Brazilian football names

Is it just me who finds the latest trend in Brazilian footballer names rather amusing ?

They could field this 3-4-3 side:

GK: Victor

DF: George Lucas, Alex, Cris

MF: Fred, Douglas, Wesley, Elton

ST: Alan, Jo, Hulk

Hulk aside, sounds more like my old school team !

Posted By: Steve in Holland on November 24th 2010 at 11:46:26

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Brazilian football names (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 24, 11:46:26
- Hmm (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Nov 24, 12:01:01
  - Jo plays up front for Man City. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 24, 12:02:54
    - Jow (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 24, 12:07:47
      - Jo?o is pronounced "Sjwow", as my colleague of the same name keeps correcting me ! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 24, 12:15:18
        
        Sjwow? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 24, 12:25:41
        
        "Sj" - as in a very soft "j" (as in French "jardin") (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 24, 12:38:20
        
        Dunno how to differentiate phonetically between "j" sounds in English, so (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 24, 12:40:06
        
        try showow (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 24, 13:04:39
        
        Ta, Worz. That's it (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 24, 13:21:50
    - I'm talking about the Jo that played up front for Schteves school team. (n/m) (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Nov 24, 12:07:37
      - there were a couple of males called Jo at my school (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 12:16:05
      - He had an additional e at the end innit (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 24, 12:14:42
        
        Indeed the male shortform (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Nov 24, 12:25:01
        
        and in Dickens (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 12:31:25
        
        Wasn't Dickens somewhat renowned for his "tongue in cheek" approach to naming characters? (n/m) (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, Nov 24, 12:38:51
    - Surprised to see him get a game now. Saw him shipped off to Galatasary on loan (Other Football) - pants, Nov 24, 12:04:37
- they name their footballs? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Nov 24, 11:57:15

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