all the ferguson stuff becomes cliché within about 3 mins of him saying it.
"squeaky bum time""wouldn't sell that lot a virus""hairdryer treatment"
etc etc
obv yeah 110 per cent or even better 200 per cent, love this sort of word inflation.
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
"I've seen them given"
God, yeah, I hate that. See also "it could have gone either way" BUT IT FUCKING DIDN'T, DID IT?
― ailsa, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
When you play Bolton/Blackburn/Stoke/Wigan/any other bunch of unfashionable Northerners "you know you're in a game" because they get "in your faces" and "compete for every ball" and "get it forward quickly". This usually accompanied by the truism that Arsenal don't like it up 'em.
― is Wii your mom or somethin (onimo), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
they'll run all day!
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"fortress" "hard to play" because of the "12th man". Fucking hell, it must be so bewildering for professional footballers to play in front of people!
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
"bunker ball"
― dan m, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
is a bunker ball like a suicide pass?
― cozwn, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
"plays with a smile on his face"
seldom said about white players
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
No morelike "scrub team goes up 1-0, plays 10 men behind the midfield line for the rest of the game". I just hate the term.
― dan m, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
lol it's often applied to USA nat'l team ;)
"that was liquid football"
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 08:37 (13 hours ago)
I am going to shout this in a british accent every time I poo
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
The one about foreigners and diving (as though British players never dive)
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 27 August 2009 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"he's really expressing his artistry" or words to that effect.
No, he's playing football.
― (bracket name) (jel --), Thursday, 27 August 2009 07:18 (fourteen years ago) link
''He's used his experience there'' or ''He's been clever there''
No, he's been a cheating bastard
― same dog, different leg action (Mr Raif), Thursday, 27 August 2009 09:37 (fourteen years ago) link
"Won" a penalty <------ only used when players from English teams dive, of course
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 09:44 (fourteen years ago) link
"Teddy Sheringham is always such an intelligent player" </90's>
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 27 August 2009 09:55 (fourteen years ago) link
See also foreign keepers and their preference for punching instead of Properly British Catching.
― is Wii your mom or somethin (onimo), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"One for the cameras" <----- snidey comment made by former outfield players, who know fuck-all about goalkeeping and are quick to blame goalkeepers for every single goal conceded
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:21 (fourteen years ago) link
"no nonsense defender" = can't play football, kicks people.
"traditional/classic centre forward" = he's quite big and has elbows.
― is Wii your mom or somethin (onimo), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:26 (fourteen years ago) link
"Should have scored" after EVERY chance = oh fuck off, it's not that easy
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:27 (fourteen years ago) link
skills, teamwork they're all important, but i have a feeling it's going to come down to a matter of who wants it more
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Not surprising that the manager has stuck with the 4-4-2 formation. I'd say on the face of it, he's looking for another solid performance from his players
are these PES commentary quotes?
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Wayne Rooney bends down to tie his shoelace:
Clive Tyldesley: "Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link
ya but rooney, tho
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
good to see defenders so good on the ball, so comfortable, they're more like midfield players than centre halves!
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
not the most adventurous play but a backpass always useful
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Goal in the closing minutes:
Jonathan Pearce: "... and [insert name here] wins the game for [insert name here]"
... and when I say closing minutes, that could be up to 15 minutes from the end
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link
the crowd adding so much to this game, the roars and the colours, giving this game a unique flavour
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:41 (fourteen years ago) link
o that ken c
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link
"one goal is never enough", "the second goal's the most important", and other such untrue truisms.
― Akon/Family (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:44 (fourteen years ago) link
brings back the old argument about referees who have never played the game at this level
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:45 (fourteen years ago) link
'takes a lot of skill to do that' - typically said after some first-time volley wonder goal
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Of slow, old forwards: "He's got the extra yard in his head"
― calumerio, Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"It's their cup final" = e.g when Anderlecht, who have actually won a European competition, played Liverpool in the Champions League a few years back
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:59 (fourteen years ago) link
... I was almost expecting it in the Arsenal v. Celtic game last night!
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 11:00 (fourteen years ago) link
that's unfair tom. arsenal are a pretty big club.
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 11:00 (fourteen years ago) link
True, but it must have been a novelty for their players to be playing in front of actual football fans
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 August 2009 11:03 (fourteen years ago) link
was probably a new experience for most celtic fans being in a library too though.
:p
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
celtic has triumphed over barcelona in a competition which is more than what arsenal had managed..
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 27 August 2009 11:53 (fourteen years ago) link
hearing alan hanson say 'non chalant' was a great MotD moment
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 27 August 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
ken c is killing it all over the football threads atm.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 27 August 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
This guy. See also: inane observation, followed by same observation in portentous voice. Everton fan sitting among Liverpool fans, no-one batting an eyelid - "You don't want to be sitting there, son. [pause] YOU. DO NOT. WANT. TO SIT THERE."
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 27 August 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
"We all do things in the heat of the moment"
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 14 September 2009 13:39 (fourteen years ago) link
word for word what was in my mind when i saw the thread in new answers
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Monday, 14 September 2009 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"You'd bet your mortgage on Rooney scoring from there."
― Terminator Eggs (Billy Dods), Monday, 14 September 2009 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
"he's left his leg in there" when, in fact, what's he's left is the opponent's leg. severed.
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Monday, 14 September 2009 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
the goalkeeper is NEVER the hero after a won penalty shoot-out. NEVER. STFU everyone who says this, seriously.
the 'heroes' are the people who score their penalties and even then they are not heroic; penalty shoot-outs are barbaric imo and should be replaced with a golden-goal system whereby every 2 minutes a player is withdrawn from each side
― a. cole, u thic (acoleuthic), Thursday, 3 December 2009 23:58 (fourteen years ago) link
would you take the goalkeepers off first? would you?
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 4 December 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
well obv it becomes VERY important not to get sent off because the numerical disadvantage becomes exaggerated
i think that it is 2 minutes for every withdrawal until one or both teams have 2 men and then it is played indefinitely but someone will surely have scored by then
i would not take off the goalkeepers. assuming 11 vs 11 i would take off my most tired players in order of tiredness.
― a. cole, u thic (acoleuthic), Friday, 4 December 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link