Complete list of football clichés

[The Sock of Poskett]

He took one for the team

High pressure tactics

Glaring miss

... When it would have been easier to score

Defence-splitting pass

Hospital ball

Hollywood pass

Mercurial winger

Turns on a sixpence

Mazy dribble

A man with a lot on his mind

Speedy wide men

Last-gasp equalizer

Etc etc

 

[Justice]

Hooooooooooooooooooooooooffffffffff

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Hooooooooooooooooooooooooffffffffff

 

[beefypigeon]

From my childhood:

"It's not a hot potato"

 

[northstandsteve]

with all due respect to.... we should be beating these sides

 

[northstandsteve]

square at the back
flat back four
roy hodgson always plays 442 except when he plays 4123 last night...

 

[Hendrax]

"we just wanted the 3 points, ERM. you know, ERM, to take us to the next match with confidence, ERM. ERM, we're happy with the result and ERM ERM ERM!!!!

when it comes down to one of the scousers ( rooney, gerrard mainly )

 

[northstandsteve]

we did everything but score
i've seen them given
the harsh reality og the premier league
out classed
out foxed
the minnows of...

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we did everything but score
i've seen them given
the harsh reality og the premier league
out classed
out foxed
the minnows of...

 

[el punal]

Albion Related Media Headlines (When We Win!!) :

The Seagull has landed

All things Brighton beautiful

Brighton Rock!

Seagulls Soar

Brighton breezy

That'll do nicely (Amex link)

The sweet smell of Sussex (success - geddit!)

And any other reference to Brighton Pier, crashing waves, seaside, stoney beach etc. and Geordie fans leaving at 1.00 AM for the long trip south. Yawn!

 

[Dorset Seagull]

Onion bag
Over the top tackle
Showed his studs
Playing in the basement
Getting chalk on his boots
Big lads coming up from the back
Up against it
Backs to the wall

 

[driller]

He has pace to burn that lad

Nice height for a goalie

That sat up perfectly for him

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Albion Related Media Headlines (When We Win!!) :

The Seagull has landed

All things Brighton beautiful

Brighton Rock!

Seagulls Soar

Brighton breezy

That'll do nicely (Amex link)

The sweet smell of Sussex (success - geddit!)

And any other reference to Brighton Pier, crashing waves, seaside, stoney beach etc. and Geordie fans leaving at 1.00 AM for the long trip south. Yawn!

And ever transfer we do, 'Brighton SWOOP for new player'.

 

[SeagullSongs]

"Yeah, no"

 

[spring hall convert]

Warming the bench
Good time to score
The lad
The gaffer
giant-killing, David vs Goliath etc...
back/front stick
lost a yard
leads by example
flooding the midfield
end product
tricky winger
cast iron/ stone wall

Slightly OT but the thing I find most grating is the refusal to believe in the exisitence of adverbs e.g "the lad done brilliant" rather than "the lad did brilliantly." Beloved of Redknapp Snr & Jnr.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I'm not sure if it's a known clieché or not, but it's more of a common piece of commentry or pundetry which drive me MAD.

Say the game is 0-0 and Team B has missed 4 or 5 chances. The commentator will say "It may be nil nil, but Team B should have been 5-0 up by now".

Well no, if they had scored the first chance the game would have restarted with a kick off, and the same series of events would not have taken place. It's bloody chaos theory.

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Oh, my favourite which I LOVE to use is "aim for the corridoor of uncertainty"

 

[Bognor Bystander]

- The Table doesn't lie
- it's what we do over the season that matters (after being thrashed)
- He works 'ard though
- Never play the ball across your own penalty area (oops ! My old PE teacher)
- it's like the ball is glued to his feet
- he leapt like a spawning salmon