Robbored Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Another ‘modern’ term is managers describing their players as ‘a group’ It always used to be ‘squad’. Personally I find that irritating……….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Did someone mention box entries? What about giving it to him/her "early doors" Another irritating piece of terminology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 19 hours ago, pongo88 said: Back to square one is an old footy phrase you don’t hear very much these days. The phrase originates from the days when football was listened to a lot on the radio. To help the listener picture the scene, the pitch was divided up into a grid of imaginary squares, square one being around the goalmouth. Thus, whenever the ball went out of play for a goal kick, or someone made a boring pass-back (of the type no longer allowed), the commentator would groan: "Back to square one". Not a lot of people know that Isn't it more likely to have originated from snakes & ladders (or chutes and ladders as our American friends call it)? You literally go back to square one if you step on the wrong snake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, Red-Robbo said: Isn't it more likely to have originated from snakes & ladders (or chutes and ladders as our American friends call it)? You literally go back to square one if you step on the wrong snake. Quite possibly because one team who passes the ball back could go back to square one but the other, kicking in the opposite direction, would go back to square 7 or 8. (and they’re not squares) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 6 minutes ago, pongo88 said: Quite possibly because one team who passes the ball back could go back to square one but the other, kicking in the opposite direction, would go back to square 7 or 8. (and they’re not squares) Aye. Has a measure of urban myth to it that one. Like the oft-quoted "port out starboard home" for Posh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbytheriver Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 In terms of(should be banned) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcdc Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 22 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said: The corridor of uncertainty. Surely a cricketing term? The corridor of uncertainty outside the off stump ‘n all that. Wasn’t Geoff Boycott an early populariser? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highburnred Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 That’s a leg breaker when the challenge made contact but no one suffered a broken leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRobin Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Got to be the massive influx of chocolate related terminology see link for proof of such Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk Of The Town Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Low block Clutch defending Recycling the ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Let's face it, we don't really know what the players and coaches say to each other during the game these days, they spend the whole time with their hands over their mouths with paranoia at being lip read. I remember years ago in my cricket days, the skipper and me had a regular laugh to break the tension when the game wasn't going well. If the opposition batsmen (batters?) were running away with the game and we had tried everything, we would stand in the middle of the pitch pointing and waving our arms about to give the impression we had some great plan to turn things around when in reality we were saying 'we're stuffed', 'your missus is looking good today' and 'where are we drinking after the game?' I sometimes wonder if the pros do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The turtle Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Low block, mid block, high block (did i make it up?) high press.... Half the time people just use one when it's really not what's happening! They all sound technical, but it fails to tell the story. ........ Double pivot..... So yeah 4231 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelton’s Love Gravy Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Groin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ago Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 There's a really good podcast that is all about the ridiculous language of football. It's called Football Clichés. If you've enjoyed this thread you'll undoubtedly enjoy this podcast, definitely worth a look: Listen here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Managers referring to "the football club" when "us" or "the club" would suffice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedsHeadIs Red Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 No end product in the final third = we haven’t scored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 “Time on the grass” really annoys me. Also “We go again” and when pundits discuss whether there was “contact” when a player dives in the penalty area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 One that always winds me up far more than it should is `at the helm`. You`re managing a mediocre football team not navigating a supertanker through an Atlantic hurricane FFS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highburnred Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Just heard on Bolton v Oxford that Bolton didn’t attack the ball in the landing zone wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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