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Toxteth O'Grady
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He's got a right to go down 

 

The boy (insert surname)

 

He's lost the dressing room 

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Accepting mediocrity

 

XG

 

 

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Non world class Brazilians using their first names on the back of their shirt, Also sky sports entertaining them by using their first name when they score, case in point with Hibs goal showing on soccer Saturday as Rocky and not Bashuri 

dobmisterdobster
Posted
35 minutes ago, Ribble said:

Non world class Brazilians using their first names on the back of their shirt, Also sky sports entertaining them by using their first name when they score, case in point with Hibs goal showing on soccer Saturday as Rocky and not Bashuri 

 

Portuguese naming conventions are not exclusively for world class players. That said, I agree Rocky Bashir has no business using his first name.

Maroon Sailor
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57 minutes ago, Ribble said:

Non world class Brazilians using their first names on the back of their shirt, Also sky sports entertaining them by using their first name when they score, case in point with Hibs goal showing on soccer Saturday as Rocky and not Bashuri 

 

First time I've caught something on Soccer Saturday in years. It's shockingly bad now. Rocky as the goalscorer probably sums it up.

I turned over and it got worst. Michael Stewart overdoing his Scots English

Maroon Sailor
Posted

Rio Ferdinand classic, even though he wasn't the originator of it but kept running with it as if it was

 

He'll have to buy a ticket to get back in

Maroon Sailor
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He does what it says on the tin

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Parking the bus.

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On 21/01/2026 at 16:14, Robbo-Jambo said:

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

 

It really is.

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2 hours ago, Toxteth O'Grady said:

He's got a right to go down 

 

The boy (insert surname)

 

He's lost the dressing room 

 

I kind of like the last one. It has a poetic feel. :) 

Go for it 1308
Posted

"Man alive" or "I totally get that" from McCoist🤮

Armageddon
Posted

Leanne Crichton talking about “false 9” “2 x 10’s” “in the 6” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

south morocco
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16 minutes ago, Armageddon said:

Leanne Crichton talking about “false 9” “2 x 10’s” “in the 6” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Think she’s got false teeth too🤣🤣🤣

south morocco
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Footy is crap No idea what ick is. 

south morocco
Posted
30 minutes ago, Go for it 1308 said:

"Man alive" or "I totally get that" from McCoist🤮

McCoist, Let me tell you!  Sounds like Rab C Nesbitt

Malinga the Swinga
Posted

Bowie should be in Scotland world cup squad

Samuel Camazzola
Posted
5 hours ago, BRY said:

pronunciation annoyances:

 

"subditute"   which should be "substitute"

 

"sickth" which should be "sixth"

Rosie Jones getting co-comms gigs now?

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On 21/01/2026 at 13:03, Shug73 said:

"Bought the foul"

"He's been clever there"

 

The new way to say a player has cheated.


I hate this. It’s not the player who has bought the foul. The player has sold his cheating to the referee, who has bought a dud.

 

Other commentating atrocities which are currently driving me up the wall:

 

- the misuse of “into the side netting” when a goal is scored. The side netting is outside the goal and if a shot hits it, it’s a miss

 

- the constant mixing up of overestimate and underestimate 

 

- stating that “the emphasis is on” a team to do something when it’s clear that “the onus is on” is meant

 

- the relatively new Sportscene commentator who goes out of his way to emphasise the word Saint in St Mirren and St Johnstone, thus pronouncing both names in a way no-one else in human history has done.

 

Might as well have a pop at some Sportscene pundits while I’m here. Naismith: inarticulate, and has one of the worst west coast twangs you’ll ever hear. Mulgrew: a moron. Scott Allan: just why? Jackie McNamara: dynamic, interesting, erudite, quick-witted - just some of the things he’s not. Billy Dodds: fud.

 

 

Legend Claws
Posted

People saying 'ick'

Maroon Sailor
Posted
4 hours ago, Legend Claws said:

People saying 'ick'

 

You're the first one to say that on this thread.

 

People thinking they are being original gives me the ick

Maroon Sailor
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NottsJambo
Posted

'your Gerrards, your Lampards..." and versions of this. Just say 'Gerrard and Lampard'

Jamborello
Posted

Literally anything Ian Crocker says.

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"I'm just not seeing it" which seems to be cropping up in the pile on against kabore in a couple of threads on here. 

GlasgoJambo
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Top bins. 
 

 

dobmisterdobster
Posted

Anybody who unironically utters the phrase "games gone"

 

It's either people who can't be bothered to read an article and want to be angry. Or just boomer nostalgia.

 

"Back in my day the only televised matches were home internationals or cup finals"

 

Nobody cares grandad. It's all so tiresome.

Posted

Postage stamp corner. How long before kids are asking 'what's a postage stamp dad?'

