Football phrases you hate...

[DualityNSNO]

The "Scouse Skoda".

Reliable but crap.

 

[Cels]

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"We go again"

"Too good to go down"

Making excuses for someone who puts in a bad tackle: "He's not that type of player"

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[chrismpw]

I'll start you off....

He can do a job
I've seen it given
It's a free hit
He's an additional body.

All of them! All clichés and such phrases are just a lazy means of not bothering to communicate properly.

 

[Abertonian]

Just about did enough etc

 

[Walken]

Worldie, dig him out, anything used on soccer am

 

[Walken]

'Hoddle to take it with his favourite right foot', like he had a bagful of right feet.

Isn't it favoured

 

[blue61]

Isn't it favoured

I've heard both many times.

 

[Walken]

I've heard both many times.

Yeah favourite is pretty daft, some illiterate journos about

 

[Peter The Dog]

yeah, no.

 

[blue61]

'He had options to his left'. I can't ever recall a player with that name.

 

[Tommy Chong]

"the goalie made himself big"
making any statement with a question: "Can he get there -yes he can..."
"He is having a torrid time of it"
"takes one for the team"
"back when we were playing that wouldnt happen" (co-commentator)

'It's his bread and butter.' when the goalie makes an easy save.

Not so much in real matches, but it use to annoy the living bejezuz out of me while playing FIFA 2013 through to 2017.

 

[Rob17896]

I'll start you off....

He can do a job
I've seen it given
It's a free hit
He's an additional body.

He needs minutes
The transition
There was contact
This Football Club
A set piece

 

[Cels]

"the goalie made himself big"
making any statement with a question: "Can he get there -yes he can..."
"He is having a torrid time of it"
"takes one for the team"
"back when we were playing that wouldnt happen" (co-commentator)

Neville Southall certainly has.

 

[Rob17896]

Any position that is described as false.

If the player is a false 9 then tell us what bloody position they are playing in.

In fact, now I have written that, also midfield positions being described as numbers, not sure why but this irritates me.

They all have developed since we became an americanised TV show instead of a football match.

 

[jazzy]

There's a player in there somewhere

yeah like they are playing bloody hide and seek