[Albion] Darwin Núñez

[Justice]

Champions league football is probably more appealing than trying to help us become a mid table side tbh. Watched all or nothing this evening José M summed up the PL, the rest of the world enjoy watching yet see the big European clubs as where the super star players play.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Champions league football is probably more appealing than trying to help us become a mid table side tbh. Watched all or nothing this evening José M summed up the PL, the rest of the world enjoy watching yet see the big European clubs as where the super star players play.

Benfica are a big club with an average home attendance of over 50k and yes European football is a draw. But playing in Portugal is like playing at non league grounds for all but the top few teams.

12 out of the 18 teams in the top division have an average home attendance of less than 6k, in fact 8 teams are lower than 3.5k.

Didn't Joel Veltman say that the occasional Champions League match is great but the Premier League is like that every week?

Don't underestimate the pull of the Premier League.

 

[peterward]

Benfica are a big club with an average home attendance of over 50k and yes European football is a draw. But playing in Portugal is like playing at non league grounds for all but the top few teams.

12 out of the 18 teams in the top division have an average home attendance of less than 6k, in fact 8 teams are lower than 3.5k.

Didn't Joel Veltman say that the occasional Champions League match is great but the Premier League is like that every week?

Don't underestimate the pull of the Premier League.

Sounds like Celtic with Sunshine

 

[Swansman]

Benfica are a big club with an average home attendance of over 50k and yes European football is a draw. But playing in Portugal is like playing at non league grounds for all but the top few teams.

12 out of the 18 teams in the top division have an average home attendance of less than 6k, in fact 8 teams are lower than 3.5k.

Didn't Joel Veltman say that the occasional Champions League match is great but the Premier League is like that every week?

Don't underestimate the pull of the Premier League.

There's more factors though, like weather and language.

Sounds like Celtic with Sunshine

Quality in general is a lot higher though... but indeed the attendances are poor

 

[macbeth]

Benfica are a big club with an average home attendance of over 50k and yes European football is a draw. But playing in Portugal is like playing at non league grounds for all but the top few teams.

12 out of the 18 teams in the top division have an average home attendance of less than 6k, in fact 8 teams are lower than 3.5k.

Didn't Joel Veltman say that the occasional Champions League match is great but the Premier League is like that every week?

Don't underestimate the pull of the Premier League.

...and yet here we are

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

...and yet here we are

Which is where?

Still waiting for Almeria to accept an offer from anyone and doing a good job of creating an auction for a player they value at €30m.

Don't believe the nonsense on Twitter. Yesterday it was us in the driving seat.

 

[Madafwo]

I'll chuck in some praying to the god of his choice then.

Well I've sacrificed the goat for Satan so it's a go'er.

 

[Swansman]

Well I've sacrificed the goat for Satan so it's a go'er.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/sep/03/darius-vassell-goat-sacrificed-book-ankaragucu

It was you?

 

[Stumpy Tim]

There's more factors though, like weather and language.

Language? The Portuguese speak Portuguese. Uruguayans speak Spanish

 

[MJsGhost]

Language? The Portuguese speak Portuguese. Uruguayans speak Spanish

The difference between Portuguese and Spanish is far less than between Spanish and English - it’s very easy for a Spanish speaker to understand Portuguese and vice versa.

 

[Icy Gull]

The difference between Portuguese and Spanish is far less than between Spanish and English - it’s very easy for a Spanish speaker to understand Portuguese and vice versa.

Funny you should say that, I speak reasonable Spanish but have really struggled with the language in Brazil and Portugal. Could be because Spanish is not my first language. I find Italian easier to understand than Portuguese but don’t speak it at all. Must confess I thought it would be easy to understand Portuguese knowing a bit of Spanish. Not so for me

Anyway hopefully this saga will be put to bed one way or the other today.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

The difference between Portuguese and Spanish is far less than between Spanish and English - it’s very easy for a Spanish speaker to understand Portuguese and vice versa.

Not actually the case though. Spanish, Italian and French are the most similar from what I understand. It's more likely he'll know English than Portuguese

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Which is where?

Still waiting for Almeria to accept an offer from anyone and doing a good job of creating an auction for a player they value at €30m.

Don't believe the nonsense on Twitter. Yesterday it was us in the driving seat.

As I understand it (which isn’t much) Almeria want money, not a deposit and players. Benfica are not offering hard cash, so we still have a chance, despite player preferences.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Disappointing. I’d actually prefer us to go large and offer £30M for Eduoard than now go for #4 or #5 on the list and end up paying £18M for another Locadia. But then it’s not my money.

I’d prefer to be in a bidding war with Benfica to be honest. The likes of Edouard & Watkins are going to attract huge bidding wars with the likes of Villa, Leeds, West Ham and Everton (obligatory) all pilling in, I think we can out bid the Portuguese where as going toe to toe with another EPL team will waste us millions.

Let’s face it, finding the level of quality Striker we require who won’t attract other interest from other teams is probably more or less impossible.

Your point about Locadia is valid though. If we can’t get one of our top targets, I’d prefer to see Gyökeres given a go rather than a budget Eredivise special.

 

[MJsGhost]

Not actually the case though. Spanish, Italian and French are the most similar from what I understand. It's more likely he'll know English than Portuguese

I shall take that up with my ex. She’s English, works as a translator (Spanish/English & English/Spanish) and, having never studied Portuguese, can understand 90% of it.

What do I know...? I’m shit at languages!

 

[dazzer6666]

I shall take that up with my ex. She’s English, works as a translator (Spanish/English & English/Spanish) and, having never studied Portuguese, can understand 90% of it.

What do I know...? I’m shit at languages!

She would. Written, they look very similar......pronunciation is quite different though. In South America (Brazil in particular) they even speak a hybrid - Portuñol.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I shall take that up with my ex. She’s English, works as a translator (Spanish/English & English/Spanish) and, having never studied Portuguese, can understand 90% of it.

What do I know...? I’m shit at languages!

Yeah have a word with her. She's clearly a fake translator

 

[saafend_seagull]

The difference between Portuguese and Spanish is far less than between Spanish and English - it’s very easy for a Spanish speaker to understand Portuguese and vice versa.

Wrong.

Portuguese can understand more easily Spanish than Spanish can understand Portuguese.

Same with Italian and Romanian.


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[Billy the Fish]

Not actually the case though. Spanish, Italian and French are the most similar from what I understand. It's more likely he'll know English than Portuguese

I shall take that up with my ex. She’s English, works as a translator (Spanish/English & English/Spanish) and, having never studied Portuguese, can understand 90% of it.

What do I know...? I’m shit at languages!

My missus is Portuguese and agrees with [MENTION=14054]MJsGhost[/MENTION]!

The structure is the same and a lot of the words are very similar, you just have to get your head round the totally different pronunciation.

She struggles to understand Brazilians.

 

[Mr Bridger]

My missus is Portuguese and agrees with [MENTION=14054]MJsGhost[/MENTION]!

The structure is the same and a lot of the words are very similar, you just have to get your head round the totally different pronunciation.

She struggles to understand Brazilians.

I totally get the them, sign of the times.