Black players are invariably described as "athletic", as though non-black footballers were somehow not athletic.
― Daniel Giraffe, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:34 (fourteen years ago) link
"you've got style, you've got class, but most of all you've got love technique" from Fine Time by New Order sounds like it ought to be a football cliche.
― Daniel Giraffe, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
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― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:39 (fourteen years ago) link
"Samba skills" to refer to Brazilians. Especially funny when talking about Lucio or Gilberto etc.
Also, it seems to have gone away but the idea that African players were naive or just happy to be making a few bob and thus respectful. Eto'o, Adebayor etc. doing their best to show that Africans can be just as cuntish as Europeans or South Americans.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:48 (fourteen years ago) link
good point about samba. It seems to have become an adjective, synonym of Brazilian, cf Toon for anything pertaining to Newcastle
― Daniel Giraffe, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha yeah I doubt we'll be seeing much of that that idea for the foreseeable
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― my curvy girlfriend, who is Columbian, turned to me and said: (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Never mind Gilberto - "samba skills" is used to refer to literally any Brazilian player. Case in point: Santos Gaia, jobbing, clogging non-league centre half, currently at Truro. (To be fair, he did score for Exeter against top-flight Charlton at the Valley: his samba skill in this case being a big header from a corner.)
― Tim, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
rivelinho-esque header, by any chance?
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"Get in!"
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
More Lescottian, to be truthful. Louis will tell you all about it, he was there you know.
― Tim, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:22 (fourteen years ago) link
"The lads've given me 110%"
"The gaffer's come in and installed a bit of confidence"
― is Wii your mom or somethin (onimo), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:29 (fourteen years ago) link
On Match of the Day, referring to a non-big-4 player as "the defender" because the pundit can't be arsed to find out what their name is.
― William Bloody Swygart, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:41 (fourteen years ago) link
referring to foreign or smaller players as lightweight without any reference to their actual aggression/tackling/style of play
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
"sometimes you've got to hold your hands up"
― Daniel Giraffe, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
How teams like Villa/Everton/Spurs etc. will overtake Arsenal in the top 4 because you need an English 'spine' to be successful. Just like those really English invincibles, Cech-Carvalho-Essien-Drogba etc.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
"I've seen them given"Which is particularly annoying in that everyone has seen blatant pens not given at one time or another so therefore doesn't tell us whether the commentator thinks its a pen or not!Cop Out!!
― pandemic, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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