[Albion] Roberto De Zerbi - JOINS AS NEW HEAD COACH (4 year contract)

[AstroSloth]

His level of English seems fairly similar to that of my Spanish when I finished my GCSE early.

He can get by but it's somewhat hard to express your thoughts in detail as you don't have the words to add depth to what you're trying to say. That can also lead to you getting flustered when you're trying to talk as it leads to you knowing what you want to say but not how to say it.

Overall it's not a problem and he'll be able to communicate ideas quite easily as it's fairly basic language he can use.

He also understands the questions and replies to some of them, example "have you spoken to Pep since joining the club?", "yes on Sunday evening."

Promising language usage for me.

 

[Swansman]

Not one interesting word uttered so far...

 

[Thompson720]

It's promising to hear he'll be speaking by January and understanding Scotsman, David Weir by May

 

[Littlemo]

It's promising to hear he'll be speaking by January and understanding Scotsman, David Weir by May

Having heard Gilmour speak, they’ll still be communicating via dance by next September.

 

[dwayne]

Not one interesting word uttered so far...

Agreed !! Very generic. They all seem really nervous. Would have loved for de zerbi to give some specifics on what he knows about the club.

Impress us you're on 2 mill a year mate !

(Tough crowd I know and potter was always dire in interviews)

Btw absolutely no doubt he will pick up English quickly



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[Swansman]

Ait thanks for nothing

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Absolutely no animosity between TB/PB and Potter and co – as much as some on here would like or have others believe...

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

He does look a bit terrified doesn't he....

 

[KZNSeagull]

Very disappointing. Once, just once, I want an interpreter to listen to his man for a minute then translate what he said into a 1 word answer.

Otherwise it was fine really, not very exciting which is fine.

 

[southstandandy]

Working day in day out will see his English pick up quickly. I worked in Spain for 6 months back in the 80's and couldn't speak a word, but by about the 4 month mark was largely fluent. Yes, I was younger than Roberto but I don't see that being a huge barrier. You absorb so much just hearing the native language every day I'm sure he'll be vastly improved by the end of the year.

 

[banjo]

Well I like him, I just hope he doesn’t sit on a bucket during the game.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Usual suspect piles in

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

He also understood questions without them being interpreted. Shows he's quite advanced, just not as confident speaking yet


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This is an important point. If he can understand questions spoken at native speed and with no thought of simplifying for him he'll be able to speak relatively quickly.

 

[Swansman]

Agreed !! Very generic. They all seem really nervous. Would have loved for de zerbi to give some specifics on what he knows about the club.

Impress us you're on 2 mill a year mate !

(Tough crowd I know and potter was always dire in interviews)

Btw absolutely no doubt he will pick up English quickly



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Yeah, duller than I was hoping. The only real interesting thing we got out of it was his level of English - agree with some posters that it was better than I thought it would be.

 

[BBassic]

The bloke could speak Martian for all I care - it's how he gets the team playing that matters.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Was anything asked around his team who would support him ?


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[Greg Bobkin]

Very disappointing. Once, just once, I want an interpreter to listen to his man for a minute then translate what he said into a 1 word answer.

Otherwise it was fine really, not very exciting which is fine.

I've had before this when talking to Japanese engineers through an interpreter. Makes trying to get decent quotes for interview VERY hard work!

 

[Popeye]

The dude understands this is his job and will need to get a better grasp of English, which I am quite sure he will. Shit questions tbf, so not sure how much better he really could have done. No point reading too much into it one way or the other imo.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

I like that TB mentioned he'd given Rob a proper history lesson in the club....

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

God help him with the next Fans Forum