Common football phrases

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Ancient one, ‘He’s missed a sitter’. Why sitter?

Apparently it comes from cricket when WG Grace played, the catch was so easy you could take it sitting down.

[splott parker]

‘Get in the mixer’, sand/cement & half the team.

[NYCBlue]

Apparently it comes from cricket when WG Grace played, the catch was so easy you could take it sitting down.

Surely it comes from the hunting term "sitting duck"? IE an easy target.

[xsnaggle]

Apparently it comes from cricket when WG Grace played, the catch was so easy you could take it sitting down.

It comes from shooting. The beaters would beat the bushes to make the birds fly so the 'guns' could shoot at them. It was considered bad form to shoot a bird sitting on the ground. (Particularly as it may be a female guarding her eggs which are next year's 'shoot'.)

[bigjoe]

"It's a marquee signing" - - what the feck did they sign him in a tent???

"The boy.... "did good" "had a mare' etc.............. The boy, a 26 yr old centre back FFS

"If he's passed to x... the balls in the back of the net" Bollox

"did good" (tennis "I was playing solid"). Please don't.

We don't hear "educated left foot" these days. Is it because of levelling out? Or not receiving any education?

[splott parker]

He’s a two footed player. Maybe why Long John Silver never made it.

[xsnaggle]

He’s a two footed player. Maybe why Long John Silver never made it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njK6...l=dwaynepipe59

[Bobby Dandruff]

I’m changing it to ‘missed a Meite’!!!!

Lol (that header a moment ago…. :-/ )

[splott parker]

Lol (that header a moment ago…. :-/ )

Exactly!!!!

[NTB]

"A game of two halves" could be used to sum up today's game.

[Whisperer]

"A game of two halves" could be used to sum up today's game.

More like 2 nil and you fkd it up.

[the other bob wilson]

More like 2 nil and you fkd it up.

Again.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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.

[Tuerto]

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.

[Joe Gillis]

Early doors

[Joe Gillis]

Up top.
Hate that!

[Joe Gillis]

He has a license to go forward.
What kind of license, drivers? dog? TV? ffs

[jon1959]

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!'

[Enoch Mort]

I had to explain to the missus what it really meant when she heard a pundit say that the goalkeeper had made himself big

[blue_emu]

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

[Rontomuk]

I once heard a commentator say " don't know what the ref was thinking, that was a perfect legitimate foul"

[chrisp_1927]

'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.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

'Unplayable' players actually being able to play gets me

[KingOfSiamIAm]

“He gave a nice little cameo”…
Why? Was he wearing a red cod piece ffs!

[Blue Tone]

Not that common but heard on the parks pitches …

“That’s the hammer”