What's your favourite cliche, sporting or otherwise?

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

'[insert crap striker name here] holds the ball up well'

Yeah, right, course he does. But only cos he has neither the pace nor the skill nor the imagination to do a single other damn thing with it.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

blue sky thinking
helicopter view
singing from the same hymn sheet

 

[Gully]

Lets run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I particularly despise the horribly patronising coverage by the BBC in their early rounds of the FA Cup, featuring a League and non-League team.

You're supposed to call them "minnows".

Dunno why.

 

[desprateseagull]

cheese and bacon.

oh hold on, CLICHE, not quiche..

 

[Pavilionaire]

"I love him to bits".

I've never understood that. Always said by cloying, plain girls from the lower classes - the sort that watch Eastenders and think Jordan is a good role model.

 

[SeagullTim]

Different gravy

 

[Dave the OAP]

lets get our heads together!!!!!!


...and have a thought shower

 

[dougdeep]

"They think it's all over"

 

[H block]

''He will be the first to admit he should have done better with that chance''

Motson 1972 to .........

I bet he won`t

 

[Gully]

Pavilionaire, add to your comment:

He is my rock!

 

[NMH]

''He will be the first to admit he should have done better with that chance''

Motson 1972 to .........

I bet he won`t

Reminds me of an Irish commentator... Tommy Smith if I remember right.... a player would take a shot from 40 yards that would just graze the crossbar going 100mph, and he'd say "ow, he shoulda done better dan dat"

 

[Simster]

'[insert crap striker name here] holds the ball up well'

Yeah, right, course he does. But only cos he has neither the pace nor the skill nor the imagination to do a single other damn thing with it.

That same player is usually a "bustling" centre forward.

bustling = slow, no skill, absolute shite.

 

[SussexSpur]

"Lost the dressing-room" may have once been a fair enough way to describe a manager's lack of, well, man-management skills - but it's used so much nowadays, it seems to too often absolve players themselves of any responsibility.

 

[desprateseagull]

we were far the better team, despite their 4 lucky goals which went against the run of play..

 

[Cian]

Danger Here!

(note, you may have to be Irish to understand the significance of this...)