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Inappropriate use of the word 'that'.



SIMMO SAYS

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Jul 31, 2012
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And another thing---my do ex players talk about the 'goals' when describing a shot or a save.
Hoddle does this all the time. Shirley it is a shot on goal not fecking goals :moo:
 

Wozza

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Jul 6, 2003
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Am I alone in finding ex-footballers who use the word 'that' instead of 'the', incredibly annoying? For example, the bloke on sky at the moment just referred to the middle of the pitch as 'that middle area of the pitch'. Pedantically, 'that' in this case would indicate that there was more than one middle area of the pitch. Clearly a nonsense. 'That' is versatile, it is also used to describe different teams, i.e. 'that Liverpool team' (are there any others called Liverpool?), the ball, 'Messi hit that ball so skillfully' (which other ball would be involved?) and a red card event such as 'the ref was quick to draw that red card from his pocket'.

It is a small thing but it drives me insane.

This.
 


Green Cross Code Man

Wunt be druv
Mar 30, 2006
19,592
Eastbourne
And another thing---my do ex players talk about the 'goals' when describing a shot or a save.
Hoddle does this all the time. Shirley it is a shot on goal not fecking goals :moo:

Oh, no, that sounds maddening and I haven't ever noticed it before. :wrong:
 

GoingUp

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Aug 14, 2011
3,575
Sussex By The Sea
One thing that grinds my gears with quite a few footballers is answering a question with "Yeah, no". Harry Kane is dreadful for it and I hate to say so is our Bobby.

Yeah its a very cliche type thing for a footballer (or most athletes really) to say, the thing is they are, for the most part teenagers or in their early 20's, so they are not going to be the most eloquent of people haha and not only that they are probably nervous being on TV or paranoid about saying the wrong thing and being hammered in the press or on social media. Chances are they media trained into saying or giving neutral answers which why most English players sound like robots when they give interviews. I love the more outspoken athletes who really dont give a sh!t and are not so P.C and boring to listen to.
 


Eeyore

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PILTDOWN MAN

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Sep 15, 2004
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And another thing---my do ex players talk about the 'goals' when describing a shot or a save.
Hoddle does this all the time. Shirley it is a shot on goal not fecking goals :moo:


Idiots, that's what they is.
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
49,057
Faversham
Somethink
Nothink

Or even 'sumpthink'

And don't start me on 'bought' (as in 'the ref should of (sic) bought the play back')

The trouble with this country is that people spout drivel and it goes unchecked.

Except on NSC, of course :lolol:
 

Tricky Dicky

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Jul 27, 2004
13,558
Sunny Shoreham
Am I alone in finding ex-footballers who use the word 'that' instead of 'the', incredibly annoying? For example, the bloke on sky at the moment just referred to the middle of the pitch as 'that middle area of the pitch'. Pedantically, 'that' in this case would indicate that there was more than one middle area of the pitch. Clearly a nonsense. 'That' is versatile, it is also used to describe different teams, i.e. 'that Liverpool team' (are there any others called Liverpool?), the ball, 'Messi hit that ball so skillfully' (which other ball would be involved?) and a red card event such as 'the ref was quick to draw that red card from his pocket'.

It is a small thing but it drives me insane.

Given the general level of English articulated by footballers, I think this is not even in the top 10 of irksomeness
 


mejonaNO12 aka riskit

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Dec 4, 2003
21,456
England
My current gripe (after ranting about Talksport on the other thread :lolol:) is fans and pundits complete misunderstanding of how time works.

The game is 0-0, but the pundit says, "It really should be 3-0!".

WHAT? How does that work? If they had scored the first chance then the whole sequence of events would have completely changed with the 2 other chances never happening.

Seriously, watch Back to the Future.
 

Albion my Albion

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Feb 6, 2016
17,519
Indiana, USA
My current gripe (after ranting about Talksport on the other thread :lolol:) is fans and pundits complete misunderstanding of how time works.

The game is 0-0, but the pundit says, "It really should be 3-0!".

WHAT? How does that work? If they had scored the first chance then the whole sequence of events would have completely changed with the 2 other chances never happening.

Seriously, watch Back to the Future.


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THAT!!

If a striker suddenly appears from the future behind the last defender and in front of the keeper after the ball is kicked is that striker offside?

It also might explain the reason for Michael J. Fox's tick?
 
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Shropshire Seagull

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Nov 5, 2004
8,463
Telford
Do professional sports-(wo)men get media interview training / coaching?
A few years back I picked up Aussie cricketers had begun the answer to a journo's question with "Listen" - I thought it sounded quite demeaning and belittling ....

That's all folks ....
 

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