When a player who's scored a hattrick is interviewed after the game.
"The main thing is we got the 3 points"
Fecking liar!
"The main thing is we got the 3 points"
Fecking liar!
Football phrases that grinds your gears
- Thread starter Micky Targaryen
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We never do things the easy way at X
'Press Resistance ' seems to be making a comeback recently, after a brief hiatus.
It's a meaningless phrase used by people who want to sound clever.
No player is press resistant, it just doesn't exist.
It's a meaningless phrase used by people who want to sound clever.
No player is press resistant, it just doesn't exist.
Are you saying that no player is better at holding on to the ball under pressure than any other player?
No, I'm saying no one is resistant to a press.
To be resistant would mean they aren't affected by that press, but actually they are affected because they've had to move or react in order to deal with the press.
One I never really understood was saying a player "is on a hat trick" when they were actually on a brace and hadn't gotten a hat trick yet to be on.
Why would it mean that? "Immune" or "impervious" is just one possible meaning of "resistant". Press resistant = capable of successfully resisting the press. Which in this case does not mean the newspapers.
Imagine if someone were to say that at the start of the game, every player on the pitch is on a goal
Because that's the meaning of resistant!
No, that's one meaning of it. Ever heard of air resistance? Do you think it refers to things being... impervious to air?Because that's the meaning of resistant!
Penalties are lottery
Based on our current form: “How did he not save that?” and “How did he miss that?”.
He's a world class player
Press resistant
Low block
Double pivot
Old school centre back
Low block
Double pivot
Old school centre back
Finishes with aplomb
When being discussed as a force yes, not when being discussed as a tangible object.
Agreed
That's my 'cause celebre'! Grrr
Describing a goal as a Worldie
Not a phrase but people referring to the champions league final as the CF.
Heard it last night and have never understood where it came from.
"He didn't get enough purchase on it?".
"He didn't get enough purchase on it?".
Press Resilient any better?
Top Binz
Definitely more descriptive
City's treble. Been seeing it a lot in recent weeks.
Yeah, that makes more sense, as it shows that something is being affected by a happening yet is not disturbed by it quite as much.
Thanks.
For me thats not a foul/penalty/etc
The new one I’m stating to hear
“Hybrid formation”
Wtf is that !
“Hybrid formation”
Wtf is that !
A formation whose parents came from different species, like a liger.
Maybe someone is bringing in formations from rugby or waterpolo or something
"x per minute" variations. XG.
When team progress is measured in points instead of position.
When team progress is measured in points instead of position.
When a team's progress is measured in position instead of points and performances.
Performances is the fairest measure but if you want to rely on a number position makes way more sense than points.
Harry Maguire
Let's say we have Team A and Team B.
In season 1, Team A wins the league, Team B finishes second. In the summer, Team A loses five of its best players.
The next season Team B gets the exact same results as the previous season. Same amount of wins, same amount of points, same goal difference. But this time they win the league because Team A collapses without their best players and finishes mid-table.
Has Team B improved? I'd say no, not at all. They became the best team in the league due to their rival getting worse. They stood still and their position improved only thanks to factors entirely outside their control (in our hypothetical scenario, Team A's best players were all bought by Team Evil, playing in a different league).
“Inverted fullback” . No idea why but when I hear it, grinds my gears.
Managed periods of the game quite well
Handled their threat
Beat the press
Squad is not strong enough
Anything that Roy Keane comes out with, when on Sky
Anything Danny Murphy comes out with on commentary
Anything Brendan Rogers used to say on post match interviews
Handled their threat
Beat the press
Squad is not strong enough
Anything that Roy Keane comes out with, when on Sky
Anything Danny Murphy comes out with on commentary
Anything Brendan Rogers used to say on post match interviews
what on Earth is the problem with that? That barely even qualifies as a "phrase". Does calling someone a "good player" annoy you? Do you seethe with rage when someone says "that striker is quick"?Winning the league requires a lot more than just points. There is a lot more pressure when you are on top. Sustaining that and not bottling it to actually win the league is a big difference than just finishing second with the same amount of points. That's exactly why I think it's stupid.
A team that gets more points but finishes 5th is not the same as a team that finished top 4 with less points.
It is something that is said when it is visibly obvious. Particularly, when Keane says it after a United defeat. He'll praise United when they win, but does 360% when they lose and starts on the obvious players, Fred, Wan Bissaka etc.
Yes Roy, we get it. However, the club has been so badly managed we can't sell 10 players, otherwise we will barely not have anyone to select you t**t.
I think progress has to be measured in things that are actually within your own control. League position is a very flawed way of looking at things because in large part it depends on the teams around you. Was Solskjaer's 19/20 United team just as good as Pep's 16/17 City side? Was it better than Klopp's 17/18 Liverpool? I don't think so, even though it finished third.
It's perfectly possible to improve massively without actually improving your league position. And vice versa. I think United went backwards from 2009/10 to 2010/11 but improved its league position because Chelsea were nowhere near as good as the previous season.