Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Grr...
"Technical player" to describe any dwarf that can control a ball.
"He does the simple things and that's why he doesn't get the recognition he deserves." Usually used to argue that players like Carrick are world class, when they simply aren't.
"If he was called Hendersoninho..." He'd still be shît.
when people refer to the prem as 'the best league in the world' when in reality it's a reserve league for the top sides on the continent to poach the few properly world class players from
When a commentator says "if that was on target it would have been a goal".
"110%"- 100% is the maximum- when you say anything above that I am less inclined to believe you will give your all if you can't even facking be bothered to stop using this tired cliché.
"There's no easy games"- Usually said at the end of the season by Clubs who have been rolling smaller teams over by four or five goals.
"It's a tough league to get out of"- Usually the statement banded about by the media who pretend they care about the lower leagues on one of those days of the season where there's no Premier League football on.
"This is the Premier League"- Usually directed at a quality footballer who has already proven himself in a league that is just as good, if not better, in La Liga and implying that he has proven nothing in his career- despite the majority of good Premier League players either coming from or going to La Liga!
"Business end of the season"- That's probably correct, but it's just overused.
One of my favorite Paul Merson sayings is "different gravy."
A few have mentioned this already but the Premier League being described as the "best league in the world" or the "most competitive league in Europe."
Usually followed by the explanation that any team can beat anyone "on their day."
not a cliche... but it tickles me that Chris Waddle cant say the word 'penalty'.
he says....
'pelanty'
''Setting their stall out". No, it's not a stall, it's 11 people running around kicking a football.
Oh, also "Keystone Cops defending."
Yeah cheers Granddad, no one under the age of about 60 knows who, or what Keystone Cops is without google-ing it.
He just couldn't quite get it under his spell
Or when Lawro says Leroy Primus
Fergie talking about Giggs. floating "across the ground like a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind. Just very cringeworthy
"It's a big ask"
This actually originated from Sir Bobby Charlton who, never comfortable in front of tv cameras, tried to explain that United had a 'a big task' ahead of them. He apologised and corrected himself at the time, but then Martin O'neil quoted him the following day, and repeated it.
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"It's a big ask"
This actually originated from Sir Bobby Charlton who, never comfortable in front of tv cameras, tried to explain that United had 'a big task' ahead of them. He apologised and corrected himself at the time, but then Martin O'neil quoted him the following day, and repeated it.
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posted on 10/8/14
Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Grr...
posted on 10/8/14
Its not a real trophy
posted on 10/8/14
"Technical player" to describe any dwarf that can control a ball.
"He does the simple things and that's why he doesn't get the recognition he deserves." Usually used to argue that players like Carrick are world class, when they simply aren't.
"If he was called Hendersoninho..." He'd still be shît.
posted on 10/8/14
when people refer to the prem as 'the best league in the world' when in reality it's a reserve league for the top sides on the continent to poach the few properly world class players from
posted on 10/8/14
When a commentator says "if that was on target it would have been a goal".
"110%"- 100% is the maximum- when you say anything above that I am less inclined to believe you will give your all if you can't even facking be bothered to stop using this tired cliché.
"There's no easy games"- Usually said at the end of the season by Clubs who have been rolling smaller teams over by four or five goals.
"It's a tough league to get out of"- Usually the statement banded about by the media who pretend they care about the lower leagues on one of those days of the season where there's no Premier League football on.
"This is the Premier League"- Usually directed at a quality footballer who has already proven himself in a league that is just as good, if not better, in La Liga and implying that he has proven nothing in his career- despite the majority of good Premier League players either coming from or going to La Liga!
"Business end of the season"- That's probably correct, but it's just overused.
posted on 10/8/14
One of my favorite Paul Merson sayings is "different gravy."
A few have mentioned this already but the Premier League being described as the "best league in the world" or the "most competitive league in Europe."
Usually followed by the explanation that any team can beat anyone "on their day."
posted on 10/8/14
not a cliche... but it tickles me that Chris Waddle cant say the word 'penalty'.
he says....
'pelanty'
posted on 10/8/14
''Setting their stall out". No, it's not a stall, it's 11 people running around kicking a football.
posted on 10/8/14
Oh, also "Keystone Cops defending."
Yeah cheers Granddad, no one under the age of about 60 knows who, or what Keystone Cops is without google-ing it.
posted on 10/8/14
He just couldn't quite get it under his spell
posted on 10/8/14
Or when Lawro says Leroy Primus
posted on 10/8/14
Fergie talking about Giggs. floating "across the ground like a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind. Just very cringeworthy
posted on 11/8/14
"It's a big ask"
This actually originated from Sir Bobby Charlton who, never comfortable in front of tv cameras, tried to explain that United had a 'a big task' ahead of them. He apologised and corrected himself at the time, but then Martin O'neil quoted him the following day, and repeated it.
Double
posted on 11/8/14
"It's a big ask"
This actually originated from Sir Bobby Charlton who, never comfortable in front of tv cameras, tried to explain that United had 'a big task' ahead of them. He apologised and corrected himself at the time, but then Martin O'neil quoted him the following day, and repeated it.
Double
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