Modern Football Terminology You Hate !

[clapham_gull]

Market rate for players in this league.

Complete horsesh#t. If it was a market half the teams would pack up and leave the industry.

Be honest. Say wages are inflated but until there is a collective agreement we have to accept the status quo. We aren't brave enough to make a stand on our own.

 

[Wilko]

'The Scholes, the Gerrards, the Giggs' etc etc

This. Utter garbage.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

The term 'gaffer' being overly use in post match interviews makes me want to scream.

 

[SeagullSongs]

'Modern football'

 

[clapham_gull]

'Modern football'

Quite.

 

[No. 25]

He's an 'honest' player...

**** off

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Stonewall penalty.






Unless it's in a Pride charity football match.

 

[KNC]

My name is Paul Barber

 

[Barham's tash]

Where to start?

Use of the following phrases:
Wide areas
A coming together
tagging Football Club onto the name of any club often multiple times in the same sentence.

The majority of the above not because they're technically wrong but simply because the media, and in particular Sky Sports News has allowed a bunch of under qualified semi literate otherwise unemployable individuals to make a no doubt very lucrative living from making up terminology to make themselves sound more intelligent.

Oh and while we're on that topic Geoff Shreves. What a tool.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

World Class.

When has someone like Rooney shown that over a prolonged period?

I do chuckle when I hear journos stating that he should move on as a world class player shouldn't play second fiddle...

 

[SeagullSongs]

World Class.

When has someone like Rooney shown that over a prolonged period?

I do chuckle when I hear journos stating that he should move on as a world class player shouldn't play second fiddle...

What even is world class? Theoretically playing for your team internationally is enough to be 'world class', no?

 

[Davemania]

Image rights.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Champions League

how many teams are actually champions?

and it's not a league

 

[Ernest]

The group and other shite that comes out of brendan rogers mouth

 

[Blackadder]

"Asked a lot of Questions".

"Early doors" has gone. Never understood that one.

footballers used to "Battle". Favourite of Shearers.

 

[Blackadder]

My name is Paul Barber

Is that your contribution?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

The use of 'ask' as a noun e.g. 'That was a big ask.'

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Customer.

 

[Change at Barnham]

Playing someone 'Up Top'.

Getting to the business end of the season.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Super Sunday.