You would also all, I'm sure, like to know just what we've been up to over the last three months whilst we haven't been thinking of pathetic excuses to not write up the blog. Well, in order to answer your questions, I intend to take you back to the past with a series of posts relating events of the past three months.
The first event I would like to relate to you is my first experience of Italian five-a-side. Now, Italians are passionate about football, but not only in a fanatical way commonly witnessed in the UK. Here, there are many levels to football worship, ranging from the bestial up through to the philosophically enervating. The game of calcetto, for example, is a very different wee beastie here than it is in the UK. In the UK, such a contest generally consists of lots of running, occasional flashes of brilliance, many comedy moments and lots of banter.
Unfortunately for me, calcetto consists of minimal banter, strict tactical awareness (they play five-a-side with a 1-2-1 formation, with the striker being best described as a 'goal-hanger'), and crisp passing football. No hopeful lobs over the other team's midfield, oh no. The ball has to be played on the floor, preferably as part of some triangular movement involving another team-mate, and no one makes speculative runs. Thus, as my footballing friends will by now know, the following was a good summation of my overall contribution:
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