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Saint-Armstrong

Saint-Armstrong

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2522884/Mauricio-Poschettino-using-interpreter-despite-excellent-grasp-English-bids-prevent-media-misunderstandings.html

 

Nothing new for Saints fans particularly, but may end some of the endless questions and insults that seem to get hurled at Mauricio for not speaking English in interviews.

 

Also, I get the feeling Simon Peach is fed up of explaining the scenario, this article is the first to really go on record to say what it does, I believe.

 

Anyone on here still irked by Spanish answers? How often do you end up explaining the scenario?

 

Countless times I've had people go "your manager doesn't even speak English!", I take a deep breath, and take out my script... definitely the worst part of him not speaking it. Having to explain it to idiots who cannot use logic to work out that the Saints squad and staff have not all learned Spanish especially for Pochettino.

 

I have to say I don't mind what language the manager speaks, I find him infinitely more interesting than the old Adkins interviews. Seems to answer the questions pretty straight up too. It's clearly not an issue with club staff, so I don't see why it should bother me.

 

 

 

(P.S. Mods - I keep being infracted for breaking 3 post rule with threads - this thread is my #3 post of the last 24hrs - thanks)

Colinjb

Colinjb

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Fair enough for me. It provides a barrier between Pochettino and the media, the only retort they have is a desire for him to communicate in our language when he is most comfortable in his mother tongue.... Why should he? For the benefit of an establishment that would twist his words against him should it serve their ends?

 

Carry on Mauricio.

whelk

whelk

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Capello turned out to be dreadful when he switched to English. His mystique went.

My only issue is the lengthy of time to broadcast and would prefer subtitles. Esp when MOTD time is at a premium

Sour Mash

Sour Mash

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2522884/Mauricio-Poschettino-using-interpreter-despite-excellent-grasp-English-bids-prevent-media-misunderstandings.html

 

Nothing new for Saints fans particularly, but may end some of the endless questions and insults that seem to get hurled at Mauricio for not speaking English in interviews.

 

Also, I get the feeling Simon Peach is fed up of explaining the scenario, this article is the first to really go on record to say what it does, I believe.

 

Anyone on here still irked by Spanish answers? How often do you end up explaining the scenario?

 

Countless times I've had people go "your manager doesn't even speak English!", I take a deep breath, and take out my script... definitely the worst part of him not speaking it. Having to explain it to idiots who cannot use logic to work out that the Saints squad and staff have not all learned Spanish especially for Pochettino.

 

I have to say I don't mind what language the manager speaks, I find him infinitely more interesting than the old Adkins interviews. Seems to answer the questions pretty straight up too. It's clearly not an issue with club staff, so I don't see why it should bother me.

 

 

 

(P.S. Mods - I keep being infracted for breaking 3 post rule with threads - this thread is my #3 post of the last 24hrs - thanks)

Where are all these 'endless insults' that you speak of?

 

Anyway, his grasp of English is more like 'ok', than 'excellent'. Not really a problem anyway, although I've stopped watching the press conferences due to the tedious nature of them showing the whole translation process back and forth.

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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He surely just wants to keep his mate with a job. How much do you recon that guy gets paid to do a interviews a week?

 

He's clearly a professional translator, not just one of Pochettinos mate. And it's none of our business how much he gets paid.

Professor

Professor

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Very sensible of Pochettino to keep control of media interviews. The media regularly publish headlines attributing a quote to a manager when in reality the reporter put the words in his mouth by stating a phrase and the manager saying 'Yes'. Pochettino is far less prone to that by using his own words through the translator.

CB Fry

CB Fry

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Very sensible of Pochettino to keep control of media interviews. The media regularly publish headlines attributing a quote to a manager when in reality the reporter put the words in his mouth by stating a phrase and the manager saying 'Yes'. Pochettino is far less prone to that by using his own words through the translator.

 

Unless you can speak perfect Spanish then how can you possibly know this? Pochettino is the only manager in the league whose words go through not one but two filters before they end up in print.

Miltonaggro

Miltonaggro

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He surely just wants to keep his mate with a job. How much do you recon that guy gets paid to do a interviews a week?

 

It's common knowledge that he is on a retainer of £162k per year, he also does translation for the UN and Javier Bardem...

The Cat

The Cat

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2522884/Mauricio-Poschettino-using-interpreter-despite-excellent-grasp-English-bids-prevent-media-misunderstandings.html

 

some of the endless questions and insults that seem to get hurled at Mauricio for not speaking English in interviews.

 

 

I'd spend a bit less time on twitter if I was you. As for insults being 'hurled' at Pochettino, I doubt he gives a toss.

Professor

Professor

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What a waste of money! Learn English ffs

IMO not a waste at all. You can have enough understanding of a foreign language to be able to follow what is being said but the skill in translating is being able to find the correct English word to express the same meaning. I can imagine the same problem happening in Bishopbriggs!

Glasgow_Saint

Glasgow_Saint

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Get out of your bed sit and broaden your horizons.