Posted

Oh, and 'lino' for linesman.  Unless they're all from Kirkcaldy (one for the older readers there...)

rudi must stay
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"what a goal that is"

"Great finish"

 

No it was rubbish, an average goal... Most goals scored anywhere

HeartsCobra
Posted

+1 for:

 

Starting a sentence with:

Look, …

 

Or 

Thing is

 

Or any use of:

”make no mistake”

 

 

Maroon Sailor
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He's never going to beat a keeper of that quality from there

 

When they do it's a case of

 

No keeper in the world would save that

 

 

But the worst one is imo

 

2 keepers wouldn't have stopped that

Posted

Looks a baller.

 

:facepalm:

Pasquale for King
Posted

That McCoist saying, well most of what he says I tell you, that Ivan Sproules feet were too quick for his brain 🤔🤷🏽‍♂️🤪?!?!

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Incorrect use of "just about" absolutely infuriates me. 

Maroon Sailor
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Watching Good Morning transfers on SKY. First time I've watched this and it's got fans from 6 PL teams, with a couple of them talking about a player for the 6 role and bringing an 8 in 😂

 

WTF is going on ? 🤣

Robbo-Jambo
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McCoist saying " I have to say/ shay". 

 

Then saying it again like nearly all of the comments he makes. 

Cambo_Jambo
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Anything about 'projects' and 'trusting the process' when it's clear that nothing good is happening.

 

On a big scale: Amorim at Man Utd

Local scale: Critchley, Wee Lee, Martin, Nancy etc.

 

Poundland Pep's insisting that they have everything mapped out in the future forcing players into uncomfortable roles they can't play and insisting that it'll all go well at some point in the future but the problem is the players are too bad/dumb/lazy to do what you are asking.

 

A manager is responsible for winning matches with the players they have, not making players that are there play to fit some sort of pre-ordained faith based central belief system.

Robbo-Jambo
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On 27/01/2026 at 08:27, Daktari said:

Postage stamp corner. How long before kids are asking 'what's a postage stamp dad?'

Or the top bin 😳

Stupid Sexy Flanders
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Scottish people using "Championship, League 1" etc when they're talking about the English leagues, and "Scottish Premiership" for our own league. Really grates on me. 

HeartsCobra
Posted

One thing I would say is…

 

You’ve already said 10 things!

Batistuta9
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"XG" 🙄

 

A mate of mine has also worked his way up through some college teams and is now involved in a professional team in the US so I've watched a few games... Some of the stuff their commentators say gives me the gag.

 

"Goal tender" (goalie)

"On frame" (on target)

"PK" (penalty)

"End line" (touchline)

"Headshot" (header)
"Offsides" (for some reason they say offsides rather than offside)

"Go-ahead goal" (winning goal)

"Rear guard action" (defensive move)

"In the six" (6yd box - always screamed loudly by the commentator)

"Service" (for a cross)

"Overtime" (injury time)

"Foul called on...." (foul by...)

 

RustyRightPeg
Posted

“Project”, referring to a player that we’ve identified with the world’s best scouting and analysis system. 

Batistuta9
Posted
30 minutes ago, Stupid Sexy Flanders said:

Scottish people using "Championship, League 1" etc when they're talking about the English leagues, and "Scottish Premiership" for our own league. Really grates on me. 

That's what they're called though? 😂

 

HeartsCobra
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53 minutes ago, Stupid Sexy Flanders said:

Scottish people using "Championship, League 1" etc when they're talking about the English leagues, and "Scottish Premiership" for our own league. Really grates on me. 

 

+1 for this

Posted

'Boy's a huddy'.

 

And, to compound it, usually said about someone who is well past the years to be considered 'a boy'.

 

 

 

 

I P Knightley
Posted
1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said:

Watching Good Morning transfers on SKY. First time I've watched this and it's got fans from 6 PL teams, with a couple of them talking about a player for the 6 role and bringing an 8 in 😂

 

WTF is going on ? 🤣

The folk saying these things are, more often than not, of my kids' generation. They've grown up with players wearing shirts with any old number on them and with team line-ups identified in any one of about 8 formations, so how can they identify what the role of a Number 6 is when the folk playing in that role can be wearing any number up to 99? 

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1 minute ago, I P Knightley said:

The folk saying these things are, more often than not, of my kids' generation. They've grown up with players wearing shirts with any old number on them and with team line-ups identified in any one of about 8 formations, so how can they identify what the role of a Number 6 is when the folk playing in that role can be wearing any number up to 99? 

You've clearly been playing the 69, IP.

 

☺️

I P Knightley
Posted
1 hour ago, Morgan said:

You've clearly been playing the 69, IP.

 

☺️

A meal for two with a view. 

Posted

He won the foot race, what other kind of race are they going to have?
It wasn’t too far wide, yes it was or it would have been on target.

The back stick, really annoys me.

GrimUpNorth
Posted

He opened up his legs 🤮

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