Sky Sports' Gary Neville ...

[Kontol]

I'm confused by the use of the appostrove 's. Does the 's mean the owner?

Skysports' Gary Neville means Gary Neville is the owner of Skysports.
Mancherter City's Riyad Mahrez means Riyad Mahrez is the owner of Manchestery City.

Man City 3-1 Man Utd
Sky Sports' Gary Neville:

"The second-half has been a mauling. City have been dominant."

Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez told Sky Sports:

"I think I have touched four balls in the first 30 minutes, but in my head, I had to stay focus.

Man City 2-1 Man Utd: Ilkay Gundogan's double puts City on the brink of treble with FA Cup win

Manchester City are just one game away from completing the treble after Ilkay Gundogan scored twice in a 2-1 victory over Manchester United in the FA Cup final.

www.skysports.com

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm confused by the use of the appostrove apostrophe+s ('s). Does the "'s" mean the owner?

"Sky Sports' Gary Neville" means Gary Neville is the owner of Sky Sports.
"Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez" means Riyad Mahrez is the owner of Manchester y City.

Man City 3-1 Man Utd
Sky Sports' Gary Neville:

"The second-half has been a mauling. City have been dominant."

Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez told Sky Sports:

"I think I have touched four balls in the first 30 minutes, but in my head, I had to stay focus.

Man City 2-1 Man Utd: Ilkay Gundogan's double puts City on the brink of treble with FA Cup win

Manchester City are just one game away from completing the treble after Ilkay Gundogan scored twice in a 2-1 victory over Manchester United in the FA Cup final.

www.skysports.com

Please note my corrections above. Take care with your spelling.

The use of an apostrophe + s can mean a lot of things. Yes, it usually refers to possession. In the two sentences you quoted, it means that the person named "works for/plays for".

Sky Sports' Gary Neville = Gary Neville, who works for Sky Sports
Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez - Riyad Mahrez, who plays for Manchester City

I think you've got the use of the possessive the wrong way round though, judging by what you guessed they mean.

"Alan's dog" means Alan is the owner of the dog, not the dog is the owner of Alan.

 

[Kontol]

Could I also say "Usingenglish's emrs2d2" to mean emsr2d2 who works for usingenglish?

I have heard someone say "Pep Guardiola's Manchester City". Should it have been writen "Manchester City's Pep Guardiola?"

 

[emsr2d2]

Could I also say "Using English's emsr2d2" to mean emsr2d2 who works volunteers for Using English"?

Yes, you could say that. However, note that none of us "work" here!

I have heard someone say "Pep Guardiola's Manchester City". Should it have been written as "Manchester City's Pep Guardiola?"

In this case, both are possible. The first suggests that Man City sort of belongs to Guardiola because he's the manager. Of course, that's not entirely accurate - the club belongs to the owners. The second would fit into the category of Guardiola working for Man City.

 

[jutfrank]

Skysports' Gary Neville means Gary Neville is the owner of Skysports.
Mancherter City's Riyad Mahrez means Riyad Mahrez is the owner of Manchestery City.

You have it the wrong way round. Sky Sports owns Gary Neville and Manchester City owns Riyad Mahrez. The 'ownership' in these cases is one of contractual employment.

 

[jutfrank]

I have heard someone say "Pep Guardiola's Manchester City". Should it have been writen "Manchester City's Pep Guardiola?"

This is different. In this case, Manchester City is the team, not the club. Pep owns the team. It's his team.

 

[Kontol]

You have it the wrong way round. Sky Sports owns Gary Neville and Manchester City owns Riyad Mahrez. The 'ownership' in these cases is one of contractual employment.

So when the 's indicates posession or affiliation, it means an employee of or belong to, doesn't it?

Sky Sports' Gary Neville = Gary Neville belongs to (is an employee of) Sky Sports.
Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez = Riyad Mahrez belongs to (is an employee of) Manchester City.

 

[Kontol]

This is different. In this case, Manchester City is the team, not the club. Pep owns the team. It's his team.

Well, I think Sheikh Mansour is the owner of Man City, not Pep. Pep only works as a coach. I still don't understand what the role 's here is. Is it an abbriviated form of "has?" Pep's Manchester City = Pep has Manchester City. This makes sense.

 

[Rover_KE]

It makes no sense, Kontol: you said yourself that Pep is employed by Manchester City as a coach.

 

[Kontol]

If Manchester City under Pep, the construction of the sentence is person + 's + team. If Pep is an employee of a team, the construction is team + 's + person. Is that what you mean?

 

[jutfrank]

So when the 's indicates posession or affiliation, it means an employee of or belong to, doesn't it?

Sky Sports' Gary Neville = Gary Neville belongs to (is an employee of) Sky Sports.
Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez = Riyad Mahrez belongs to (is an employee of) Manchester City.

Yes, right.

Well, I think Sheikh Mansour is the owner of Man City, not Pep. Pep only works as a coach. I still don't understand what the role 's here is. Is it an abbriviated form of "has?" Pep's Manchester City = Pep has Manchester City. This makes sense.

No, the apostrophe is possessive. The team belongs to Pep. It's his team. I've already told you that. He's assigned by the club as the head coach, and so he has the team in his hands.

 

[emsr2d2]

Pep Guardiola is the manager of Man City, not the owner or the coach!

 

[jutfrank]

Just to be clear: Pep Guardiola is the Head Coach. That's what we used to call the 'Manager'.

 

[White Hat]

Pep Guardiola is the manager of Man City, not the owner or the coach!

Isn't he the coach? Being a huge soccer fan, I feel the terms 'manager' and 'coach' are synonymous in this case.

 

[White Hat]

Emsr2d2 does have a point there. They discuss this here.

 

[Kontol]

Can I also say "Kontol's Indonesia" to mean "Indonesia under Kontol?"

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I also say "Kontol's Indonesia" to mean "Indonesia under Kontol?"

Only if someone called Kontol is king/president/prime minister (other leader titles might apply) of Indonesia.

***I would discourage everyone from Googling the name of the country and the OP's username together. You'll get a lot of 18+ NSFW websites!

 

[emsr2d2]

Just to be clear: Pep Guardiola is the Head Coach. That's what we used to call the 'Manager'.

There's an interesting discussion on the difference between them HERE.

 

[White Hat]

I found this on a New Zealand website: "Pep Guardiola is the coach of Manchester City. His side are now 10 points clear of Manchester United, who only have three games left.". The two terms ('manager' and 'coach') seem to be used interchangeably.

 

[jutfrank]

We've gone quite far off topic here, but people seem interested in the use of the words 'coach' and 'manager' in football.

Yes, they are used interchangeably by almost all fans, pundits, and journalists. However, there is a distinction made by some people on the inside of clubs, to align with fairly recent changes in how clubs are run. To complicate things more, different clubs use different managerial structures. I believe that in Guardiola's particular case, he has more control over the managerial side of things than most other head coaches.