The Official 2014/2015 Football/Soccer Thread

[Figo]

Universal language is English.

Chinese jus became a world power.

I guess that's a big reason why. Or maybe if chinaman dem start bombing and taking over nations, making their language and tradition número uno

 

[K_Fisher]

United have signed Depay then??? Great signing...

 

[water ur seeds]

Mandarin is an extremely complex language though, English is pretty basic and generally pretty easy to learn... Bale learning abit of Spanish would get the supporters on his side, when he did that sentence at his signing the fans went crazy...

 

[water ur seeds]

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[dontdiedontkillanyon]

Ever heard Spanish spoke in a welsh accent? Yea I don't wanna hear that shit either.

Ever heard a Scouser speak Spanish? Shitting Christ!

 

[dontdiedontkillanyon]

Idk how English is most spoken language when u factor a billion Chinese etc....

International language of business, plus everywhere I've been in the world people tend to know English. Even going to places like Tokyo and Paris (where the French are super protective over their language) the youngsters especially speak it without problem. The British education system really need to start pushing languages on kids, especially with the likes of the Chinese factor as you said. Unfortunately it does make Brits and Americans seem arrogant not learning languages and expecting everyone esle to speak English, but go abroad and people generally do. Bale still has no excuse not to pick up some half-decent Spanish by now.

 

[DNB1]

You go to a team like RM and not learn the lingo....it creates divide...socially, I'm reading Bale is an outcast...this will seap into training and as you can see on the pitch also.

Bale young enough to have the ability to pick up the basics but imo he has been lazy.

 

[dontdiedontkillanyon]

You go to a team like RM and not learn the lingo....it creates divide...socially, I'm reading Bale is an outcast...this will seap into training and as you can see on the pitch also.

Bale young enough to have the ability to pick up the basics but imo he has been lazy.

British footballers are shit at playing abroad. Steve Macmanaman was one of the few to do it properly - he immersed himself in the Spanish culture and learnt the language. Michael Owen for example isolated himself and didn't bother - that alleged story how he hid himself in his hotel and asked people to send him British newspapers not knowing the shop across the road was selling them. Spanish as far as I understand it is generally phonetic and pretty easy to pick up so I'd like to know what Bale's excuse is.

 

[bigev240]

You go to a team like RM and not learn the lingo....it creates divide...socially, I'm reading Bale is an outcast...this will seap into training and as you can see on the pitch also.

Bale young enough to have the ability to pick up the basics but imo he has been lazy.

British footballers are shit at playing abroad. Steve Macmanaman was one of the few to do it properly - he immersed himself in the Spanish culture and learnt the language. Michael Owen for example isolated himself and didn't bother - that alleged story how he hid himself in his hotel and asked people to send him British newspapers not knowing the shop across the road was selling them. Spanish as far as I understand it is generally phonetic and pretty easy to pick up so I'd like to know what Bale's excuse is.

I think this is one of the reasons that many English players don't go abroad. Most of them are in a comfort zone that they don't want to change anything about it and learning another language to most of them will break that comfort.

 

[water ur seeds]

You go to a team like RM and not learn the lingo....it creates divide...socially, I'm reading Bale is an outcast...this will seap into training and as you can see on the pitch also.

Bale young enough to have the ability to pick up the basics but imo he has been lazy.

British footballers are shit at playing abroad. Steve Macmanaman was one of the few to do it properly - he immersed himself in the Spanish culture and learnt the language. Michael Owen for example isolated himself and didn't bother - that alleged story how he hid himself in his hotel and asked people to send him British newspapers not knowing the shop across the road was selling them. Spanish as far as I understand it is generally phonetic and pretty easy to pick up so I'd like to know what Bale's excuse is.

Yeah Macmanaman even had the hair (as does bale actually) haha Paul Ince did well to and obviously David Beckham... But the English players seem to struggle now, back in the day you got quite alot of Brits abroad...

 

[bigev240]

You go to a team like RM and not learn the lingo....it creates divide...socially, I'm reading Bale is an outcast...this will seap into training and as you can see on the pitch also.

Bale young enough to have the ability to pick up the basics but imo he has been lazy.

British footballers are shit at playing abroad. Steve Macmanaman was one of the few to do it properly - he immersed himself in the Spanish culture and learnt the language. Michael Owen for example isolated himself and didn't bother - that alleged story how he hid himself in his hotel and asked people to send him British newspapers not knowing the shop across the road was selling them. Spanish as far as I understand it is generally phonetic and pretty easy to pick up so I'd like to know what Bale's excuse is.

Yeah Macmanaman even had the hair (as does bale actually) haha Paul Ince did well to and obviously David Beckham... But the English players seem to struggle now, back in the day you got quite alot of Brits abroad...

Think about it, when the Brits went abroad to play, that when they had their best showing in international play.

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

McManaman had a dope career.

 

[yahwehprofet]

Anyone know how David moyes espanol is?????

 

[K_Fisher]

Ever heard Spanish spoke in a welsh accent? Yea I don't wanna hear that shit either.

Ever heard a Scouser speak Spanish? Shitting Christ!

Spanish dude at my work spent a big chunk off his life in Dublin. Strong Irish/Spanish accent..we call him "Paddy Sanchez"

 

[StillFaggyAF]

English is most spokeN language but when you look at amount of native speakers and fluency that goes down a lot

 

[englishdude]

Ever heard Spanish spoke in a welsh accent? Yea I don't wanna hear that shit either.

Ever heard a Scouser speak Spanish? Shitting Christ!

You're going to far now bro, hearing a scouse speak English is bad enough....

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

On radio tonight lads. Discussin' the Election. Climax Radio on the Tune In app if anybody wants to listen.

Oh and I do a football segment on Sundays

 

[Figo]

On radio tonight lads. Discussin' the Election. Climax Radio on the Tune In app if anybody wants to listen.

Oh and I do a football segment on Sundays

What time ? At work here stateside

 

[dontdiedontkillanyon]

On radio tonight lads. Discussin' the Election. Climax Radio on the Tune In app if anybody wants to listen.

Oh and I do a football segment on Sundays

What time ? At work here stateside

Yeah, give us a time brah.

 

[water ur seeds]

On radio tonight lads. Discussin' the Election. Climax Radio on the Tune In app if anybody wants to listen.

Oh and I do a football segment on Sundays

Yo what time... Can we listen at later time, podcast style???