The phrases that pundits and commentators can't live without now

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

Initiated contact.
Drawn the foul.

Oh and Manchester United, Man Unidded, Yan-ited, Old Trafford, Sir Alex blah blah ****ing blah infinitum. ****s.

 

[topcat99]

“What? I missed that Jeff”

Kris Kamara

 

[stever]

What about ' he has great feet'


Grrrr

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Oh, I forgot the one I hate most

Setting traps

Anytime liverpool win a ball back in the opponents half they've 'set a trap'

Nonsense

Except it’s not and they do in fact set traps

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Same here. Awful BS

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

The Press
Transition
Phases

What's happened to our beautiful game???

"let's wait and see what VAR has to say"

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

Simulation

Why not just call it what it is …. CHEATING

"I didn't cheat on my wife, it was just simulation your honour"

 

[RutlandWolf]

Initiated contact.
Drawn the foul.

Oh and Manchester United, Man Unidded, Yan-ited, Old Trafford, Sir Alex blah blah ****ing blah infinitum. ****s.

Clive Tyldesley's done for then...

 

[Dubwolf71]

"Thats never a yellow".

Then after watching the replay "he's lucky that wasn't a red".

 

[jrpb-3]

One from our game last night they were talking about us being the only prem club not to have conceded from a corner this season

One of them came out with the line that we’d failed to concede from one yet.

I know what they were trying to say but

Admittedly sometimes it might look like we’re trying to concede from one

 

[wesley]

Draught excluder

 

[jrpb-3]

If that had gone in it would have been a goal ( David Coleman)

 

[jrpb-3]

The meaningless and out of context stats they often come out with e. g.
They <insert name here> haven’t won away at xxx for twenty years


( when the two teams have only been in the same division for 2 or 3 of those years)

 

[stever]

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Ha, made me feel better dude.

 

[stever]

Except it’s not and they do in fact set traps

But have they really?

 

[Beeches wolf]

'It could have gone anywhere'
And the one im already sick of... ' it will be checked'

 

[derbyrameater]

Ron Atkinson started a few, I think he was responsible for 'early doors'.

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Mixers

But have they really?

 

[wwfc9]

When starting commentary on the radio “x are kicking left to right “ as if you know where the commentary box is in every stadium in the land …

 

[Dubwolf71]

Ron Atkinson started a few, I think he was responsible for 'early doors'.

Think he can be credited with "6 and two 3s" as well

 

[Adrian_Monk]

In fairness, if you were going to assign the term "industrial language" to anyone it would be Duncan Ferguson. A man whose birth likely resembled blocks of broken concrete tumbling down a funneled chute on a building site.

A man who took down armed assailants who entered his home. Twice.

 

[Adrian_Monk]

'Rest defence' is the latest cringe FA Pro terminology

Also, when managers/players start their answer with 'yeah, no' (I know O'Neil is guilty of it but he certainly ain't the only one)

Which one is it? Yeah or no?

 

[WWFC4EVA]

"The corridor of uncertainty".... **** off!!!

 

[HouroftheWolf]

"Mazy run" (sounds like ****ney rhyming slang).

 

[topcat99]

"The corridor of uncertainty".... **** off!!!

Ah, but that really exists.

It’s leads to my toilet after 6 pints and a mutton vindaloo

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Frank Lampard's Derby, Steve Gerrard's Aston Villa, Wayne Rooney's Birmingham City and such phrases.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Ron Atkinson started a few, I think he was responsible for 'early doors'.

It used to be 'early days'.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

'Won a penalty'.

 

[Saltyjim]

Top bins. Postage stamp. Through the thirds.

 

[SquaddieWolf]

Blatant wrong decision against Wolves "the refs got that spot on"

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Initiated contact.
Drawn the foul.

Oh and Manchester United, Man Unidded, Yan-ited, Old Trafford, Sir Alex blah blah ****ing blah infinitum. ****s.

This 100% trying to vindicate VAR **** that

 

[stever]

Mixers

I've got a headache now

 

[rincewind]

Wolves won't be happy with VAR there.

 

[Hazza]

‘reverse pass’ what he hell is a reverse pass?

 

[glorybox]

Clive Tyldesley's done for then...

Wish I could like this x1000

 

[glorybox]

I think some folk here should turn the sound down and do their own commentary by the sounds of it.

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

'Rest defence' is the latest cringe FA Pro terminology

Also, when managers/players start their answer with 'yeah, no' (I know O'Neil is guilty of it but he certainly ain't the only one)

Which one is it? Yeah or no?

Just in general life that winds me up. Both my teenage kids do it on a daily basis. “Do you want a lift to college today” “yeah nah” . Drives me mental!

 

[Mardenboroughs Shoulder]

He has played Futsal for England.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

But football-reporter-speak is nothing new. Here's one for those who remember pre-decimal currency. 'Jimmy Murray turned on a sixpence and lashed the ball into the net'. That's an actual quote from 1959. Only ever used of forwards, and only when they scored.

And what about 'all ends up', only ever heard (or used to be) when talking about goalies being beaten. 'Deeley beat Jack Kelsey all ends up with a fierce drive'. When did you ever hear that phrase other than in football reporting?

 

[Olivergoldblack]

"Let's leave this live match and go over and watch the Manchester United players getting off their team bus for their match later".

Yeah let's watch them walking into the stadium with massive head phones on.

Another one I hate is when they play too many replays of an incident or zoom in on the manager for ages, and you can clearly hear from the crowd something actually interesting is going on the pitch that we'd rather see