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Seymour M Hersh
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1 hour ago, N Lincs Jambo said:

Team X moves to “within Y points”. No!!! Team X moves to Y points behind. 

 

Maybe the doctors talking about Chromosomes.

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Posted

Couple of Kickback classics:

 

Heart of a mouse

Couldn't tackle a fish supper

 

And an Ian Crocker special:

 

"Bragging rights in the capital"

 

Condescending pish, he'd never say that about the Glasgow derby. 

Der Kaiser
Posted

"Watch Liverpool take on Everton live on Sky Sports Mix..."

 

....yas....

 

".....in the Women's Super League."

 

......dammit 

 

 

Posted
2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

There's a player in there somewhere

 

Alan Hanser once said "you've gotta score more goals than the opposition if you're gonna win games" - he was on proper cabbage, around £400,000 a year from the BBC. I refused to pay my licence fee after that trade. 

Maroon Sailor
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Like a new signing

bean counter
Posted
2 hours ago, db211833 said:

ick :D 

 

I'm with you on that

Percival King
Posted
8 minutes ago, Craig_ said:

Couple of Kickback classics:

 

Heart of a mouse

Couldn't tackle a fish supper

 

And an Ian Crocker special:

 

"Bragging rights in the capital"

 

Condescending pish, he'd never say that about the Glasgow derby. 

But he repeats "on derby day in Glasgow" over and over and over again, usually starting seconds after kick off.

Peter Drury somehow manages to shoehorn into his commentary words that have no place in a football discussion, like "sumptuous".

Posted

"A great ball but there was nobody there" 

 

What??? If nobody was there then it was a shit ball. 

Lord Beni of Gorgie
Posted

I'm another that ick is pretty shit. 

 

I also hate "it is what it is", when it rarely is.

Posted

The corridor of uncertainty 

 

These things even themselves out

 

He's been clever there drawing the foul.

 

There is no bias towards the OF

 

Posted

Absolute worldy

 

Maroon Sailor
Posted
3 minutes ago, Lord Beni of Gorgie said:

I'm another that ick is pretty shit. 

 

I also hate "it is what it is", when it rarely is.

 

OK Mods change Ick to irk

 

FS!

 

 

It was there or thereabouts

Maroonjam
Posted
2 hours ago, D4lien said:

"the goalkeeper just about got there" After a goalie did get there, and saved it! There was no "just about" about it! 

Thank you. This one does my head in! 

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He’s just not that kind of player 

 

he obviously is, he’s just halfed someone 

HeartsCobra
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Listen…

We’re already listening.

 

probably

Needless use.

 

obviously

Needless use.

 

We go again.

Especially when a fan says it – as if they have any bearing on whether the team “goes again” or not.

 

I think they were magnificent …I really do

We believed you already.

 

A Blair Spittal, or a Cammy Devlin…

Just say their name, there’s only one of them.

 

Make no mistake about it. 

Oooh dramatic! Just stop.

 

Baller

Eye roll. 

 

Posted
1 hour ago, Seymour M Hersh said:

What is "the ick"?

 

The boak.

Gordon Ramsay
Posted

Low block.

Posted

I always cringe when I hear anyone refer to football as 'footy'.

Posted

Pen instead of penalty.  Three syllables in one word can be demanding, right enough.

Posted

"It's came off the upright" annoys me. 

 

I hate also the way many Southern English people say footballer.

 

It sounds like "fibula".

Posted
2 minutes ago, Gershwin said:

I always cringe when I hear anyone refer to football as 'footy'.

 

🤢 🤮 

Posted
2 hours ago, Horatio Caine said:

Listen...

Ha ha hate reading that in former footballer columns in the likes of the Record. Every Barry Ferguson column would have one.

 

I also hated the Scottish tabloid stuff like "up in front of the beaks".

