Talk:Sven-Göran Eriksson

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"Eriksson's supporters cite the fact that in 134 years of international football, they have only ever once won major tournament quarter finals on foreign soil." And if I am NOT mistaken, in those 134 years, England has gone beyond the quarter finals in major tournaments twice actually. 1968 Euro they finished 3rd and 1990 World Cup they finished 4th. Both ironically were in Italy. I will make such correction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.196.9.236 (talk • contribs) 01:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I changed the IPA pronunciation transcription from English to Swedish. He is Swedish, remember! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.250.227.144 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I can't believe they don't have an article for Degerfors IF! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.153.33.168 (talk • contribs) 08:20, 5 January 2005 (UTC)

• Yes they do. =) — JIP | Talk 09:29, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Sven pronunciation? 2 Image Issues 3 Criticism 4 Swedish nickname 5 POV 6 Current Status ? 7 Malicious Content 8 Trophies 9 Hugliest

[edit] Sven pronunciation?

How do you pronounce this name when it's written in English? Swen or Səven? -Iopq 04:33, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

"Sven" is easy enough for English-speakers to manage despite the /sv/ cluster being somewhat phonotactically unsound in English; it is usually pronounced /svɛn/. 86.136.95.149 02:37, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

It's impossible. Every time I say Sven I either end up saying it with a denti-alveolar s and an approximant for the v (pretty much saying sven as a Ukrainian word); or denti-alveolar s and a palatalized v (saying it Russian-style); or saying Swen or Səven in English. I would have to actually practice it many times before I can say it using only English sounds. =Iopq 12:42, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

If only I had a microphone I would help you... my name is sven too ^^

cKaL 12:00, 21 February 2007 (CET)

[edit] Image Issues

I added an image which I think should be ok re:copyright although it is hard to be entirely sure. I suggest we leave it up unless challenged. This article is in desperate need of an image.

What are your thoughts? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EdTheRiver (talk • contribs) 07:25, January 9, 2006.

I don't think fair use can be claimed, see Image talk:Sven2.jpg Qwghlm 09:26, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Where might we go about finding an appropiate image for this page? Would something culled off the FA website be ok? How about the new one up now, this is surely close enough to fair use? The fair use guidelines seem a bit dubious anyways if u ask me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EdTheRiver (talk • contribs) 09:38, January 9, 2006.

Wikipedia:Publicity photos states that publicity images must be explictly designated as such - quote: "Most photos that are found on the Internet are not publicity photos." If there is a press kit section on the FA website, then use the photo from that, but please don't just take any picture, as that will almost certainly be a copyright violation.

PS Please sign your comments when you make them - it's dead easy, just type four tildes (~~~~) and the wiki will do the rest. Qwghlm 13:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism

The Criticism needs own section its to hard to read with out be bronken down... Tsar Clampshell 13:28, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

• I have added a preliminary Criticism section Dhimwit 21:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Swedish nickname

Well it had to be asked... how does one pronounce "Svennis"? And just why does he have this nickname? Timrollpickering 22:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Pronounced something like Sven-iss, this nickname for him is very common in Sweden. An english equivalent would be something like "Svennie". 81.235.166.92 10:26, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

Well there are numerous instances of POV, mainly in the "criticism" section - many statements that are unsourced. In fact, all of the article, except for the extramarital affairs, is unsourced. ugen64 21:34, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I have issue with the choice of words talking about the criticism of Eriksson in that what is expressed here is merely the opinion of writers, pundits, and others and must be treated as such in an encyclopedic article. There are many weasel words in this article.

smr 04:50, 18 October 2006 (UTC) Smrgeog

[edit] Current Status ?

What's he doing now —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.181.74.67 (talk • contribs) 18:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

He was in Kiev last week for talks about taking over there. No further news yet. http://visitkievukraine.com/news/dynamo-kiev-hold-talks-with-eriksson/ Kievboy 04:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Malicious Content

'Like a nob' reference removed. Kievboy 04:32, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trophies

Should there not be a list of honours he had won?--Vindicta 20:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hugliest

"He was also voted "The Hugliest Man In The World" on February 15 2005"

I have personallly never heard of "hugliest" nor does google reveal any informative results. Are there any sources for this claim either? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.65.70.83 (talk) 21:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC).