Football buzzwords and cliches (1 Viewer)

Gazolba

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #1

Great article in the Telegraph. I'm sure the folks on here can come up with some other cliches and phrases that have outworn their welcome or are just irritating.
One I find particularly annoying is "He knows where the goal is".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ds-clichs-and-stock-phrases-that-need-to-die/

 

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tim07

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #2

Sounds like one of those phrases you'll never hear used in the same sentence as a Cov City striker......

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Otis

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #3

I hate it when commentators say 'that was a world class save,' when it was anything but and the keeper would have been blamed had he not saved it.

I don't like the selective use of 'against the run of play ' either.

Depends who it is. If it is Leicester or Chelsea, suddenly it becomes classic counter attack football and instead of being 'pinned back' they have merely just 'soaked up the pressure.'

 

eastwoodsdustman

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #4

I hate 'you're in son' when someone going through on goal. Used to have a parent shout it at his lad when he played in my son's team.

 

Nick

Administrator

• Oct 13, 2016

• #5

"jockey him"

 

ccfcway

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #6

"effective game management"

"the high press"

 

Liquid Gold

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #7

Stopped reading after

"Great article in the Telegraph"

 

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Monners

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #8

Don't dive in! Can also be used in other walks of life!

 

I_Saw_Shaw_Score

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #9

"Tekkers"

 

Otis

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #10

Monners said:

Don't dive in! Can also be used in other walks of life!

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As can 'get in the hole' from the golfing world.

 

Gazolba

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #11

Otis said:

<snip>they have merely just 'soaked up the pressure.'

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My father worked in a noisy car factory and was paid by how many parts he machined during the day. He would get really annoyed when sports-people were described as being 'under pressure'. He would always say "they don't know the meaning of pressure".

 

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Gaz71

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• Oct 13, 2016

• #12

Some of the classic Sunday league ones.......

 

eastwoodsdustman

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• Oct 14, 2016

• #13

I'm guilty of 12 of the above!

 

stupot07

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• Oct 14, 2016

• #14

eastwoodsdustman said:

I'm guilty of 12 of the above!

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Tbf, there's a few of them that pros and semi pros will be saying too!

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Monners

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• Oct 14, 2016

• #15

Our ball - when it clearly isn't

 

vow

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• Oct 14, 2016

• #16

eastwoodsdustman said:

I hate 'you're in son' when someone going through on goal. Used to have a parent shout it at his lad when he played in my son's team.

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Did he score though or fluff his lines?!?

 

Gazolba

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• Oct 14, 2016

• #17

"There's plenty of time left".
"2-1 is a very dangerous score"
"That would have been a candidate for goal of the season ... if it went in"