 

No offense, Aust I mean you have the entire English language to play with. A complete lexicon of language with which to offend and insult and THAT is the best you can do?

trousers

trousers

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No offense*, Aust I mean you have the entire English language to play with. A complete lexicon of language with which to offend and insult and THAT is the best you can do?

 

*Offence

austsaint

austsaint

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No offense, Aust I mean you have the entire English language to play with. A complete lexicon of language with which to offend and insult and THAT is the best you can do?

 

Glas Go, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and imagine there isn't a hint of one culture/one language in your comments = it really doesn't matter what language MP speaks in his press conferences - a lot of what is translated is honest, open and clear; unlike other Managers we have had in recent times. What matters is how good a Manager/Coach MP is, and thus far I'd say he is doing well. There is much more insult and offence in your statement than my reply, but I doubt you would see that given the history of your posts. Happy Xmas.

jasonb

jasonb

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*Offence

 

Bloody American English... its creeping in everywhere...

 

EDIT: Not your spelling trousers... obviously :-)

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Marsdinho

Marsdinho

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Its not as if the questions are coming at him in Spanish, so he must understand them sufficiently to provide an answer, so...

 

Is Pochettino's grasp of English any worse than a translation of Spanish?

 

BTW - I dont have a problem with it, provides an excellent shield to him and the team.

Sour Mash

Sour Mash

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Its not as if the questions are coming at him in Spanish, so he must understand them sufficiently to provide an answer, so...

 

Is Pochettino's grasp of English any worse than a translation of Spanish?

 

BTW - I dont have a problem with it, provides an excellent shield to him and the team.

The questions do come to him in Spanish.
Glasgow_Saint

Glasgow_Saint

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Its not as if the questions are coming at him in Spanish, so he must understand them sufficiently to provide an answer, so...

 

Is Pochettino's grasp of English any worse than a translation of Spanish?

 

BTW - I dont have a problem with it, provides an excellent shield to him and the team.

 

I have three issues with him not speaking English –

 

A) I have to watch 6 minutes of boring conference which could be covered in 2 minutes if he spoke English

2) He is the manager and should set a good example. He is asking the players to play with confidence and express themselves. If he is not “confident” in his own life/abilities the players will sniff this out and he will lose respect.

D) He is a manager is the English league – the fans speak English, it’s a respect thing

sotonist

sotonist

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I wonder if all people that thinks he is disrespectful had the same issue when Mclaren were in Twente and not speaking the language of the country....

The problem will be when he starts speaking spanish with an english accent.

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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I have three issues with him not speaking English –

 

A) I have to watch 6 minutes of boring conference which could be covered in 2 minutes if he spoke English

2) He is the manager and should set a good example. He is asking the players to play with confidence and express themselves. If he is not “confident” in his own life/abilities the players will sniff this out and he will lose respect.

D) He is a manager is the English league – the fans speak English, it’s a respect thing

 

You don't HAVE to do anything, you could always read the transcript.

lifeintheslowlane

lifeintheslowlane

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It will only be an issue to those who want it to be.

Staff? No

Players? No

Supporters? No, not amongst my friends

Media? Not really...unless it's a quiet day and they're looking to fill column inches.

 

Is it disrespectful to others? What would contributors to a fan's message board know about that?;)

rpb

rpb

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If his reluctance to speak English at interviews puts off other clubs from trying to take him from us then I would like him to carry on talking in Spanish.

Window Cleaner

Window Cleaner

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If his reluctance to speak English at interviews puts off other clubs from trying to take him from us then I would like him to carry on talking in Spanish.

 

Ranieri speaks to the French press in French...you can never understand a word he says.

Colinjb

Colinjb

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If his reluctance to speak English at interviews puts off other clubs from trying to take him from us then I would like him to carry on talking in Spanish.

 

Hadn't thought of it like that... like it!

cellone

cellone

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I wonder if all people that thinks he is disrespectful had the same issue when Mclaren were in Twente and not speaking the language of the country....

 

At least he put on the accent.

VectisSaint

VectisSaint

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I have three issues with him not speaking English –

 

A) I have to watch 6 minutes of boring conference which could be covered in 2 minutes if he spoke English

2) He is the manager and should set a good example. He is asking the players to play with confidence and express themselves. If he is not “confident” in his own life/abilities the players will sniff this out and he will lose respect.

D) He is a manager is the English league – the fans speak English, it’s a respect thing

At least if he had 3 issues he would probably number them 1,2 & 3 or uno, dos, tres or even A, B & C. To have 3 issues labelled A, 2 and D shows disrespect to those that are literate in any language.

John Boy Saint

John Boy Saint

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At least if he had 3 issues he would probably number them 1,2 & 3 or uno, dos, tres or even A, B & C. To have 3 issues labelled A, 2 and D shows disrespect to those that are literate in any language.

Nice one.

always a bugger copying and pasting your posts from excel when you have deleted columns!!

:-)

Monk

Monk

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His grasp of the language is fine. His manor is typically South American (feisty, passionate and numerous). Very touchy feely on the training ground (arm around the shoulders, pay on back, ruffle of hair).

 

His communication physically and verbally is first class, has a habit of ranting to himself at times.

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