Cliches mainly used in the football world ( and on here)

[LittleEatonRam]

34 minutes ago, FlyBritishMidland said:

When did defending deep become a low block?

I wondered about this too. Don't think I'd heard the term before the Euros in the summer but now it's everywhere. The latest fashionable football buzzword.

[Grumpy Git]

"Give and go", it's a "one-two" you t*****, (Shaun Barker is just one of many who is guilty of this).

Does my nut.

[hintonsboots]

22 hours ago, LittleEatonRam said:

I wondered about this too. Don't think I'd heard the term before the Euros in the summer but now it's everywhere. The latest fashionable football buzzword.

It’s part and parcel of the game.

[Ghost of Clough]

On 05/10/2024 at 07:41, jono said:

The final 3rd, The final pass, Hoof ball, Route 1, Head tennis, Took one for the team, Trap a bag of cement

(insert manager)Ball, one trick pony, tactical master class. Injury crisis. Park the bus and banks of four.

I think inverted wing backs is really special but I can’t decide whether it’s a defender who can attack or an attacker who can defend or is it both but playing on the wrong side of the pitch to one’s favoured leg. OR could it be gender related can someone explain ? TVM 🤪

False 10 must be a Bo Derek look alike ?

It's when an LB or RB plays in a more central position when their team has the ball. Roberts/Knight under Rosenior, or Alexander-Arnold for Liverpool. Whereas a wing back would hug the touchline and overlap the winger and cause an overload down the wings, an inverted full back is most useful in sides who want to dominate posession - they offer an extra body (or bodies) to pass to when on the ball, but they also assist with winning the ball back in transition due to a more congested midfield.

[jono]

6 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

It's when an LB or RB plays in a more central position when their team has the ball. Roberts/Knight under Rosenior, or Alexander-Arnold for Liverpool. Whereas a wing back would hug the touchline and overlap the winger and cause an overload down the wings, an inverted full back is most useful in sides who want to dominate posession - they offer an extra body (or bodies) to pass to when on the ball, but they also assist with winning the ball back in transition due to a more congested midfield.

Many thanks .. so really the poor effing wingback has to go box to box along the touchline being a dual purpose winger and flank defender and at the same time help out by being an additional DM. To do that right you’d need an engine and a half. !

[hintonsboots]

Injuries.

Have you ever phoned work to say you won’t be in due to a slight Knock ?
Andy Gray when on SS if a player went down they had always “ Opened up the joint”.

[ketteringram]

' he's got a licence to go forward '

Always used to think he'd have to stop somewhere around the centre circle, to show it to the ref. 

Yeah that's fine lad. Off you go. 

[RadioactiveWaste]

2 hours ago, ketteringram said:

' he's got a licence to go forward '

Always used to think he'd have to stop somewhere around the centre circle, to show it to the ref. 

Yeah that's fine lad. Off you go. 

The name's Wilson, Kane Wilson, licence to go forward.

(On Paul Warne's Secret Service)

 

[Animal is a Ram]

More widespread than the football world...

"They've given 110%"

Drives me spare. Can't possibly give more than 100%. If you've put more effort into one particular game than any other, you weren't giving 100% in those other games