Is it weird to have thought that after 22 years living and working in England his accent would be a little more âEnglishâ at this point than it actually is? Always a bit suprised hearing him speak.
You gain your accents between the age of 7-9, so if you arenât living in the country and speaking the language at that age it is extremely unlikely that you get a native sounding accent from another language.
It happens occasionally for some people but itâs very difficult and thatâs why itâs rare to meet someone who is fluent in a foreign language but also speaks it without accent.
So what about Schteve Mclaren then ?
That was so clearly put on.
That or heâs a linguistic savant who can really just live himself into the language and culture haha
Like Joey Barton after he was in France.
Change your tune brah
@SDGooner was saying his accent hasnât changed, not that he hasnât perfected it. There is a difference.
Heâs still in a position though, probably with a contract and a club whoâd have to let him go officially. It wouldnât be very Arsenal to announce under those circumstances.
I distinctly remember Arteta being in the frame for a Spain call up. I canât remember when exactly but I do recall being disappointed that he missed out (which was probably to do with his age). Probably around 2013.
I mean, he didnât get the call-up but it still probably says something about how he was performing for a time.
He was definitely rated highly at one stage, but that has probably been forgotten as he declined a great deal towards the end and was everybodyâs favourite scapegoat (not saying it was right or wrong btw).
He was great at reading the game and very rarely got dispossessed. I always had the impression that he was a very intelligent player. But physically, he just dropped off a cliff and couldnât be as effective as he used to be.
Iâm not sure what his performance levels as a player have to do with his ability as a manager, so perplexed as to why this debate has continued to rage on.
Big Eckâs a fan.
Are you new round here?
I remember him being lined up for an England call-up because he had never been in the Spain team and had an English passport. Therefore qualified to play for England. Strange stuff
After my quip about apparent OA divination, I thought Iâd better look into it a bit more to try to clear all this up once and for all.
It turns out all of us OAâers have been divining completely unwittingly for ages using Chresmomancy- the art and practice of divining the past, present and future by listening to the ravings of lunatics.
Unfortunately Iâm not convinced itâs 100% accurate, but letâs not give up on it yet.
Next raving please.
Arteta had a dirty side to his game as well, so he wonât be a naive purist.
Wonder what it would be like with arteta and cazorla coaching together if cazorla is not able to return could be interesting
Absolutely, he was incredibly clever with his fouling and with his little dives when he was under pressure and didnât have a way out, did a great job compensating with his intelligence and gamesmanship for his lack of athleticism or dribbling abilityâŚhad with us basically the same dribbling ability as Xhaka does but about 10x the pressing resistance (since people are so prone to hyperbole and twisting words in this discussion, I guess itâs necessary I add the sidebar that this statement before the parenthesis is consciously hyperbole).
Now, linking that to the assertion that âhe wonât be a naive puristâ is a bit of a stretch, but everything Iâve seen and read from him suggests that he is not at all that. Anyways, Guardiola is definitely not a naive purist, so he wonât have been learning in the school of ânaive purismâ in these couple years.
McLeish. Enough said
Problem Mr Chief AOB? (ArtetaOutBrigade)
Well, i donât think McLeish is very reliable.
Just his opinion Luca haha heâs not some ITK!
I meant that he is not known for being a good manager and so knowing football well.