*sight

of coarse

the reason i do it is too hilight the inconsistances in spelling n pronunciation

and 2 annoy people obv

It wooden’t sirprize me if ewe’d one Ann interstate spelling bee wen ewe wer yung

ioag That’s part of English’s charm.

I’m not a linguist, so don’t mean in that respect, but the evolution of English is quite interesting from a historic perspective.

Forza’s spelling is superb. A lot of people don’t appreciate how clever it is to consistently write in that way.

Yeah Daz, I agree, though at the same time I work with students who are trying to overcome years of being taught English at school by people who’d never set foot in an English speaking country and taught them to pronounce half of their English following Spanish rules of pronunciation. It can be very funny now and then, but a lot of the time it’s like driving six inch nails into your head.

Yes, what 4za does is an art form.

comment by Scott The King McTominay (U10026)
posted 3 hours, 38 minutes ago
He’s joint top scorer with Abraham, who has played far fewer minutes.

NPE is definitely someone you could describe as a snowflake. He filtered me once for making a joke about him watching Buffy the vampire slayer.
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I don't mind NPE so much but I do like when Wahl gets involved with him.

NPEnis ffs

Trying to teach my niece some algebra. It's sad how much pupils these days (and in my day tbf) are forced to learn these things by memory rather than understanding.

tbf algebra is so stoopid there is no point tryin too understand it

Mooslim muck there trying to branewash are kids with

But yeah, tumeke, that’s a big problem. Critical and relational thinking aren’t really encouraged here either. I thought it was better in Britain, tbh.

Anyhow, I’m calling it a night. My head feels like it’s going to explode. Cheers lads.

dorma bene

NPE is the definition of a cuuunt, absolutely ashamed he’s almost the same age as me and is so out of touch as a ‘millennial’. Bloke might as well have been born in the 40s

damning comments by zidane
clearly it was his relationship (or lack of) with florentino that has made him leave the job

IOAG: this is a good youtube channel to watch about the history of the english language...i watch this quite regularly. he has numerous videos that explain the origins of regional accents and pronunciation

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChnRk6mxWsSOGElm8phdSxw/videos

"Dear Real Madrid fans,


For more than 20 years, from the first day I arrived in Madrid and wore the white shirt, you’ve shown me your love. I’ve always felt that there was something special between us. I’ve had the enormous honour of being a player and the coach of the greatest club ever, but above all I’m just another Madrid fan. For all these reasons I wanted to write this letter, to say goodbye to you and explain my decision to leave the coaching job.

When, in March 2019, I accepted the offer to return to Real Madrid after a break of eight months it was, of course, because President Florentino Pérez asked me, but also because all of you asked me every day to do so. When I met any of you in the street I felt your support and the desire to see me with the team again. Because I share the values of Real Madrid; this club belongs to its members, its fans and the entire world. I’ve tried to follow these values in everything I have done, and I’ve tried to be an example. Being at Madrid for 20 years is the most beautiful thing that’s happened to me in my life and I know I owe that entirely to the fact Florentino Pérez backed me in 2001, he fought to get me, to bring me here when some people were against it. I say it from the heart when I say that I will always be grateful to the ‘presi’ for that. Always.

"I share the values of Real Madrid; this club belongs to its members, its fans and the entire world. I’ve tried to follow these values in everything I have done, and I’ve tried to be an example"
Zidane
I have now decided to leave and I want to properly explain the reasons. I’m going, but I’m not jumping overboard, nor am I tired of coaching. In May 2018 I left because after two and a half years, with so many victories and so many trophies, I felt the team needed a new approach to stay at the very highest level. Right now, things are different. I’m leaving because I feel the club no longer has the faith in me I need, nor the support to build something in the medium or long term. I understand football and I know the demands of a club like Real Madrid. I know when you don’t win, you have to leave. But with this a very important thing has been forgotten, everything I built day-to-day has been forgotten, what I brought to my relationships with the players, with the 150 people who work with and around the team. I’m a natural-born winner and I was here to win trophies, but even more important than this are the people, their feelings, life itself and I have the sensation these things have not been taken into account, that there has been a failure to understand that these things also keep the dynamics of a great club going. To some extent I have even been rebuked for it.

"I’m leaving because I feel the club no longer has the faith in me I need, nor the support to build something in the medium or long term"
Zidane
I want there to be respect for what we have achieved together. I would have liked my relationship with the club and the president over the past few months to have been a little different to that of other coaches. I wasn’t asking for privileges, of course not, just a little more recollection. These days the life of a coach in the dugout at a big club is two seasons, little more. For it to last longer the human relationships are essential, they are more important than money, more important than fame, more important than everything. They need to be nurtured. That’s why it hurt me so much when I read in the press, after a defeat, that I would be sacked if I didn’t win the next game. It hurt me and the whole team because these deliberately leaked messages to the media negatively influenced the squad, they created doubts and misunderstandings. Luckily I had these amazing lads who were with me to the death. When things turned ugly they saved me with magnificent victories. Because they believed in me and knew I believed in them. Of course I’m not the best coach in the world, but I’m able to give everyone, whether it’s a player, a member of the coaching staff or any employee, the strength and confidence they need in their job. I know perfectly well what a team needs. Over these 20 years at Madrid I’ve learnt that you, the fans, want to win, of course, but above all you want us to give our all: the coach, the staff, the employees and of course the players. And I can assure you we’ve given 100% of ourselves to this club.

"Of course I’m not the best coach in the world, but I’m able to give everyone, whether it’s a player, a member of the coaching staff or any employee, the strength and confidence they need in their job"
Zidane
I’d like to take this opportunity to send a message to the journalists. I’ve given hundreds of press conferences and unfortunately we have spoken very little of football, though I know that you love football, this sport that brings us together. However, and without any desire to criticise or lecture, I would have liked the questions not to have always been about controversy, that we might have talked more often about the game and above all the players, who are and always will be the most important thing in this sport. Let’s not forget about football, let’s care for it.

Dear Madrid fans, I will always be one of you.

Hala Madrid!

Zinedine Zidane

Sounds like he’s had enough of the stress.

Fcking love him

Florentino delenda est.

I don't think it's that, Daz. He makes it quite clear when he talks about thinking he would've been treated differently (with respect, I understand) and not having news about his sacking leaked to the press.

His big mistake was to expect loyalty from Florentino, a man who only knows business and treats those around him like disposable commodities.

I know it usually comes with success, but being Madrid manager must be one of the worst jobs in football.

Yep, and it's too big for most.

In recent times though, I think both Zidane and Ancelotti handled it really well.

I can't say why for sure, but I think part of it is that neither of them came across as feeling they needed to prove a point or desperately wanting to be considered the best.

That's quite the opposite to Mourinho, who came across as really needy, as if he absolutely needed to be worshipped.

They are like elder statesmen. From what I gather they tend to focus the praise on the players and the blame onto themselves, Mourinho’s the opposite.

In the media that is.