Players who speak a different language to the team
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Players who speak a different language to the team
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Seeing Leilei Gao this week and realising Ricki uses an interpreter to communicate with him got me thinking.
Can a player who speaks another language to the rest of his team really be coached?
Surely he would be missing out on so much communication that he would be gaining a lot less as a player than if he were with a Chinese-speaking team?
I would assume that it wouldn't take him too long to learn words like ball, kick, dribble, pass, shoot, goal, right?
Leilei's a great player and I'm glad we've got him.
Surely though, the onus is on the player to learn the language (as Daniel has been doing, for example)
Can anyone think of other examples?
Can a player who speaks another language to the rest of his team really be coached?
Surely he would be missing out on so much communication that he would be gaining a lot less as a player than if he were with a Chinese-speaking team?
I would assume that it wouldn't take him too long to learn words like ball, kick, dribble, pass, shoot, goal, right?
Leilei's a great player and I'm glad we've got him.
Surely though, the onus is on the player to learn the language (as Daniel has been doing, for example)
Can anyone think of other examples?
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A certain English team called Arsenal has about 15 different nationalities and only about 2 English players. They seem to get on alright.
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very true, football is an international language of its own.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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the kids heard him speak english on Sunday
"sh*t grass" as he took the corner
"sh*t grass" as he took the corner
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Seeing Leilei Gao this week and realising Ricki uses an interpreter to communicate with him got me thinking.
Can a player who speaks another language to the rest of his team really be coached?
Surely he would be missing out on so much communication that he would be gaining a lot less as a player than if he were with a Chinese-speaking team?
I would assume that it wouldn't take him too long to learn words like ball, kick, dribble, pass, shoot, goal, right?
Leilei's a great player and I'm glad we've got him.
Surely though, the onus is on the player to learn the language (as Daniel has been doing, for example)
Can anyone think of other examples?
Can a player who speaks another language to the rest of his team really be coached?
Surely he would be missing out on so much communication that he would be gaining a lot less as a player than if he were with a Chinese-speaking team?
I would assume that it wouldn't take him too long to learn words like ball, kick, dribble, pass, shoot, goal, right?
Leilei's a great player and I'm glad we've got him.
Surely though, the onus is on the player to learn the language (as Daniel has been doing, for example)
Can anyone think of other examples?
The Aussies???
E + R + O
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This reminds me of a Brazilian dude who came to Hertha Berlin a few years back. Didn't speak any other language other than Portuguese, and was on the bench for the first game.
Then he got brought on in order to man-mark one of the opposition guys - the manager just gave him the number of the player and explained with body language to stay close to him. A few minutes after the Brazilian guy comes on, his man gets injured and taken off. The Brazilian dude now has no idea what to do, and no-one can tell him as no-one speaks Portuguese. So about 5 minutes after coming on, he got taken off....
Then he got brought on in order to man-mark one of the opposition guys - the manager just gave him the number of the player and explained with body language to stay close to him. A few minutes after the Brazilian guy comes on, his man gets injured and taken off. The Brazilian dude now has no idea what to do, and no-one can tell him as no-one speaks Portuguese. So about 5 minutes after coming on, he got taken off....
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Steven Gerrard speaks a different language to the rest of the English national team.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Is there anyone who hasn't seen this yet?
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About the last 4 japanese national team coaches haven't spoken Japanese, and seeing as 62% of the prem are foreign, it's not that big a deal. It just works, you draw nice little pictures on whiteboards
Normo's coming home
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