Not really a football saying but terms like keepers shouldnt be beaten at their near post but they are beaten there quite often.
Should have scored 4 goals already yet chances were all in the same passages of play and usually 1 goal changes the game and you wouldnt have those same chances again.

comment by Steve Beaglehole (U15867)
posted 1 minute ago
'Steven Gerrard single-handedly carried Liverpool for years.'
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true, what they probably mean is 'hes the only one that stuck around' alonso masch torres etc etc all moved on

“Well, I suppose by today’s laws, it’s a foul”

I heard Allardyce say this when he was doing some punditry. Other than the current laws of Association Football, what other rules would the game be played by?

Martial law?
Sods law?
ColesLaw?

Any commentary containing the word ‘woodwork’ when the ball strikes the post/ bar. Goal frames are made of metal not wood!!!!!

Stupid cliched sayings like 'have the courage of our convictions'

wtf does that even mean ?

omment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 1 minute ago

Stupid cliched sayings like 'have the courage of our convictions'

wtf does that even mean ?

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It means that if you have the belief that you are going to win the game you must play with the courage to fulfill that belief.

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English pundits are clueless about football. They give no insight about the game or tactics and talk only rubbish.

Most of the time they copy sayings from eachother or use some words to sound smart.

"He's been a great servant to this club"

Faaaaaaack orrrrrf

Can hear Jonathan Pearce's nasally, irritating voice saying that in my nightmares.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 5 minutes ago
omment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 1 minute ago

Stupid cliched sayings like 'have the courage of our convictions'

wtf does that even mean ?

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It means that if you have the belief that you are going to win the game you must play with the courage to fulfill that belief.
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Yeah well it sounds stupid

Yeah well it sounds stupid

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Not really. There are plenty more that have been listed here that are stupid though.

Your issue is being tied up over the phrases meaning.

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Not really

You could just say ‘let’s have the belief or desire to win’ without this enigmatic nonsense

comment by Idontlikemondays (U6377)
posted 5 seconds ago
And where has "swazz" come from ?

"he hit that ball with a bit of swazz"

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I’ve never heard that

Something that always annoys me is that when a goal is scored there it has to be someone’s fault. Fans, MOTD analysis are bad for this. Sometimes there are things that players can do better but still a great goal, individual or team goal, can be just be great.

Two recent examples: Salah’s goal against us, his second. MOTD blames Emerson, Jorginho and Kepa for Salah coming inside from 30 yards out to score an extremely unlikely goal. Again against Burnley (more fans than analysis imo) their first goal, Azpilicueta heads the ball out of the box from set piece, their player volleys it first time in the bottom corner. Apparently it shows how poor we are at defending set pieces..no it’s just unlucky if anything. The second goal, yes that’s an issue with the team defending, this was just great capitalisation from Burnley player.

Other things:

Fans being unable to have anything more than a shallow view of managers and trophies, especially cup games. Yes trophies are impressive, and great to win for fans and the club BUT when managers like Sarri and Poch are berated for not winning trophies, or even Pep (‘he’s been poor in the CL since Barce, fraud&rsquo with literally no thought of context behind why they don’t win them, it’s a just such a shallow view

Sir Bobby Charlton - never comfortable in front of a microphone, and not exactly the most verbose of players.

"It's going to be a very big task" he wanted to state.

It came out wrong, and now every person connected with football thinks it's cool to say it's "a big ask."

Feckin' numpties.

comment by Andrew Nelson (U1734)
posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
"You make your own luck"

What does that even mean?




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I see the meaning behind this tbf. Eg. Dangerous delivery from crosses can be put in blindly and still with this intent of random chance causing a goal situation.

comment by BruceAndPally (U8201)
posted 39 minutes ago
“Well, I suppose by today’s laws, it’s a foul”

I heard Allardyce say this when he was doing some punditry. Other than the current laws of Association Football, what other rules would the game be played by?

Martial law?
Sods law?
ColesLaw?
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On a similar note, when you see a bad challenge and the commentator goes ‘well, 20 years ago that would probably be ignored but you can’t do that in today’s game’ what’s the point in saying that 30 years ago offsides were also different, but you wouldn’t say it on commentary

well, 20 years ago that would probably be ignored but you can’t do that in today’s game’

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That is where I went wrong late in my playing career. The old Chopper Harris challenge was 20 years out of date.

As a general rule, any saying that comes from the mouth of Garth Crooks tends to wind me up.

comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
comment by Mike (U1170)
posted 10 minutes ago
When pundits refer to players in a plural sense.

"When you look at your midfielders like your Lampards, your Gerrards, your Scholses"

You can just say 'like Lampard, Gerrard and Scholes' ffs.

Basically whatever shiyte Redknapp says
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THIS TIMES EIGHT MILLION
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you can add another couple of million for me.
unless you're talking about brothers, there's only one of him.

Smart save from the keeper. No idea what this means

comment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Idontlikemondays (U6377)
posted 5 seconds ago
And where has "swazz" come from ?

"he hit that ball with a bit of swazz"

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I’ve never heard that
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F2 freestylers. YouTube

comment by Idontlikemondays (U6377)
posted 29 minutes ago
And where has "swazz" come from ?

"he hit that ball with a bit of swazz"

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Yes! Add “top bins” to that too.