Spoonman Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Anything that comes out of Robbie Savage's gob. - sh it cliches. Check. - poor grammar. Check. - constant self references. Check - dubious knowledge of the rules of the game. Check - wild usage of hyperbole. Check. - being an annoying pr ick. Check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 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" i thought that was Dave Merrington. i know, annoying whoever............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbyboy Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 "And sitting alongside me is Phil Neville" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint-crinny Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 Not a phrase but when Pardew was a guest on MOTD 2 a few times, before the infamous rape comment, i saw him use "POMO". "He's got himself in the POMO there." Before being asked by whoever was presenting, to explain what that was - Pards then delivered the explanation with a stupidly smug look as if to say check me out, i'm in the football coaching game you know and i've read an old coaching manual. Leave it out Alan, just say he got into a good position. ("position of maximum opportunity" if you were feeling far less football educated than our man Alan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 After, what, forty years, I still don't know what a tasty goal is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belgrave Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 "...over to Alan Greeen...." "....views from our football expert Alan Green.......etc" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 I noticed that "massive" .....has crept into a lot of interviews - especially with Saints players ?........but can't see Claude Puel using that one too often. .....and why is it " so-called " commentators and "so-called " football experts always delight us with their jolly stories and anecdotes about the most uninteresting events, ....and suddenly have to break off and say ....oh. there's been a goal ... I liked the comment from the legendary Kenneth Wolstenholme....who once said that a commentator should say the very least that is necessary, and not get " in the way". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 I noticed that "massive" .....has crept into a lot of interviews - especially with Saints players ?........but can't see Claude Puel using that one too often. .....and why is it " so-called " commentators and "so-called " football experts always delight us with their jolly stories and anecdotes about the most uninteresting events, ....and suddenly have to break off and say ....oh. there's been a goal ... I liked the comment from the legendary Kenneth Wolstenholme....who once said that a commentator should say the very least that is necessary, and not get " in the way". Its even worse when its radio commentary. What I need is a good factual description of the action. What I get is random tweets being read out or Adam Blackmore talking about something completely unrelated to the match. At least on telly I can see with my own eyes the action on the radio commentary needs to be spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millbrook Saint Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 EFL - What the fook is this, we're not american so get rid of this desire to make everything an acronym of what it should be. uuurrrgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marino Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 Managers now refer to what used to be the Team as 'this Group'. Every player who is transferred claims that 'it was a no-brainer' when he heard so and so was interested' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 EFL - What the fook is this, we're not american so get rid of this desire to make everything an acronym of what it should be. uuurrrgh I agree, we should call everything Checkatrade instead. I'm about to embark on a lengthy rant about the word "Premiership" too, but at least commentators know not to use it even if for some reason footballers don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 Managers now refer to what used to be the Team as 'this Group'. Every player who is transferred claims that 'it was a no-brainer' when he heard so and so was interested' And every new appointment talks about the "project". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 (edited) Commentators/pundits demanding "consistency" in one breath and then demanding referees show "common sense" or "allow the game to keep flowing" in the next breath. You can have consistency OR discretion. Pick one. Edited 25 August, 2016 by SaintBobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenilworthy Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 'Resolve'. As in Manchester United are planning to test Southampton's resolve to hang onto Jose Fonte. And has anyone of us ever 'vowed' to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 25 August, 2016 Share Posted 25 August, 2016 'Resolve'. As in Manchester United are planning to test Southampton's resolve to hang onto Jose Fonte. And has anyone of us ever 'vowed' to do something. Or "issued a come and get me plea". Except maybe Terry Waite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 On the other side of the fence, i hate it when fans say 'I'll drive him there myself', it's been done to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 Or "issued a come and get me plea". Except maybe Terry Waite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor in Vancouver Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 "Cheeky" backheel. I've never heard the word "cheeky" used in commentary for anything else but a backheel. I've also never heard a backheel described as anything but "cheeky". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 Posted last night on the Euro thread, but thought worth sharing on here. West Ham going out of the Europa league at the final whistle Darke pipes up "thats a shock no one saw coming"........ really? the form book on previous meetings said otherwise. Astra beat Steaua to the Romanian championship. Or was the comment lead by the fact that Romania is seen as lesser country because some folks in the countryside still take a horse and cart to get to work, and by comparison West Ham are from a first world country, especially housed in their new shiny Fairy Castle. Fits in with Peter Dreary's favourite "United had a bad day at the office"..... no they didn't the other team of 11 men played better than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pengi Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 Ray Wilkins on Talksport described a player as 'having two feet' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 Just about anything to do with the Manchester clubs is wearing thin at the moment. Pep blah blah, Pogba blah blah, Jose blah blah, Zlatan blah blah and Hart blah blah.....almost like football barely exsists outside Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 Posted last night on the Euro thread, but thought worth sharing on here. West Ham going out of the Europa league at the final whistle Darke pipes up "thats a shock no one saw coming"........ really? the form book on previous meetings said otherwise. Astra beat Steaua to the Romanian championship. Or was the comment lead by the fact that Romania is seen as lesser country because some folks in the countryside still take a horse and cart to get to work, and by comparison West Ham are from a first world country, especially housed in their new shiny Fairy Castle. Fits in with Peter Dreary's favourite "United had a bad day at the office"..... no they didn't the other team of 11 men played better than them.