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Thomas Balkcom

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Father to two wonderful children, husband to the best wife - passionate about film, Arsenal, beer, philosophy, and music

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OWN GOAL AGAIN OLE OLE!

27.12.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 310 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

Saka was an unused sub in the 2020 FA Cup final when he was two months older than Nwaneri is now.

Nwaneri will turn 19 in March and already has more Arsenal appearances (50) than Saka (42) when he turned 19.

Nwaneri has much more competition than Saka had.

There's nothing to be concerned about.

23.12.2025 22:40 πŸ‘ 298 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 2
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Goodnight. #CFC

03.12.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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November Media. Solid month! TRAIN DREAMS (both book and film) great, STEVE something I stumbled on and really loved, and fun to see the third KNIVES OUT installment in theaters despite it being hard to do so. I imagine it will be a strong December.

02.12.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

great goal

26.11.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning to everyone who won the North London derby yesterday. β˜•οΈ

24.11.2025 07:45 πŸ‘ 451 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

big fan

07.11.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Album Of The Week: Sorry 'COSPLAY' Desperation and delusion are at the heart of Sorry’s COSPLAY. It’s a fitting pendulum swing of emotion that feels like a morning skin routine in 2025. Our pores have adapted to AI slop, a growingly ap...

Sorry's fantastic new album 'COSPLAY' is out today. Stream it and read our review:

07.11.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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October Media. Busy month, got a few films in and finally read Munro in anticipation of the TV show.

03.11.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a thousand times this... that film and its score fundamentally shaped my current tastes.

27.10.2025 13:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Painfully dull" Arsenal currently have:

πŸ”Ί Highest defensive line in the Premier League
πŸ”Ί Most touches in the opposition penalty area
πŸ”Ί Most shot-creating actions in the league
πŸ”Ί Second-most goals + third-most total shots

With Havertz, Madueke and Odegaard all injured.

27.10.2025 11:55 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

❀️❀️❀️

21.10.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

one of those odd weeks were all four releases I have spent time with I am enjoying... quite a bit. LOTTO by They Are Gutting a Body of Water and Some Like It Hot by bar italia leading the way.

17.10.2025 13:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to hear White is available!

17.10.2025 12:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Super strong Q3 for music, I am guessing half of my top ten this year will come from this quarter.

02.10.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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September Media. Soccer and work taking up a good bit of my time. I cannot wait to watch ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER again.

02.10.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

not to state the obvious but so hopeful he's available to start if not for anything else than to not have so much focus on midfield selection

26.09.2025 12:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

album is fantastic in its entirety, but the back half is a crazy great run of songs

26.09.2025 12:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yessssss

25.09.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August Media. A bit behind. I took advantage of some time to watch a couple of films. CHALLENGERS was great.

05.09.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice surprise this morning!

13.08.2025 10:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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June and July Media. Summer does not leave a lot of spare time! Three great reads and some solid TV.

02.08.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Q2 Music, a bit behind on a few albums but thought I would go ahead and post.

08.07.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

❀️❀️❀️

17.06.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

❀️

12.06.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A day late, whoops! May Media. Not my strongest showing, bailed on a couple of books that didn't grip me. Fair amount of television. Highly recommend SHARP CORNER.

02.06.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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huge fan

31.05.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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REAL ID will fix this this

www.stereogum.com/2307241/nico...

08.05.2025 22:18 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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April 2025 Media. Three great reads and a fair number of films! All the Pretty Horses is the first fiction book I have (willingly) re-read in easily 15 years. The prose is unbelievable and I certainly appreciated it more now than I did when I read all those years ago.

01.05.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

19.04.2025 13:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0