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spud

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Just thought of another one that pisses me off.

Every time a goal is scored, the commentator screams the name of the player scoring it. One of them (possibly Drury) has now started to anticipate possible goals by screaming both the first and last names of players just in case they score. I guess they do it because it sounds good on highlights packages, and when it was new it was kind of acceptable. But it's become a cliche very quickly and an extremely annoying one.
 

knilly

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When talking about signing a young player ‘he can only get better’

Load of nonsense! The games littered with players who don’t make the grade
 

Lighty64

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The worse one is "we are shit today" on the match thread in here after 5 minutes

oh I'm so glad that is 1 thread I avoid, think in my near on 8yrs here I've made around 5 post in there, 1 was before a match in which I think I went in the wrong thread, the others were to leave a comment after a match, usually an embarrassing loss


Bought the foul.

Knew what he was doing.

Anticipated the contact.

Gone to ground.

Looks on to me.

Dangled a leg.

Left a foot in.

30 seconds into the game. "They've started brightly"

"Back of the net"
Technically it's the front of the net.

They have legs in this team.

Manager will have to earn his money at half time/They'll get a rocket at half time.

Vital that they score the next goal.

"Row Z"

"No desire"

Needs to make drastic changes at half time.

after reading that list, I'd suggest watching the game with the mute volume on(y)
 

Spurslove

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One of the most boring cliches I ever heard but never will again...

"It's been xxxxxxx years since Spurs last managed to win away at Chelsea".

Good bloody riddance to that one too.

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CoopsieDeadpool

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Jun 8, 2012
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Another one for me, especially on forums is "beast"...


But.........




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The Doc

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Howsabaout "he made no mistake" when describing the act of scoring from a penalty? Who the fuck talks like this? I tried crowbarring it into conversations with Mrs Doc one day, particularly pleased with my "Yes, I have mowed the lawn, and made no mistake with the strimmer".

Another classic is the "Welcome to the Premier League/International football (insert as appropriate)" which invariably follows a premeditated, violent assault from behind on any player unfortunate enough to be making their debut. See Kane, H for England vs Italy and role of welcomer in chief as played by Chiellini, G.
 

Spurslove

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I hate it when an ex-player puts his arm across his chest with a clenched fist and says about a player 'He's got to let him know he's there' (in a growl) when describing a tackle during a match.

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yido_number1

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Jun 8, 2004
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It's not commentary but it really annoys me when the sky sports commentators say "keep you across all today's action". What the actual does that mean?
 

Spurslove

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Here's one we can all say bollocks to right now....

"Once Real Madrid come calling..." God, the number of times I've heard that!

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Navin R Johnson

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Aplomb.

I'm 58 and I swear the only times I've heard that word used in my life it has always been preceded with the words "tucked away with",
usually by John Motson or Glenn Hoddle.
 

werty

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Aplomb.

I'm 58 and I swear the only times I've heard that word used in my life it has always been preceded with the words "tucked away with",
usually by John Motson or Glenn Hoddle.
If you go to Thailand you'll hear it often.
 

Mate

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"He's got a wand of a left/right foot"

I'm pretty sure if that was the case they wouldn't be a footballer
 
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