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Damn! Congrats on the review!

I thank those who participated. It was a kind of new first time, since I had never written about films in my life. It seems to have gone quite well and I am happy. Maybe I will try again, with something less "important."

Since someone else has already written it (just tell me I don't have to write a review about them, I'll accept it), I'll do a counter-review: it's a more mature, thoughtful record taken to the extreme consequences. They manage to condense and exaggerate everything they can get their hands on (and I'm convinced that in the third album they'll have even crazier ideas!). They shouldn't be compared to anyone because I can't reduce them to comparisons. Their flashes of genius, which were already evident in the first album, become perfection and magic in this one (from the stunning cover, you're right when you say it could be used by Tim Burton in his films). I consider it another masterpiece, but my opinion probably counts for zero; I've become biased by now. Listen to them, listen to them, listen to them! P.S. Is it possible that I'm the only one who's been struck by them?

I don't like Baricco's phrase. Paolini is right: "Rugby is to football what World War I is to World War II. In football, the blitz matters, the factor of time, the lightning war. In rugby, only the factor of ground matters!" Another one of his brilliant quotes, always about rugby, is this: there is a class struggle between the forwards, the heavy infantry, and the fancy boys of the backs.

Don't worry, I won't bite and I'll let you know in due time (we'll talk about it in April, since next Sunday the Brescia-Milan match will take place here at Invernici, the return will be in the Lombard capital).

P.S. When Brescia comes to Giurati, I would like to see you there. In fact, it seems that at the Arena since January 2010, Milan will play its matches.

I will respond only to these points. "I am quite convinced that in England, France, South Africa, NZL, Argentina, Australia, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland we will always be tickled." We've already beaten Argentina, Scotland, and Wales on a few occasions, and in others, we've held our ground against Ireland and England (almost achieving the feat at Twickenham). In the last two matches with a decent opener, we would have won! For some years now, we haven't been tickled by "historical" rugby anymore. "We will never win a Six Nations." The French have been at it for 50 years; we can achieve it with this determination in half the time. "We do not exist at a truly competitive level; it's useless to deny it." World Cup and Six Nations 2007 have disproven all of this. There is a need to work, calmly and patiently. "A victory against one of these teams is an exceptional event." I've already expressed my thoughts on that. "We need foreign coaches (another demonstration of the Italic culture in this matter)," we need foreign coaches to assimilate a certain type of play that will allow us to make the fundamental leap in quality without being afraid of ourselves and our true potential. That's why Mallet, the world champion coach, was brought in.

I don't know them, I'll see about giving them a listen. Welcome to DeBaser.

And this is exactly the review I was waiting for. Well done to you and well done to them. In my mind, it's in the running for album of the year.

@Gasta, Favaro's intervention won't be voluntary, but you can't go at the opponent like that; it's not a late tackle. It's a late push, way worse. An easily avoidable mistake and a deserved yellow card. Your question about the penalties is rhetorical; in fact, it doesn't really have an answer. I'm convinced that Marcato, with the right teachings, can be that playmaker we’re missing.