Where did you live in Italy?
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Sick Boy
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2 years in Verona and before that 6 months in Palermo and 6 months in Trieste. Spent time there yourself?
Sick Boy
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I love Turin, for Italian standards it's a very cosmopolitan city. For some reason the northerners don't like it, i'm not sure why.
haha, fair play, the northerners are some of the biggest hypocrites I have ever met. Numerous times I got into arguments with them about the south...I ended up with una bella ragazza from the deep north, so I guess that makes me something of a hypocrite as well! 'We should all at least armchair support'..............Was in full agreement of your post until you came out with that pathetic comment. Clubs need cash, do you not understand that, revenue gives them a chance to compete and improve !! How fucking Coventry, I'm sorry but it's true, too many in the City think that sitting at home without parting with a penny and looking for the results in the media is support !!
fernandopartridge
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I know. Not blaming the fans but if only our support was at the level of our so called peers.
TheOldFive
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No offence taken and Fair Play to you. Good Points well made. I think though that if they had known the Wasps deal was so close they would have blown the lid on it as you say, stirred up the shit. Things have been locked down pretty tight in the discussions given that Cov Rugby were in the dark and, something not asked but I suspect, that The Higgs side weren't even fully up to speed until late on, hence their delayed response. Maybe not though, we can play what if all night long I guess.
The facts remain. A commercial entity not related to Coventry in any way now controls the day to day operations and is the landlord of the home of our Club. There are no hard decisions to make about what side to support now in terms of wanting what's best for CCFC. It's a fair rent, the revenues on the income we attract to the Ricoh and political support to enable a future new build that the football club can own and enjoy the full revenues from - on the proviso that a business and investment plan is provided that proves this would work and not inflict (another) white elephant on the City.
ccfc92
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I agreed with your whole post, up till this part. But your following sentence makes me agree 100%
Personally, I want CCFC at the Ricoh as I believe that is the only financially viable option (if we get access to matchday and additional revenues).
I'll support a new stadium, if it's IN the city, and they can say, this is how it's viable etc. But at the minute, I think another £20-30 million cost for some pies is not viable IMO, especially outside the city.
I love Turin, for Italian standards it's a very cosmopolitan city. For some reason the northerners don't like it, i'm not sure why.
Racism in Italy was a real eye-opener for me. Makes what goes on here seem like play school.
Whenever I brought it up there'd be widespread reluctance to talk about it, most are in denial.
It was inevitable that Balotelli would end up back in the uk.
ccfc92
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Is there a reason why it's prominent in Italy? History etc...?
Lots and lots of reasons; cultural, geographical and historical. Where shall I start? With a joke.
Northern Italians would say there are three areas of Italy; The North where you find Turin and Milan, then the Midlands, with Bologna and Firenze, and then there's Southern Italy with Rome. After that it's AFRICA!"
Sick Boy
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Living there made me realise that England is one of the most open-minded and tolerant places in Europe.
Most of them that I spoke to didn't even agree that Balotelli was Italian, most of them just called him a n!gger who shouldn't be playing for Italy.
Even being English I would often feel like a 2nd class citizen. I'd often give the Indian/African guys selling the trinkets 10E because I felt sorry for them. I lost count of the number of times i'd get into arguments with the locals giving them abuse.
It's a shame because it's a beautiful country but the ones with any intelligence leave at the earliest opportunity leaving the narrow minded idiots who have never dared to leave their town/city.
Still, it was always fun playing 5 a side against them and clattering them after 30 seconds.
Apart from the racism and disunity there's macho sexism and horrendous corruption.
Berlusconi, despite being up to his neck in it, was elected three fucking times!!
We've had political scandals here but its minuscule compared to Italy where the problem is endemic.
People moan about the Council in Cov, believe me, they're not born.
Berlusconi, despite being up to his neck in it, was elected three fucking times!!
We've had political scandals here but its minuscule compared to Italy where the problem is endemic.
People moan about the Council in Cov, believe me, they're not born.
ccfcmustang
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In total agreement, however I do not like rugby and never will so why would I go and watch it? That's what I meant by the comment. I am a ccfc season ticket holder so don't fucking comment on my support. After this franchise club making a base in our city you'll now see me at the butts with a rugby Union Haynes manual. Supporting my local sports teams
ccfc92
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How will you do that while CCFC are playing at the same time as Cov RFC?
dongonzalos
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Sick Boy
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I agree, the sexism there is unbelievable. Italian women are some of the most intelligent in Europe, yet they seem to be kept in their place by boys posing as men. I honestly do not understand why they tolerate it, sadly this is probably all they know. My missus is a qualified midwife but there is literally no work over there so we came here. She has a friend from university who managed to land a job by sleeping with some old c*nt of a director.
The Silvio thing goes to show that Italians love a dictator, a lot of them will admit it and seem to have some kind of admiration still for Mussolini, or at least describe him as a 'good leader'. There is no way that people here would accept what they do, and they seem to think that we are strange!!
I'm not sure that it is worthwhile comparing the council in Coventry to the situation in Italy though. Or are you trying to suggest that everything that has gone on with cc if not above board?
I'm not sure that it is worthwhile comparing the council in Coventry to the situation in Italy though. Or are you trying to suggest that everything that has gone on with cc if not above board?
No harm in comparing to one of our EU neighbours.
Just for a bit of perspective.
If this had happened in say, Palermo the following would have been likely....
1) some councillors would have been set in concrete....
2) The team would have armed escorts....
3) Members of the judiciary would have been shot
4) every protest would have descended into running battles, tear gas, etc.
5) oh and Fisher wouldn't have had balloons tied to his car....
Otis
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Yeah, look at Iraq and Afghanistan.
I'm liking this wider perspective on here recently.
"What do they know of Ingurlaand....."