Annoying words or phrases that have crept into football media vocabulary

[Jattdogg]

The word "sublime"

 

"Doing a Leicester"

 

 

 

 

 

[Jattdogg]

7 hours ago, foxy boxing said:

Tikka Takka

Absolutely hate this term.  Having said that it does make me think of Chicken tikka.

[notnow john]

Put a shift in.( No he hasn't he's had a game of football)

Turnover. (Another Americanism )

Not  enough for a penalty. ( There are not different degrees of a foul in the rules)

[Facecloth]

1 hour ago, iamafox said:

'If you don't shoot, you don't score'. No fvcking shit, you don't even have to follow football to understand that.

Not true, look at Palace against Watford in Saturday  

[foxfanazer]

Players not buying into the managers 'philosophy'

[Koke]

2 hours ago, Donut said:

Another thing.

 

When a big team plays a small team in a cup tie.

 

The way commentators turn a blind eye to twattish play from the smaller team. Like player commits a bad foul, its made light of, "proper tackle" or some phrase along the lines of suggesting its a legitamate way of getting in the big teams face.

 

Then the commentators being overly critical of everything the bigger team does in a blatantly pre meditated fashion.

 

 

 

Sutton v Arsenal. The Sutton players were wiping out Arsenal players with some shocking challenges but the commentators were making excuses for them.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

"The quarterback role" can get in the bin

 

 

 

 

[peterborofox]

Always hated the term  scoreless 

 

The match remains scoreless at 'halftime'

 

It's goalless not scoreless. The score is nil nil. 

 

[Guest ttfn]

"Results business"

 

Every business is a results business.

[filbertway]

Game management. Horrible. Just say they're being boring and time wasting. 

[RatbyBlue]

Adjudged offside.

 

Never used the word adjudged in any other walk of life. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Gegenpressing and trequartista can get in the bin an' all.

[TiffToff88]

Might be a controversial one here, but i don't like the phrase "6 Pointer". Its not like you get 6 points for a win, just because you're playing someone close to you in the table...

 

And yes, i'm aware its called a 6 pointer because it not only applies to the 3 points your team gets for winning, but also the 3 points your opponent fails to get. Still a stupid phrase in my book!

[foxile5]

47 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Gegenpressing and trequartista can get in the bin an' all.

 

It's the manner in which they're used. By smug, satisfied gits who think they're somehow better than the average punter. False 9, too.

[fleshdaddy]

This sort of stuff really annoys me, probably a lot more than it should. It's basically an obsession people seem to have these days, where they over complicate everything, maybe in an attempt to justify the vast amounts of money in the game these days!

Can't think of anything off the top of my head, but it annoys the hell out of me!

[foxile5]

There's so much to be angry about in the modern game. It's a treasure trove.

 

I genuinely love this thread.

[AKCJ]

"Goals win games".

 

"He's got that yard of pace".

 

"He fell into the offside trap".

 

"He's got that in his locker".

[AKCJ]

Probably my most hated expression is this.

 

A player has just put an opposition player in hospital with a ridiculous tackle. 6 studs into his knee.

 

The manager then, without fail, will come out and say "He's a lovely lad, he's not that sort of player". Literally 10 minutes after we've all seen that he absolutely is "That sort of player".

 

**** off.

[bovril]

"Ball picked up pace off the surface".

[Bobby Hundreds]

One from pro evo - "No quarter given or asked". 

[Donut]

Hes got a good touch for a big man

 

 

As if being tall means the player should have zero ability.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

"He's come in and galvanised them"

[RatbyBlue]

Early doors

[boots60]

20 minutes ago, RatbyBlue said:

Early doors

Back in the day when the pubs used to close in the afternoon, usually between 3 & 6 o clock, there was a selected few boozers with  a license to open early, hence the saying "early doors" Get in early. 

First used to excess by Ron Atkinson in the 1980's.  He himself was no stranger to "early doors"

 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

First used to excess by Ron Atkinson

Along with "easy-osy", "spotter's badge" and "he's done 'im for fun".