QuoteAnother that does my head in is "the battle of the basement boys". a bit too much aliteration there for me
"That magical night in Barcelona" Does it have to be mentioned every time, Clive?
Soon to be outdone by "That magical night in Istanbul", me thinks
Ceci n'est pas une signature
Another that does my head in is "the battle of the basement boys". a bit too much aliteration there for me
4th official"Dermot, relax with the swearing" .Keely"Ah its grand, he's me son"
Im with you on that one.Serious commentator cheeseOriginally Posted by noby
If they has scored more goals, they would of had a good chance of winning.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
football and footballers in general are obsessed with metaphors they almost never speak in real terms.
chalk and cheese
bread and butter
if u cut him he would bleed <insert colour here>
turned the corner
purple patch
lady luck
he gets a nosebleed that far up the pitch
lost the dressingroom
handbags
etc etc
"He hit it with his favourite left foot"
Yep- He has a number of left feet, some of which he prefers over others
Another one related to the Eircom League,
"Yes, this season will indeed be Shamrock Rovers season"
Been hearing that one since the 90's!
Eoin Mullen, Bohemians legend!
"You should always take good care of your cat" - Postman Pat, 1991
2005 - a great year for Irish football
Ya, Big Ron loves those one's.
He's also a fan of
"He's worked his socks off tonight, Clive."
and
"I tell you wot.
There isn't a blade of grass he hasn't covered tonight."
Often used together.
Ya thats very popular with Toshack and Brady with their "we've been around, you know" attitude, when all Brady really wants to say is
"if you take a look at your arsenals Bill, you've got your arsenals, you're arsenals and arsenal. And Teaeeeery Onri Bill."
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
Likewise. It's only become an everyday turn of phrase over the last year and it really makes me cringe every time its used. The sister had a go at me yesterday after somebody used it, and said I "get fixated on little things". Damn right I do, when whats said its a load of sh!t and only acts as a polyfiller in sentences.
I blame David Beckham for that one!
Mens sana in corpore sano
"Like I said" or "like I say" are other common cliches thrown in now when somebody has to fill in a pause while being interviewed.
If you've said it before why say it again then? Very annoying.
Mens sana in corpore sano
Yeah lofty - that drives me nuts.....eh........obviously.
I see that there is now a band called "Bouncebackability". Was that an Atkinson comment?
Another one which has now permeated the world of all sports, politics and God knows what else
"setting out our/their stall"
I just hate that expression.
Reminds me of the 80s when every fcuking hack politician was saying "Our youth are Ireland's greatest natural resource" or "At this point in time".
At least "sick as a parrot" appears to have disappeared.
"This game is a real 6 pointer"
one shot... Bang Bang!!!
Bouncebackability - was termed by Ian Dowie - one of the few intelligent football managers around. I think it was Sky Sports who picked up on it and used it to death.
You've clearly never seen me play. I have two of them."He hit it with his favourite left foot"
Yep- He has a number of left feet, some of which he prefers over others
You can't spell failure without FAI
Yeah but are you left-footed?
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
No, I'm not.
You can't spell failure without FAI
He was just about to "pull the trigger"....
He's scored from an impossible angle
Honest! I am not a secret Tim nor a closet Sham - I really am a Seagull.
Half the time they haven't even said it before! Or at least not on TV- maybe in The Green Room or during the game and the pundits are yapping to each other back in the studio.
The use of the word "shock" when a team for a lower division beats a higher team. Who exactly is shocked by the result? I'll always remember a BBC Presenter saying, and this is true, "Surprisingly there were no shocks in the FA Cup today". Doh!
And in the same context "giant killers". I suppose giant is a relative term but when I hear something like Torquay beating Crewe being called "giant killing" I have to scratch my head.
And finally "the referee should show common sense". The player is already on a yellow card and he kicks the ball away (a bookable offence). The ref shows him a second yellow and off he goes. "The referee should have shown common sense". And what about the player - should be not have shown common sense and not kicked the ball away? Grrrrrrrr.
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