Aizoon Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigTone Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Clubs always "swoop " to sign a player ! When was the last time anyone "swooped" in real life ?I like the interview with the new signing who insists his new club ,whichever that may be,is a "big/ massive club".Robbie Keane comes to mind ................ "It was always a boyhood dream of mine to play for Dagenham & Redbridge" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Clubs always "swoop " to sign a player ! When was the last time anyone "swooped" in real life ?I like the interview with the new signing who insists his new club ,whichever that may be,is a "big/ massive club".I suppose it does sound better than "Manchester United flounced in to sign Messi" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Phrase you always hear players say before FA cup draws i don't care who we get as long as it's at home And then we get bloody Gillingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBibs Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 They set their stall out.... WTF does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 This game's a six pointer. The cup is a great leveller. It's all to play for. When a manager says his players gave 110 per cent. No they didn't - it's mathematically impossible! The romance of the cup That's what football is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 The shout 'It's still 0-0. Coming out for the second half after already being 4-0 up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Not necessarily a cliche, but something i hear more and more and really gets up my nose: Football clubs referred to as 'projects' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 "We asked questions of them" gets my goat.It always seemed to get used about ten times in every interview DMc ever gave after we had been handed another defeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 I like the tabloid over use of the following words; 'War chest' and 'red alert'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider-manc Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegC Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Ones I miss are "Hospital ball" and "telegraphed" - seem to have disappeared from the commentators' lexicon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cunnyfunt Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 'Great tekkers' annoys the crap out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 He's got a good engine ( surely that's cheating? ) He's all left / right foot or ,hilariously original, his left/right leg us for standing on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Not necessarily a cliche, but something i hear more and more and really gets up my nose: Football clubs referred to as 'projects' Or brands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Or brands! OMG, Brands! Even worse than project, forgot about that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 For a recognised good header of a ball "he has the ability to hang in the air" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegC Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 It also does my head in when they say (eg.) "Bristol City needs to win" when it should be "Bristol City need to win" - seems like an Americanism, I knows it's not a cliche but it still grates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 It also does my head in when they say (eg.) "Bristol City needs to win" when it should be "Bristol City need to win" - seems like an Americanism, I knows it's not a cliche but it still grates. No. "needs" is right. Collective noun - singular verb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK0wnag3 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 No. "needs" is right. Collective noun - singular verb. I don't treat it as a collective noun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegC Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 I don't treat it as a collective noun. Me neither. Not interested in grammatical correctness, it's only recently that it's crept in. And I don't like it. Please make it stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Ones I miss are "Hospital ball" and "telegraphed" - seem to have disappeared from the commentators' lexiconPerhaps we could replace "telegraphed" with "texted". EDIT - or "placed a message on Facebook" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Me neither. Not interested in grammatical correctness, it's only recently that it's crept in. And I don't like it. Please make it stop. Sorry, but it's been correct English for at least 300 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK0wnag3 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Sorry, but it's been correct English for at least 300 years I'm happy being wrong on this 'un. I'm describing the club as a singular entity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Me neither. Not interested in grammatical correctness, it's only recently that it's crept in. And I don't like it. Please make it stop. We only see why grammar is important when a poster kicks off a huge debate because his message was n't clear and the wrong end of the stick is easily seized by some on here. So in short it's very important for written communication . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 No. "needs" is right. Collective noun - singular verb. You would n't say "plants needs water" ( unless you are Bristolian! ) It would be plants need water. My needs are many . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 You would n't say "plants needs water" ( unless you are Bristolian! ) It would be plants need water. My needs are many . Plants isn't a collective noun, it's a plural. Bunch is a collective noun, and it's quite correct to say a bunch of plants needs water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 You would n't say "plants needs water" ( unless you are Bristolian! ) It would be plants need water. My needs are many . Plants isn't a collective noun, it's a plural. Bunch is a collective noun, and it's quite correct to say a bunch of plants needs water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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