Mateu Alemany (with added Alberto Benito and Pablo Rodriguez)

[dave.woodhall]

Hi, thanks for this. Just to put your mind at ease though, there's no duty, and certainly no expectation from anyone, for you to post all of your knowledge.

And regarding signing players from Spain, we already know that's what you think.

OK. Its just I see things played out in front of me sometimes and have to share my foresight

We're really luck to have you. I'm so grateful. 

[Footy-Vill]

Martinez
Cashlos
Youngente
Chambez
Konso
Minglesias
Carlos
Dignez
Moreno
McIniesta
Kamarez
Luiz
Coutinho
Ramosy
Traore
Buendia
Baileya
Watkinez
Duran

If any one has any other thoughts on how to rename these players for Alemany and Emery tenure give us your shot.
I will be using these names from now on.

[Brazilian Villain]

If any one has any other thoughts on how to rename these players for Alemany and Emery tenure give us your shot.
I will be using these names from now on.

No need for that, it will make your posts lack their usual clarity. As long as the team score lots of 'scorchios' that will be plenty enough Spanish on H&V.

[Footy-Vill]

Hi, thanks for this. Just to put your mind at ease though, there's no duty, and certainly no expectation from anyone, for you to post all of your knowledge.

And regarding signing players from Spain, we already know that's what you think.

OK. Its just I see things played out in front of me sometimes and have to share my foresight

We're really luck to have you. I'm so grateful.

All lucky to have each other I think and this great club binds us together! Vamos Villa!

[Footy-Vill]

If any one has any other thoughts on how to rename these players for Alemany and Emery tenure give us your shot.
I will be using these names from now on.

No need for that, it will make your posts lack their usual clarity. As long as the team score lots of 'scorchios' that will be plenty enough Spanish on H&V.

Buendia GoodDay.

[Dogtanian]

I'm all for inclusion, but less so for more Spanish. Not after they laughed me out of a factory in Barcelona for pronouncing Jaguar with a J and a G. 

[Lastfootstamper]

Interesting fact about McLeish was that he only wanted to sign Scottish players because of the language barrier.

You jest, but I noticed that on 'Trawlermen' they have subtitles for some of the Scottish fishermen. Maybe that's where it all went wrong.

To be fair, my mate flatshared with a lad from Larkhall, just south of Glasgow, for a few years.  It took me about a year before I understood anything he said. 

Spoke at high speed, with a pronounced accent (to the point where a good number of Scots couldn't understand him either), heavy usage of Glasgow-area dialect (well beyond your usual 'ken', 'dreich', etc), and used swearwords as a form of punctuation.  Funny lad beyond that, and one of the most entertaining storytellers I've ever met ... but bloody hell, you had to put in the initial work with him.

We had a young lad doing some labouring for us in Glasgow in the late 90s. Wasn't until we saw his name written down we found it was Craig, not Greg.

Mind you, I had similar trouble with a Londoner trying to introduce an Antony.
"Andy?
"Aaaantny.
"That's what I said, Andy.
"Aaaaaaaaantny."

[Risso]

I'm all for inclusion, but less so for more Spanish. Not after they laughed me out of a factory in Barcelona for pronouncing Jaguar with a J and a G. 

How do they say it in Spanish, I guess sort of like 'hwa-hwah'?!

[Tayls_7]

Interesting fact about McLeish was that he only wanted to sign Scottish players because of the language barrier.

You jest, but I noticed that on 'Trawlermen' they have subtitles for some of the Scottish fishermen. Maybe that's where it all went wrong.

To be fair, my mate flatshared with a lad from Larkhall, just south of Glasgow, for a few years.  It took me about a year before I understood anything he said. 

Spoke at high speed, with a pronounced accent (to the point where a good number of Scots couldn't understand him either), heavy usage of Glasgow-area dialect (well beyond your usual 'ken', 'dreich', etc), and used swearwords as a form of punctuation.  Funny lad beyond that, and one of the most entertaining storytellers I've ever met ... but bloody hell, you had to put in the initial work with him.

We had a young lad doing some labouring for us in Glasgow in the late 90s. Wasn't until we saw his name written down we found it was Craig, not Greg.

Mind you, I had similar trouble with a Londoner trying to introduce an Antony.
"Andy?
"Aaaantny.
"That's what I said, Andy.
"Aaaaaaaaantny."

Scottish people can't say "Carl" without it sounding like "Carol".

[Dogtanian]

I'm all for inclusion, but less so for more Spanish. Not after they laughed me out of a factory in Barcelona for pronouncing Jaguar with a J and a G. 

How do they say it in Spanish, I guess sort of like 'hwa-hwah'?!

Yahwah... 

[Brazilian Villain]

I'm all for inclusion, but less so for more Spanish. Not after they laughed me out of a factory in Barcelona for pronouncing Jaguar with a J and a G. 

How do they say it in Spanish, I guess sort of like 'hwa-hwah'?!

At the risk of sounding a bit like BE*, if you were in Barcelona wouldn't they be Catalan speakers?

*Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Bad English]

In Catalan it is pronounced "Jag-wah" so they wouldn't have taken the piss.

[Drummond]

Hi, thanks for this. Just to put your mind at ease though, there's no duty, and certainly no expectation from anyone, for you to post all of your knowledge.

And regarding signing players from Spain, we already know that's what you think.

OK. Its just I see things played out in front of me sometimes and have to share my foresight

You don't 'have to', you want to. There's a difference.

As for 'foresight'; we all predict stuff, with varying degrees of success. Nobody is always right, which means they don't have foresight, you/I/we are merely predicting/hoping/thinking/making up scenarios that we think may come to pass.

We now have a management team that are largely from Spain so it stands to reason there are likely to be more links to the markets they know, but it doesn't mean they want players only from there, or that they must speak Spanish. You only have to look at players they've previously worked with and signed to know that they operate in various other markets too.

I think we know that you are supremely confident that things you predict will happen, but perhaps instead of stating them as foresight (i.e. that you have a special ability) or as fact (which of course you can't know to be true until things either come to pass or do not) then it can prove to give people the impression that you don't particularly want them to have; one of arrogance and self aggrandisement. We know you're a nice enough person, who believes in nice things, but perhaps using language that is toned down, and just provide some thoughts now and again, rather than stating things as fact would help and cause less opprobrium.

[Drummond]

Martinez
Cashlos
Youngente
Chambez
Konso
Minglesias
Carlos
Dignez
Moreno
McIniesta
Kamarez
Luiz
Coutinho
Ramosy
Traore
Buendia
Baileya
Watkinez
Duran

If any one has any other thoughts on how to rename these players for Alemany and Emery tenure give us your shot.
I will be using these names from now on.

You'll be on your own.

[Dogtanian]

I'm all for inclusion, but less so for more Spanish. Not after they laughed me out of a factory in Barcelona for pronouncing Jaguar with a J and a G. 

How do they say it in Spanish, I guess sort of like 'hwa-hwah'?!

At the risk of sounding a bit like BE*, if you were in Barcelona wouldn't they be Catalan speakers?

*Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The company was owned by a Catalonian family, but I think the majority of employees weren't. The owners had dealings with Jaguar, so like the Spanish people I worked with over here, pronounced it correctly.

But then, as an outgoing MD once said to his replacement - "Don't worry about your English, Jonathan's will be worse." So what do I know?