Tired footballing cliches...

[Brian Fantana]

Phil Brown, appointed as Preston boss today, came out with this gem in his first interview:

""The supporters of this football club are some of the most knowledgeable in the country..."

If I had a pound for everytime I had heard an incoming manager say that, I might be giving Tony Bloom a run for his money.

An incoming manager is hardly going to begin his reign by saying that the fans of his new club are idiots.

Any other annoying cliches that irritate other people?

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

"Sick as a parrot"

Have you ever seen a parrot being sick?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Players saying "we're all behind the manager" - until he gets fired, and lo and behold they are all behind the next one too. Strange that.

"John Terry is a prick" - a cliche, but a true one.

 

[Kumquat]

Has to be "form is temporary, class is permanent" for me.

 

[Ernest]

Put a SHIFT in really WINDS me up

 

[sten_super]

"the best fans in the country"

"vote of confidence"

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

'disappointed'

 

[GT49er]

I get pretty fed up with the present obsession for saying 'football club' at every opportunity - we all know it's a FOOTBALL club they're talking about. Just say Millwall, Bristol City, Chelsea, or whatever club it is, without having to always add the appendage 'football club' - it's just spurious verbiage, like 'you know'.

 

[Garage_Doors]

One of the best supported clubs in the country.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Players like that twat yesterday saying things like 'I hope you all die' to the fans. Then, shortly after, issuing a patently insincere apology: 'I apologise, I hope you all dont die'.

 

[Acker79]

"this is the most open premier league season in years"

 

[Barrel of Fun]

"He's lost the dressing room" - no excuses for that. Most/all modern stadia are well sign-posted.

"Too good to go down" - that just doesn't make any sense.

"It's a funny old game" - not really. There are some amusing happenings, but on the whole not so much.

"At the end of the day..." - stop saying that!!

Not really cliches, but these do annoy me.

'The Gaffer..'

Jonesy, Hughsie, Lawrency, Murray-ey, Gazza, Wazza, Bazza, Spazza.

 

[Brian Fantana]

I get pretty fed up with the present obsession for saying 'football club' at every opportunity - we all know it's a FOOTBALL club they're talking about. Just say Millwall, Bristol City, Chelsea, or whatever club it is, without having to always add the appendage 'football club' - it's just spurious verbiage, like 'you know'.

Paul Merson does it ALL THE TIME on Soccer Saturday. In addition to saying that <insert football club> have won x FOOTBALL matches so far this season. What other kind of matches are they going to win? It just sounds mental whenever he says it.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

"this is the most open premier league season in years"

To be fair, this year, this one is probably true.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

My personal favourite is when the BBC cover an early round FA Cup tie featuring a non-league team. A veritable WORLD of cliches. 'He's an accountant, you know!' whenever their star striker has a shot on goal.

 

[Acker79]

To be fair, this year, this one is probably true.

Only if you take man utd out of the equation.

 

[upthealbion1970]

game of two halves

 

[simmo]

Club X is a "sleeping giant". Just how many sleeping giants are there? No you are where you are because your team are sh1t now.

 

[Superphil]

[French afliction] 'I did not see zee incident'

 

[hans kraay fan club]

'sleeping giant'