Football Lingo/Sayings That Annoy You

[Moquo]

Saying we know that, as in "smith is a long kick, we know that." A Brucism.

Now you're just being Brucist.

 

[Boomerfan99]

Pumping games into the kids.
Selling candy.
Big fish.

 

[windyhill]

Any coach/player that talks up the next opponent, "they'll be hard to beat" Particularly when its 1st v 18th

 

[EagleShore]

This extends beyond footy but so many players and commentators (those who are ex-players mostly) mix their tenses in relation to come and came:

"Since Buddy come up to play at the Swans, he hasn't looked back"...which should be "Since Buddy came up to play at the Swans, he hasn't looked back".

Seriously, you'd think footy players would have come a few times and remembered where they came.

 

[scoman]

From fans, "Flog".

Everyone is a flog these days.

Well technically most people, especially males are

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

From the paint

The way sandy says Fremantle

Worm burner

 

[Gibson LP]

Now you're just being Brucist.

We know that.

 

[Gibson LP]

Oh great call Bruce.
Great call Lingy.
That's a great call BT.

Mutual circle jerk that goes on in the 7 commentary box.

They also have a bad habit of pointing out what was said ten minutes earlier. Ie Ling - BT you said earlier that the Hawks need to improve their kicking.
Lingy does that a lot.

 

[Callum87]

'For mine'

 

[Bollox]

I'm glad at least one old school term had disappeared.
When i was knee high to anything someone told me to just "sink the slipper into it".
This began a few sleepless nights wondering what it meant and what i was doing wrong. I couldnt figure out the slipper, sinking it, etc.

ok no more sharing embarassing stories from when i was a kid.

 

[bungalow_bill]

"He knows where the goals are" ..well they are 45 feet high so pretty hard to miss them

 

[SSSSSS]

Wellinghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.

 

[keithrichards]

'Closing Speed' is the one that gives me the shits.

If anyone can explain it to me, that'd be great

 

[OhhDeledio]

There best is very good has been thrown up at least 3-4 times already on talking footy

 

[Pessimistic]

Took the ball at its highest point

No he didn't


Mediocrity when they mean crap

Mediocrity is 8-11 on the ladder

 

[Banyo Bloods]

No doubt been mentioned but...forward craft. It's not paper mache FFS

 

[The Final Word]

When commentators conclude that the player on coverage is pretty much the best in the league at something just because they're on. They've typically given no prior thought to it, it's just a brain fart and they run with the comment as borderline fact.

[e.g. someone gathers well on a half volley]
"He's so good at doing that, probably one of the best in the league don't you think Darce?"
"Yeah great call Bristle, wouldn't think there's anyone better than that"

 

[van peebles]

"Toby Greene has a very punchable head"

 

[katmanblue]

Melt and salty. Invented by a **** sucker. Used by **** suckers.

Apparently its less salty if tou eat pineapple. Or so i have been lead to believe.

On SM-N920I using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Toump Ass]

Jeez I'd love to take a shit in BT's mouth.

"****"
"Afterburners"
"The Package"
"OZARIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Just **** off already you irrelevant campaigner.

Think it was Bruce in the Essendon v. Adelaide game last week: "They're coming!". No they're not, they're ten goals behind. They're absolutely cooked you muppet.

"You just get the feeling they really need the next goal, don't you?"

Cameron Ling is a dickhead as well. Dunno what he says though, he's always on mute.

"He knows where the goals are!" And thank **** for that, hate to think he's being paid half a million dollars a year to kick a ball in their direction, he'd have to be pretty ****ing special to not know where they are.

Ehh,.

 

[Pessimistic]

How many 'once in a generation' players are running around at the moment?

Literally wrong, phrase should be 'once in a thought bubble'

 

[RhinotheFC]

I'll add when a commentator uses deliberately misleading facts/stats. Like saying Nick Riewoldt played in three grand finals. Or when a player has kicked three or four goals straight and puts his next shot out on the full, or doesn't make the distance and they say that he's kept his perfect goalkicking for the day intact.

And I'll add every time Basil gets a player wrong. You would be blotto before 1/4 time.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Transition and overlap

 

[bungalow_bill]

"OZARIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Was wondering who the idiot was that kept saying his name this way. Fantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasiaaaaa. That was enough of that game for me.

And I'll add every time Basil gets a player wrong. You would be blotto before 1/4 time.

Dermott referred to Schache as "Lawrence" a few times before he was corrected

 

[Briar Gold]

Flog.

For mine.

Scoreboard pressure.