nsr Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, Aim Here said: I'm guessing you don't travel in high financial circles then. It's a common finance term, referring to when investors who predict a stock, or the market, will rise - and with the antonym bearish. It's a pretty reasonable analogy to footballing performance. I'm guessing most other football fans, pundits and journos don't either. I know what the word means, it just seems out of context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Can they do a Leicester? Into the f**ken sea with this . You just won against all the odds We would have to lose the term "Hibsed it" too, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 On 23/11/2018 at 13:06, RandomGuy. said: Yer da reckons it's the problem with the modern game. Well it's nice that for once "The Problem With The Modern Game" isn't hair related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Omission of either the word "by" or failure to state the full scoreline.....as in "They got beat five" when referring to a game in which the winning team scored five goals , with the amount of goals they conceded , if any, clearly being irrelevant and not worthy of comment. First I became aware of this was from Paul Merson on Soccer Saturday, but it's become more widespread now , Scottish fitba circles included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 “He’s just put his foot right through the ball...”............Whit, like he’s just burst the thing ?“Gaping “......as in “the goal was gaping and El Buffalo has just proved he couldn’t hit a coo’s erse with a banjo by sticking the ball into Row Z..” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 2 hours ago, A96 said: Omission of either the word "by" or failure to state the full scoreline.....as in "They got beat five" when referring to a game in which the winning team scored five goals , with the amount of goals they conceded , if any, clearly being irrelevant and not worthy of comment. First I became aware of this was from Paul Merson on Soccer Saturday, but it's become more widespread now , Scottish fitba circles included Never heard of this thankfully. I might combust with rage if I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Has "The ball moved in the air" been mentioned yet? I'd be more stunned if the ball stopped moving while it was in the air tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 What about words we like to see used in a footballing context that really make very little sense there? For example, an "agricultural" challenge or clearance or defender. Top quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambieBud Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 ‘He’s got that in his locker’ is particularly annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gastropod Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 "big unit " or "battering ram " usually used when describing huge/fat centre forward ..Also the word " assist " gets used like somebody has done the striker a favour by passing or crossing the ball ..Shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Two words, but get "Expected Goals" all the way to f**k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 "Get out of the group" ......as in Scotland never get out of the group at a major tournament (phrase from 20 years ago). Presumably we're still stuck in this eternal group with Morocco then - who also never made it out during France 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 'Get a result' Unless the game's off you'll always get a result. Losing 7-0's a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Two words, but get "Expected Goals" all the way to f**k. Amen. But fortunately that lasted about twenty minutes, and it’s now relegated to the badly written non-league pages of When Saturday Comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 More a phrase than a word, but I hate hearing 'get a reaction' or 'need a reaction' after a team got drilled in their last game. Gus McPherson was bad for saying it. You can play cliche bingo with just his pre and post match interviews actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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