Rafa Benitez
After the defaet to Merchandise United on Sunday, says "This game will show that we are strong. We can score goals in any stadium. We can beat anyone"

Errr, "beat anyone"? Didn't you just lose the game Rafa?
(GingerIrishTosser isn't dead yet., Mon 22 Mar 2010, 6:30, 6 replies)

"Can" doesn't equal "will"
Also you should remember that English isn't his first language.
( Zuowan, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 8:53, closed)

that doesn't make a difference
can and will in Spanish are completely unalike - it's imposible to confuse the two.

(can being a verb on it's own, will (future) is a verb form)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 9:07, closed)

I don't think he was confusing the Spanish meanings, as he is Spanish...
However, in English, can and will are, to a degree, interchangeable. This can trick foreigners.
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Mon 22 Mar 2010, 9:30, closed)

Two seperate points,
I made.
Hence the use of the word 'also'.
( Zuowan, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:10, closed)

You say potato I say chips...
It isn't whether the linguistic variances between future, present and past participles or indeed latinate and latin-germanic bastard languages causes the problem that is the issue it is more to do with the fact that the red-faced, bearded goat bummer,his book of outlandish excuses and conspiracy theories and his team of petulant thuggish school children got beaten by a fairly mediocre Man U team. I found that quite rewarding and I don't particularly like the others much either.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Mon 22 Mar 2010, 17:53, closed)

Or perhaps
It was a case of "We can beat anybody but we chose not to so there!"
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Mon 22 Mar 2010, 17:54, closed)