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Aba452 said:
What a difference a few days make! After a mixed bag against the Spanish rags, I was more than a bit nervous.

When I saw Rico, Gundo and Eddie in the starting lineup, I feared the worst. Instead this was our most complete performance all season, the first half especially so. Playing with pace attacking more directly against a bloody good side, we were superb. Nico looked like he was born for the 6, and had been playing for us for years. He was constantly talking directing players and as a result we were so assured. Gundo was terrific as an 8, and much more solid. The defence was utterly unruffled by the Geordies pace, Khusanov will be a legend. Stone's next to was brilliant, both Lewis and Josko fantastic.

Eddie became the assist king, his distribution is second to none and when we are full of attack, got legs in midfield, the defence and keeper look a million times better. Who knew?

Omar Marmoush looks stunning he is going to score some goals, got pace and bags of skill, he Erl and Savinho are going to have a lot of fun. Omar will grab the headlines but Savi was unplayable. Erl absolutely thriving on getting the armband, feels very promising. All the subs did well too, crowd were lively.

One small complaint, my stream was that far behind I'm expecting Graeme souness to get sacked any time now! Mission impossible in Madrid, you never know.....

Tis a bit irritating that just winning a few more games than we have done so far and we'd perhaps be putting some pressure on the ferals and the bridesmaids! Also can we play a decent version of Blue Moon, that fast paced one really is dire!

Anyway City till I die:-)
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It’s such a shame our new players didn’t have more time before the first Madrid game. Nevermind at least we now have the prospect of a strong finish to the season.
 
ysmsa said:
Paul Ritchie?

And Haaland is spelt wrong.
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Paul Ritchie was a remarkably forgettable player. I only remember him because he had an interview in the City magazine once and he revealed he used to grind his teeth so severely whilst asleep his family had to take him to a specialist.

I think they spell Haaland like that in Norweigan tbf. The single A has an accent I assume replaces the double A
 
Kippax Street 1880 said:
Paul Ritchie was a remarkably forgettable player. I only remember him because he had an interview in the City magazine once and he revealed he used to grind his teeth so severely whilst asleep his family had to take him to a specialist.

I think they spell Haaland like that in Norweigan tbf. The single A has an accent I assume replaces the double A
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They don't just spell it like that, his name is Håland. Erling has changed his name to Haaland for global brand purposes for obvious reasons. He is now also written like Erling Braut Haaland in Norway as well, which rubs some people the wrong way

Newspaper snippet from his breakthrough in 2018 before he went to Austria and changed his name:
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ScottSinclair said:
Not sure if you are joking, but he isn't.
Erling was always Håland as well until he went to Salzburg and made a conscious decision to change it to Haaland for global brand purposes
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Wasn't joking, every day school day, cheers
 
ScottSinclair said:
They don't just spell it like that, his name is Håland. Erling has changed his name to Haaland for global brand purposes for obvious reasons. He is now also written like Erling Braut Haaland in Norway as well, which rubs some people the wrong way

Newspaper snippet from his breakthrough in 2018 before he went to Austria and changed his name:
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Genuine question

Why is changing from A to AA for obvious reasons, ta
 
ysmsa said:
Genuine question

Why is changing from A to AA for obvious reasons, ta
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A and Å is pronounced differently phonetically and is obviously 2 different letters in the norwegian alphabet.

It is a good question though, the "Aa" is supposed to represent the "Å" sound (which is impossible to describe here, better just googling clips of it) but internationally it just seems to get pronounced as an "A" anyway so he would be better of as Haland. But the "Aa" is also used instead of the Å in norwegian language historically, and quite often in names still. But it is always pronounced as "Å"

It is the same with Martin Ødegaard. In England he is called Odegaard phonetically, but the real prononciation isnt an O but a different sound, and his two "Aa"' is obviously a "Å". Ødegård. Except that the "Å" sound in his name is written "Aa" in Norway as well, which is a more historic way to use it, using the "Å" is a bit more modern.
For those old enough to remember our player from back in the day, Kaare Ingebrigtsen, he was the same. Always written as Kåre Ingebrigtsen in Norway

Not really important though. Languages and names are very hard unless you are familiar with the language. But it is their real name though :)
 
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