Football Clichés

[Winston Biscuit]

an attempt at a thread for capturing the overused and not well thought through expressions that we hear regularly used in football talk.

I will start things off with all young players being 'hungry'. everyone under, saaayyyyy 21, is just described as standard as being 'hungry'

[From Despair To Where?]

Calling Ron Atkinson to the thread.....

[From Despair To Where?]

Anyway, "Tuesday evening in Stoke".

[Sutekh]

Over the parrot

[Royal Rother]

I want to know why a right foot is never cultured.

[Royal Rother]

And why football managers never discuss the game over a bottle of white wine.

[Royal Rother]

And why the only percentage a player ever gives "it" is 110.

[Sutekh]

Expecting the commentator’s book of cliches to be used in overdrive at the Stadium of Light tomorrow.

[Dirk Gently]

Always a "tough place to go"

And always wondered why when players are tired they're "leggy"

[AthleticoSpizz]

“the high press”

[BRO_BOT]

A wise man once said: "Why argue with an Arsenal fan when you can just wait?"

[AthleticoSpizz]

A wise man once said: "Why argue with an Arsenal fan when you can just wait?"

”a wise man” lol, now we know you’re lying given the amount of time you spend preying on hna?

[6ft Kerplunk]

I want to know why a right foot is never cultured.

Or a wand.

Too big to go down may be an apt one this season.

[Winston Biscuit]

young players just need game time, older players don't want to be sitting on the bench at that stage of their career, and players in between those 2 really just want to be playing week in week out.

[BRO_BOT]

young players just need game time, older players don't want to be sitting on the bench at that stage of their career, and players in between those 2 really just want to be playing week in week out.

They've all "got it in the locker".

[Royal Rother]

I wonder at what stage when a striker "opens his body" the reference to Thierry Henry won't be made.