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The "do they mean us?" thread pt 2

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19 minutes ago, Tommo220 said:

why does it feel like they didnt finish writing this article?  like they hit publish when they'd only written half of it?

 

tbh, he very VERY nearly lost me at the word "fluke"

Also, i thought we signed him from Sampdoria not Anderlecht......?

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Not necesarrily about us but it bloody well describes my experience as a Leicester fan:

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51222376?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews

 

Devoted football fans experience 'dangerous' levels of stress

A fan cries after a Brazil defeatChris Brunskill Ltd/Getty Images Brazil fans were emotional following their country's defeat to Germany in 2014

Devoted football fans experience such intense levels of physical stress while watching their team they could be putting themselves at risk of a heart attack, research suggests.

The Oxford study tested saliva from Brazilian fans during their historic loss to Germany at the 2014 World Cup.

It found levels of the hormone cortisol rocketed during the 7-1 home defeat in the semi-final.

This can be dangerous, increasing blood pressure and strain on the heart. 

The researchers found no difference in stress levels between men and women during the game, despite preconceptions men are more "bonded to their football teams".

Impending doom

"Fans who are strongly fused with their team - that is, have a strong sense of being 'one' with their team - experience the greatest physiological stress response when watching a match," said Dr Martha Newson, researcher at the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, at Oxford. 

"Fans who are more casual supporters also experience stress but not so extremely."

Prolonged high levels of cortisol can:

  • constrict blood vessels
  • raise blood pressure 
  • damage an already weakened heart

Raised cortisol can also give people a feeling of impending doom, that their life is in danger or they are under attack.

Previous research has shown an increase in heart attacks among fans on important match days, whether supporting club or country.

Harrowing match

In their study, the University of Oxford researchers tracked cortisol levels in 40 fans' saliva before, during and after three World Cup matches.

Fans can't look during Brazil's loss to Germany at the 2014 World CupGetty Images Some stressed-out fans couldn't event watch...

The most stressful by far was the semi-final.

"It was a harrowing match - so many people stormed out sobbing," Dr Newson told BBC News.

But the fans had used coping strategies such as humour and hugging to reduce their stress, bringing it down to pre-match levels by the final whistle.

Dr Newson suggested stadiums should dim the lights and play calming music after games.

"Clubs may be able to offer heart screenings or other health measures to highly committed fans who are at the greatest risk of experiencing increased stress during the game," she added.

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3 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Not necesarrily about us but it bloody well describes my experience as a Leicester fan:

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51222376?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews

 

Not so much nowadays I have to say. :brendan_still:

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2 hours ago, Steven said:

Not so much nowadays I have to say. :brendan_still:

mine peaked after the Watford playoff. said i can't get that stressed out anymore after that and reeled it in. Atleti and the first Liverpool game and Everton when we scored the last minute ones have been close. Wasn't even stressed in the great escape as i knew we were good enough to stay up. 

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18 hours ago, ARM1968 said:

I’m not really sure they ever become legible. As such. We just become more adept at deciphering them. 

Once you have mastered that...It proves you are ready for the Next phase... Aztec & Egyptian hieroglyphics....that would be then par " fuchsntf"

I See some are Catching me up,and I can start slowly on the forum's re-education....Not forgetting obviously the 4 classical European languages to boot..!!:scarf:

 

Just because I prefer to use..Anglo-Saxon-Norman mix, with a Twist of Good ol' Pagan grammer,

some of You seem to  struggle..oh well...C'est Le vie !..asi es l vida!  oder. So ist das leben...s°ant a°r livet ...:D

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16 hours ago, fuchsntf said:

Once you have mastered that...It proves you are ready for the Next phase... Aztec & Egyptian hieroglyphics....that would be then par " fuchsntf"

I See some are Catching me up,and I can start slowly on the forum's re-education....Not forgetting obviously the 4 classical European languages to boot..!!:scarf:

 

Just because I prefer to use..Anglo-Saxon-Norman mix, with a Twist of Good ol' Pagan grammer,

some of You seem to  struggle..oh well...C'est Le vie !..asi es l vida!  oder. So ist das leben...s°ant a°r livet ...:D

Easy for you to say. 

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On 24/01/2020 at 08:25, HighPeakFox said:

I put it to you that they're all legible, but linguistically indecipherable. 

Thats more like a lowpeakmongrel,Not the thoughtfull highpeakfox...

you have to understand,I had to undecipher und Translate everytime from my New Parks English,with a Bland road twist before I even start....!!!...:o

 

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3 hours ago, fuchsntf said:

Thats more like a lowpeakmongrel,Not the thoughtfull highpeakfox...

you have to understand,I had to undecipher und Translate everytime from my New Parks English,with a Bland road twist before I even start....!!!...:o

 

I admit to being a mongrel, strictly speaking. But you are sometimes difficult to comprehend. 

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23 hours ago, Out Foxed said:

mine peaked after the Watford playoff. said i can't get that stressed out anymore after that and reeled it in. Atleti and the first Liverpool game and Everton when we scored the last minute ones have been close. Wasn't even stressed in the great escape as i knew we were good enough to stay up. 

that watford game man, i couldn't eat or sleep for days 

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The thing about the Watford game was that it felt like that was our chance gone and we'd be stuck in the championship for years, doing what Birmingham or Derby have been doing for the past 6 years. Was glad to stand corrected the following season.

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6 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

I admit to being a mongrel, strictly speaking. But you are sometimes difficult to comprehend. 

I honestly thought I was the only one. Never seen anyone else mention it and I wasn't going to be the first. It's odd, because I understand like 98% of all the words he writes, it just doesn't seem to fall into place. 

 

Still, seems like a chill guy and most of the time he seems in good spirits, which automatically makes his posts better to read than the moaners. :D

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18 hours ago, Innovindil said:

I honestly thought I was the only one. Never seen anyone else mention it and I wasn't going to be the first. It's odd, because I understand like 98% of all the words he writes, it just doesn't seem to fall into place. 

 

Still, seems like a chill guy and most of the time he seems in good spirits, which automatically makes his posts better to read than the moaners. :D

I'll see you get mentioned in dispatches, and be up ASAP for a Blue Peter badge..!!!     

 

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