Football-related phrases you can't stand

[Frang]

he has a great turn of pace and an eye for a goal..

oh


wait


@Prevenger17

 

[Frang]

that an event is bound to happen early on in a game..

 

[john jako]

Six pointer.... when clearly only 3 points maximum can be gained from the game.

 

[LostLegend]

“He had every right to go down there”

He should have cheated, basically...

 

[efcjames]

Man U

 

[Billysgingham.]

He is a good shot stopper....he's a GOALKEEPER it comes with the job ffs

 

[Methuselah]

Grab a shirt. (Many years ago, this used to mean 'mark your man tight'. Now, it means 'grab a shirt'.)

 

[Encoder]

Not really phrases, but the old english has beens on commentary and punditry always going on about bang average british managers and players really ticks me off. Proper boys club mentality and they can feck off trying to score someone like Eddie Howe a big job or shilling a charlatan like Allardyce.

That knob on commentary for the Brighton certainly wouldn't have been having a go at Richarlison if he was called Richards.

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

"The next goal is going to be crucial," irrespective of what the current score is.

 

[4737carlin]

These are there for the taking

 

[spence03]

'Up top'.

Does my head in

 

[summerisle]

They're too good to go down.
Sucked the ball into the net.

 

[leslad]

Genuine pace

 

[klingklang]

Sky

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

Saved by/Beaten by the woodwork.

He couldn't quite..........
He didn't quite...........

The way commentators mangle their sentences, putting the name of the team or player at the end as in "He could have had a hat-trick today Harry Kane". "They need to defend better than this Fulham".