[Siberian Spireite]

Footballing philosophy
Team's identity
Don't leave anything out on the pitch

[Johnnyspireite7]

He's a top, top player. Half the time they're Bunkum! Pogba a prime example.

[plannerj]

hardgums, on 24 January 2020 - 05:06 PM, said:

There's much I hate about today's football speak. The use of the word 'group', however, is the one that really gets up my nose. "With all his experience our new centre back will bring a new dynamic to the group" etc, etc. Since when were football players a group? You can have a Rock Group but a Football Group....nah! They're a team for god's sake. And whilst we're at it, how can a manager 'lose the dressing room'? It's down the corridor, third door on the left.

“Kids”. Grrrrh!

[jack bauer]

like so many things today, football is over analysed, endless interviews etc and match of the day oh dear, just show the highlights please, I don't really want to listen to pundits pulling it apart for 10 minutes in between each game, these days I record it and cut out all the chat.

"EXPERT SUMMARISER"!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by jack bauer: 25 January 2020 - 12:31 PM

[Johnnyspireite7]

jack bauer, on 25 January 2020 - 12:30 PM, said:

like so many things today, football is over analysed, endless interviews etc and match of the day oh dear, just show the highlights please, I don't really want to listen to pundits pulling it apart for 10 minutes in between each game, these days I record it and cut out all the chat.

"EXPERT SUMMARISER"!!!!!!!

The only exceptions to the above being Greame Souness & Roy Keane, get them two on a subject that makes them go apoplectic and sit back and grab the popcorn. Brilliant viewing.

Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville have moments of brilliance as well but not nearly as good as the explosive twosome.

[born in 1866]

jack bauer, on 25 January 2020 - 12:30 PM, said:

"EXPERT SUMMARISER"!!!!!!!

When Talksport called Dean Saunders their expert summariser, I nearly choked while laughing.

[BurySpireite]

hardgums, on 24 January 2020 - 05:06 PM, said:

There's much I hate about today's football speak. The use of the word 'group', however, is the one that really gets up my nose. "With all his experience our new centre back will bring a new dynamic to the group" etc, etc. Since when were football players a group? You can have a Rock Group but a Football Group....nah! They're a team for god's sake. And whilst we're at it, how can a manager 'lose the dressing room'? It's down the corridor, third door on the left.

fishini, on 24 January 2020 - 07:01 PM, said:

We've got to learn lessons. You don't learn lessons, you learn from lessons, lessons teach you.

Don't mind these two. 'Losing the dressing room' captures well the feeling of a loss of control of your players and a pervading lack of respect, you can be facetious about it but it makes sense. And you most certainly can learn lessons, have you never said 'I've learned my lesson' after you've cocked up? Perfectly good English innit.

[Doughnut]

I hate the overuse of 'just about' by the commentators to describe something that actually happened, ie when a player clears the ball off the line "He just about cleared the ball off the line"

By definition 'just about' means 'nearly', ie didn't actually achieve what he/she aimed to do.

[Westbars Spireite]

Not limited to football but the use of the word 'literally'. I'm stuck with BBC final score this afternoon and according to Leon Osman someone was 'literally playing out of their skin'.

A horrific image.

[60s 70s Spireite]

The words, Roy Keane

[Mr_Pleasant]

"If anything, he hit it too well".

[Westbars Spireite]

Mr_Pleasant, on 25 January 2020 - 04:49 PM, said:

"If anything, he hit it too well".

Nah, that makes sense.

[Johnnyspireite7]

Steve McMananaman's just done one, When Grant McCann gets Hull back in the dressing room it depends upon what he says in order to galvanise them.....that'll be useful....coating them in Zinc so they don't rust!

[spireitetoo]

Mr_Pleasant, on 25 January 2020 - 04:49 PM, said:

"If anything, he hit it too well".

I agree, if ya hit it well you score, if ya hit it too well, you take the net out at same time, not miss all together

[Nitrous Oxide]

Going through transition.

[clarevoyant.]

"To be honest" does that mean the speaker is a lying tw@ the rest of the time.

"To be perfectly honest" arrrrrggh

This post has been edited by clarevoyant.: 26 January 2020 - 01:28 PM

[Happ Hazzard]

Most of what pundits managers say is utter b*******s simply made up to fill TV time. I would prefer it if there were no interviews after games on TV and no punditry. Just show the match and at half-time show highlights of recent matches.

[Comeonyouirons]

Any player being interviewed who says the words "You know "

Pundits like Danny Murphy and Jermaine Penas saying " He has every right to go down there "

Pundits siding with twaats like Craig Pawson that don't book or send a player off in the first 90 seconds

Anything Sue Smith says

This post has been edited by Comeonyouirons: 27 January 2020 - 03:31 PM

[Westbars Spireite]

Two of my favourite pundits/summarisers seem to be very much 2nd rate as far as Sky are concerned. FL games and The Debate if they're lucky.

Danny Higginbottom and Don Goodman.

[Comeonyouirons]

Westbars Spireite, on 27 January 2020 - 03:42 PM, said:

Two of my favourite pundits/summarisers seem to be very much 2nd rate as far as Sky are concerned. FL games and The Debate if they're lucky.

Danny Higginbottom and Don Goodman.

Couldn't agree more with Don Goodman , a pleasure to listen to my favourite since Niall Quinn who I thought was brilliant


I should of course get a few Don Goodman commentaries watching my lot next year

This post has been edited by Comeonyouirons: 27 January 2020 - 04:34 PM