Talk:Tomáš Rosický

Czech Republic vs. USA

I don't think that scoring two goals in the group stage of the World Cup is an event that merits being added to the international career part of his biography, beautiful as the goal may be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yonatanh (talk • contribs)

I do. It would be one of the highlights of any footballer's career.  SLUMGUM  yap  stalk  00:04, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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Yeah there is no doubt that this should be on there, it is the undoubted highlight of his career to date.

noteworthy enough. Chensiyuan 09:06, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Rosický's nicknames?

[1][2]  SLUMGUM  yap  stalk  13:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. Well, 1. I have never heard that nickname before the hype with his Arsenal transfer, 2. It is 100% considered as a hoax/mistake by Czechs. If you take a look at a Czech version of the search, you'll find only nonrelevant results and results commenting on how Dumpling is a nonsense, see e.g. [3]

Říkají mu Knedlík. Opravdu?

Stačilo přestoupit do londýnského Arsenalu a hned kolem Tomáše Rosického začaly vířit fámy. Třeba britský server Football365. co.uk přinesl 10 "zajímavostí".

1.Nosí přezdívku Knedlík, podle jeho milovaného jídla. V Česku se o něm píše lichotivěji – Fotbalový Mozart.

Pravda jen napůl. Knedlík je úlet, tak se mu neříká.

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They call him Dumpling. Really?

It was enough to be transferred to Arsenal London, and immediately, many rumours have started to swirl around Tomáš Rosický. For example, the British server Football365.co.uk brought 10 "interesting things".

1. His nickname is Dumpling, because of his favourite dish. In Czech Republic, they call him more flatteringly – Football Mozart.

Only half-truth. Dumpling is nonsense, he is not called like that.

[and continuing with corrections of the rest of the list]

or [4]

„Arsenal napíchl knedlík,“ vítá špílmachra českého nároďáku na ostrovech titulek deník The Sun. Ale proč proboha by měl být »Rosa« právě Knedlík? „Miluje tuto českou specialitu. Proto mu tak spoluhráči říkají,“ mate list. A navrch »Rosu« označuje za defenzivního hráče! To jsou, pane, znalosti!

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"Gunners nab Dumpling", The Sun welcomes the Czech national team's pacesetter on the islands. For God's sake, why should "Rosa" be called Dumpling? "He loves this Czech specialty. That's why his team-mates call him so," confuses the newspaper. On top, the paper calls "Rosa" a defensive player! That's what I call knowledge!

or [5] (free login required, try bugmenot.com):

Horečně se vymýšlejí jeho přezdívky. Bulvární The Sun a Mirror se nechtějí vzdát Knedlíka, […]

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Frantically, many nicknames are invented. Tabloid The Sun and Mirror do not want to forgo Dumpling, […]

I know he has been called Schnitzel for a while after his arrival to Borussia, but he objected to the name and with the help of the team he was able to persuade the fans not to call him like that. And if you try to look at the German version (trying to filter out the backfire of Arsenal transfer hype): Rosicky Knodel -Arsenal, you'll find not many relevant results, in fact, I can see still the only one, (now defunct) [6].

--Mormegil 09:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I disagree, on the basis that he has come out and publicly said that he didn't like the nickname "Dumpling" - but that it was indeed a nickname that he acquired at Dortmund. It's difficult to refute what the player himself has said. As a result, I feel that Dumpling should be placed there. [7] Cyril Washbrook 06:47, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, it still continues to surprise me, but I'll accept that as a fact; nonetheless, I have reordered the nicknames and added the Schnitzel one (it seems to be as relevant as Dumpling), to what I believe is both temporal and frequency-of-use sort. (Maybe Rosa should be after Little Mozart, I am not sure how often is that used in English.) If there would are any objections, we could use alphabetical sort. --Mormegil 15:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

In the end, as long as we've got all the sourced nicknames that we agree on, I think it's fine. Any order should do as well. Cyril Washbrook 10:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Career statistics

Having only "Arsenal statistics" smacks of a an Arsenal fan who has come into the article and done the easy and soft option of just adding the arsenal stuff. SHould be expanded. Niall123 21:51, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Deffo. In mitigation, foreign league statistics are sometimes hard to find.  Slumgum T. C.   15:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

OTT imho KZF 18:38, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

LOL. Chensiyuan (talk) 09:45, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Rosicky and Hleb wingers?

Rosicky plays as left central midfielder, on left is usually van persie or ljungberg, and he is definitelly not winger and Hleb neither, Arsenal dont use wings so much.

Rosicky chleb in Czech means a type of sliced bread you use for making toast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.160.221.174 (talk) 19:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Vice captain Rosicky earns £25,000 fine

Can someone please add this becuase I'm not sure how to do it correctly.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=417390&cc=5739

He was fined when he was on international duty for spending the night with some prostitutes.

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Uboat (talk • contribs) 20:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

Weasel Words

Sentences like "he is regarded as" and "he is known for" don't carry much weight, they are also discouraged on Wikipedia: See Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words. I've deleted the most obvious one. It would be better to get quotes from experts in the game (Wenger must have said lots of things) to replace these unsubstanciatable claims. Thehalfone 16:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Also the description of him isn't NPOV and needs to be rewritten by someone who isn't his publicist.

by anon

why is there no mention of his love of prostitutes?

You can add it if you can back it up. Assuming the information is any encyclopedic. Although I think you may be referring to the post above by uboat. Or you could be uboat. Chensiyuan 09:05, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

And also his rumoured drug problem? I'm going to look into it. JFBurton (talk) 10:01, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Unofficial site link removal

The hardest edits to remove are the ones where an editor is trying to help a favorite subject, and to help Wiki! The link in Czech isn't helpful, because most English Wiki readers do not speak Czech, and editors cannot verify the information. See WP:NONENG. An exception might be when there is no English available, but in this case, the official English site is already in the External links. The other link to the "English unofficial website" is mostly an advertising site with other subjects. It is a problem for several reasons, see WP:LINKSTOAVOID. So, keep up the good work, but those External links are not appropriate. Piano non troppo (talk) 03:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Tks. Chensiyuan (talk) 15:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)