Ground Matt

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Or Paul Crichton or Alan Rodgers?? :rolleyes:

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Hear Hear one thing he as got is a big physical presence and he isn,t afraid to use it welcome back lad and I for one hope you are a success.

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Agree,good honest interview and I hope he gets an opportunity to show what he's all about in a position he's more comfortable in.

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I'm sure all true fans really hope he is a big success, regardless of whether or not we have criticised his performances so far!

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To be honest I don't think the problem is with the player. For the record I think he could be a decent midfielder in the same type of position as Proccy but he is not a striker.

We can make all the excuses we want about he can hold the ball up but without a proper striker it's not what we need.

Play him in his proper position and not as our main striker otherwise the fans may be on his back. I would love him to prove us all wrong and score a barrow load of goals but if that doesn't happen then don't be pigheaded and keep with it.

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If Crookes wants to score goals ....the solution is simple ....Get A Haircut...it worked for young Josh!!!

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If I thought that would work we could sack Coley and hire a barber. It's got to be more cost effective :D

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I wonder if the barber could tell the difference between a striker and a defender?
I wonder if Coley could cut hair or give a back,sack and crack?
Career change in the offing !!!

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I've more faith in the first than the second. And much as I'd like Coley to succeed, he can count me out :D

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Make a good birthday present for Cashy

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This smacks of one of my more foolish posts !!

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Or it could be tongue in cheek :D

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Double post

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Or matt macey

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Another 50 grand he owes us. Who honestly had confidence when he stepped up.

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Give the lad a rest!!

Why not have a go at other players who didn't score during 90 mins or in the shoutout?

To say he owes us 50k is just crazy!!

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Actually place the blame at Coley's plate.

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You must be having a laugh? He was our stand out player tonight. Scored a great goal in real time and bossed the midfield :)

Like Baldy says, give the lad a break :)

:) :) :)

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Put the blame on mconvilles plate, if he hadn't missed crooks wouldn't of had to step up

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No need to put the blame on anybody, penalties are a lottery - after giving their all for 120 minutes none of them should be criticized, they must all be devastated & deserve our 110% support

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Somebody with some sense!!

Let's not forget most of them Hull players were playing in the Prem last season and we matched them for 120 minutes, Like Coley said, if penalties had been taken into the Clayton End it may have been a different story!

On to Morecambe now! KTF

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Leave the lad alone at least he had the guts to step up in the sudden death cauldren he played very well last another good young player in our squad so get of his back and enjoy watching this good young squad.

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Sounded like he had a good game, so fair play to the lad, looks like he has turned the corner after last season.

Must admit though of all the 11 players to take a penalty.... Mcconville and Crooks would have been bottom of my list !

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Let's get off the lad's back. He was excellent last night - our best player on the night in my view. Don't forget he was against two lads who were regulars in the Premier League last season and didn't look out of place.

Some of the very best have missed penalties in shoot outs, and after 120 minutes 2nd game into the season, they're a a bit of a lottery. Someone has to take them and all in, we missed 3 out of 6, so not good enough.

Let's get behind him, rather than slate him. He's had a great start to the season and long may his form continue. Giving the team much at the moment

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Have you actually seen him play this season? If so your eyesight must be as bad as your judgement. He must be the first name on Coley's team sheet now, possibly only behind Tom Davies who is our most dominant C.H. since Jonathan Smith was strutting his stuff!

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I can't believe that we have just taken a ex premier league team, who put out a strong side for 120mins and onto pentalties, and you hanging one player, just be happy that this little club who is always odds on for relegation year after year just done that with this squad proberly the best one since the play off battle few years ago! Let's get behind the team!

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Their goalie saved a couple of our penalties that were on target, so give credit where it is due , we didn't miss three out of six.

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Anyone knocking any of those lads last night, wants knocking wi a plank.:rolleyes:

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Were you there last night? I thought Crooks played well all night as did the rest of the team.

I'm pretty sure nothing you can say will make him feel worse. Give the guy a break!

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Seeing he wasn't one of our 5 takers,its who had the balls to step up n deserves credit fer that imho. What about the 2 takers that missed before that? Pens have always been a lottery, which takes begger all away from a great display.

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Wouldn't advise you to use a plank might get caught on your earring.:D

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There is a huge difference between missing a penalty, skying it like a rugby ball and having a penalty saved by a Swiss international keeper.

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Was there last night, actually work for Specsavers so not much problems there. A couple of decent pre season games doesn't turn the boy into a man.

Didn't criticise his performance, just criticised one of the worst penalties you will ever see, to put himself in the firing line after having such a tenious relationship with the fans is not an intelligent decision.

Most fans must have expected a miss #justsayin

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Even by AccyWeb standards that's as colossal and pointless a moan as you'll see. Crooks is on fire this season. Why not blame one of the lads who shirked the 6th penalty. We could beat Barcelona 10-0 and some people would whinge it wasn't 11.

11 heroes last night and Crooksy should comfortably have been MOM. Do the sponsors ever actually watch the games?

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Who said he hasn't been playing well? I can't see anyone. Just someone saying he should never in a million years take a penalty. Do you disagree? If you did you have been proved wrong.

I was not a sponser was in the Clayton End were I could see your daft haircut :D

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Thought somebody may have posted this before, worth a read

Accrington Stanley star Crooks has dealt with bigger problems than his cup misery (From Lancaster And Morecambe Citizen)

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An amazing read. Good on him for keeping going and I look forward to him doing great things for us.

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Good read and great article. Good luck to Mr.Crooks.

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Thought he had a cracking game tonight. He adds some quality on the ball.

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Very hot and cold it seems our Mr Crooks.

Couldn't control the ball on Saturday but the best of luck to him.

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Could mr crooks be our 1st million pound footballer sold
Crooksie has been our best player this pre season and start of and if he keeps improving could go along way in the game
,good luck Matt

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If we do have one from this squad, me money would be on him.

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remember he is still a young lad and in his first full season as a first team player. does make mistakes but has time to tighten up his game. always involed never hides unlike some of our young hopefuls in the past and has all the attributes to go all the way. could be a million pound player but Stanley would take any undisclosed fee for him.

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Some of his distribution in the second half, fer my money was premier class.:)