If you were Niall, what words or phrases would you ban from the football forum?

Eckers99

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Moyes, LvG and Jose. Let's just forget they ever happened.
 

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'Goalscoring movement' and the rest of the stats shite people have started to spew out recently
 

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The sheer number of variables involved in predicting the outcome of a future footballing event is an absolutely mind-boggling endeavour in itself (they are literally too numerous to mention) let alone predicting whether a specific player will or will not convert a goal scoring opportunity.

The xG stat is meaningless in itself, and using it as a means of prediction is hugely unreliable given the considerable number variables in the equation. Your personal knowledge of the striker's ability is equally beneficial if not more so.

@Chipper
I don't think it's that great either, I went back and edited in why into my post after you'd already posted this.

DDG was saving us over and over again last season according xG, and to the eye if you'd watched us. Does that mean you should continue to assume he would, or would you assume that he's not going to be able to keep it up all season long? Both would be reasonable conclusions, especially if you didn't know much about DDG or hadn't watched a lot of United. In the end he pretty much did keep it all season. Same with Burnley, their results and Nick Pope.

On the other hand I think xG was supposedly showing that Arsenal weren't as good as they were at the start of this season and they did indeed have a bit of a dip in form in December.

What I'd say is that it might be something to look at if you're betting on teams that you don't actually watch often, but then that's not a good idea in the first place if you were a really serious gambler. To a casual person having a bit of fun, it might be have a little bit of use, or at least give the illusion that it does.
 

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I'll include phrases as well:

downed tools
didn't back the manager
overrated/underrated
mentally weak
rigged
the Glazers took 1b out of the club
he hasn't won any trophies
we can get him for (insert arbitrary amount) pounds
we should pay (insert arbitrary amount) pounds for him

^ all are cringeworthy or lies
 

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All of those hipster Italian terms to describe various type of midfielder.

If you are Italian, you're excused. If you are not Italian, you are a pretentious arsewipe.

It's a midfielder. Either an attacking one, a defensive one, or a deep-lying one. that's all.
 

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I'd remove the green smiley - that'd be the best thing for the forum.

Would mean people had to voice an actual critique of a post / idea, rather than a succession of green smileys.

Text speak is banned, rightly so. The emoticons should be trimmed right down in my opinion - starting with the green smiley.
 

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'Citeh'

You support a club that comes from (just outside) Manchester. Why would you mock the Mancunian accent just because you come from Mumbai, Minnesota or Mayo?
 

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I'd remove the green smiley - that'd be the best thing for the forum.

Would mean people had to voice an actual critique of a post / idea, rather than a succession of green smileys.

Text speak is banned, rightly so. The emoticons should be trimmed right down in my opinion - starting with the green smiley.
This is the only sensible idea I have read in this thread. Everything else is just people having a laugh.
 

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Manager X plays good/bad football. Makes no sense to me. Managers don't play football, their players do.
 

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Manager X plays good/bad football. Makes no sense to me. Managers don't play football, their players do.
It’s obvious what it means though.

The manager is almost entirely responsible for the team’s playing philosophy.
 

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"why aren't we in for him?" for around about 200 players every year
 

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Underrated

Overrated

Hype

GOAT

Hipster's choice
 

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0-0 in the away leg is a huge advantage for the home side in the return match
 

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"I'm not saying he won't turn out to be a good player but at the minute _______ is better but ______ might be better at some point"
 

Eckers99

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"why aren't we in for him?" for around about 200 players every year
Yeah, this phrase needs to go. The number of times it's been spouted about De Jong and De Ligt, when nobody even knows who we're after, boils my piss.
 

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'That ship has sailed.'
 

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"He's obviously a good player BUT... [insert highly critical comment here]" (applies to clubs and coaches too).
 

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That green laugh emo needs to be banned. It can mean lot of bad things and also cringe lot of people.
 

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"He's obviously a good player BUT... [insert highly critical comment here]" (applies to clubs and coaches too).
It has a purpose though, so that when someone replies on you, you can just say 'but I said he's a good player damn it !' and shut him up completely from the start.
 

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Overrated, Underrated, Intensity, Character, Passion, beast, lazy, donkey, useless, waste of space, deadwood......
 

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<Insert manager name> fan boys.

Those members who do not agree with <insert opinion> have no idea about football.

From what I have seen of <insert player name> on youtube, he ticks all boxes for me.