Football phrases that grinds your gears

[Gary_Walsh_Nou_Camp_Hell]

This cnut matterface on itv keeps doing a weird thing when talking about england cleansheets.

He says '1-0, 1-0 (then pause), 0-0, 1-0, 1-0' in a weird temp. It grinds my gears.

 

[Gentleman Jim]

"He's not on/at it"
Analysts get paid good money to criticise a match.

They're stealing a living.

 

[Gentleman Jim]

This cnut matterface on itv keeps doing a weird thing when talking about england cleansheets.

He says '1-0, 1-0 (then pause), 0-0, 1-0, 1-0' in a weird temp. It grinds my gears.

Whoever promoted him to be their Chief Commentator needs sacking.

 

[dcrompton]

The use of irony. I don't find it incredibly ironic if a player scores against a former club

 

[Hughes35]

The thing about players being in a good "Moment" or a bad "Moment". Just call it form or say they are playing well / not playing well.

 

[dcrompton]

I dislike the use of stonewall for clear cut penalties. Stonewalling means to delay or fail to cooperate but in football it has somehow been misused and is now commonplace.

 

[Withnail]

I dislike the use of stonewall for clear cut penalties. Stonewalling means to delay or fail to cooperate but in football it has somehow been misused and is now commonplace.

That's all language though isn't it?

That's just what it means now, irregardless of how we feel about it.

I know irregardless is wrong

 

[AdamColeBebe]

It really is irritating. Scholes does it all the time. "Your Salah's and your Mane's".

Oh god yes. So who else is a Mane? Who else is a Salah? How many Salah's are in the PL?

 

[Gandalf]

"Bang Average"

Use of this phrase is proof you know nothing whatsoever about football, also you are probably a 14 year old virgin who couldn't blow the skin off a rice pudding trying to sound hard.

 

[Old Ma Crow]

“Showing him a clean pair of heels” such a CM and commentary cliche.

 

[Irrational.]

Anything that comes out of Jermaine Jenas’ gob.

 

[njred]

“It just had to be him” TV commentators when a well known striker gets a goal as if no one else can score.

 

[Jibbs]

The WWII references as soon as its England vs Germany.

 

[Offsideagain]

‘Taking one for the team’ in other words, cheating.

 

[Bepi]

“They were there for the taking!” … inevitable, after any given loss.

 

[Ikon]

One team on lets say 50 points, team behind win to be on 48 points, "they're within two points" ....That phrase just fecks me right off..!

 

[Heinzesight]

‘Dark arts’

feck off.

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

These are more transfer related words that only ever seem to be used during a transfer window…

“Gazumped”
“War chest”

 

[stevoc]

Jermaine Jenas

 

[stevoc]

It's not a specific phrase, but it winds me up how commentators will not shut up for two seconds. It's a mixture of, "the audience has a five second attention span, so say something every two seconds, even if it's inane" and, "look, I did research, here's a pointless stat I can crowbar into the commentary".

Stats of almost any kind should be banned from football commentary. They're there to tell us what's happening in the game they're currently watching.

Not to bore the tits off people by letting us know Spurs haven't scored against United from a corner on a Sunday since 1964.

 

[Peter van der Gea]

"Double Pivot "

Every time I see this thread, I hear Ross's voice...

 

[sillwuka]

Nice "Ebb and flow" to the game.

Just heard this on BBC and it's not the first time I've heard it.

 

[FizzyWomack]

“We go again” has to be up there.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

“Come back stronger” after an injury.

 

[Zen86]

“That’s clever play” used to wind me up when it was one of the English media darlings taking a blatant dive. The same commentators would call out “cheating the ref” when unpopular jonny foreigner did the same.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

He’s got good/great/wonderful feet for a big man.

 

[mu4c_20le]

He’s got good/great/wonderful feet for a big man.

Replace big man with an ethnicity and its actually shocking

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

Replace big man with an ethnicity and its actually shocking

people don’t say that though. that’s not something anyone says.

Tonight is was Danny Murphy who said this about Arnautović

 

[mu4c_20le]

people don’t say that though. that’s not something anyone says.

Tonight is was Danny Murphy who said this about Arnautović

I know, but that's only because people are used to saying/hearing it. I'm surprised people still use it as its pretty sizeist towards big men.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

I know, but that's only because people are used to saying/hearing it. I'm surprised people still use it as its pretty sizeist towards big men.

i imagine it’s been said thousands of times about Zlatan.

 

[fergies coat]

It's a six pointer, and he almost hit it too well. They really get on my nerves.

 

[Sandikan]

I know, but that's only because people are used to saying/hearing it. I'm surprised people still use it as its pretty sizeist towards big men.

Identifying someone by race is hardly like referring to someone's height is it.

 

[Andersons Dietician]

“He’s used the defender to bend it round there” did he now? Like used the gravitational mass of the player to put extra spin on it to bend it in the top corner did he Savage?

 

[TheGodsInRed]

“The keeper was beaten!”

No he wasn’t, the player put his shot wide.

 

[Ole's screen]

"Its not a foul, but he shouldn't be making that challenge therefore the yellow/red is justified"

Re: today's Wales red card.

 

[predator]

Anything danny murphy says.

 

[Noot]

Replace big man with an ethnicity and its actually shocking

You're right, racism is different.

 

[mu4c_20le]

You're right, racism is different.

You're pretty aware for a little guy.

 

[TrickyLeftWinger]

Shouldn't be beaten at your near post!

 

[Oldyella]

"Agenda"

Not exactly a football term bit seems to have made its way onto the forums as a catch all for "anyone that's got an opinion that doesn't align with my own".

Grinds my gears.