05 Jun 2014 11:33:13
Just because all this transfer talk is becoming unbearable, here is a subject change - Football is full of irritating cliches from both commentators and fans. What's your least favourite?

Here's a few of mine that grind my gears -

"X player oozes class" - What?
After Xavi/Scholes etc give the ball away "There's a collectors item" - Sigh.
"Cultured left foot" - As if a right foot can't be cultured!?
"X player deserves to win a title" - If he deserved it he'd have won it already. (I'm looking at you Stevie)
"He should be working the keeper from there" - Why. why should he?
Whenever Ronaldo/Messi miss "He's human after all" - Obviously.
"He hit it too well" - This makes absolutely no sense.

And finally one that is used on here at least once a day, "X player is the next Y player." - This is pretty much never true. ever.

Please reply with yours and we can all irritate each other with football Gael Clichys.

1.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 11:54:03
"It's a game of two halves" obviously and I hate,
"Footballs not played on paper"

2.) 05 Jun 2014
Not exclusive too football, but it really irritates me when people "always give 150%", or "nothing less than 200% will do" etc.
100% is 100%. You cannot give more.

3.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 12:09:18
'2 - 0 is a dangerous lead '

So you'd rather just be winning 1 - 0 then

4.) 05 Jun 2014
"If they are going to win this game or get back into it then they are going to need to get a goal". And again like said, "the next", like the next neymar was already touted about for any tricky brazilian when neymar was still 19/20.

5.) 05 Jun 2014
Can't stand 'he has a war chest of', what's that a big box with guns and swords in?

6.) 05 Jun 2014
First off hi everyone I've been following for years now but couldn't resist answering this by far the most irritating one for me is "wand of a left foot" usually jamie redknapp as well!

7.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 12:37:44
Hahaha loving these.

8.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 13:45:41
Its a game of 2 halves

9.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 13:48:10
My wee lad's coach always shouted, 'remember, it's still 0-0"! Just after they'd scored to go one up.

Until they realised what he was trying to get across, you could see the boy's looking at each other quizzically, as if to say 'was he not flippin' watching?'

10.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 14:25:17
"Greasy surface" - for the auto body shop? No, that we hear for a beautifully manicured pitch that is wet.

11.) 05 Jun 2014
If a team gets beat by like 5-0, the pundits usually say
' the losing team didn't turn up'
That one annoys me.

Also it might just be me but when Martin Tyler seems to say something that he thinks his funny he laughs why he is saying it!? Hard to understand but I noticed it and it is irritating

12.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 15:47:09
"The boy's been a revelation" - Jamie Redknapp.

13.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 16:13:09
haha yes Borntoit!

Jamie Redknapp is the cliche king.

14.) 05 Jun 2014
Anything spouted by Clive Tyldsley, especially when referring to passes etc as, "delicious" or "that balmy night in Barcelona"
The term, "footballing genius" is over used as well as oxymoronic.
I must admit I was always a fan of Big Ron's, " reducer", as some player lay on the floor with his leg hanging off! Genius, as they say.

15.) 05 Jun 2014
05 Jun 2014 17:07:20
The chairman deals with all that - Harry Redknapp.

Hes a proper player - souness

Super Sunday on sly before a ball has even been kicked.

16.) 05 Jun 2014
Eboue

17.) 05 Jun 2014
Another one it curling curling curling all the way in and its going a mile wide or that free kick deservered to go in