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Blue from Vienna, Austria

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Lad from Vienna said:
Good afternoon!

I fell in love with the Blues back when I was 8 in 2002. Was a huge Beatles fan as a young lad, so we went to Liverpool for Fall holidays. My dad originally wanted to go to the strange Red folks but I kind of always hated the color and since I already was a Hertha BSC fan (I'm from Germany originally), I wanted to see the blue shirts. The day was October 19 and I don't remember anything other than the ball hitting the bottom of the crossbar and Goodison exploding with excruciating loudness. From that day I was a Blue in my heart but didn't have the chance to really follow the action on the pitch because internet wasn't good enough in those days and the Prem wasn't televised. Only years later I grasped the scope of what I'd (barely) witnessed and I have rarely missed a match since 2009. Though I haven't been back to Goodison I feel very connected with the club and I love this forum. Looking forward to a great season!

And yeah, because it seems to be a fundamental question here, I'm really glad Lukaku's gone. He can score all the goals he wants, nothing beats a bloke who puts his heart and soul on the pitch when he's in blue. I know, Wazza's been gone for 13 years and yeah, he kissed that Manc logo but just look at him now. He really wants to be with us and do well and he's learnt a bit over the years and I can't remember having seen anyone remotely as football-intelligent at Everton in the last 8 years. I think we're in for a good one. COYB!
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Welcome mate, I ain't glad Rom's gone, but I get where you're coming from.
@Viennablue is, presumably, from Vienna as well !
 
COYBL25 said:
Welcome mate, your command of the English language is superb. Much better than mine and half the forum lol

Where did you learn it so well ?
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Well, it started when I was about 5 years old, much to the dismay of my dad I loved the English national team. I remember sliding on my knees in the kitchen and crashing in the bin when England won 5-1 against Germany. My dad was pretty annoyed as you might have guessed. But yeah, I always loved the language and absorbed everything that came my way. It was my best subject in school as well and I was known to be a 'vocabulary machine'.
 
atrottel said:
Yes, but a fair bit closer to Bergamo than you. I was at the Austria Wien friendly a few years ago - I think they'll have to play well above their abilities to progress (my view of Austrian football is fairly cynical - I ended up following ice hockey instead for a while over here).
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I live very close to Allianz-Stadion and I wonder every match day how they can take it so seriously. But I've grown very frustrated with my German team Hertha BSC as well. Yes, they'll play European football this season but their style of play is just ugly and unwatchable. Plus they play at Olympiastadion which has a capacity of 74,000 but they can't even get it half full most of the time and European action will be really sad to watch because the only opponent that could maybe draw some interest is Bilbao. It reaches the peak of sadness when they have a home match against Dortmund. There's a huge Dortmund fanbase in Berlin so there are always more Dortmund fans there.
 
Lad from Vienna said:
Well, it started when I was about 5 years old, much to the dismay of my dad I loved the English national team. I remember sliding on my knees in the kitchen and crashing in the bin when England won 5-1 against Germany. My dad was pretty annoyed as you might have guessed. But yeah, I always loved the language and absorbed everything that came my way. It was my best subject in school as well and I was known to be a 'vocabulary machine'.
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You never mentioned what you do for a living, but I'm sure your command of the English language would hold you in grid stead for a job involved in translation.

I'm assuming you speak German, as well as your native tongue too ?
 
COYBL25 said:
You never mentioned what you do for a living, but I'm sure your command of the English language would hold you in grid stead for a job involved in translation.

I'm assuming you speak German, as well as your native tongue too ?
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I thought about it when I was younger. But I'm currently studying sociology and philosophy and working in a warehouse. You might not believe it but especially in Germany, almost all the younger people speak English very well, I know many people my age who know it comparably well. Most of them are too used to American English and like, I don't know, like they're so awkward when they, like, I don't know, talk.
 

Lad from Vienna said:
I thought about it when I was younger. But I'm currently studying sociology and philosophy and working in a warehouse. You might not believe it but especially in Germany, almost all the younger people speak English very well, I know many people my age who know it comparably well. Most of them are too used to American English and like, I don't know, like they're so awkward when they, like, I don't know, talk.
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You're being too modest.

