der Berliner 3,925 Posted yesterday at 11:42 Author Share Posted yesterday at 11:42 3 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said: If he's hated so much why do folk keep calling him by his first name? It's Yilmaz as far as I'm concerned. Yilmaz is a name like Smith or Miller in Turkey, AND, more importantly, football was introduced to Turkey before they had surnames. Thus, by tradition, Turkish players use their first names on their shirts, much like commentators do. If there are more than one, the first letter of the surname appears too. Aside from this, the formal approach to a Turkish man would be "Ridvan bey", but "Mr. Yilmaz" in English. His wife would be called (i.e. don't know her name, if he has one) e.g. "Ilay bay". So it is quite normal that we call him Ridvan. On a sidenote, our Brazilian striker is actually Danilo Pereira da Silva, and we all know what is written on his and his compatriots' shirts. And I am quite sure that this is just a traditional Brazilian footballer thing. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,754 Posted yesterday at 11:52 Share Posted yesterday at 11:52 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,469 Posted yesterday at 11:57 Share Posted yesterday at 11:57 14 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Yilmaz is a name like Smith or Miller in Turkey, AND, more importantly, football was introduced to Turkey before they had surnames. Thus, by tradition, Turkish players use their first names on their shirts, much like commentators do. If there are more than one, the first letter of the surname appears too. Aside from this, the formal approach to a Turkish man would be "Ridvan bey", but "Mr. Yilmaz" in English. His wife would be called (i.e. don't know her name, if he has one) e.g. "Ilay bay". So it is quite normal that we call him Ridvan. On a sidenote, our Brazilian striker is actually Danilo Pereira da Silva, and we all know what is written on his and his compatriots' shirts. And I am quite sure that this is just a traditional Brazilian footballer thing. Thanks for that Db. Most informative. You are indeed a cunning linguist! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,831 Posted yesterday at 12:00 Share Posted yesterday at 12:00 No matter his name, he's either injured or on verge of leaving. Hopefully the latter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,469 Posted yesterday at 12:03 Share Posted yesterday at 12:03 On 24/01/2025 at 20:42, FDMA said: A move to Kenya might be better 🤪 Or Dublin !! Well if they go there we will follow on! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 1,014 Posted yesterday at 12:24 Share Posted yesterday at 12:24 22 minutes ago, CammyF said: No matter his name, he's either injured or on verge of leaving. Hopefully the latter. IIRC you were a bit like me that you quite liked Barisic, I certainly think he was better than Yilmaz and had a whip of a cross. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,831 Posted yesterday at 12:36 Share Posted yesterday at 12:36 10 minutes ago, Gribz said: IIRC you were a bit like me that you quite liked Barisic, I certainly think he was better than Yilmaz and had a whip of a cross. I did like Barasic but also admitted he needed to be moved on but he was a far better option than Ridvan. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,831 Posted yesterday at 12:59 Share Posted yesterday at 12:59 Wonder how much Wrexham would take for Dalby? Top league scorer and looks a prospect. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,469 Posted yesterday at 13:49 Share Posted yesterday at 13:49 Much better second half. Monkey off backs? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,754 Posted yesterday at 13:50 Share Posted yesterday at 13:50 Chelsea woman’s team has more money than us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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