[/quote] ....and don't I hate that phrase, too. It denegrates the winning efforts of " the other team " down to " the bad luck of the all-conquering United ". UGH ! MU deserve to lose a few games - if only to remind everyone that Leicester can also win a title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 Not so much the terms he uses, but Jonathon Pearce on MOTD, when he tries to use the correct pronunciation of foreign players names.....I die inside each time. He says Cazorla like he has a lisp! Mate, you're English. Say everyone else's name wrong like the rest of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenilworthy Posted 26 August, 2016 Share Posted 26 August, 2016 Another one is 'war chest' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Site Agent Posted 27 August, 2016 Share Posted 27 August, 2016 There was a chap that was a friend of my Uncles who used to fly seafires with him during the war who used to work for the BBC pronounceation unit. After correcting us children he used to tell wonderful stories about correcting pronunciations of players venues and even countries for Match of the day pundits during the the 70 and 80 's. He used to berate them for their incorrect expressions like 'the boy done good' and they would write up long proses to try and eradicate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 27 August, 2016 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2016 Banks of four Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 27 August, 2016 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2016 Two good feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 27 August, 2016 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2016 Bloody Hell Charlie Nicholas making this too easy. As well as above 'in his locker' and 'stonewall' in same sentence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc oli Posted 27 August, 2016 Share Posted 27 August, 2016 They play 'expansive football'. This means nothing. And yet Mark Chapman has made a career out of uttering it weekly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 27 August, 2016 Share Posted 27 August, 2016 Sweet left foot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambsaint Posted 27 August, 2016 Share Posted 27 August, 2016 Last night on 505 one of the ex-footballer pundits said: "They're not going to win the league at this point in time. Firstly it is impossible to win the league at about 20.00 on a Friday in August, and if he meant "this season" why didn't he say that. "At this point in time" is a very long winded and extremely stupid way of saying "now", and I just cannot understand its attraction to the semi-literate; even more annoying is that occasionally otherwise intelligent people use it. One of my other pet hates is :"I've seen them given." A particularly silly way of describing a close decision, that usually comes down to the opinion of the referee. A semantic pedant, and I'm very glad to see that I'm not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockportsaint Posted 27 August, 2016 Share Posted 27 August, 2016 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. I listen regularly to the excellent Guardian Football Weekly podcast, they have a routine whereby if anyone attempts to talk about "narrative", they play the "narrative klaxon" - basically a really annoying noise to highlight the faux pas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrimsaint Posted 28 August, 2016 Share Posted 28 August, 2016 When pundit says your Rooney's or your aguero's, hazard's. They are not bloody plural. Sent from my YOGA Tablet 2-1050F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 28 August, 2016 Share Posted 28 August, 2016 Anything that was 'timed to perfection' 'Beat the offside' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted 28 August, 2016 Share Posted 28 August, 2016 Or "issued a come and get me plea". Except maybe Terry Waite. Like that Fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 28 August, 2016 Share Posted 28 August, 2016 Martin Tyler droning on, reading from a prepared script of historical facts about various players, attempting to sound knowledgable, but in reality being a google-bore and ignoring the action on the pitch half the time. Sometimes he has to interrupt himself to mention, in a half-asleep voice, that the ball is in the back of the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 28 August, 2016 Share Posted 28 August, 2016 Anything that comes out of Hoddles mouth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwantsapint Posted 29 August, 2016 Share Posted 29 August, 2016 The Vauxhall man of the match is jack willshire as chosen by Andy Townsend Always find failed ex managers tactical advice & insight laughable eling us what they would do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 29 August, 2016 Share Posted 29 August, 2016 Not a commentators phrase but one used by players, and managers, I remember it from Pardew "we got beat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 29 August, 2016 Share Posted 29 August, 2016 that **** drury - one night in .......... usually, istanbul when commentating on Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 29 August, 2016 Share Posted 29 August, 2016 "European nights at Anfield.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 29 August, 2016 Share Posted 29 August, 2016 "He's got great feet for a big man..." "Plucky Southampton..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 29 August, 2016 Share Posted 29 August, 2016 Anything that comes out of Robbie Savage's gob. - sh it cliches. Check. - poor grammar. Check. - constant self references. Check - dubious knowledge of the rules of the game. Check - wild usage of hyperbole. Check. - being an annoying pr ick. Check. The things Savage is most guilty of are massively overreacting and enormously blinkered bias. I'd rather listen to elderly people chew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 29 August, 2016 Share Posted 29 August, 2016 Martin Tyler droning on, reading from a prepared script of historical facts about various players, attempting to sound knowledgable, but in reality being a google-bore and ignoring the action on the pitch half the time. Sometimes he has to interrupt himself to mention, in a half-asleep voice, that the ball is in the back of the net. He's also the one responsible for perpetuating the myth that we won 6-3 against Man U in the grey kit match because he uses the same stat sheet year on year and us against them is always on the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singapore Saint Posted 30 August, 2016 Share Posted 30 August, 2016 French managers e.g. Puel like to say "possibilities" and South Americans e.g. Poch, Pellegrini, Aguero always say "important". I always hate it when one commentator asks another, "Was that a penalty for you?" especially when it's a stonewall pen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 10 September, 2016 Author Share Posted 10 September, 2016 Bragging rights. FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 14 September, 2016 Share Posted 14 September, 2016 Managers now refer to what used to be the Team as 'this Group'. Every player who is transferred claims that 'it was a no-brainer' when he heard so and so was interested' No! No! ...that refers to the report that the doctor gave to the manager ......after the player's medical..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 14 September, 2016 Share Posted 14 September, 2016 "European nights at Anfield.." ........that their grandfathers used to tell them about .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 14 September, 2016 Share Posted 14 September, 2016 The Vauxhall man of the match is jack willshire as chosen by Andy Townsend I even heard that after one game when Wilshere was on as a sub for the last 20 minutes and touched the ball four times .. If that was the opinion of " a football expert " .......then I worked in the wrong profession for the last 40 years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 14 September, 2016 Share Posted 14 September, 2016 (edited) "A G U E R O !!!!!!!" Tyler irratates the cr*p out of me. Edited 14 September, 2016 by Saint Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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