| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago 15:57 - Aug 19 with 2502 views | hunty21 |
'Pants down'
'High Ceiling'
'Food chained'
'High profile'
'In the know'
All down to social media and journalist using these phrases alot |  | | |  |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 19:02 - Aug 19 with 659 views | Sharkey |
The group. |  | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 19:26 - Aug 19 with 620 views | vilanovablue |
Passing through the lines, inverted full-backs, gegenpressing, tiki taka, breaking the press and false whomever he's hardly effing false because he's playing. |  | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 19:43 - Aug 19 with 613 views | FBI |
Shooooottttt! |  |
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 19:46 - Aug 19 with 605 views | Blue_Moses |
In the know has been used on here since I joined in the early 2000's and I've been using pants down since the 90s | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:18 - Aug 19 with 579 views | Bigalhunter |
Players ‘initiating contact’……feckin cheating
XG of 0.82….clean sheet or toothless up front
Balls hitting him/her him above/below the t-shirt line……handball
Official hydration partners….some hideous energy drink that keeps the grandkids awake & arguing all evening
Arm in an unnatural position….there’s no natural place for arms in a game of football
Players having it ‘in their locker’…….the only things in the locker should be the Rolex & wallet when playing some scallywags on their council recreation pitch in the early rounds of the cup
Players ‘setting out their stall’…..concentrate on the match and worry about car boot sales afterwards [Post edited 19 Aug 20:34]
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:27 - Aug 19 with 566 views | Vic |
'Gelling' |  |
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:31 - Aug 19 with 559 views | BluedanW |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 19:26 - Aug 19 by vilanovablue |
Passing through the lines, inverted full-backs, gegenpressing, tiki taka, breaking the press and false whomever he's hardly effing false because he's playing. |
I had never heard playing through the lines until women pundits started using the phrase at every possible opportunity | | | |
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:33 - Aug 19 with 554 views | Bigalhunter |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:27 - Aug 19 by Vic |
'Gelling' |
Translates as ‘nine new players who don’t know what they’re supposed to be doing unless they’re Sunderland’…. | |
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:40 - Aug 19 with 546 views | Bigalhunter |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:31 - Aug 19 by BluedanW |
I had never heard playing through the lines until women pundits started using the phrase at every possible opportunity |
Only women pundits?
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 20:58 - Aug 19 with 530 views | 66notout |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 18:16 - Aug 19 by Hermann_eats_puffin |
I don't like 'It's just a coming together' as is now used by lots of commentators when a blatant foul has been committed and it now seems to be used in such scenarios as say when in the home game against Leicester two seasons ago Chaplin was completely cleaned out in the Leicester penalty box and wasn't awarded what should of been a blatant penalty (and yes I'm still bitter about it). I can't remember whether these words were used in this exact passage of play when Chaplin was taken out but I've heard in used in similar such situations.
I just hear this phrase used so often now and it really bugs me as it tries to excuse certain players completely taking another one out. |
I hate it when people say ‘should of’ rather than ‘should have’. | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 22:17 - Aug 19 with 492 views | monty_radio |
"Fine Margins" Over and over again!
51% of last season's Premier games were won by a single goal. I imagine that's around par over recent years so,yes, fine margins are in the nature of football and also in any other sport where highly trained competitors face off. | |
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 22:18 - Aug 19 with 492 views | Blue_Moses |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 16:11 - Aug 19 by Churchman |
I hate all these.
Add in:
Two banks of four
Hydration break
VAR
No disrespect (it means you/the team are the dregs of the universe)
Simulation (cheating)
Transitioning (you mean trotting up the pitch)
High press (marking the defender)
Second phase (it’s 90 minutes phase, ya dope!)
Recycle (I do that with wine and beer bottles - and the odd pickled onion jar)
Forced turnover (you mean you tackled the sap)
Channel ball (whop it into the corner)
Development squad (ressies, stiffs or yoofs?) |
All brought in for the baseball/US audience | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 22:37 - Aug 19 with 474 views | mrfixit426 |
Week in, week out. Just say "every week." It takes less energy.
Starters and finishers.
Playing in the pockets. |  | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 06:23 - Aug 20 with 394 views | iamatractorboy |
Probably older than 10 years now, but I still hate it: 'stone wall', usually used in conjunction with 'penalty'. No... it's 'cast iron'.
'In and around'. | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 08:27 - Aug 20 with 364 views | oldbeardy |
'won x% of his duels' Duels????
'felt the contact' | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 13:45 - Aug 20 with 318 views | Gogs |
'intensity' is now used by commentators and pundits dozens of times every game. Used to just be considered as making an effort or trying hard. it's become meaningless. Momentum is another one, the momentumometer at the world cup was particularly crap, it's just possession.
And don't get me started on xG. What a load of bollox |  | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 13:58 - Aug 20 with 315 views | Rocky |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 16:11 - Aug 19 by Churchman |
I hate all these.
Add in:
Two banks of four
Hydration break
VAR
No disrespect (it means you/the team are the dregs of the universe)
Simulation (cheating)
Transitioning (you mean trotting up the pitch)
High press (marking the defender)
Second phase (it’s 90 minutes phase, ya dope!)
Recycle (I do that with wine and beer bottles - and the odd pickled onion jar)
Forced turnover (you mean you tackled the sap)
Channel ball (whop it into the corner)
Development squad (ressies, stiffs or yoofs?) |
I used to have quite a few hydration breaks on the terraces years agoo. |  | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 14:01 - Aug 20 with 312 views | strikalite |
On the grass...
Bodies in the building.. [Post edited 20 Aug 14:02]
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| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 14:36 - Aug 20 with 294 views | DJR |
"utter, utter woke nonsense"  |  | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 14:43 - Aug 20 with 274 views | Bluemike31 |
And Ironically KM used most of them, he absolutely loved a "Double Pivot" | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 15:04 - Aug 20 with 250 views | IpswichOnThames |
Pure profit | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 15:08 - Aug 20 with 246 views | lazyblue |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 15:59 - Aug 19 by Metal_Hacker |
Personal hate for "Low Block" |
Why did defending deep become low block. | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 15:09 - Aug 20 with 244 views | lazyblue |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 16:48 - Aug 19 by Rimsy |
Low block
Double pivot
Replacement (they're subs)
Transition (we've got the ball back)
Assistant referee (lino's and always will be) |
All these annoy me | | | |
| Football phrase we didnt say 5- 10 years ago on 15:17 - Aug 20 with 225 views | ellaandred |
Foot race. WTF |  | | |
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