Those of you who wanted

[cumbriankop]

There are several theories, but the most likely seems that it comes from the abbreviation P.P. that was used in old documents for Pater Putatibus ("Foster Father/Assumed Father"). Pater Putatibus is one of the titles of Saint Joseph (José in Spanish) and if you say P.P. in Spanish it's Pepe.

while all this is true, the reason he is called pepe is because as a child he adored pepe le peu (sp) or Pepe the super skunk.
sadly it has nothing to do with theology or spanish superstition. if on the other hand you can tell me why my nan is called 'Mimin' from her actual name Maria Louisa, then i would greatly appreciate it

[dww]

He decided the long ball with 2 big men was a way of playing against a LFC team in top form at anfield. Hardly representitive of his general approach. Silly childish thread.

Playing such a wide midfield and having Petrov as one of only two central midfielders against us seemed a pretty poor tactical choice though. I now his hand was forced somewhat by the lack of form of Agbonlahor but it still seemed a bad decision.

I don't really like O'Neill and never wanted him as our manager but he has done a good to excellent job wherever he has been.

[cumbriankop]

then again http://www.answers.com/topic/pepe-1

"Pepe is a nickname for José (Spanish)"
i've cousins called José and have never heard of this in my life... so there goes me

[RedReet]

My wife is from Mexico and in Mexico like all spanish talking countries I think, a person called Jose has the nickname Pepe.
According to my wife it is because in the bible, when you read about Jesus father, he is sometimes referred to as PP Josef, and the spanish version of Josef is Jose. The PP she can't remember what stands for, but according to her, that is why a Jose is called Pepe.
Whether she is making me look like a fool, I don't know, but she looked quite serious when she told me.
At least it is a common nickname among all Jose's.

There are several theories, but the most likely seems that it comes from the abbreviation P.P. that was used in old documents for Pater Putatibus ("Foster Father/Assumed Father"). Pater Putatibus is one of the titles of Saint Joseph (José in Spanish) and if you say P.P. in Spanish it's Pepe.

That's more like it.

Hope I don’t try relate this theory some time in future for myself or I could find myself in a very cloudy conversation about why Reina was named after Jesus.

[MrsB]

while all this is true, the reason he is called pepe is because as a child he adored pepe le peu (sp) or Pepe the super skunk.
sadly it has nothing to do with theology or spanish superstition. if on the other hand you can tell me why my nan is called 'Mimin' from her actual name Maria Louisa, then i would greatly appreciate it

Oh, I didn't know.



Pepe Le Pew

[RedReet]

while all this is true, the reason he is called pepe is because as a child he adored pepe le peu (sp) or Pepe the super skunk.
sadly it has nothing to do with theology or spanish superstition. if on the other hand you can tell me why my nan is called 'Mimin' from her actual name Maria Louisa, then i would greatly appreciate it

Because she hates people with stutters and wants to make sure they can never address her to have a conversation.

[MrsB]

while all this is true, the reason he is called pepe is because as a child he adored pepe le peu (sp) or Pepe the super skunk.
sadly it has nothing to do with theology or spanish superstition. if on the other hand you can tell me why my nan is called 'Mimin' from her actual name Maria Louisa, then i would greatly appreciate it

I have no idea and haven't found anything on the interwebs.

[Clapper]

That's more like it.

Hope I don’t try relate this theory some time in future for myself or I could find myself in a very cloudy conversation about why Reina was named after Jesus.

No, not Jesus, but Jesus' father.

[Clapper]

No, not Jesus, but Jesus' father.

Or at least the husband of Jesus mother.

[Mark79]

It's not really though mate, not in the way it's been described in this thread anyway. If you see a man in space and knock it long to him then that's completely different than hitting it long in the general direction of someone so that they can win a challenge to gain posession further up the field. If they actually have to win a challenge to get the ball then it could be argued posession was lost and won again.

I'd never though about the terminology before but long ball and long pass seem to split the two well enough.

Thats why I said its subjective though mate, people have different opinions of what a long ball is, to my mind it doesn't necessarily have to be a speculative boot up the pitch, it can also be a deliberate long range pass.

I agree that having separate terms would definitely make things clearer
but as far as I know there has never been a definitive distinction between the 2.

[RedReet]

No, not Jesus, but Jesus' father.

I know mate, I was joking that by the time I try to remember the reason, I'll only remember something about Jesus and make the story up as I go along.

[DannyMan2006]

Nothing wrong with the long ball as long as it's not the teams only game plan, ala wimbledon of the 80's.

[ronniedrew]

i think o neill is a very good manager, and an excellent motivator, they were playing excellent football early on until they got crocked in defence(laursen out, reo playing right full)now they look vunreable , they looked certain for 4th at one stage with a slim squad, excellent away from home with pacy attacks.

fair play to them , i hope they make it into 4th

[Redspin]

I wish people could differentiate between a long ball and a long pass. Long balls are hoofed in the general direction of a target man (Skrtel's at OT was neither, it was a clearance). On MOTD2 last night, Dixon referred to Dirk's pass to Riera and Pepe's pass also to Riera as "long balls".

I suppose Glenn Hoddle was a long-ball merchant, as is Xabi Alonso.

Agree 100%. Also against Man U, Dossena's goal came from getting on the end of a Reina goal kick. It wasn't a long ball drop-kick out of the goalie's hands aimed at anyone in particular, or just hoofed upfield in blind hope, it was just a bog standard goal kick that Man U's defence didn't deal with

[Redspin]

Someone actually wanted us to sign Darren Bent instead of Torres? As for Villa at Old Toilet, M.O.N. will employ his Wimbledon tactics and Heskey will score a brace. S.A.F. will get real mad as the suspended lunatic, Rooney, streaks across the field and collides with Rio during a Villa counter attack. The ball ends up in the back of the net and is counted as an own goal.

Please, please, please - only scum fans give old purple nose the deferential abbreviation of SAF. Must try harder