Commentator phrase that annoy or nobody else says

[whelk]

Saw Danny Baker commenting on saying difference between the two teams was the 'quality on the final third' and how no supporter would ever say such a phrase.

 

There are loads of others I'm sure.

 

'By his standards that's a decent chance' is one as if acceptable that another player would miss.

 

Or just annoying things that have crept in - no commentator ever seems to say 'so far' anymore and been replaced by 'thus far'

 

The stupid 'early doors' coined by Hoddle I believe is now a standard term.

 

'Game management' is one on the rise.

 

Life's too short I know,

[Fan The Flames]

'On the field of play', 'you can't legislate against that', them instead of those, 'your xxx' where xxx is meant to be an example but they then go on to name all the examples 'your Man U's, Chelsea's, Arsenal's, Man City's', 'he didn't get enough purchase on the ball'.

[Crab Lungs]

Game management

 

FFS

[Fitzhugh Fella]

They all use the same adjectives - the most common being "outstanding "

[Batman]

Anything Drury says

[East Kent Saint]

I think Ron Atkinson was the first user of "early doors" presumably from the theatre / Cinema days .

Worst for me has always been Motson and his " the last thing Saints need to do is to concede a goal now , oh 0-1"

[shurlock]

This is turning into a compendium of S-Clarke's finest footballing vocabulary.

Edited 24 August, 2016 by shurlock

[Dig Dig]

This is turning into a compendium of S-Clarke's finest footballing vocabulary.

 

"For sure"

[the_emu]

"stone wall penalty..." which pretty much everyone says these days

 

"almost done enough to..."

 

I am sure there are plenty more..

[beatlesaint]

"Southampton have it all to do to get anything out of this game" is the one that really annoys me

[The9]

Saw Danny Baker commenting on saying difference between the two teams was the 'quality on the final third' and how no supporter would ever say such a phrase.

 

There are loads of others I'm sure.

 

'By his standards that's a decent chance' is one as if acceptable that another player would miss.

 

Or just annoying things that have crept in - no commentator ever seems to say 'so far' anymore and been replaced by 'thus far'

 

The stupid 'early doors' coined by Hoddle I believe is now a standard term.

 

'Game management' is one on the rise.

 

Life's too short I know,

 

Early doors was Big Ron Atkinson first, which suggests it goes way back. He was using it when Hoddle was still playing, for some reason it became a football version of "early days".

 

I basically hate anything Jonathan Pearce says, and rather than having a problem with specific phrases it's the overall desperate need to try and make events match a pre-formed narrative that annoys me. Viz Paul Pogba apparently being superb on Friday when my eyes told me he made 2 decent runs in tight space and gave the ball away A LOT for a bloke in a defensive midfield position.

[The9]

I think Ron Atkinson was the first user of "early doors" presumably from the theatre / Cinema days .

Worst for me has always been Motson and his " the last thing Saints need to do is to concede a goal now , oh 0-1"

 

A Dave Merrington special, the" what Saints don't want to do... ".

[southamptonfc]

Game management is an everyday phrase with the pros in many sports.

[Batman]

I hate it when Journo's start going on about "mind games"

 

Do shut up you plebs

[manina-pub]

[Donatello]

Clive Tyldesley's near constant use of 'messrs'...messrs Lampard and Terry. Messrs Rooney and Ferdinand. Messrs corner and flag.

 

I know it's puerile on my part, but I don't care.

 

Edit: I've just noticed the word 'phrase'.

Edited 24 August, 2016 by Donatello

[Chalkboy]

Already mentioned but footballer's grammar does my head in, how come so many of them speak the same way?

"He's one of them players."

"He's came out for the ball."

[stu0x]

Both from last week.

 

"in and around". It's spectacularly idiotic, as well as nonsensical. Probably began with "in and around the penalty area" which makes sense, but is now just a synonym for "near". So you get pearlers like "Rooney's going to play in and around Zlatan". Sounds painful.

 

Pluralising players names, particularly when prefaced by "your". "Man United have got difference-makers in their team, your Pogbas, your Zlatans, your Martials". Presumably supposed to be "...such as Pogba, Zlatan and Martial". Again, nonsensical, especially when the point of highlighting the player in question is to demonstrate that there is only one of them.

 

Townsend uses both with astonishing regularity, which is always the yardstick of idiocy.

[Kieran1uk]

They haven't done enough to penetrate the box...really anything with the word penetration sounds so wrong. Also stating the obvious like 'they'll need at least a goal to win this'

[The9]

 

That link is awesome. Loving that various countries describe keepers flapping at a cross as "picking berries" or similar.

[Pengi]

"The ageless Dennis Wise, now in his thirties" - Martin Tyler

"Like so many of the current Chelsea team, Zola is unique" Harry Venison

 

These quotes are off the back cover of 'The Chelsea Miscellany' which I bought for £1.99 from the Oxfam shop as a present for Chelsea supporter

[The9]

Already mentioned but footballer's grammar does my head in, how come so many of them speak the same way?

