It hasn't aged well, that's for sure! :getscoat:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
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It hasn't aged well, that's for sure! :getscoat:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Early doors:facepalm:
Up top.
Hate that!
One I have read too much today and hope doesn't become common: 'data point'.
This seems to be used mainly whilst getting off on throwing toys out of the pram and screaming 'Bottlers!'
He has a license to go forward.
What kind of license, drivers? dog? TV? ffs
I had to explain to the missus what it really meant when she heard a pundit say that the goalkeeper had made himself big
Sitting duck ?Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
suppose it's true after today's efforts!Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
https://twitter.com/bryansgunn/statu...992441344?s=20
Bryan Gunn's twitter page has an excellent selection of well edited cliche phrases, some already been mentioned.
Here's a couple but plenty more on the page to tuck in to
early doors
https://twitter.com/bryansgunn/statu...063127040?s=20
park the bus
https://twitter.com/bryansgunn/statu...762884608?s=20
there or there abouts
https://twitter.com/bryansgunn/statu...622714880?s=20
rolls royce
https://twitter.com/bryansgunn/statu...349155328?s=20
110%
https://twitter.com/bryansgunn/statu...705452035?s=20
I've brought this up before on here but there can't have been any glaziers on because I didn't get a reply. I was querying whether a window can actually slam shut. My limited knowledge of windows is that even if they slam then there is still some manual work needed to actually shut them, unlike a door. It's probably not important but it bothers me a bit every now and again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Not as much as 'world-class save' though. That breaks me.
When I first started playing for the equivalent of a parks team in Germany I used to shout to my team mates in literal translations in German of English football idioms such as 'in the air', 'on the wing' etc. I quickly learned that the phrases made no sense to them.
And appeals to the ref for a penalty had to be expressed as a claim for an 'Elfmeter' i.e. an eleven metre.
Bloody Metric.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
I once heard a commentator say " don't know what the ref was thinking, that was a perfect legitimate foul"
'the press' instead of pressing gets me. Already had 'low block' earlier in the thread, another bullshit term for a team sitting deep.
The winner for me is 'execute' though. Crept in about 2 years ago and is now endemic. I'd like to see anyone who uses the term execute to be executed themselves. Only way to stop it.
'Unplayable' players actually being able to play gets me :facepalm:
“He gave a nice little cameo”…
Why? Was he wearing a red cod piece ffs!
Not that common but heard on the parks pitches …
“That’s the hammer”
My old pal and celebrity Millwall fan used to hate a fella shouting, 'Play the way you're facing'.
Never heard that down the City though.
Is the phrase “Woman on” used now in the female game?
As long as it isn't "Lady on" all is good!Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Apparently it comes from cricket when WG Grace played, the catch was so easy you could take it sitting down.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
‘Get in the mixer’, sand/cement & half the team.
I see Ramsey "feathered" in his goal on Saturday according to the commentator on he club website.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
@bryansgunn on Twitter is worth a follow, he makes funny videos with common phrases and Dion Dublin always makes a cameo. It’s class
This his latest:
https://x.com/bryansgunn/status/1698...xyPQF8Betlv1bw
He’s done loads
https://x.com/bryansgunn/status/1695...xyPQF8Betlv1bw
It appears there are no "top" teams or players at the moment. They all seem to be 'top top"
And I know this is different but it used to make me cringe when Souness always said " Kelly, when I played with your Dad"
Yes. Not using data and and ignoring the resulting analysis really is the way forward. For any organisation.Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
Let me think of how many clubs do this……..oh, ZERO!
clip pass, that CCFC commentator loves a lovely clip pass.
Not necessarily a football phrase but here's one I have heard just recently, just now from the annoying lady commentator on the Ryder Cup, from the "Getgo" (from the start).
Another one that had crept into sporting vernacular, heard it in a rugby world cup match a few times the other day.
"He is box office" :frown:
Hugh Johns used the term very adjacent :hehe:
Hugh "One nothing" JohnsQuote:
Originally Posted by TWGL1
'Early bath' seems somewhat dated
Anyone that says Top Top player or anyone that says something like he's up there with 'Your Rooneys, Your Beckhams' etc as if Rooneyism is a thing
And this ( a goal , a nice goal but scored throughout football on a regular basis ) is why this ( the Premier league ) is the greatest league in the world !
Absolute bollocks
Pretty Pretty Keep BallQuote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Hugh was a long ball merchant
Good lad
That's just Sky's self-indulgence.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Think these days they just refer to it as the most exciting league, not the greatest or best.
"there's an appeal for hands"
Anything spouted by Emma Hayes (Hoddle sound-alike), in particular the previously mentioned Double Pivot, High Press and Low Block...... aaaaarrrrggghhh !!!
Another new one that people may not have heard of is ‘flat track bully’
Surely it comes from the hunting term "sitting duck"? IE an easy target.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
I really couldn’t care less.Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton
Wowzers. Nothing to add. No smiley.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
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