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Even if it was true that most of Britain falls into the green quadrant (and I don't know whether it actually is), political votes are swayed by 1) the specific person and personality representing the party and 2) the specific political measures that are pushed by the party in practice in that...

Oh, I remember doing this test in highschool. If I remember correctly I'm still in the same quadrant, maybe now a little less centrist

Fair enough. I usually listen to Rammstein to resettle myself in times like that

Oh I didn't know about this sponsor change thing :lolol: For anyone who doesn't know, "sega" in Italian means both "saw" (as in the tool) and "wank". If someone yells "Sei una sega!", it means "You're a wanker! (more in the sense of a washout loser)". Although apparently the other 2 teams...

Only episode 2 of season 2 and I'm welling up once again :lolol: Tearjerkers aside, as others have said I appreciate the relative transparency they try to maintain compared to other similar feel-good documentaries.

Why?

Sorry I didn't check in on the board the last few days. You're right about it not having a historically racist meaning in Italy (besides being an exotic fruit), and about the term "cocco" (coconut) being like "dear/darling/pet" (e.g. "mum's cocco", "the teacher's cocco", or even just older...

Being a low-scoring game, football is more influenced by luck and chance compared to other sports. It's an essential part of the match, and all you can do is celebrate when it turns your way (or turns against your rivals) and commiserate when it doesn't, not much to say really

Ultras groups are all very corny in their imagery

Milan as a city has generally become more and dangerous at night in recent years. So there's no guarantee it was a football-related assault, but if it is it's certainly an isolated group of idiotic, probably younger, men trying to "prove themselves" to their friends. It's a very unfortunate but...

Really interesting insight from the AEK fan

Well we're informally known as "gobbi" ("hunchbacks"), so it really depends on what you make of your nickname. Same with "culés" ("those who show their ass") for Barça fans.

The only Greek word my brain has retained is in Ancient Greek and was taught to me by my childhood friend who was then studying Ancient Greek in highschool: ραφανιδωσις ("raphanidosis") = shoving a radish root up in the bum

Yeah sorry I didn't explain myself very well - the hinomaru has been the flag of the country (aka the national flag) since 1870, be it the empire or modern Japan. The flag with the sun rays is, as you say, the military's flag. And we agree on the rest :thumbsup:

Be sure to wave it for the cameras at the end of next match!

Except that the Imperial flag actually is the national flag of Japan. The "radiant sun" flag is simply the Army and Navy flag, both today and in WW2. I completely agree that it shouldn't be displayed at matches because it's a military flag and not a national flag - but the national flag of the...

As someone who is used to a different style* of football, "soul destroying" is exactly how I'd describe that; it's honestly terrifying in a giant-hive-minded-meat-grinder-machine kind of way. Some other football fans might describe good park-the-bus defending as "soul crushing", but being...

It's quite funny seeing this as the first post on the board for me because I've just finished watching the highlights and celebrations of your match and was literally about to ask on here if anyone had noticed it, as it immediately stood out to me. But I also noticed it was flown by people who...

He was the pivot/regista of RDZ's Sassuolo and was known to be very intelligent and technical in his passing and press evasion in that team, with great vision. But when we got him (just as Allegri was re-hired) he didn't have that precise structure in place anymore, the opposite in fact; and...

[looking dejectedly at Locatelli] Yeah...