"He's one of them players."

"He's came out for the ball."

 

Because historically they spent their time playing football and not being in school. The advent of proper full time academies and a more responsible approach to young player education, media training and the need to retain lots of tactical information has lowered the likelihood of thick footballers, but there will still be thick footballers for as long as natural talent and application irrespective of brainpower still has a place, and there's Harry Kane to prove it.

[Whitey Grandad]

"Timed his run to perfection"

 

Not a phrase but anything that ends -esque especially 'Beckhamesque'.

[Fan The Flames]

I thought 'early door's was a reference to getting into a pub before opening time and used quite heavily by our own Micky Channon. Used to describe doing something before the usual time like getting an early goal.

[Lets B Avenue]

"He had every right to go down there".

[Whitey Grandad]

"Took one for the team"

 

"There was contact"

[Supersubpuckett]

foot race

 

wtf!

 

didn't hear it once during the olympics......and usain bolt wins the 100m foot race

 

tw4ts

[Supersubpuckett]

the lampards, the terrys......and absolutely anything else John Hartson says

[Chalkboy]

I've noticed one or two commentators using the word "smuggled" quite a bit, it seems like a fairly recent addition to the tater's dictionary. Unless I'm mistaken.

 

"He's smuggled the ball into the net."

"The boy's tried to smuggle it through the gap."

 

Smuggling?? Are they shoving it up their shirts or disguising the ball to look like turf?

[THINWHITEDUKE]

Anything Motson says

[cellone]

Fan's can be just as bad. Take the use of the words circa and derisory. Although both have been eclipsed by the word replacement this season. ?

 

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[benjii]

"stone wall penalty..." which pretty much everyone says these days

 

"almost done enough to..."

 

I am sure there are plenty more..

 

"Stonewall" always gets my goat. I have never heard it used in any other context and I don't think it ever meant "certain" until these cretins started repeating each other's nonsense.

[angelman]

Calling Fonte, Fonté. The fat alcoholic on the radio keep doing it and that annoys me for some reason. The clubs in house commentary used to do it - maybe they still do.

[Snopper]

I`m annoyed by the new verb `to medal.` `To meddle` is fair enough but not `to medal`. To be fair.

[Batman]

When a team wins by clear goals!!

 

 

Saints beat Sunderland by 8 clear goals the other year. Pish off

[sadoldgit]

I hate it when Journo's start going on about "mind games"

 

Do shut up you plebs

 

Would you prefer they used the phrase "psychological warefare?

 

Mine would be "He's got quick feet." If someone had quick feet but slow legs they would end up on their arse every few minutes.

[angelman]

Andy Townsend.

[Whitey Grandad]

'His goal won the game' when it's the second in a 2-1 win. Wasn't the first goal just as valuable?

 

'Cost them 3 points' when the games hasn't actually finished.

 

'Lost points from a winning situation' which might be 1-0 up in the first two minutes.

[TheCholulaKid]

Commentators that describe a 'chip' as a 'lob' and vice versa.

[fish fingers]

"If anything he's hit it too well"

[Le Timmier]

"Last season Spurs finished in the top 4 with the likes of Leicester, Arsenal and Manchester City"

 

No, Spurs finished in the top 4 with Leicester, Arsenal and Manchester City.

[Crab Lungs]

Anything Motson says

 

 

 

Thankfully, I think he just makes sounds now.

[equalizer]

"If this was a boxing match they'd have won on points" is one that usually gets me throwing things at the TV. Also, "He rolled him there..." Rolled him in what, flour? Just say he turned him, although not a great alternative it's better than "rolled him" FFS!

[mrfahaji]

Anything Drury says

 

This. It's like the man is auditioning for a Spoken Word competition (which he wouldn't win). Just tell me who's got the ball, Peter.

[CB Fry]

I still hate "gone to ground". Hate it.

 

It's a phrase with a very specific meaning (lay low/gone into hiding) that has been hijacked by commentator and pundit idiots to mean fall over/hit the ground.

 

Effing idiocy. That's my blood boiler anyway.

[Turkish]

When anyone of the golden boys of the premier league makes a sideways 10 yard pass, "Wow, that's a really clever pass, what amazing vision, absolute quality fom xyz....."

[Lets B Avenue]

After someone has failed to score.

 

"and he knows it".

[Turkish]

"he was entitled to go down" When there is a touch on a player in the penalty area. no he wasn't Since when was football a non contact sport?

[Batman]

"he was entitled to go down" When there is a touch on a player in the penalty area. no he wasn't Since when was football a non contact sport?

 

One and only Alan Shearer was the worst for spouting that stuff.

[niceandfriendly]

He had no right to score from there