| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) 17:26 - Jan 27 with 2681 views | stainrods_elbow |
'To be fair'.
This boils my piss to the stars and back again. It's worse than a cliche - it's institutionally/industrially and quite wilfully incorrect the way footballers, pundits and managers misuse it. 'To be fair' means, to normal users of English, something like 'that said' or 'admittedly', i.e. when one is acknowledging a counter-point for balance and accuracy, NOT 'to be honest' in the way that cretins like Gary Neville (and, indeed, pretty much all and f*ckin' sundry) moronically insist on persisting with.
Examples:
(i) 'To be honest, because it needs saying, though it pains me to say so as a fan of the man, Manchester United had little choice but to dismiss Ole Gunnar Solksjaer after he proved time and again he wasn't up to the job.'
(ii) 'To be fair (to him), Rashford was arguably trying not to interfere with play before Fernandes scored, although for me the offside decision should still have been given.'
Is it just me? How hard is it really? Lamentable solecisms like this appal me. (Don't tell me I need to get out more, even if I do need to get out more!) [Post edited 27 Jan 2023 17:27]
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 18:22 - Jan 27 with 2591 views | dmm |
To be fair, you need to get out more. |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 18:27 - Jan 27 with 2579 views | Juzzie |
#2: “It evens itself out over the course of the season.”
It doesn’t.
[Post edited 27 Jan 2023 18:28]
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 18:28 - Jan 27 with 2567 views | PunteR |
TBF 'To be Fair' isn't really a football cliché. |  |
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 18:29 - Jan 27 with 2557 views | DavieQPR |
'He sent the Keeper the wrong way'.
No the Keeper guessed wrong. |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 18:31 - Jan 27 with 2542 views | PunteR |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 18:29 - Jan 27 by DavieQPR |
'He sent the Keeper the wrong way'.
No the Keeper guessed wrong. |
Did you watch Robert Green? | |
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 20:04 - Jan 27 with 2432 views | stainrods_elbow |
It's not exactly a cliche, I suppose, but 'there was no malice in it, he's not that type of player' or variants thereon, is also close to meaningless, given that I don't think there's ever been a manager (and, to be fair, very few players would deserve it) who's said 'he's a nasty bastard - and he definitely meant to do damage there'.
Apart from our own erstwhile thug Vinnie Jones, the truly nasty Fellaini, the repellent Ramos and the likes, at times, of Roy Keane and the far from pure Alan Shearer, I can't think of too many malefactors in the modern/recent European game. Graeme Souness liked to leave a boot in now and then, but cynically simulated agonies are far more prevalent than leg-breaking infractions these days. [Post edited 27 Jan 2023 20:05]
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 20:08 - Jan 27 with 2417 views | BushRanger82 |
The boy, this, the boy, that. |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 20:10 - Jan 27 with 2412 views | Monkey_Roots |
Your Rooney’s, Your Shearer’s, Your Aguero’s… |  | | |
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 20:30 - Jan 27 with 2381 views | FredManRave |
"It's a game of two halves".
I mean seriously. Come on. It's not like there are, erm, wait...
To be fair, I need to think this one through a bit more. |  |
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 20:37 - Jan 27 with 2356 views | HamptonR |
You don't get those at Anfield |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 22:21 - Jan 27 with 2265 views | stevec |
Early Doors.
Initially I thought Hoddle was making some musical reference. |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 22:41 - Jan 27 with 2247 views | MrSheen |
He’s got every right to go down there. |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 23:32 - Jan 27 with 2202 views | HantsR |
I remember a fun letter in The Times from 1986 paraphrasing, i think, Terry Venables. "Sir, I done great, you done great, the boy Lineker done great" |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 06:06 - Jan 28 with 2112 views | Damo1962 |
"They can concentrate on the League now" | | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 07:47 - Jan 28 with 2056 views | HAYESBOY |
'Take one game at a time'.
No sht sherlock. A bit messy if you try and play two teams at once.  |  |
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 08:13 - Jan 28 with 2027 views | eghamranger |
“When I knew there was interest from the gaffer, I just couldn’t wait to sign, I just want to get on the training pitch and meet the lads and get 3 points at home on Saturday “
A new signing |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 09:47 - Jan 28 with 1965 views | Logman |
He's covered every blade of grass on the pitch today | | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 10:04 - Jan 28 with 1942 views | Superhoop83 |
"That's a stonewall penalty."
A penalty, which isn't a physical entity, can't block or obstruct someone and it can't be a member of Stonewall.
I think Paul Merson was the first one to use it and in my book it is a stonewall offence. |  |
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 10:18 - Jan 28 with 1932 views | terryb |
"He had his eyes on the ball, so that elbow couldn't have been intentional".
Everyone of us that has played football at any level knows this is b******s! You don't need to look at the opponent to know exactly where they are & exact revenge in the way you feel will bring the least punishment.
Not a cliche, but why are some players always referred to by two names while others just by surname? Always Harry Kane but never Bakary Sako. I could never explain, even to myself, why this pisses me off as much as it does! | | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 10:43 - Jan 28 with 1912 views | R_from_afar |
“He’s capable of that”.
Well yes, he just did whatever “that” was.
“There was contact”.
What, contact in a contact sport? Whatever next. Contact does not mean it was a foul, you’re thinking of netball.  |  |
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| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 10:58 - Jan 28 with 1898 views | rrrspricey |
Put his body on the line....No, he blocked a fųcking ball, not a bullet.
Great reaction save...when a corpse would've "saved" it had it been placed in the same position |  | | |
| Appalling footballing cliches (No. 1) on 16:07 - Jan 29 with 1729 views | GaryT |
"That was a full blooded tackle"
Which translates as ""outside of these four stands you'd be looking at some hard time behind bars". |  | | |
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