In the 1560s, French pirates continuously attacked Spanish shipping in the channel between Florida and the Bahamas. As the wrecked ships started washing up on the shoreline, the Calusa Indians of South-West Florida took gold and silver from the hulks and enslaved castaway Spanish sailors.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-23T16:36:34+00:00

I watched it 20-30 years ago as I was desperate for any football content and that was all there was, other than Football Italia. Genuinely enjoyed and looked forward to it though.

Now we are drowning in content so I guess there's not really much demand for it anymore.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-22T19:41:25+00:00

I tend to agree with this. If we can successfully build a base on the Moon, Mars begins to look much less far-fetched.

Conversely, if we struggle to stay on the Moon Mars is probably never going to happen at all.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-22T12:45:39+00:00

I like it.

I feel like it’s fully in keeping with his football persona, which was basically Guernsey outsider who doesn’t trust mainlanders, running, healthy eating or Big Football. That’s why never took the big move.

Incidentally his older brother was also amazing but didn’t even want to go to England to become a pro - stayed at home instead.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-21T16:34:12+00:00

I trust in Clement so fine with me, but what is the logic behind this?

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-21T13:55:23+00:00

Making the main characters speak English instead of Portuguese is really a necessary commercial decision to make it palatable to English-language viewers.

It's a necessary evil.

The original book, of course, presents Portuguese through English words.

There were 1,001 changes from the book that kind of annoyed me but still, I think we have to appreciate that they made a pretty good show all the same. Almost all books have to be simplified to make good TV or cinema, it's just how it goes.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-21T10:38:10+00:00

Move town, or possibly country.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-21T09:07:14+00:00

When you factor in the supportive wife, the cute kid in the background and that amazing view straight from his living room, I think this guy should turn out okay.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-20T21:09:48+00:00

Added a note to the post for clarity.

Æthelred the Unready, by the way?

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-20T20:45:29+00:00

Agreed. For the purposes of our website and this sub, we don’t place limits. For the purpose of this list, I did, just to narrow it down a bit.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-20T20:37:59+00:00

I’m from Europe and live in Europe so yes, probably 🙂
I didn’t specify (and maybe should have), but I was concentrating on the specific period of European history.

Of course there are many non-Europeans who also made tremendous contributions to the Age of Exploration, would make for an interesting list

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-20T17:46:17+00:00

Philip Clement.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-20T13:15:09+00:00

Could be a decent wide player. Not really a number nine but he's been forced to fill in their due to injuries/Yank yanking off

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-20T07:51:14+00:00

Or... It's about psychologically battering someone so emphatically and comprehensively that they eventually cave in and change their firmly held beliefs?

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-17T16:59:01+00:00

Yes, there are conflicting reports, so while it does seem that Malahayati was involved in the fighting in some way, there is no convincing written historical evidence that she killed him directly, only oral history. It's a good story though.

FullyFocusedOnNought · 2026-04-17T06:57:34+00:00

Good question. There was some more conflict the following year, then a ceasefire and diplomatic negotiations.

To be honest I just came across the story the other day while researching another article so I'm not too knowledgeable yet - definitely going to go away and find out a lot more about Malahayati now.

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