Hated Footy Phrases...

[raininspain]

Alan Shearer and his 'Could of went,' as in, 'Nani could of went inside, there.'
Just goes to show that one out of three Geordies is just as thick as the other two.

As a linguist (a cunning one!), and at the risk of being pulled up by the grammar police, I'm afraid that the general standard of English used by the majority of these 'pundits' is poor, to say the least.

Most of them fail to realise that terms like 'would have scored' is, in fact, a conditional perfect. Yes, I know that the weak pronunciation of 'have' as an auxiliary verb is the same as the weak pronunciation of the preposition 'of', but come on . . .

Similarly, as the previous poster has mentioned, most of these people cannot distinguish between past simple forms like 'went' and the past participle forms like 'gone'. Thus, we hear expressions like 'the lad done really well' or 'he's went past the defender'.

Another problem is with adverbs. Words like 'fantastic' are adjectives and cannot therefore be used to describe verbs, as in 'he done (sic) fantastic there'.

Apart from that, we have invented words like 'worldy' and the interesting Merson verb 'to header'. This bloke also says 'throw-on' instead of 'throw-in'.

As for their diabolical accents and dialects, say no more!

 

[Tricky_Trev]

They need to shore things up at the back

 

[Henkeman]

Not a phrase as such, but the predilection of footballers in particular for referring to themselves in the third person. How up yourself do you have to be to do that?

 

[cibaman]

Magic spray "Such a simple idea why didn't they introduce it earlier?"

Like we all knew such stuff existed

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

I just think that now we have got to the stage where each poster is being more pedantic than the last. Almost all of the phrases mentioned would if truth be known be sadly missed if they vanished from the airwaves.

" a magnificent atmosphere on a European night at Anfield"
" that magnificent night in the Nou Camp"
" The United way"
" The Theatre of Dreams"
Any snide remark or comment from a commentator or opposition manager referencing City's wealth.

Are obvious exceptions.

 

[mario'sangermanager]

I hate it when a commentator says something like “the defender appeared to handle it (the ball)” when ref gives a penalty, he’s either handled or he hasn’t unless the centre forward (false number 9) is a cleaver illusionist.

Also when presenters ask “can such n’ such win the league/champs league?” instead of do you think they will?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I hate the way commentators say "you can't be offside from a throw-in", as if they are telling us some ground-breaking news that we were unaware of.

 

[foxy]

"Let fly" and general misuse of words.

 

[ccr]

He chose the wrong option there. As Dunney smashes it ,into his own net.

 

[stonerblue]

'Wingback'

they're either a fullback or a winger