 

I also can't recommend highly enough this twitter account 

 

 

 

All roads lead to Gorgie
Posted
2 hours ago, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said:

The Old Firm. 🤢

The New Firm is just as bad. Ancient history now but still used !

A_A wehatethehibs
Posted

It’s a goal! But it looks like it’ll go to VAR. 

PhoenixHearts
Posted
3 hours ago, boag1874 said:

"He's just about kept that in/out"

 

I hate this most of all because it's always used wrong and opposite of what it means.

 

A player will score from a very tight shot that nearly hits the post...

 

Commentary: "He's just about scored that"

No, he DID score.

"Just about" implies a near miss.

 

File alongside Americans saying "I could care less"

Brian Whittaker's Tache
Posted

"wur" 

Speak english ffs!

Posted

Sutton and other pundits/commentators and their use of "Delicious".  As soon as I hear it, I mute the TV.

Posted

Another vote for xG. Load of nonsense.

 

Posted

Hate when they say "finding little pockets of space" or just "pockets" in general. Neil McCann used to say it all the time on sportscene

Posted

Quite a lot of trigger words and phrases 😆 will have to tread carefully in future with what I'm posting.

 

" He's on a hat trick", usually gets me.  :orly_beni:he scored 2 FFS.

 

Xg used to trigger me 😂 I'm not too bad now.  2.8 goals.  So he's on a hat trick I guess.

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Different animal..WTF

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Kevin Thomson always referring to us as “The Jambos”, that Hibs prick hasn’t earned the right to call us The Jambos, Heart of Midlothian or Hearts Football Club to you Thomson

B4 Part B
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Lino

indianajones
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First and foremost. 

Seymour M Hersh
Posted
1 hour ago, martoon said:

 

The boak.

 

👍

Brian Whittaker's Tache
Posted
6 minutes ago, B4 Part B said:

Lino

 This

Watt-Zeefuik
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Not really the ick, but I still can't get my head around "take your chances" meaning "actually scored a goal." Probably American/Scottish vernacular split but "take your chances" means "give it a try" here, regardless of outcome.

 

Other than that, though, "he really should have scored" or "he has to score there." Scoring is hard, it's why football matches are won by one or two goals.

Robbo-Jambo
Posted
3 hours ago, Jocam2325 said:

In the building

Same, and every repetitive phrase that comes out of McCoist's mouth, which is most of them. 

Robbo-Jambo
Posted

Getting their work done. 

 

Favourite of our manager. 

Posted

they play football the right way.

Wee Mikey
Posted
4 hours ago, Gorgiewave said:

The use of present conditional regardless of when an incident happened or might happen. "If X plays, Y wins," describing a match yesterday. Why not the traditional and venerated "if X had played, Y would have won"?

 

I'm very much with you on that.

 

It does my nut in!

coatbridgejambo
Posted

Low block,false 9.

 

kingantti1874
Posted

Not a football phrase but folk who use the term “give the ick” gives me the ick 

HeartsCobra
Posted

The goal difference is worth an extra point.

 

It’s not worth an extra point.

Posted (edited)
31 minutes ago, milky_26 said:

they play football the right way.

 

Craig Paterson's Sportsound mantra of "Hibs are a team that like to get the ball down and play the right way" used to get on my nerves.

 

When?

 

In the feckin early 70's?

 

Hibs have been mediocre for the last 50 years: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th...is where they usually finish. 

 

And they're considered good seasons by that lot.

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G McJambo
Posted

Not directly a football phrase but I really don’t like it when some fans use ‘the famous’ to describe their club.   It’s hardly a special or unique phrase when other clubs do it.  We’re Heart of Midlothian,  and proud. Could be just mean though 🤷🏼

HeartsCobra
Posted

Small moments.

 

 

Maroon Sailor
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'Statement win',

 

'A chance for others to step up'.

 

And, sometimes, it's 'step up to the plate'

 

All recent ones on here, and all horrendous.

 

 

 

 

Maroon Sailor
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Lay down a marker

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