It's something you should seriously think about after Uni.

It's one thing being able to speak it, but to be able to write another language properly is the the really hard part.

Which you can obvioulsy do very well.

There's a lad from Belgium on here @Armel, who does some excellent work with his scouting reports on Belgium players, maybe you couid do somthing similar the Austrian / German leagues ?
 
COYBL25 said:
You're being too modest.

It's something you should seriously think about after Uni.

It's one thing being able to speak it, but to be able to write another language properly is the the really hard part.

Which you can obvioulsy do very well.

There's a lad from Belgium on here @Armel, who does some excellent work with his scouting reports on Belgium players, maybe you couid do somthing similar the Austrian / German leagues ?
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Sounds interesting. I don't know about the Austrian league since it's really awful to watch. But the Bundesliga has got many people to watch.
I mentioned yesterday in the transfer window thread that I can't understand why we wouldn't go for someone like Höwedes from Schalke. He's a world champion willing to move and despite being in talks with Juventus where he'd definitely have to struggle to get into that back line I don't see why he wouldn't consider moving to a top 7 Premier League club like ourselves where he'd definitely see plenty of playing time and European football. Though I hate Schalke (never met just one Schalke supporter who wasn't, well, let's put it delicately, socially incompetent) I was always impressed with him. He's pretty quick for a central defender and he always convinced me as a leader, very vocal, very dedicated. I can remember one cup fixture where Schalke was struggling badly against a 3rd division team and he got really pissed and headed in a corner in the most majestic manner. Could really see him improving our team. But it's not gonna happen, sadly.

We should also keep an eye on Mitchell Weiser at Hertha BSC. He played for Bayern youth teams when he was younger and has been playing really well for Hertha over the last two years. He's very flexible, he can play both right wing and right back and reminds me a bit of a technically versatile version of Seamus. Michael Preetz told newspapers recently that he won't be able to keep him in case a bigger club came knocking at the end of the season. And the Prem is always on the career wishlist for Bundesliga players. I hope RonKo and Walsh have an eye on this type of player as well.


Here's a little Weiser compilation. Those videos don't really say too much about a player's overall abilities but it highlights what makes him special and a key factor for Hertha playing European football this season despite playing ugly football otherwise
 
Lad from Vienna said:
Sounds interesting. I don't know about the Austrian league since it's really awful to watch. But the Bundesliga has got many people to watch.
I mentioned yesterday in the transfer window thread that I can't understand why we wouldn't go for someone like Höwedes from Schalke. He's a world champion willing to move and despite being in talks with Juventus where he'd definitely have to struggle to get into that back line I don't see why he wouldn't consider moving to a top 7 Premier League club like ourselves where he'd definitely see plenty of playing time and European football. Though I hate Schalke (never met just one Schalke supporter who wasn't, well, let's put it delicately, socially incompetent) I was always impressed with him. He's pretty quick for a central defender and he always convinced me as a leader, very vocal, very dedicated. I can remember one cup fixture where Schalke was struggling badly against a 3rd division team and he got really pissed and headed in a corner in the most majestic manner. Could really see him improving our team. But it's not gonna happen, sadly.

We should also keep an eye on Mitchell Weiser at Hertha BSC. He played for Bayern youth teams when he was younger and has been playing really well for Hertha over the last two years. He's very flexible, he can play both right wing and right back and reminds me a bit of a technically versatile version of Seamus. Michael Preetz told newspapers recently that he won't be able to keep him in case a bigger club came knocking at the end of the season. And the Prem is always on the career wishlist for Bundesliga players. I hope RonKo and Walsh have an eye on this type of player as well.


Here's a little Weiser compilation. Those videos don't really say too much about a player's overall abilities but it highlights what makes him special and a key factor for Hertha playing European football this season despite playing ugly football otherwise
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Excellent stuff.

Put that in the transfer thread, I'm sure it'll get a reaction ;)
 

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