a) I never said it was used in football.
b) That's the whole point I was making. We're talking about overused, but largely meaningless labels.
I completely agree with you on GG and legend. You just highlighted a label which annoys you by using a label which annoys me!
So is millennial. It's completely meaningless and overused. I was born in 1984, and I have very little in common with someone who was born in 1999. For some reason we get lumped into the same category though.
I find it just as irritating and pointless as using legend or golden generation.