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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Oct 4, 2015 6:17:19 GMT
I am watching all of Stoke's games in Beijing courtesy of Sina Sports and have the commentary playing even though I don't speak Chinese. I like to get the atmosphere of the crowd. The one thing I have noticed is that the commentators always refer to "Charlie Adam" whenever he has the ball. He is the only player to have both his first and second names used. I'm not sure why he gets this special treatment from the commentators but he does.
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Post by Gifton on Oct 4, 2015 6:56:50 GMT
And Charlie Adam likes a Chinese...
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Post by scottzbj on Oct 4, 2015 8:07:43 GMT
I am watching all of Stoke's games in Beijing courtesy of Sina Sports and have the commentary playing even though I don't speak Chinese. I like to get the atmosphere of the crowd. The one thing I have noticed is that the commentators always refer to "Charlie Adam" whenever he has the ball. He is the only player to have both his first and second names used. I'm not sure why he gets this special treatment from the commentators but he does. I use LETV sports and it's usually good but last night's feed was crap. Do you have a link to the Sina site? |
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Post by bigcashprizes on Oct 4, 2015 8:15:51 GMT
And Charlie Adam likes a Chinese... Boom boom! |
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Oct 4, 2015 8:25:33 GMT
Well, he does look a bit inscrutable!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2015 8:49:48 GMT
They like players who have a different slant on things.
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Oct 4, 2015 9:40:13 GMT
I am watching all of Stoke's games in Beijing courtesy of Sina Sports and have the commentary playing even though I don't speak Chinese. I like to get the atmosphere of the crowd. The one thing I have noticed is that the commentators always refer to "Charlie Adam" whenever he has the ball. He is the only player to have both his first and second names used. I'm not sure why he gets this special treatment from the commentators but he does. I use LETV sports and it's usually good but last night's feed was crap. Do you have a link to the Sina site? Here is the link: www.ssports.com/It isn't a free site. I paid 133 yuan last week to watch Stoke's remaining 32 games. I thought that was a good deal. If I had signed up at the start of the season it would have cost 199 yuan for all 38 games. |
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Post by Skankmonkey on Oct 4, 2015 9:42:53 GMT
And Charlie Adam likes a Chinese... Quality. |
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Post by mozzer on Oct 4, 2015 10:14:42 GMT
It may just be the easiest name to pronounce if your Chinese/Asian.........I struggle with half the teams names and I am English/European
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Post by NassauDave on Oct 4, 2015 11:21:13 GMT
It may just be the easiest name to pronounce if your Chinese/Asian.........I struggle with half the teams names and I am English/European "Charie, Charie Charie, Charie Charie, Charie Charie Adam ...." does have a certain ring to it.... |
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Oct 4, 2015 12:08:02 GMT
It may just be the easiest name to pronounce if your Chinese/Asian.........I struggle with half the teams names and I am English/European Yeah I guess Jon as in Walters could be tough to pronounce.  Certainly easier than Gren Johnson and Gren Wheran.  |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Oct 4, 2015 12:21:02 GMT
It may just be the easiest name to pronounce if your Chinese/Asian.........I struggle with half the teams names and I am English/European Yeah I guess Jon as in Walters could be tough to pronounce. Certainly easier than Gren Johnson and Gren Wheran. Or Lyan Shawcloss;) |
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Post by Sfance on Oct 4, 2015 12:36:49 GMT
Nice to see you on Dallas. But shouldn't you have picked up some zhong wen by now?
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Oct 4, 2015 12:48:57 GMT
Nice to see you on Dallas. But shouldn't you have picked up some zhong wen by now? I did but a visit to Peking University People's Hospital soon cleared it up. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2015 13:01:44 GMT
I'm guessing part of it may also be that Charlie Adam is an extremely british-sounding name and Charlie Adam himself wouldn't look out of place camping out in a weatherspoons from 10am on Monday mornings. Add all that with his extraordinary goals and he stands out.
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Post by scottzbj on Oct 5, 2015 6:36:35 GMT
I use LETV sports and it's usually good but last night's feed was crap. Do you have a link to the Sina site? Here is the link: www.ssports.com/It isn't a free site. I paid 133 yuan last week to watch Stoke's remaining 32 games. I thought that was a good deal. If I had signed up at the start of the season it would have cost 199 yuan for all 38 games. Thanks for that - I'll check it out. If you have an Android phone you can download the LETV sports app that lets you watch most Stoke games from free (but on a phone). It only charges for the ones with the bigger teams. I'll give Sina a try though; if the pic's good enough then 20 quid a year won't hurt. |
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Post by superstokiesimo on Oct 5, 2015 7:37:05 GMT
Maybe number 16 is his favourite
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Post by scottzbj on Oct 5, 2015 7:59:05 GMT
Yeah I guess Jon as in Walters could be tough to pronounce. Certainly easier than Gren Johnson and Gren Wheran. Or Lyan Shawcloss;) I'm absolutely fed up of the lacism on this board. |
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Post by potterblade on Oct 5, 2015 8:38:49 GMT
I'm fed up of the lacism on this board. Gren wheran. Our Craude Makarere |
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Post by danceswithclams on Oct 5, 2015 9:43:31 GMT
I'm absolutely fed up of the lacism on this board. That's not lacist. It's wenophobic. |
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Post by jeycov on Oct 5, 2015 13:46:36 GMT
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