The all new classic football cliche thread

[WesthillWanderersFC 4]

He’s got a great engine 

[Hoppy 27]

"he's got a great touch for a big lad" (not Cosgrove)

Edited January 16 by Hoppy

[G31DON 375]

2 hours ago, Hoppy said:

"he's got a great touch for a big lad" (not Cosgrove)

Or Adam Johnson 

[rocket_scientist 1,640]

Dead man walking is not exclusive to football but the Aberdeen manager acts like one, looks like one and looks like he knows he's one. 

[Singapore Steve 39]

" Were in this together"

"The boys know what we need to do "

[Simply Red 298]

7 hours ago, YorkDon said:

Utility man 

David Bowie - up front and at the back. He’ll play anywhere.....and well. 

Brown eyed girl/blue eyed boy

Edited January 17 by Simply Red
Sorry totes off topic yi hoors

[Simply Red 298]

Evens itself out over a season

Gid feet for a big man

That was a professional foul

 

[Poodler 2,116]

He's had his head turned

whirlwind signing 

 

[ConsiCanBoogie1903 30]

Does the basics well

[WesthillWanderersFC 4]

He brings legs to the team (aye, two of them). 

He’s put in a great shift (he’s not a miner FFS)

They never know when they’re beaten (not even at full time?)

 

[Big Hat Logan 808]

“The referee has done well to keep his cards in his pocket this early in the game”

^^^ Every old firm game

[WesthillWanderersFC 4]

32 minutes ago, Big Hat Logan said:

“The referee has done well to keep his cards in his pocket this early in the game”

^^^ Every old firm game

That’s one that always gets right on my tits.

A similar foul in a Dons v Motherwell game would be a yellow, maybe a red.

In the Glasgow Derby (note the term), it’s a wee word in the ear & “sensible refereeing”.

 

 

[muttonhumper 1,387]

Commentator's curse

Great team on paper

Some team "over-achieving" / Punching above their weight

They scored too early

The boys left everything out there

He's hit that too well

You can always tell by the player's reaction

When Rangers were "relegated" 

 

[Ernie McCracken 553]

When  a striker has made a run in the box, gets on the end of a cross and scores. 

"he's gambled" 

What has he gambled?  If the cross doesn't come in, does he have to make some sort of payout? Why is it a gamble? 

Edited January 17 by Ernie McCracken

[OnceFaeMintlaw 48]

“We asked the question.”

 

this one does my nut in. 

[BitWait 25]

Put it in the mix 

Ball over the top

[WesthillWanderersFC 4]

2 minutes ago, BitWait said:

Put it in the mix 

Ball over the top

Played into the channel. 

The corridor of uncertainty.

 

[WesthillWanderersFC 4]

“Up top” - used to be called up front. 

[fine-n-dandy 542]

Stone Waller penalty 

professional foul

oh & of course the Calderwood classic. ‘We were in the ascendancy’ 

[fine-n-dandy 542]

6 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

“Up top” - used to be called up front. 

Why is defence not referred to as ‘down bottom’  or down below. Ooh err Mrs

Edited January 17 by fine-n-dandy

[OnceFaeMintlaw 48]

<insert any surname>-O

ie, all footballers nicknames. 

[fine-n-dandy 542]

Why is the defensive wall call a wall & not a line, or a muster?

[Fridge 247]

1 hour ago, Ernie McCracken said:

When  a striker has made a run in the box, gets on the end of a cross and scores. 

"he's gambled" 

What has he gambled?  If the cross doesn't come in, does he have to make some sort of payout? Why is it a gamble? 

To be fair on this one I think they mean he’s gambled on the defender missing the ball or having some sort of fuck up when the defender should be heading it away.

[ConsiCanBoogie1903 30]

A battering ram 

A peach 

Went in late 

A yard either side and it's a goal

Handbags 

"Wicked" ball in

[Ernie McCracken 553]

12 minutes ago, Fridge said:

To be fair on this one I think they mean he’s gambled on the defender missing the ball or having some sort of fuck up when the defender should be heading it away.

But he hasnt gambled. There is nothing at stake for the forward. 

If the defender doesn't miss the ball or fuck up, the forward hasn't lost anything. What is the gamble? 

[Hoppy 27]

It’s sometimes more difficult to play against ten men 

[Fridge 247]

6 minutes ago, Ernie McCracken said:

But he hasnt gambled. There is nothing at stake for the forward. 

If the defender doesn't miss the ball or fuck up, the forward hasn't lost anything. What is the gamble? 

Because you should probably go and challenge the defender for the ball but you can run in behind and “gamble” he misses it and are clean through.

[strachanmcgheegoal 762]

34 minutes ago, OnceFaeMintlaw said:

<insert any surname>-O

ie, all footballers nicknames. 

I have an irrational hatred of anyone who shouts at a “Lino”

[shut up meg 1,023]

Too good to go down.

 

[Big Hat Logan 808]

An Andy Walker favourite when a player (Celtic player) dives:

He’s entitled to look for the foul