Meaningless Words in Football

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Following on from the Meaningless Words in Politics thread...

Project. You might have a five year project in mind Mr New Manager, but lose your first half dozen matches and you're out on your arse.

 

[Storer 68]

Confidence On Monday he said: "The chairman has told me I have his complete support and confidence" Sacked by Tuesday

 

[hans kraay fan club]

That kind of player Yes, he might have gone in from behind with both feet off the ground, but there's no way he meant the lad any harm. He's simply not that kind of player.

 

[The Large One]

Uncompromising player Dirty bastard.

 

[Badger]

Character Yes we lost 6-1 but the lads showed some real character out there

 

[dingodan]

Unlucky

 

[The Large One]

"... what the referee has do decide is 'was there contact?'"

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

He gave 110%

He's good with his feet for a big man Yep, he's a FOOTBALLER

 

[Superphil]

Palace - Meaningless

 

[gripper stebson]

My fave from Big Ron.

In a Sun pull out before the World Cup in 1998 Ron was asked who he thought would win...

He said, "It could be anyone, but if I had to put my hand in a barrel I'd go for Italy."

Absolute nonsense but a phrase I still use today!

 

[Mellotron]

Got the ball

Can't be a foul, sure he punched him 4 times and broke his leg, but he got the ball.

 

[scarby]

in my playing days we were having a team talk by a captain at the time and he came out with the phrase.... "stick to him like a can of soup"

needless to say we all pissed ourselves and never let him forget it. what made it worst he had a lisp

 

[Eric Potts]

I will direct you towards , what is quite possibly , my favourite football book.

Football Lexicon: Amazon.co.uk: John Leigh, David Woodhouse: Books

 

[Aldridge Prior]

Luxury player As if anyone is picked for his ability to turn a ten nil win into an eleven nil win with a 30 yard screamer and can happily wave opposing players through dangerous areas at all other times.

Whenever our players have done this down the years, fans and managers watching have gone ape-shit. They tend NOT to state jovially "Oh would you look at that? See how Eric Young has waved Glen Cockerill into our penalty area to dump us out of the FA Cup at the quarter final stage. Well that little pleasantry was a little luxury that was well worth the extra fiver I paid on the gate"

 

[Storer 68]

Consolation - A goal that no one cares for and no one celebrates. We were 8-0 down but scored a fine late consolation goal

 

[terryberry1]

Soccer

 

[Ernest]

Played with passion - Runs around like headless chicken

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Premier League player? Missed the penalty that would have earned your club fifty million quid and yourself the equivalent of six numbers up on the EuroMillions? Lost your wife and three kids in a senseless drive-by shooting? Been sentenced to death by a stoney-faced Thai judge who deemed your evidence inadmissable? You'll be Disappointed.

 

[Storer 68]

"Nearly as in "he nearly saved it as he palmed it on to the cross bar as it flew in from fully thirty five yards

 

[carlzeiss]

Portsmouth - Honest