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Why I no longer care

by lucy6lucy » 01 Jan 2015, 18:39

ferrarilover wrote:Eye-catching title which bears no relation to the content. First post from new member. Nonsensical but controversial OP content.

I'm no DI Frost, but I'll stick my neck out and say the OP is a troll.

Matt.
:goodpost: put it another way leroy, if we have few West Country players, at least our team consists of English players unlike the premiership. So Chelsea is based in London how many cockneys play for them or indeed English players, does that make Chelsea out of touch with its fans when most are foreign players :engflag:

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by ferrarilover » 01 Jan 2015, 18:08

Eye-catching title which bears no relation to the content. First post from new member. Nonsensical but controversial OP content.

I'm no DI Frost, but I'll stick my neck out and say the OP is a troll.

Matt.

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by Bomber » 01 Jan 2015, 16:08

Leroy wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else feel that the club no longer has a West Country feel to it. in the past we've always had a bunch of local players the likes of Kevin Hill, Craig Taylor who've been complimented by players you feel are our own because they've come through the Youth ranks, Tony Bedeau, Wayne Thomas, even the players that weren't local the likes of Alex Watson, Rodney Jack and the legend that is Jimmy Aggrey you felt were, because they'd been with the club a relatively long time.

With the news that we've released Nial Thompson and Danny Sullivan there's just no one that plays that I feel I can relate to anymore . Half the names on our team sheet I have trouble in prouncing.

The team no longer seems to have a local feel to it and you'd think that now we're playing at a lower level it would more than ever.

I realise Rice and Yeoman are exceptions to the rule but we fall way behind the likes of Exeter and Argyle on the local front.
Ask yourself this: "how many of the Bradford City team come from Yorkshire?"

Players tend not to come from the same place as the team they play for these days, and, by the way, Luke Young is from Devon.

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by tomogull » 01 Jan 2015, 12:20

Rjc70 wrote: Read back tomogull. Someone else said they couldn't pronounce the names. As quoted, I regarded that as 'nonsense'.
OOPS !!! SORRY Rjc70 - Grovelling Apologies !!! :Oops: Obviously I should have read the posts more carefully before posting. It was LEROY who started this rather depressing thread and posted he had trouble pronouncing (or prouncing as he wrote) players names such as Downes, Young, Pearce, Rice, Bowman, Yeoman etc. Mind you, I have problems with Louis BRISCOE. I keep wanting to call him BRISTOW, getting muddled with Thea. But that's a senility thing ........ :whistle:

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by Rjc70 » 31 Dec 2014, 23:58

tomogull wrote: Even Toby Ajala isn't too difficult to pronounce. After me Rjc70 - one, two, three - ah ja la. See? I knew you could do it ! :clown:
Read back tomogull. Someone else said they couldn't pronounce the names. As quoted, I regarded that as 'nonsense'.

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by tomogull » 31 Dec 2014, 19:09

nottsoathletic wrote: Martin Rice
Dale Tonge
Aaron Downes
Ashley Yeoman
Jordan Seabright
Ryan Bowman
Luke Young

All fairly easy too pronounce.
Even Toby Ajala isn't too difficult to pronounce. After me Rjc70 - one, two, three - ah ja la. See? I knew you could do it ! :clown:

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by Gullscorer » 31 Dec 2014, 09:54

AustrianAndyGull wrote: Or perhaps spelt? :}
Andy, you are probably aware that the word has its origins in old German ('spellen'). However, that form of the past tense (ending in '-lt' rather than '-led') is getting to be archaic, except where to use the alternative ending would result in confusion, for example, if I were to say 'I felled' instead of 'I felt' (or vice versa). It is also interesting to note that American English still uses some forms which to us may now seem archaic, such as 'he dove' instead of 'he dived' or 'she snuck' instead of 'she sneaked'.

In terms of ancient idiom and vocabulary, it is important to distinguish between 'Archaic' and 'Arcadian'. 'Archaic' means characteristic of an earlier period of a language and not in ordinary use, whereas 'Arcadian' means 'A Canadian' badly spelled (or perhaps spelt) .. :)

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by AustrianAndyGull » 31 Dec 2014, 00:10

Gullscorer wrote:Amazingly, you even spelled them correctly.. :)
Or perhaps spelt? :}

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by Gullscorer » 30 Dec 2014, 23:43

Amazingly, you even spelled them correctly.. :)

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by nottsoathletic » 30 Dec 2014, 22:34

Rjc70 wrote:Unable to pronounce half the names on our team sheet!! Nonsense.
Martin Rice
Dale Tonge
Aaron Downes
Ashley Yeoman
Jordan Seabright
Ryan Bowman
Luke Young

All fairly easy too pronounce.

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by Gullscorer » 30 Dec 2014, 12:14

OllieGull wrote:Likewise, why does a name matter, surely we should be basing players on footballing ability? (Theoretically) Would you turn down Assombalonga because his name was hard to pronounce?
Or even Higginbotham-Bartholomew-Smythe..?? (Currently a right-back with Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, though I hear they're still trying to raise a full team).. :)

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by OllieGull » 30 Dec 2014, 12:04

Likewise, why does a name matter, surely we should be basing players on footballing ability? (Theoretically) Would you turn down Assombalonga because his name was hard to pronounce?

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by OllieGull » 30 Dec 2014, 12:00

Gulliball wrote:Rice, Berry, Cruise, Pearce, MacDonald, Richards, Young, Cameron, Briscoe, Bowman, Yeoman must be one of the simplest line ups to pronounce in footballing history. Unless you want us to sign players named Smith, Cat and Fish then I don't really see how it could be any simpler. Not even the most fervent UKIP supporter could find an issue in that lot. Ofori-Acheampong is the only one (out of 26) that poses even the slightest question - so even if this was a valid criticism (which it isn't) it is still complete rubbish.
:goodpost:

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by ROADRUNNER » 30 Dec 2014, 07:22

dont understand this post, what names dont you understand? how many teams in this country have local players playing for them, not many i suspect.

rice, yeoman, young, ives, chaney, bowman, cameron, downes, chappell, berry, cruise, etc

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by Burnhamgull » 29 Dec 2014, 22:26

Leroy wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else feel that the club no longer has a West Country feel to it. in the past we've always had a bunch of local players the likes of Kevin Hill, Craig Taylor who've been complimented by players you feel are our own because they've come through the Youth ranks, Tony Bedeau, Wayne Thomas, even the players that weren't local the likes of Alex Watson, Rodney Jack and the legend that is Jimmy Aggrey you felt were, because they'd been with the club a relatively long time.

With the news that we've released Nial Thompson and Danny Sullivan there's just no one that plays that I feel I can relate to anymore . Half the names on our team sheet I have trouble in prouncing.

The team no longer seems to have a local feel to it and you'd think that now we're playing at a lower level it would more than ever.

I realise Rice and Yeoman are exceptions to the rule but we fall way behind the likes of Exeter and Argyle on the local front.
The team no longer has a West Country feel about it.............according to a guy called Leroy......Perhaps the fans no longer have a west country feel about them either.

Bowman, Yeoman, Downes, Young, Cameron..............which one is it you can't pronounce?

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