Player Watch - Carlos Vinícius

[Karol]

So how did we miss the plane journey? We need to improve our Flight Tracker skills.

He drove

 

[tiger666]

He drove

Good luck claiming fuel back on expenses.

 

[Karol]

Good luck claiming fuel back on expenses.

Are you familiar with the Flintstones?

 

[Yid-ol]

So did anyone find out where the flight we were tracking yesterday went to? I stopped after it got so far into africa

 

[Dougal]

 

[sausage]

So did anyone find out where the flight we were tracking yesterday went to? I stopped after it got so far into africa

Still down as 'unknown'

 

[mil1lion]

Good question. Would have to been signed by 12 midday I think. I wonder what time it went through.

Irrelevant though as he needs a work permit on Monday

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Irrelevant though as he needs a work permit on Monday

I imagine he’s already got his work permit given that it’s been announced.

 

[Don_Felipe]

Agreed. I really wish they'd do a program about that-- even if just a Spurs TV-one. I mean literally a 30-min exploration into how teams (or just Spurs) handle incomings with next to zero knowledge of English and- as you said- when and how the worm turns for them and they start speaking English passably- if not well. I have SO many questions on that front-- I find the whole business fascinating. And that doesn't even touch those players who move from their (non-English speaking country to some far-flung planet (like, say, some Brazilian who winds up playing in, say, Bulgaria or whathaveyou. I mean think about that! At least w/English everybody's heard some; picture if all of a sudden you have to go from Korean to Albanian or whatever! And crazily enough that does happen! Especially Brazilians; there are SO MANY excellent players there that even their third tier guys end up getting paid somewhere...

But back to Spurs: how do we do it? Do we have them take classes at night immediately- from the off? And how does, say, Lo Celso listen to Mourinho's excellent- but still heavily accented- English in a pre-game pep-talk? I always wonder what he's thinking-- because honestly a few words here and there are difficult for me to understand-- and I'm a Yank!

I really really really wish someone would shoot a film just about the language barrier(s) in soccer and how they're worked out-- it's just such a fascinating subject. Lastly, I wonder who would win the "picked up English the fastest-award" on Spurs over the last- say- 20 years-- and conversely, who had the most trouble bridging the language gap. To that end-- I wonder if one of our players literally was ever actually held back because he couldn't grasp some instruction one of our managers gave him?!? Like some head-scratching play occurred and as we sat there dumbfounded as to what just happened what none of us knew is that player X didn't get the instructions from the gaffer correctly- hence the error.

I really wonder about the "school"-thing, and whether or not that's optional. I also am curious as to how many players never formally learned English but rather just picked it up simply from being around the team, living in the UK, and just doing it- kind of like how a child learns a language.

I actually did this for a bit (not for Spurs, sadly) and non EU players actually have to get to a certain level to get a particular visa (it's only A1, so different to what mere mortals need) - I don't know if it's something that can be worked around by getting temporary extensions first - they don't need it at first.

I taught a player with that in mind, but didn't do much that was actually football related (not sure how that was dealt with in training etc, but in this case they shared a common language with the manager).

 

[mil1lion]

I imagine he’s already got his work permit given that it’s been announced.

If AliG is correct the work permit will arrive Monday so we probably know its approved but won't officially receive it until Monday? Or maybe it's all complete but would be surprised if he's available tomorrow though.

 

[BillyWhizz]

He has a nice smile

 

[matthew.absurdum]

He has a nice smile

And white teeth

 

[Yiddo100]

Seems he’s off to Manchester

 

[easley91]

Surely he isn't going just to watch? Unless with it being international break after tomorrow it's a chance to bond with the full squad.

 

[Mr Pink]

What squad number did he get?

 

[sandros kung fu kick]

What squad number did he get?

45

 

[easley91]

What squad number did he get?

45

 

[chrissivad]

What squad number did he get?

45

 

[The Goat]

45

 

[easley91]

45

Someone log in to Goat accidentally or? ?