I believe it’s quite obvious that Girona can’t operate at the same kind of level that Man City does, even if they belong to the same state fund. Market just opened up, I wouldn’t be surprised if they placed some interesting transfers aimed at generating income for the team while consolidating the identity of the squad. Plus, Savio leaving for Man City is quite a telling sign of this behaviour, imho.

not really; 30 minutes of decent football (which is kind of expected considering the quality Southgate had available) and nothing more.

I wouldn’t say he’s been a disappointment. His role as a striker has always been more akin to what he’s shown in this tournament than what some might expect of him, and especially with this team you could predict that his playing time would mostly be spent on refining offensive possession rather than scoring.

in defense of Matt and Trey, they did apologize on the ManBearPig thing. And it’s not like their depiction of Trump is very flattering, either…

We didn’t have Hitler in our history though. You can’t compare roman salute with wolf gesture

Turks committed genocide towards Armenians (and are still perpetrating one against Kurds).

Europeans are uncomfortable with the fact that we just exist.

It’s not about existence, it’s about extremism and authocracy making its way into Europe. I don’t think any European looks at Hungary with respect, either.

Italy also symbolizes wolfs.

Wolves are not correlated, at least in Italy, to paramilitary fascist organisation responsible for war crimes. And, of course, there’s always a degree of interpretation: a wolf is a wolf, a wolf salute is a reminder of the violent recent history of Turkey and its accommodation into the reality of “the normal”.

I believe Turkey is a wonderful country, but there’s definitely better ways to show patriotism than to resort to extremist political affiliation for doing it. Like, I don’t know, a Turkish flag?

the fact that “80% of Turkish people use it for pure Turkish symbol”, when it is clearly associated with a paramilitary fascist group, should really make you think about why Turkey isn’t looked upon nicely by the EU in general. And I’m frankly surprised that even as a “non right wing Turkish”, you still think it’s fine to use the symbols that are now widely associated with that political group. I can’t think of a world where I, an Italian, would use the Roman salute because it’s a “patriotic” salute and because “everyone does it here” (even if a large majority of Italians don’t, thank god).

I don’t think Grohl has played for QotSA in well over a decade now. Their current drummer is Jon Theodore of Mars Volta fame, iirc.

could be a whole lot of reasons: he’s still the symbol of this Portugal team, after all. He must have a say in the locker rooms (and why shouldn’t he, considering); Martinez must think of him as the glue that keeps the squad together (same reason why he must have brought Pepe along, probably). And yeah, probably sponsors too.

absolutely, I only need to break through Finnegans Wake and I’ll have read all of his works

taught me once and for all that while death might be always near, a fear that’s constantly devouring our lives and paralysing them to the point where it feels like our deepest, inner self is a husk shell of what we once were, we can still find the reason of our existence in the joys of living a life that’s devoted in equal part to mystery, sensuality, knowledge and wonder. And it says this in the most democratic way you could think: everyone is entitled and deserving of the complexity of life. Oh, and also: it’s an absolutely hilarious book to read through.

never found Joyce to be pretentious (the man knew what he was doing, and definitely succeeded in doing so) or obtuse (I mean, how many writers you can think of that could pull out the mastery of language and human sensibility out of nowhere like he does). I might be biased because I believe Ulysses saved my life: it’s definitely one of the funniest, most touching, humane books I have ever had the pleasure to read. I’d push Ogre to keep up with the good work.

Knight moves to C-2, black responds by expanding the chessboard with rook to H11.

aside from the weather (which is nicer in Sicily), it’s an archipelago that pretends at all costs to have a relevant European history while offering no way of exploring that history whatsoever. The rampant touristisation of La Valletta has turned it into what’s basically an all-ecompassing sprawl of luxury hotels and discos where prices are inflated. I did not have a nice time there and would not go back even if I had the chance.

avoid Malta at all costs.

Doesn’t Scotland also go through the group stage if they win with a 4-goal margin against Hungary and Switzerland loses against Germany with a 2-goal margin? I want ALL possibilities!

why are cucumbers wrapped in plastic? WHY ARE THEY WRAPPED IN PLASTIC?

iirc it’s a “fault” of the PS3 architecture which makes it practically impossible to emulate. We’ll have to see if the second part of the remastered MSG collection will eventually port it.

I didn’t even notice it was my cake day! Thanks! And yeah, I believe they finally got rid of almost everyone of the World Cup generation + they have an absolutely insane midfield (but what kind of midfield with Rodri isn’t insane, right?)

I believe Spain is the clear favorite for this season, their team is unbelievable.

Mhhh. I don’t know how to feel about this: it seems like Mobilizon isn’t getting as much traction as other federated services.