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If you're able to get a GBA emulator and seeing as you like turn based strategy games, I strongly suggest Advance Wars.

Responses like this are why he was a truly brilliant target man. Absolutely rattled the big boys for a solid decade at Bolton, as he was a magnet for high balls, worked like a horse to battle with the best centre backs in the country (I will say, he was fouled just as often as he dished them out), and could hold it up better than pretty much anyone in the league at the time. Plus, he'd level that Scottish pansy you had up top for so long

You're giving a lot of subjective insight into life while living in America as an immigrant which is of extreme importance as that is where the middle ground resides which means the truth. But as I said in my very first post on this thread, this (in my humble opinion) is due to a class issue more than a racial one. Unfortunately black people in the US fall into the lower class dregs of society (on the most part) and will inevitably be involved in crime to substantiate their existence in accordance to the American ideal of consumierism fuelled by capitalism. They'll (black people and all other ethnic minorities that fall into the lower class category) be vying to compete and assimilate, while committing crime to be able to participate in their mindset. Let's also remember that their mindset is an established one where due to geographical demographics you are either gonna be a total success or fail miserably with no middle ground which is available to the lower middle class society in the States. A native of the US can't see this in general unless he or she has travelled and subjected have myself or herself to experiences far and beyond their society. Even in metropolises like New York or Los Angeles you'll get close knit groups of ethnic minorities (ethnic minorities that hold themselves as such even though in most cases they're 5th generation Americans) that maintain ancient ignorant manifestations of belief and cultural identity. To say that the UK is suffering in post Brexit referendum to a lesser extent is madness mate. This country has gone to the pits... In Italy there's a massive battle of total and utter right wing racism coming from their new government led by Salvini and in Spain you have the issue with ideologically fuelled false racial identity according to regional discordance. In France you also have the rising prominence of the ultra right of the Le Penn association while in Germany, Greece and Austria you have a going number of radical protesters to the Euro ideal of free movement... This is a new era only that in the US it's as old as the civil war with embedded racism and classism.

What? My trip or your attempt at humour?

Defenders being discounted as players for not being extremely solid defensively is something I've always disagreed with. Attackers can still be appreciated for their defensive output even if they're not world class creators, but the moment a defender doesn't have brilliant positioning or one-on-one defensive ability, they're discounted entirely. If a defender makes the team slightly more likely to concede, but massively more likely to score, then they're obviously making a huge contribution. This is why I've maintained for years that Marcelo is the best left back in the world, and also for example that Marcos Alonso was the best LB in the premier league for a couple of years.

Oh but that's the best thing about it! Now I don't have a season ticket because I'm a shit fan and only go to a handful of games a year, I find local commercial radio coverage a guilty pleasure. The not knowing what the fuck is going on, the hyperbolic metaphors, the breaks in signal when someone walks past my front door - it's marvellous bliss. And the misery from Tower FM's commentary team is something to behold - Lord knows they try to be positive, but when you're having to freeze your tits off watching dire shite for a pittance, it's difficult. I love it, because I am truly a glutton for punishment. Local radio and muted Final Score beats the wank atmosphere at 80 percent of home games in any case.

fine = freaked out insecure neurotic and emotional